Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-04


in making yellow metal.
The castle was finished under
false pretense, and the lying ne
cromancer was hanged which proves
that the big pile, commonly believ-
ed to be the Hohenzollerns private
property, may be seized and sold for
the benefit of the allied governments.
It might be turned into o first-class
hotel or factory-a point worth re-
membering.
WiIhelm's Disdain For Democratic
Society
The winter fetes at our Court were
institutions in their way, the splen-
dor of which the Kaiser's favor or
disfavor might enhance or reduce,
but even his enmity could not blot
them out
To do that would seem too much
like breaking with time -honored
customs and taking away the per-
quisites of two mighty classes: the
trades-peoples profits, and the aris-
tocracy's chief opportunity for dis
porting its few remaining hereditary
privileges. Only in case of Court
mourning, or great national disas-
ters, may the fetes be curtailed, and
take advantage of such an excuse
than William.
When his granduncle, Prince
| Alexander. died, his first words
were: "Now we may rid ourselves
of the company of the sweet plebs,
for this winter at least" and the
Grand-master was straightway or
dered to recall the invitations for
carnival
Yet one cannot mourn a relative
OF the seventh or eighth 2 degree
forever and the Kaiser all the more
| readily consented to give one ball
before the end OF the season, as the
municipal council of Berlin at that
time was particularly obstreperous,
and as 1T was expected that by a
lavish expenditure of money flowing
into the peoples Golfers it's good
offices could be gained.
So, when almost everybody had
given up the hope of dancing and
supping "at Kaiser's," several thou
sand ladies and gentlemen were
made happy by receiving the covet-
ed commands"
L don't deny that the average Ber-
INBRED man or woman is more fit
Tor a Third Avenue Speak-easy than
a Fifth Avenue parlor, but behold
their master, the "Allhighest." 1t
1
or his conversation with German
subjects, both women and men. did
not smack of the tap-room.
Kaiser's Indescent Talk
Once, while Wilhelm was enter
tanning young unmarried countess
at a hunt-dinner, I heard him in
sinuate, on an innocent remark
| dropped by the girl, a double enten-
DIRE which I should blush to repeat
to my mistress, If I were a man.
And to make it worse, he insisted
upon reiterating the offensive inter-
probation over and over again to the
young ladys utmost chagrin. And
that happened in the house of his
best friend./
How German Royalty Amuses Itself
Madame Won Scholl, wife of the
imperial adjutant-general, was on
very familiar terms with william;
| she was jolly and good looking, fat
and over forty.
Born in Southern Germany, Ma
dame was not hampered by that
punctiliousness and the conventional
| scruples which make the Prussian
lady of quality so detestable and the
most scandalous thing she ever did
was stamped with the all-highest
approval.
The scene of Madame Won Scholrs
assault upon the proprieties was a
hill near Havel lake, whittier we
had gone on the royal yacht Alex
| andra to spend the afternoon. 1t
| was brofltng hot and as we crept
toward the nearby forest, only an
occasional word was spoken.
The Kaiser looked as If he wished
| himself a hundred miles away, and
the Empress was unhappy because
her lord seemed displeased.
Suddenly there arose the cry:
Where is Madame Won Scholl? Did
we leave her on the steamer ?"-No.
Some one had seen her at the
landing place.
Dignity of the Prussian Court
/ While these questions went the
rounds, we heard sharp whistling
somewhere from above, and there,
on the top of the sand-hill, stood
madame, swinging her parasol, and
turning as swiftly on one brown
stockinged foot as her ponderous
weight permitted.
"The fat rascaln cried William,
"she must have sneaked off the pier
and assembled the mountain from
the other side"
Then the Kaiser put his hands to
his mouth and hallooed: Stand still
a second and give me a chance to
fix my camera"
But at that moment, the parasol
and head and arms of the unhappy
lady suddenly took a forward tum-
BILE, the rest of her body followed,
and, twice overturning, she rolled
down the incline like an avalanche
streaked with brown tints and fes-
tooned with multicolored ribbons.
Did the "all-highest" and their
excellencies and ladyships and col
onelships and privy councillors and
learned men and common everyday
noblemen laugh?>
oh, MOI They just roared and
beloved and shouted and held their
sides and danced about, and some
of us shed tears at the hilarious
spectacle; and when we had disen-
tangled our portly friend, she
started in to enjoy the situation her
self and we had to commence all
over again to keep her company.
Kaiser Fools Kaiserin
Still, as to downright indecencies,
openly practiced, our Court was
hardly a patch on that of Dessau,
which explains Wilhelm's frequent
visits to the little Duchy, whose
women enjoyed a well-earned rep
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