Evening star., 1926-05-21

Continued from First Pace
lentlv. even patriarchically. upon the
toWnSpeople.
Everybody who lives here feels that
he knows the former Kaiser. He never
misses Il day. no matter what the
weather, III walking through the main
streets. The women and girls nod or
curtsey: the men and boys lift their
hats or caps. William always responds
with a certain impreSSiVeneSS hy rails
ing his own hat, often saying Good
morning" in Dutch. his face hoaming.
The contrast with his automatic mill
tary salute Of other days is SurpriS
ing. Now he is civil. He wears a gray
| sack suit with an oVercuat in darker
| gray, gray soft hat creased in the
middle, cooked at 4 careless angle.
and dark purple tie and a turndown
! collar. For dinner he puts on the
| fatigue uniform of a German field
marshal. but he never appears in ami
form on foot outside his grounds.
lie Iooals as though life goes Well
with him. He is straight and firm Of
step and talks animatedly with his
companion. Fle almost always has q
guest or guests stopping with him
at Doorn House, and if hy chance
none is with him in his walks, he is
attended by an adjutant He does not
leave his estate alone. There may he
Dutch secret service agents around,
but no one looking tha part follows
him. The general impression his pas
sage through the town might give is
that of u kindly landlord among his
tenants.
Always Aids Charities.
Everything has been done to cult
CrooH will nf tho a M
neighborhood. All the supplies for the
House of Doorn are bought in the
| town. A subscription for any good
work can always he had from the
former Emperor. William himself and
his wife bought almost the entire
! stocks of clothing and shoes for men.
women and children flood sufferers a
| few weeks ago in Doom stores.
William has become an asset Of this
pleasant town. The gossip that his
consort, Hermine, is urging him TO
move elsewhere. so that they may
! have a larger and more worldly life.
; rather distresses the burghers.
| They do not wish to lose "A resident
| who has put their town of 1000 upon
| the international map, as it We're.
| They would miss him. Only one adj
verse comment is made by the towns
men to whom the correspondent has
| talked. The Kaiser pays no taxes,
| they say.
Everybody else is taxed and taxed
/ hea Willy, and why not The Kaiser?"
| The correspondent could not answer
| this, but it appears from inquiries
J that it is true William is not taxed.
! Fie was taxed during the first two
| years, after he had bought the prop
| erty here but some arrangement was
made which, it is said exempts him.
| The equality-loving Dutch do not like
| that.
Rises at AM. Daily.
| Up at 6 O'Clock in the morning,
William begins his daily routine, with
| breakfast in his room and then pri-
/ vate devotions. He begins his walk
| about s and at precisely S:45 each
morning he leads religious service
| for all the members of the household.
| His wife, her two daughters and
| guests; his staff and secretaries, and
| the servants, about 20 of them, as
| sembie in the large entrance hall.
| William, who as King of Prussia, was
| the primate of the state Lutheran
| clergy, takes a text from the Bible
| and speaks upon it for q few min
utes. He closes with the Lords
| Sundays the service is at a later
hour and longer. Pastor Herbst of
the German Lutheran Congregation
at The Hague comes out on Sunday
'once month and breaches. Another