Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07

was noIorlouS enough to find
"Aecho in the imperial nursery.
-propos of this, a funny thing
/! aTapened some years ago when
orrr Won Falkenhayn, then gov
oia; OF the older princes, COM
Pbta.hd to His Majesty that his first
49,, constantly used a very nasty
| mates.S anu pay
Thedevil!" cried the Kaiser, "he
diS " broken of that; but where
-. ,ttle - (the very nasty
pnasS pmlase cnplained of hear that ex-
Probabl from his Imperial and
10y, toyaL Iathr. 1t will be remembered
Inat poor Mickey" the late Car of
ussia' contained in the early part
of.1 of .ne GrealWar that William had
h o,o shocke, him by his nasty ton
so,I; az one the when he was quar-
tSeit,ns Win hs quondam ally, the
VI bulgaia, he applied to him
CO n as;e' epnitet' OCCASIONALLY, very oc-
great towns. uderstand1and +bis
1lthy William HaenzoIIern sbonta5
II al over my hnqueting hall.
didn't know whert 10 puf NV baad
one OF my uncles. sitting near. told
me olushed like Slittle wench'"
SO far Mickey" alt didn't "Fer-
di get even with tn, kaiser?
l nave nothing t support nv
theory, but do think.hat the "RuI.
garski' got well paid for deserting
william at the critica. moment II
VIII come out sooner orlater. In tho
meanwhile 1 want to prt this nv
most personal belief, on ,ecord
Loves Scandal and Risata S,o,ias
william will talk for weeks ahont
a vulgar experience. and ndtIer his
friends nor the dignitaries hf stats
with whom he came in contsct v,are
spared the recital, includirr dis
gusting details. Indeed. three n,sr-
ters of the time when the ,pbI;c
imagined William to be wretIino
with problems of the day he SIT on
the billiard table. with his adjus nrs
ana the chief members of his Eili9
tary and civil households standng
around smoking cigarettes and toe
ing stories and listening to tales Y
Iectlng personages of the Court am
society here and abroad. :
And while this lascivious tattle wa.
carried on Her Majesty lounged.
perchance, in the Cup Room, mag
hlncentiy gowned, knitting shape
less little wooleh caps for orpban
asylums, and talking religion ana
cheap charity schemes.
What contrasts, What dissimnIa-
ton! often thought to myself when
being in attendance upon Her Ma.
1esty, the echo of sneering aIIusions
to friends or acquaintance's wife
or daughter waited past me througb
the door of the billiard-room. left
aJar by some lackey with his tablet
or opened by the Kaiserin's order
that she may feast her eyes on fbe
husband she loved so well.
Imperial Shams
The head of the nation, whose "un-
ceasing industry" was the tall. ~ tbo
Continent. vainly trying to kin time
with buffoonery; the sovereign Iadv
mother of the poor" working nenny
caps In a gown the cost of wbini,
would Nkeep for ten years the noor
boy orr girl for whom the knittod
thing is intended. and assure the liz
tie one a splendid education.
IL was a saying at Court: Give tbe
Kaiser an up-to-date rendering ~
the Merry Jests of King Louis xG.
and you will receive a standing invi-
tation to accompany him on bjs
Northland trips; tell him something
more indelicate than the "TattIe of
the Nuns of Poissy.' and he will bool,
YOU for an ambassadorship:" and
that is no exaggeration, as will bo
seen in what I shall later reveal
about Williams boon con1panions
and their scandalous escapades
The Kaiser's inclina ton for the ,,,>
1icrous even intruded itself into
business of state; for, as he consid'
ers his ministers but royal servants
II high degree, so were Court func1
ions regarded by him as quasi AZ
airs of government.
Always Eager For Amusement
The house regulations provided
hat list of invited persons be nre-
'ented to the Empress and her ladies
Early every morning, so that they
'ould dress accordingly. NV exneri,
'nce showed that IL would never do
o wear ANYTHING but ones second
,est bib and tucker at table. whetba,
he bulletin announced a brace ~
lobodies or half dozen ministers
md ambassadors. for at the ST rao1
nent His Majesty might bring in fba
chancellor. some sovereign or nrinG |
raveling incOgnito, or. q whole boeAI
u hne-looking young officers WHOM,
lie came across on one of his rides
'r outings. or who happened to re-
'ort at the palace about meal tin,a
His habit of issuing these invita- :
ions. however did not necessa riIv
nply that William was a hospitabIe
1an; maybe he did not care a snan
{ his fingers for the individuals