Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-09-13

the British museum to secure the most
detailed information available r,;rlrd-
ing the costumes of the period. Every
utensil, every article of weariag APP
parel, every button, every wearon. in
fact, every property used in tie play
were to be faithfully reproduc a. par
pains being taken to pr, luce
most realistic effect in funer, p, re
scene in which a king ended ; LIFE.
Tie kaiser sent me tickets to see 1t.
King Edward attended the perform
ance at the Berlin Royal opera and I
asked the kaiser how the king Of Eng
land enjoyed it.
MY gracious" the kaiser replied,
unable to repress his satisfaction at
the effect the .antomime had had on
his royal pac,e, "why. the king was
very much alarmed when the funeral
pyre scene came on. He thought the
whole opera house was on fire."
Perhaps the ka;ser's love for details
might be attributed to his keen obser-
walton. Nothing, no matter how triv-
iai, escaped his attention.
A couple of years before the war l
had the empire furniture in my wait
ing room reupholstered. On the very
Iirst occasion of the kaiser's calling at
my Office after the change he noticed it.
my, my, how beautiful the chairs
look !" he exclaimed. "Good enough for
Napoleon himself"
On another occasion, between two of
the kaiser's visits, had had put up
in the waiting room new portrait of
Mrs. Davis. The kaiser noticed 1t the
moment he came into the room and
made some complimentary remark
about It,
The kaiser frequently accused the
Americans of being dollar-worshipers
and the English of being ruled by
Mammon, but that he himself was not
totally unmindful of the value and
power of money was clearly revealed
by the manner in which he catered to
people of wealth in recent years.
The richest man In Berlin and one
of the richest in Germany was He
brew coal magnate named Fried
lander. The kaiser ennobled him and
made him Won Friedlander-Fuld. An
other wealthy Hebrew to whom the
kaiser catered was Schwabach, head
of the Bleichroeder bank, one Of the
strongest private banks in Germany,
and he, too, was ennobled, becoming
Won Schwabach.
A number of other wealthy Hebrews
in Germany were also honored by the
kaiser in another way. Although he
was averse to visiting the homes of
private individuals who lacked social
standing, he departed from his rule in
their favor and visited their mansions
ostenslbly to view their art collections,
but actually to tickle their vanity.
Shortly after Leishman became am
bassador to Germany, the kaiser called
on me.
"Your new ambassadors daughter Ia
the best looking young lady who has
attended our court in many day." he
declared. "Half dozen of my young
staff officers are very anxious to marry
her. Can you tell me, Davis, whether
these Leishmans have money!"
If the kaiser despised the American
propensity for money-making, he was
certainly not averse to acquiring
American dollars.
He told me once that every trip the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. liner Amerika
made from New York to Hamburg re-
suited in transferring $150,O0O from
American to German pockets. and
added: "We're mighty glad to get some
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OF the kaiser's versatility I had
convincing evidence. In his conversa-
tions with me we usually wandered
from subject to subject In the most
haphaZard manner, and he invariably
displayed a surprising store of infor-
nation on every topic we touched, and
l am not vain enough to believe that
he was so anxious to maize favorable
impression upon me that he prepared
for these discussions in advance.
Indeed, the kaiser discussed so free.
~ almost every subject that suggested
itself that / often wondered what his
advisors would have said had they
overheard our conversations. His read.
mess to talk to me was undoubtedly
due to tendency he had to trust
every one with whom he came in init
mate contact. For man who was apt
to have SO many enemies, he was less
suspicious than anyone l had evel
met. He seemed to trust every one, and
his sense of security unloosened hi.
tongue and made him more laxative
perhaps. than was always discreet.
The kaiser was very fond of listen
ing to and telling stories with poin
and would frequently invite me to tel
him any new one that might hav,
heard. Some of the stories we ex
changed were more or less risque ant
would be out of place in these pages
but l do not mean to intimate tina
there was anything very much amis
with them. They always amused hin
very much and he was quick to catcl
the point.
The kaiser's sense Of humor FIRE
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