The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-04-03
cst4PrER xI-contlnued.

gee Of her favorIte royal purple. en-
tered and shook hands with me cor
dially. She looked very worn. and It
E, WAS plsinlthat she had been suffering
eonsiderable pain and loss Of sleep.
She had = handsome ngure. and was
etately insher carriage. but her crown
ing glory was q profusion Of white
hair. Shswas then fifty-four years old,
but her 1nir had turned white many
ysars bef4re.
II wai3aid, indeed. that the change
had beenl nl4rough. about rather sudden.
y ~ result OF certain drugs she had
taken In an effort to avert q, tendency
10 avoirdupois which had developed.
know,tha kaiser loathed fat wom-
en. On more than one occasIon he
had saloIto me AZ he bade me fare
well: ''Well, Davis, you have kept me
here taking 80 long you have almost
spoiled ~ morning walk. but Ty take
q walk ukough the Tefgarten Just the
same" a1h then he would add disgust
edly, "where I presume will have to
greet all the fat 'ewesses In the
But to;return to TIE ksiserin The
kaiserin'S physician Joined us. and
there weee several maids-very supe-
rior yount women-in attendance upon
their royal mistress.
After had examined the empress
and haAsgiyen my advice. the physi'
clan explnined to me In q low voice
that II was necessary 70 be cautious
apd not % much, as he was afraid Of
her phyp(eal condition.
"Auy3kng you do for her majesty =
he ezpleihed. would require giving an
anaesthttic. She Is not in condition to
stand .pA1n without The only anaes-
thetic ~ majesty win take IL chloro-
form ry6 administered It to her eleven
: times ~ know just what It means.
I'm afrltd Of her heart at this time.
Indeed 3ust a. soon as I can ret her
Int conSvd6n ! want her % 60 %
Nauhsiyn for the euro"
y His warming words caused quite q
furry among the maids and they
cr0wdq4 Ixound the empress and
begged her 70 have nothing done that.
day bot 70 endure her suffering little
longer ID the hope that relief would
como without the necessity Of an oper-
alton at that time. Their pleadings
prevailed upon the patient to postpone
the trsatment.''
This made the kaiser very angry and
he walled up and down the room I'm
pasieutly.
''Hers." he said. 1--WE got Doctor
Davis ~ como in on Sunday after.
noon, and you want to be In shape for
the bap on Tuesday. and now you
won't have anything donei That's the
way v4h the womenl"
The6 he turned to me and said:
"Well. Davis. I'm sorry to have spoiled
your day" And he dashed out Of the
room. apparently much provoked. I
felt I had almost witnessed family
quarrel. but the incident indicated to
me that whatever hopes the kaiser
might entertain Of one day dominnt.
Ing the world. he had not yet acquired
undisputed dominion In his own house
holdi
/ did not see the kaiserin again for
nearly year. when she came to my
once With lady-in-waiting.
She arrived In her own car. Its ap-
proaeh was heralded by the imperial
Tad -Tada" without the concluding
"Ta-Ta." which latter was reserved
exclusively for the kaiser, and not
even the kaiserln was allowed to use 1t.
The kaiser's "Tadi-Tada- -Ta-Ta" was
the subject Of much sarcasm among
the pr0letariat. who satirically put II
to the words: "Celerle-Salat-Ta Ta."
an alkpsion to the luxuries OF the royal
table:}which contrasted most unfavor-
ably 4ith the simple meals to which
theyKere accustomed; while the So
cialiSt9 showed their sentiments very
plainly by improvising the words:
:'von Unsern Geld-Ta-Ta," meaning.
tt,rom our money-ta-ta," referring TO
the royal immunity from taxation
which was one of their bitterest pills.
fIt was not long after had known
tie kaiserin before she made clear to
me TINT she possessed most dlcta-
toriqt manner. which was quite In con-
A%stF Fith that of the kaiser. at least
wnelThe was In my Office.
4 She5objected strenuously to remov-
Ing her hat-and she usually wore q
large cne with veil-but finally yield
ed when ! explained thrt could not
accomplish my work satisfactorily un-
less she did. When ! placed cotton
rolls In her mouth. she insisted that as
she did not like the sensation OF the
cotton against her lips or tongue, !
would have to encase the cotton In
rubber.
i tdld her politely but firmly that my
work would be done In my own way,
and she finally acQuiesced. adding:
wen. II you nuke such point of It.
doctor. ] suppose ! shall have to let
you have your way"
From that time on the kaiserin came
to me more or less regularly. Her