Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-01
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Ministers of state delivering re-
ports upon which hinged the fate
of government measures. of peace
or war. or, perchance the life OF
some doomed man appealing to the
| kings grace, had TO be prepared fol
' Interruptions: Look at this ter
'ender" (meaning antlers with the
given number of branches)
prime stag among battalion ]
moved down at" some place oil
other.
Gun-charger Rieger had care OF
these trophies, and had little time
for anything else. At great din.
ners, when he stood behind the Kai-
ser's chair, this man was often con-
suited about dates and incidents as
William told visitors of his killings
in time of peace. And the world
knows how he kept up his record
as Il butcher during more than -four
years. Instead of hares he mas
sacred children; instead of deer ht
slew women and old men, nurses
priests and prisoners. He should
worry!
Kaiser Signs Photos, Englishwomcn
Burn Them
While the members of the Kai-
sers staff often asserted that he
was never in better humor than
after successfully playing some
trick upon a friend. it shall not
be denied that he was agreeable
enough if he had half a mind to be
He loved a merry Jest at a stag
party, knew the art of making pleas
ant conversation; sang, badly, it is
true, but nevertheless entertaininglN
enough among friends: enjoyed
Il l. i
and was a clever hand at any game
billiards, skat, poker, and what
not? and, better still, he never al
lowed the stakes to go above a
quarter of q cent a point
If Diana smiled upon him, and
the host showed lucky hand in
| the selection of the menu, he usu-
ally ordered his portfolio of photo.
graphs to be brought in after din
ner, and, leaving everybody a choice
of pictures, inscribed his name, to-
gether with the date, and often some
cheerful words of remembrance, or
a dozen or half a hundred paste
boards, as the case might be.
Some of these signed photogra phs
were given to American friends
the Armours, Goulds, Vanderbilts
Morgans, etc. Whether they KEPT
! them after the invasion and desola.
ton of Belgium, l don't know, but
do know that at many English
! townhouses and countryseats bon.
| fires of Kaiser portraits tlared VI
gaily after August IA, 1914. L re-
member calling upon the Marchion.
ess of Londonderry some morning
! in the last week of August of thai
year, when her ladyship's secretary
came in to say that he found 'en
all as listed
Then into the kitchen range will
'em, frames and ALL" said the Mar,
chioness.
Had l better a tear 'em up first 2
! suggested the secretary.
| 1T would be a waste of time
no one wants pictures of that Ger.
man swine now'-this from hel
| ladyship, an amiable woman, noted
for her polite accomplishments.
Feeding the Beast Was Ruling
the Kaiser
! At the time when the Kaiser!
hunting mania was at its height, the
| late Eugene Richter made his grea
speech against Williams hunting
companions, who, he thundered
manipulated the Kaiser at will.
MY African empire for a lettre d.
cachet that will send this pig-doG
to Spandau! Would l not gladly
forget all about him there" shout.
ed the Kaiser at dinner, when the
report of the TRADE reached him.
His African empire!" If it ha6
! gone as cheaply as that, Mr.. Wilson