Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-08

| dazzled by princes, and "winked
quite honestly at royal radiance"
The underlying idea of these eff
torts was to keep up the myth of
lncessant service rendered to the
crown. a martyrdom of work broken
occasionally by stroke of genius.
such as writing a novel, painting u
picture, composing music, or invent
ing this, that or the other thing.
William was not made of the clay
or the philosopher of Sans Souci,
nor of that of the lion of st. Helena.
He was not even clever at masque-
rading in the lions skin. At school
and at college the highest degree at
tanned by him was "satisfactory!'-
another pupil, being no more satis-
factory, would have been called in
competent.
His attempt at handling large
masses OF troops, in the presence
OF the Emperor of Austria and the
l<ing of Saxony, led to disaster, while
Count Waldcrscc preferred to- resign
as chief of the General STAFF rather
than permit the Emperor to mcddlc
with his department and pcriodi-
cally' discharge batteries OF iSnor-
ancc at him, as the General told
Bismarck during visit to Fried
r1chsruhc shortly after assuming
command of the Ninth Corps.
His Own People Dcride Him
Count Seckendorf furnished an
, amusing skit on Williams's tale of
woe about "rislling health and life
to save the Fatherland."
Enduring fatigues, he calls it,"
said the Count; Ito be bathed and
groomed; breakfast; take canter
on a horse previously tired out, and
so trained as to give the rider not
the least trouble; breakfast again,
ride to parade, or, while stretch
ing on lounge, listen to reports
carefully worded so that they may
be agreeable to the imperial diges-
ton; before luncheon. some pleas
ant conversation with officers from
all parts of the country; meal diver
sified by clever men and women,
drummed together for the purpose of
disporting their wit and retailing
the latest gossip; after luncheon, a
cold rundown and an hours abso-
lutte rest in n comfortable bed;
dressed anew by smart servants;
meal number four,-coffee and cakes,
"a drive or lawn-tennis; a minister
or general makes his report. after
dnner, theater or reception; finally,
meal number five; bed.
"Or, instead of so uneXciting an
afternoon, an impromptu hunting
TRIP, a cruise on the Havel lakes,
and, on extraordinary occasions, a
state council, visit to the Chan
cellor to air ones opinion, or to a
rehearsal to catechiSe actor and act
resses. Is that work.?
Not for the master who, mapping
out twelve, fourteen, or eighteen
houfs program enjoyed every
minute of it while his servants
drudged and all are servants in Will
llams eve. That his strength might
never fail him he partook of five
meals per day, while servants" NOT
ADMITTED to the imperial table must
pe e, content very frequently, TO dine
OH the Vapors from the dishes borne
past them.
My indefatigability," my prow-
Kaiser. -'-' 'iie
Posed as Musician
AS Iurther example of Williams
hultur, let me give one incident
Whlch may throw some light on Will
nam as composer, his alleged love
ol music, as a poet. as painter. and
as what his sister, Princess of
atan." oh"il-
On octoDer "a, 1894, the Kaiser's
song to Aegir," was performed at
a matinee in the Royal Opera House,
Mhlch the Prince and Princess of
Majesties. ''ie-'
The Prince, then q man in Tho
hfties, belonged to one of tie irou,l-
est families IN Europe, was tho
brother of the Queen of Puma MA
and an uncle of the Queen of HoI-
land; yet every time the big audi
ence waXed enthusiastic over the
kaiser's alleged masterpiece, this
old man with silvery hair rose re
spectfully from his seat and bowed