The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-03
]. S. KEEPS Alive BISMARCK HAD NO
SUSPENDED NAVAL LOVE Of ART, SAYS
BUILDING PLAN SHERMAN ROYA[|ST
Beer Drinking Was ''Iron
ChanceIIor's" Only Form
Of Diversion

BERLIN, June 2.-The conviction
in New York of Rudolph Schildkraut
for giving an immoral performance
in presenting the God of Vengeance"
has revived here the story of how
Schildkraut was embarrassingly in
terrupted while playing the same
drama at a little Polish -Galician viii
lage several years ago. The COM
pany with which he was then per-
forming did not discover until abt ut
the time for the curtain to go up that
there was no prompter. The village
school master volunteered to take
over the job for the evening, and
the play began.
Schildkraut, during his portrayal
of the character of "Yekel" forgot his
lines. He shot several glances at the
school master acting as prompter,
but to no avail. The actor leaned over
to see what had happened in the
prompters box and found the school
kraut then rushed to the prGmpter's
box and. STOPPING down. yelled at the
sch oolmaster: My dear fellow, If
you want to weep at the play go out
side and buy ticket"
BISMARCK DID NOT LOVE ART
Great as Bismarck was politically,
he had not the slightest love for art
say the memoirs of Prince Phillip
Zu Gutenberg, who for a number Of
years held the post of German am
bassador in Vienna. and who died
several years ago. Gutenberg was in
the diplomatic corps under the Iron
Chancellor" ITO Bismarck" writes
Gutenberg, "Wagner's works were no
more than a book of seven seals, and
Wagner himself was to him a mon
key. The way a lion. after having
become accustomed to being the
strongest. does only what suits him,
explains the impossibility of ever
viewing Bismarck as a supporter of
art. And when such strong per-
sonallty does not support. thing, he
thereby becomes an opponent"
Beer drinking parties. Gutenberg
says. seemed the sole form of so
complained that the chancellor's
dwelling was filled with inartistic
furniture and horrible American pic
diplomas"
Germans Of the old school. how
ever. are taking Eulenburg's sketch
of Bismarck with a grain OF salt, re-
membering how the prince catered to
William II in the days preceding the
chancelltrs dismissal. In fact Eulen-
burg is suspected by some persons of
having headed the court clique the
to dismiss Bismarck.
NEW PREPARATIONS CLAIM
A belated claim for PREPARATIONS put
in appearance at the foreign office
the other day. 1t caused surprise to
the official charge not SO much
through its tardy appearance as in
the nature of the claim. The claim
ant is the accredited representative
of the Portuguese colony of Mozam-
blque. After displaying a letter of
Introduction from the German min
lister at Lisbon he proceeded. in a
semi apologize manner to explain
the character of his mission.
The explanation terminated with
the presentation Of a bill for dam
ages by Col. Won Lettow-Vorbeck
commander Of the German troops in
German East Africa, who gained no.
toriety In the course Of one of his
fGrages. looted train.
set fire to railway stations, built
them again and disappeared.
This episode Is recorded by Lettow-
Vorbeck In his memoirs. although he
probably at the time did not think
that the discriminating records he
was writing one day would result
In claim on the German govern
ment for reparation damages The
German foreign office still Is unde-
clded whether the tardy claimant
has any legal status. At any rate,
however. Lettow-Vorbeck's raid was
provided diplomat from Mozam-
nique with trip to Europe. for
which Germany probably will be
called on to pay the freight"