The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-01-24
The Kaiser as | Knew / lin
for Fourteen Years
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By ARTHUR N. DAVIS. D. D. S.
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Louise, the kaiser's only daughter.
may mention, usually came similarl,
J provided. No German ever let's any
thing interfere with his second break
fast.
1 The empress never spoke on politi
cal subjects. She was not particularly
brilliant and evidenced some reluc
lance to air her views on international
affairs, as though she were not quite
sure Of herself. Certainly, she was moi
| nearly as laxative as the kaiser,
When she did unburden herself, 1t was
usually In connection with domestic
subjects. 1t was said In Germany that
her only interest In life was represent
| ed by the ''three KS" Kinder, Kirche
and Kuche-children, church and
Htchen-and there Is no question about
1t that she seldom spoke on other SUBJ
jects when talking with me.
The kaiserin came to me after the
war with America started, but appar-
emily she had felt some hesitation
about doing SO, because the kaiser told
me shortly before her visit that she
intended coming, but pointed out that
she had decided to do so only upon his
recommendation.
In June, 1917, / received a letter
from the kaiserin's physician inclos-
ing one which he said had been writ
ten by the kalserin, but which was
both unsigned and unaddressed. 1t
requested me to visit the royal palace
at Homburg V. d. Hohe, which, In con-
junction with the adjoining town Of
Kreuznach, was then the location of
the great army headquarters.
During the time / was there I could
not help observing how extremely tim
i'd the servants seemed to be of the
kaiserin. One expected to find the
utmost servility among the kaiser's
underlings, but confess 1t came rath- |
er as a shock to me to see the maids |
walking so timidly and talking SO fear
fully when in the presence of their
white-haired royal mistress. I noted
particularly how very gently they
knocked at the door before entering
and how. after knocking, they immedi-
ately placed their heads against the
panel that they might catch the
kaiserin's low command to enter the
first time, and so make 1t unneces-
sary for her to repeat 1t. Their de-
neanor was particularly noticeable be-
cause the kaiserin never seemed to
display the slightest impotence or ILL.,
emper when dealing with her serv-
lnts. Indeed, she seemed to me to act
10 differently from the humblest haus-
rau in the country.
Before / left Homburg, she asked me
neither / was comfortably situated and {
everything was all right for me.
told her that everything was quite
and mentioned particular I
? how nice It was to have food exactly !
s we had had 1t before the war. il
"Yes," she replied, I'VE have every
hing. I am very careful what I eat. u
watch my health very closely" C
/ remarked, too, how wonderful 1t p
lust be to have sixty palaces like the t,
lomburg establishment, the beauties Il
which had deeply impressed me. "
dding: His majesty, / understand, IL
as sixty of them, has he not?"
mot quite sixty" she corrected. BE BIZ
veen fifty and sixty" it
Between fifty and sixty palaces b.
could not help thinking of the re- CT
ark the kaiser once made to me when fl
liking of the manner in which Amer DE-
IN millionaires made their fortunes: CT
t breeds socialism," cl
When the time came for me to re- In
IN to Berlin, the kaiserin babe me TO
leu. but uttered not word Of thanks Ell
: my having given up my practice OF
: three days to work exclusively for pa
r. re
TO