The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1926-12-27
FORMER KAISER.
GIVES OLD time
HOLIDAY PARTY

Surrounded by friends and rela-
tives, former Emperor William of
Germany, spent one of the merrieste
Christmases since his exile in his
barbed wire retreat in this little
Dutch village.
Doom House saw a real old fash
toned Christmas with William and
his wife, Princess Hermine, hosts,
to Prince Du Reiss, number of
German aristocracy and Dutch no
blemen with whom William keeps
up a desultory acquaintance. None
Of the former kaisers own chill
dren attended the festivities.
Princess Hermine received gifts
Of gowns and furs from her hus-
band, but what she gave him was
not divulged. Christmas presents
from Germans living in southern
and middlewestern states Of the
United States helped to make the
ex-kaiser's yuletide an unusually
happy one.
MI Have Marry Time M
The former kaiser, now an exile
for nine years but still hopeful of
ending his days on the soil of the
fatherland, had a merry time; from
all appearances the yuletide had
much of the time-honored festiyity
that prevailed when the Hohenzol-
Tern family passed the holiday in
the Potsdam palace before the;
world war. 80
Preparations for the celebration
of typical German 'Weinachts-
fest" had been going on for weeks
and it was late last night when, the
last sprigs of holly and mistletoer
were fastened to chandeliers, man
telpieces and the heavy goblin tap,
estries on the walls. Large sprays
of Christmas greens set off life
sized portraits of Frederick the
EGreat and other ancestors of9tIe
present lord of Doorn House, II
This years Christmas tree, a tall
! fir from the chateau grounds, was
felled week ago under Williams
personal direction. 1t was placed
in the great hall where the task.
of decorating fell chiefly to Prin-
cess Hermine and her children,
home from their schools in Ger
many. Hermine personally took
charge of the large list of gifts
for relatives, friends and retainers,
while William was engaged in his
ifavorite pastime, busily saving and
fashioning blocks of wood, brand
ed with an imperial wv" in accord
with his usual custom, he present.
ed to all.
PreSideS at Prayer rtns
Everybody in the castle was up
! early for family prayers, over
which the former emperor presid
ed Then followed a ceremonious
breakfast in the large dining room,
in one corner of which stood the
traditional German Weihnachts7
krippe," a representation of the
stable with the Christ child in the
manger.
With few companions, William
strolled through the village. The
novelty of seeing the former kaiser
moving in their midst has long
since worn off as far as the villag-
ers are concerned and those who
saw him merely touched their caps
or bowed respectfully, just as they
would do to any prominent citi-
zen "a
When he returned, he changed
into a generals uniform for the
Christmas feast. He wore this uni
form for the rest of the daY.F8
Soon the company adjourned to
the marble, hall, where the tree was
Illuminated, Christmas hymns were
sung to the accompaniment of the
village church organist, and d
large heap of gifts distributed
For William himself there We're
many packages, most of them from
Germany, but some from admirers
in all parts of the world including
the United States.