The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-04-10
CHAPTER xI-Continued.

We accordingly entered n very large
sitting room. The empress, In n negli-
fee Of her favorite royal purple, en-
Htered and shook hands with me cor.
daily. She looked very worn, and II
was plain that she had been suffering
considerable pnin and loss of sleep.
She had a handsome figure and was
stately In her carriage, but her crown.
y7ng glory was n profusion Of white
hair. She was then fifty-four years old,
but her hair had turned white many
years before.
II was said, indeed, that the change
had been brought about rather sudden.
ty as q result Of certain drugs she had
taken In an effort to avert n tendency
to avoirdupois which Ind developed.
know the kaiser loathed fat wom-
en-. On more than one occasion he
had said to me as he babe me fare
well: "Well Davis. you have kept me
here talking so long you have almost
spoiled my morning walk, but I'll take
q walk through the T~iergarten Just the
same" and then he would add disgust.
eddy, "where I presume l will have to
greet all the fat Jewesses In the
park"
But to return TO the kaiserin: The
kaiserin's physician Joined us, and
Athere we're several maids-very supe-
rior young women-in attendance upon
their royal mistress.
After I had examined the empress
and had given my advice. the physl.
-. clan explained to me In a low voice
u that II was necessary to be cautious
and not do much, as he was afraid Of
her physical condition.
Anything you do for her majesty"
hsr explained. "would require giving an
dlmesthetic. She Is not In condition to
e9end pain without. The only anaes-
thetic her majesty will take Is chloro-
form. I've administered It to her eleven
times and / know Just what 1t means.
I'm afraid Of her heart ut this time.
Indeed just as o as I can get her
Int condition I want her to go to
Nauhe.m for the cure"
His alarming words caused quite a
hurry among the maids and they
crsgvded around the empress and
begged her to have nothing done that
dny but to endure her suffering a little
longer In the hope that relief would
come without the necessity Of an oper-
' alton at that time. Their pleadings
prevailed upon the patient to postpone
the treatment.
This made the kaiser very angry and
he walked up and down the room i'm
/, patiently.
! Here" ne said, 1--WE got Doctor
Davis to come In on a Sunday after.
noon, and you want to be In shape for
the ball On Tuesday. and now you
won't have anything done! That's the
way with the women!"
Then he turned to me and said {:
swell, Davis, TN sorry to have spoiled
your day" And he dashed out OF the
room, apparently much provoked. /
felt / had almost witnessed q family
quarrel. but the incident indicated to
me that whatever hopes the kaiser
might entertain Of one day dominat.
inkethe world. he had not yet acquired
u~ndispNted dominion In his W house
holdt
did not see the kaiserln again for
nearly q year. when she came to my
Office with a lady-in-waiting.
She arrived In her own car. Its ap-
proach was heralded by the imperial
''radi.T ada" 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 nfhohg
tho proletariat, who satirically put 1t
to the words: "Celerie-Salat-Ta To-"
an allusion to the luxuries of the royal
table which contrasted most unfnvor-
ably with the simple meals TO which
they were accustomed while the So
ciallsts showed their sentiments very
plainly by improvlsing the words (:
"Von Unsern GeldyTa-Ta." meaning.
"From our money-ta-ta," referring to
the royal immunity from taxation
which was one Of their bitterest pills.
1t was not long after ! had known
the kaiserin before she made clear to
me that she possessed n most elcta'
torial manner, which was quito In con-
trast with that Of the kaiser, ut least
when he was In my Office.
She objected strenuously to remov-
ing her hat-and she usually wore .
large n with q veil-but finally yield
ed when I explained that l could not
accomplish my work satisfactorily un-
less she did. When I placed cotton
rolls In her mouth, she insisted that as
she did not like the sensation OF the
cotton against her lips or tongue, I
would have to ncase the cotton in
rubber.
told her politely but firmly that my
work would be done In my W way,
and she finally acqu'esced. adding +:
"Well. II you make such a point Of II,
doctor, l suppose l shall have to let
you have your way."
From that time on the kaiserln came
TO me more or less regularly. Her