Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-24

His Majestys nickel warming-pan
must be heated to the proper degree
and placed at his, the right, side OF
the bed. That was done all the year
round, except in July and August.
Next, folding screens were so placed
as to surround the bed on all sides.
and woe to the chamber-woman who
forgot to draw any of the numerous
curtains. portieres and other devices
for excluding Il breath of air. For
cases of emergency, n pair of long
woolen stockings, white cloth knicR-
erbockers, jack boots, n flannel-lined'
pea Jacket, soft hat, and gloves must
be placed ready on one corner OF
the lounge that is at the foot of the
bed, and a similar accident toilet"
was provided for Her Majesty.
\ Good Joke On the Kaiser
recall an amusing experience
which shows that Queens are very
human after all. The Kaiser was
absent at the manoeuvres with the
King of SaXony. Her Majesty. to kill
time, which never hangs more heav-
lily upon her hands than when her
lord is away from home, conceived
the idea of painting the basket set
tees in the Kaisers bedroom
bright lilac. 1t was to be sur
prise for William upon his return.
Before we go to bed, l will ask
the Kaiser to sit down in his favorite
seat for a moment, and then l Will
suddenly turn up the lamps. eXhib-
iting my work. Won't he be pleas
ed?" Her Majesty had remarked to
Fraulein Won Gersdorff.
The latter acquiesced. as a matter
of course. and both ladies started in
! Il Co, ltfNgr u
,, pairs of gloves, besides their dresses
and a carpet worth whole regi-
ment of wicker chairs. But this mat
tered little. seeing that. after sew
eral cans of mixed paint and bot
tie of turpentine had been consumed,
the chef-d' oeuvre was complete. 1t
was the day before William was eX.
pected back.
But will they be dry in time?"
asked the Dame of the Court, Grafln
Keller. when all the ladies of Her
Majesty had been called together to
view this first attempt at household
decoration.
Certainly" said the Kaiserin.
with Il laugh: "Kammerdiener Luck
made inquiries for me at the paint
store, and I followed the directions
to the letter."
Next evening their Majestics re-
tired. The Empress's little program
seems to have worked to perfection
till-but let Her Majesty tell her own
story.
NO sooner were the lights on"
reported Auguste Victoria to her
first Lady, Countess Brockdorff. the
following day, land while myself
was settling down in the second
chair then l saw the Emperor start
up half surprised, half angry, with
his hands and other portions of his
body thickly besmeared with pig
ment that, I felt to my horror, also
adhered to my body.
This is n sorry joke" he shouted
in high temper. And neither eXpla-
nations nor excuses were of the
slightest avail.
Why Kaiser Needed Turpcntine
Ring for turpentine.' That is
all he would say.
II awakened Haake, and told her
to order Madame Won Larisch TO
send up n bottle of the stuff; but.
needless to say, she had none on
hand. Then the Emperor demanded
that one of the body gendarmes ride
into town and fetch n bottle. Like
simpleton, he awakened the
apothecary only to be told that he
must go to drug store. Drug
stores, as you know. have no night
bells. and are not obliged to serve
customers after the ordinary closing
time. 1t took the gendarme a full
hour to get what he wanted, and
even then he was obliged to invoke
aid from a military patrol.
The next thirty or forty minutes
I spent in cleansing my lords legs,
arms, and hands, and afterward poor
Haake had to do the same for me.
1t was the most miserable night I
ever experienced"
These intimate little glimpses give
us a true view of the real William
HohenZollern. I hight go on end
lessly with humorous relations of
his conceit and his bravado "at
home" But let us give his wife,
Auguste Victoria (now Mrs. Hohen-
zollern) the first chance of her life.
(The next articles will be devoted
to herr
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow