Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-24
CASTLE ALLOTTED TO
FORMER KAISER HAS
MORE THAN 800 ROOMS


which the former emperor, according
10 his settlement with the state of
Prussia may eventually return, is
considered the Jewel of German castles
1t has 300 rooms and saloon, many
Of which are preserved just as they
were built by the Handgrave Fred
erick II $50 years ago.
There is a solid silver service OIL
400 pieces, which 100 years ago cost
a small fortune In the worl1room
of William II is rocking horse
which he used for a desk chair
William, when not writing, was wont
to lean back in the saddle and rock
back and forth as if riding at the
head of his troops.
The bed chamber of the late Emp
ress Augusta Victoria in the castle
is panelled in solid mahogany, inlaid
with precious stones. Almost as
costly is the suite occupied by the
late King Edward of England when
he came to visit his German relatives.
The castle, though a priceless his
torical treasure, is roughly valued at
$4,000, 900. 1t remains the property
of the state If WILLIAM comes back
to Germany he Will merely have the
use of it during his life.
The champion cigar smoker of the
province of Hanover is Kurt Klein
heinz, a 72-year-old veteran who says |
he has smoked since he was IA. Klein
heinz won the cigar-smoking mara
thon' at Stendal, where he puffed
away on a five-inch stogie for hours
and 35 minutes without relighting.
Nineteen younger competitors who
smoked in the final round of the
provincial contest exhausted their
cigars, of the same size, 35 minutes
before the veteran.
The story of the purchase of
Raphaels famous painting, the Sistne /
Madonna, in the Dresden gallery has /
been pieced together for the first
time to the satisfaction Of historians. |
The painting, which is today price
less, DR.. Morris Stuebel, of Dresden |
says, was bought in 1853 for the |
then fabulous sum of $4,000 Roman
scudis, or about $4,000.
Agents of King August III of Sax
cny negotiated for 18 months with
the monks of the Abbey San Sisto, |
in Pacenza, from which the Madonna |
takes it's name. The king through
various italian and French relatives
is said to have prevailed upon the
rrefect of Piavenza to rescind his
order against the removal of the !
treasure. An export duty of $4,000
was paid to get the painting out
of Italy.
More than 800 persons took the
annual fall grape cure" at Baden
Baden, and with surprising weight
reducing results. The cure consists
of mineral water baths and diet
of nothing but red or white grapes,
from which Rhine wine is made. The
daily consumption at the Spa went
as high as 1,4OO pounds, each person
eating from four to seven pounds
day. Wine presses were at hand
for those who preferred to dinll
the juice.
Dorsey Wilmington, New York
pianist, made his debut in Berlin
with program which won the hearts
Of the German auditors. Beginning
with three Brahms numbers, Whit
tington proceeded by way of Schu-
hert's Impromptus to the Perpetum
Mobile by Carl Maria Won Weber,
the Tooth anniversary of whose death
is being observed by Weber festivals
throughout the country. The fact
that the American also remembered
this anniversary seemed especially to
please his listeners.
The second half of Whittington's
program was taken up with compost
tions of Chopin, who is great
faVorte in Germany.
The Association of Prussian jurists,
which the republican press has re-
pcatedly accused of monarchistio
leanings, has come out squarely in
favor of the republic.
The resolution unanimously adopted
at the associations recent conven-
ton in Kassel, emphasized among
other things that it was the duty
Of every jurist to respect and
the Weimar constitution"
The fact that many states lost virtu
ally every property settlement suit
brought against them by former
ruling kings and princes has been