The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-04-10
The Kaiser as | Knew Him
for Fourteen Years
BY ARTHUR N. DAVIS, D. D. s.
Copyright. 1918. by the Mcclure Newspapsr syndicate,

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Louise, the kaiser's only daughter. I
may mention, usually came similarly
provided. No German ever lets any
thing interfere with his second break
fast.
The empress never spoke on pollti.
cal subjects. She was o 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 not
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
n kuche-children, church and
kitchen-and there is no question about
1t that she seldom spoke on other SUBJ
jects when talking with mes
The kaiscrin came to me after the
war with America started, but appar-
emily she had felt some hesitation
about doing so, because the kaiser told
hiN sioitiy Dtlotc iItE Nlolt tHuI SIG
Intended coming, but pointed out thai
she had decided to do so only upon his
recommendation.
In June. 1917, I received a letter
from the kaiserln's physician inclos-
ing n which he said had been writ
ten by the k~alserin, but which was
both unsigned and unaddressed. 1t
requested me to visit the royal palace
at Homburg v. d. Hohe, which. In cor.
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
kalserln. One expected to find the
utmost servlllty among the kaiser's
underllngs, but l confess II came rath.
or as a shock to me to see the maids
walking SO timidly and talking so fear
fully when In the presence Of their
whlte-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
kalserin's low command to enter the
frst time, and 80 make It unneces-
sar-. for her to repeat 1t. Their de-
cause the kaiserln never seemed to
display the slightest impotence or III
temper when dealing with her serv-
ants. Indeed, she seemed to me to act
no differently from the humblest haus-
frau in the country.
Before I left Homburg, she asked me
whether / was comfortably situated and
II everything was NIL right for me.
4 told her that everything was quite
satisfactory and mentioned particular
~ how nice II was to have food exactly
us we had had 1t before the war.
"Yes," she replied, I'VE have every
thing. I am very careful what l eat.
I watch my health very closely"
/ remarked, too. how wonderful 1t
must be to have sixty palaces like the
Homburg establishment, the beauties
Of which had deeply impressed me,
adding: Ellis majesty, / understand,
has sixty Of them, has he not?"
"Not quite sixty" she corrected. BE
tween fifty and sixty"
Between fifty and sixty palaces!
I could not help thinking Of the re-
mark the kaiser once made to me when
talking OF the manner In which Amer
lear %mlllionaires made their fortunes :
ut breeds socialism!
When the time came for me to re-
turn to Berlin, the kaiserln babe me
adieu, but uttered not a word Of thanks
for my having given up my practice
for three days to work exclusively for
her.