Year: 1873

hour later. and under the long, pleasant rows Of
trees that line the promenade Of Unter den Lin
den down to the Brandenburg Gate dense masses
stood waiting patiently, and every window, roof
and even the top OF the Gate OF Victory and the
chariot and the bronze horses were covered.
About the statue of Frederick the Great opposite
the imperial mansion, and before the Kronprinz-
lches falais and the palace Of Field Marshal Wran
gel, the crowd was almost impossible. 1t was
heightened crowd, however. and there was no dis
turbance. At last the boom of cannon was
heard and loud, rushing murmur went up from
the crowds along Inter den Linden and was carried
down to the festal place to the 100000 persons
there assembled. ''The Emperor has left his
palacel" This was the import OF the signal


KAISER WILHELM LEAVES HIS sCHLoss.


1t was half an honr past ten, as the novelist
would say, when the majestic form of HIS Majesty
the Kaiser was seen. He had descended rrom his
apartments to the courtyard OF his CASTLE and
there he mounted, with ON agility uncommon for
such venerable warrior, his jet black steed that
had borne him in many q tight brilliant suite
OF princes OF the blood, OF Held marshals and gen.
erals there awaited to greet their imperial master
There were the Crown Prince, Princes Carl Fried
rich Carl, Albrecht, Alexander, Princes August
and Alexander Of Wurtemburg and the general
stan OF the Prusstan army. The Emperor ielt
proud. at Is for me an elevated feeling" he
said to those around him. Ito sec you all as-
sembled about me to celebrate this signif-
cant festival OF thanksgiving and honor
you who In all conflicts and battles distinguished
yourselves in such high degree at the head OF
your troops" Then the cavalcade dashed out Of
the castle, on at q gallop down Unter den Linden
the Kaiser leading, followed by the Crown Prince
botn answering with graceful military salute the
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$4,000 persons who lined the way from the
palace to the Brandenburg Gate thence into the
Thiergarten, with It's sward still green, down the
Avenue OF Victory, cheered by the 100000 who
lined the paths and stood in deep rank around
the whole extent of the immense KOenigsplatz
But while the Kaiser has hardly emerged from
Inter den Linden, short mile away from the
place Of the monument, brilliant scene s enacted
before the eyes Of the 100000, which we, people
OF blue cards, also Witness At ten O'Clock
there is hardly soldier to DO seen on the great
square Of the monument. 1t Is parade ground
as 1t were, the huge structure OF the monument in
the centre still unrevealed, the masses OF humanity
forming dense deep lines OF black lighted up by
the dress and beauty gathered on the tribunes
whose effect were still further increased by tho
dark back ground Of foliage OF the Thiergarten
Further back, beyond the black masses, quarter
OF mile away, the roofs Of palaces are made black
with spectators. In the centre of the open space,
in front OF the monument high badachino or
pavilion ls erected for the Empress and the ladies
OF the court, and between this and the base OF
the monument stood already the municipal
authorities, and the clergy, and the cathedral
choir, and from either side Of the pavilion
extended o semcircle Of seats occupied
by prominent ladies OF Berlin. Now, one by one,
drove up the imperial carrages, with the ladies Of
the Court. Duchess Alexandrine, pretty and
bland, wife Of the brother to the relgning Duke Of
MeCklenburg- -Strelitz. was first on the ground,
then came the Grown Princess. ruddy and cheerful,
with her youngest boy Waldemar, and her two
daughters Victoria and Charlotte, graceful,
goiden-headcd fairies; then Princess Charles,
sister OF the Empress, with her three grand
children the daughters Of Prince Friedrich Carl.
and holding by the hand the little Of the Red
Prince. who promises to be as bold as his father;
then the Queen Dowager, decrepit, 80 that she
had to be lifted and borne out OF her carriage and,
finally, preceded by two Outriders, the Empress
herself, proud and queenly, whom the people
greeted with deep respect, and the Court rises to
pay her due homage.


THE MILITARY DISPLAY.


The picture receives at each moment new fea-
lures Of interest, and as the cannon boom an
nounoing the Emperor's start from the castle is
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Out from the cool, shady places among the trees
OF the Thergarten, from street and square. at all
points Of the compass, regiment after regiment OF
guards come on to the ground brilliant In color
and bright in equipment, marching to their ap-
pointed places with q precision and rapidity truly
marvellous In five minutes after the first man
appeared on the ground an immense square,
twenty or twenty-five files deep, enclosed the open,
large space about the monument, and In the next
I'VE minutes regiment after regiment OF cuirassiers
and dragons and uhlans Ill up the deep back
ground. The display is something magnificent,
and the rapidity with which the 10000 men
horse and foot march into position is o feat that
can be performed with such beautiful military
order and silence and precision In Prussia only.
The regiments seem to be stamped out OF the
ground" so noiseessly they form into position.
There Is long, loud hurrah from Inter den Linden
ana the Brandenburg gate, cavscade dashes
down the avenue leading to the monument; o thou
sand buges send forth their greetings, and the i'm
peral party, the Kaiser ahead dashes gracefully up
to the imperial baldachino. The Emperor rides
gracefully up to the steps Of the pavilion and
sautes the Empress and the princesses He
looks hale and strong, and sits in his
saddle as well as he did three years ago
al Sedan. A murmuring cheer from the vast
crowds and the waving OF handkerchiefs by the
ladies OF the court and those OF the inner circle
and away he dashes again down the front OF q
regiment,


THE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES.


1t is a brilliant and imposing scene, gay and
varied, gaudy and rich In color changeful in
effects as q kaleidoscope, brilliant as pageantry
OF the times OF Ludwig XIV or o tournament In
the days OF the Brandenburg Palatines. The En-
peror wheels sharply round and dashes into the
semicircle between the pavilion and the monu-
ment and takes up his position TO the right OF the
Empress, while his suite, with Bismarck in cuiras-
sier uniform. and Motke and Wrangel and Unser
Fritz ana the Red Prince, remain on one side OF
the space. Now the grouping of the central scene
is complete-the Court, the semcircle OF beauty
the group OF princes and generals Of city dgnita-
ries and university professors In red velvet and
cap; the group Of serious-visaged clergy,
the Cathedral choir and at the top OF the steps Of
the base, small army OF artisans in black and