Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-01-03
The Kaiser as | KnewHim
for Fourteen Years
By ARTHUR N. DAVIS, D. D. S.
sht, 1914 By the Mcclure Newspaper synd,cate)

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Copyright. 1913 By the N
CHAPTER xi. -.
s5s 3ss. The kaiserin.. =.
Although / had frequently seen thu
! kaiserin in the company Of the kaiser
did not actually meet her until she
4 bocame my patient, in 1912, from which
+ time on she visited me more or less
I regularly. -1;:s> - -. ~ ~ Il
Without going deeply into her his
z toey. It may be sufficient to recall that
] when the kaiser married her, in 1881.
she was the Princess Victoria OF
8chlesWig- Holstein- Sonderburg Angus
y tenberg. She was year older than
\ her husband. She commanded no par
ticular wealth and was not as prepos'
sessing then, perhaps, as she became
when. some years later, her hair
turned white and softened her rather
large features and too highly colored
complexion. ar r. se ~
Ny first introduction to the kaiserin
occurred one Sunday afternoon at the
Berlin palace, where I had been in
structed to be at three o'clock. I was
& conducted up the stairway and, on the
lirst landing ! met the kaiser, who was
waiting for me. H..
swell, Davis" he said, II hope I
haven't spoiled your Sunday afternoon,
but ] assure you It was not for myself
I sent for you, but for my wife. She
0as been suffering for several days and
We are going to have a state ball on
Tuesday and I want you to get her in
order, SO that she can attend 1t, as it is
one of the most important social func-
lions Of the season. Follow me, and
will take you to my wife and introduce
1you.
We accordingly entered very large
sitting room. The empress, in a negli-s
gee Of her favorite royal purple, en-
tered and shook hands with me cor
daily. She looked very worn, and it
was plain that she had been suffering
considerable pain and loss Of sleep.
She had q handsome figure and was
stately In her carriage. but her crown
ing glory was a profusiOn of white
hair. She was then fifty-four years old,
hut her hair had turned white many
years before. 3, K
II was said, indeed that the change
had been brought about rather sudden
lyas = result Of certain drugs she had
taken! IN an effort to avert q tendency
\ % avoirdupois Rhich.had developed.
4 know the kaiser loathed fat4wo
IN. On more than one occasion he
had said TO me as he babe me fare
well 'eWell, Davis, you have kept me
here talking so long you have almost
spoiled my morning walk, but I'll take
= walk through the Tlergarten just the
same and then he would add disgust
edly, where ! presume will have to
greet all the fat Jewesses In the
pafk I" ~ '~-' Il
But to return to the kaiserln: The
kaiserin's physician joined us, and
there were several maids-very supe-
ri0r young women-in attendance upon
their royal mistress. ..
After had examined the empress
and had given my advice, the physi-
clan explained to me in q low voice
that it was necessary to be cautious
and not do much, rs he was afraid of
her physical condition. E....
Anything you do for her majesty"
he explained, would require giving an
anaesthetic. She is not in condition to
stand pain without. The only anaes-
ithetic her majesty will take is chloro-
form. I've administered it to her eleven
times and know just what it means.
I'm afraid of her heart at this time.
Indeed, just as soon as can get her
into condition I want her to 90 to
Nauheim for the cure"
His alarming words caused quite a
furry among the maids and they
crowded around the empress and
begged her to have nothing done that
day out 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
upon the patient to postpone
the treatment.
Inns maze the KAISER very angry ana
he walked up and down the room i'm
patiently. E= Nss
Here" he said, "I've got Doctor |
Davis to come in on 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 womeni"
Then he turned to me and said:
We'll, Davis, I'm sorry to have spoiled
POUR day." And he dashed out Of the
room, apparently much provoked. I
felt I had almost witnessed q family
quarrel, but the incident Indicated to
Ne that whatever hopes the kaiser
might entertain of one day dominat-
Ing the world, he had not yet acquired
npdisputed dominion In his own house
hold!
did not see the kaiserin agafn for
nearly a year, when she came to my
p@ce with lady-inwaiting.
She arrived in her own car. Its ap-
preach was heralded by the imperial