The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-11
America VIII Be Very Small Factor in War;" Said Kaiser

spect for the political opinions of oth- CTS whose knowledge of history is less complete.
 Shortly after Carnegie had donated five million marks to Germany to fur ther world-peace, I happened to be talking to the Kaiser of Amegican mil lionaires and the steelmaster was men, toned.
 .t CARNEGIE MEANS WELL
 "Of course, Carnegie is nice old man and means well" remarked the Kaiser, condescendingly ''but he is to- tally ignorant of world history. He's just advanced us five million for world peace. We accepted it naturally, but, of course, we intend to continue our policy of maintaining our army and navy in full strength,
 Indeed, there is hardly and subject to which the Kaiser has devoted any considerable attention in which he doesn't regard himself as the final au- thority.
 As an art collector and antiquarian he claims first place and he is rather inclined to feel that second place should be left vacant. He always re- scented very much the acquisition by American millionaires of art treasures and antiquities which their wealth en- abled them to buy, but which their limited acquaintance with history and
 their lack of culture and refinement made them unable to appreciate-in the kaiser's estimation.
 Of his own taste in art little need be said. The monuments which he caused
 to be erected to his ancestors and their advisers and which adorn the Sieges Alice, the street he had opened through the Tiergarten especially for them, are at the same time a monument to the Kaisers ideas of art. They are the laughing-stock of the artistic world They have been so frequently defaced by vandals whose artistic taste they onended that it was necessary to sta tion policemen in the Sieges Alice to guard them. Not long ago a burglary occurred in the vicinity. The burglars were observed while at work and a startled civilian rushed to the Sieges Alice to summon one of the officers who were known to be on guard there
 If you hurry" exclaimed the civil lian, excitedly, you can catch these burglars red handed"
 I'm sorry,9 replied the policeman, 'but
 cannot leave the statues" Realism is the kalssr's idea of what is most desirable in dramatic art. When he put on .sSardanapal," a Greek tragedy in pantomime, at the Berlin Opera house he sent professors to the British museum
 to secure the most detailed information
 available regarding the costumes of the period. Every utensil, every article oi wearing apparel every button, every weapon, in fact, every property used ir the play were to be faithfully repro. duced particular pains being taken tc produce 8 most realistic effect in flu
 neral pyre scene in which king ended
 his life. The Kaiser sent me tickets tc see it.
 King Edward attended the perform ance at the Berlin Royal Opera and l asked the Kaiser how the King of Eng land enjoyed it.
 My gracious the Kaiser replied, un. able to repress his satisfaction at tn, effect the pantomime had had on hi royal uncle, why, the King was vers much alarmed when the funeral pyr' scene came on. He thought the whol, opera house was on fire!'
 l Perhaps the Kaiser's love for detail:
 might be attributed to his keen observa | ton. Nothing, no matter how trivial l escaped his attention.
 1 NOTICES NEW UPHOLSTERING A couple of years before the war had the empire furniture in my waitin; room reupholstered. On the very frs occasion of the Kaiser's calling at m. office after the change he noticed it,
 My. my how beautiful the chair tlookt' he exclaimed Good enough fo ] Napoleon himself.'
 l On another occasion, between two o I the Kaiser's visits, I had had put u | in the waiting room a new portrait 0 | Mrs. Davis. The Kaiser noticed it tn moment he came into the room and mad some complimentary remark about it. The Kaiser frequently accused tn l Americans of being dollar worshiper