| Show O OTHE THE KAISER AS I KNEW o oI I HIM FOR FOURTEEN YEARS o 0 War but Her ller crin ais-crin Was Always Bitterly Opposed to ar Opinions Carried Little Weight zt With the Emper Emperor or Davis Tells of If Witnessing Quarrel in I Royal Family D BY Y ARTHUR N. N DAVIS DDS f Copyright Ins b by tho Newspaper e Syndicate yn lc te CHAPTER XIII XIII XIII-Conti Continued II The the Die in ill the of the L I had frequently seen company ALTHOUGH 1 kaiser I did not meet her until she Site became my ruy patient in ill ill Hn 1912 1 from m which Y time nc Ol on the hc i visited tee me L. L more c or less regularly I or toe me tile empress I. I nHI may possibly exert on tho the kaisers kaiser's views it ma may not be out of or to tc record here some of or the tho Impressions I 1 IWas was a able ablo to form torm of ot her in th the course cours of ot m my relations re with her although h I 1 dc do donot not believe e her hel opinions carried er cry much weight eight with the tho kaiser alser 1 l al always always al- al ways f felt lt that she V.-BH V. bitterly opposed to the war and If it that were In Indeed ce the ne case c she h must have ha masked her feet feel In ings KM very ery r effectually to preserve c harmon harmony har bar mon mony In the royal household Without going oln deeply deply Into ho her his his- tory It Jt may ma be sufficient to recall that thai when the tho kaiser kaller married her het In lS ISM l she he was as th the tho Princess Victoria of ot Au u r She Sh wa was wa a year yeal older ohler hail h I her het husband She commanded no tai pai wealth and was vas not is ss Si S- S i t e then perhaps as she ho became leC when some ome years year ear later her hair turned white nn and softened her hr rather larKe e features and anal too loo highly colored com coin It was l said ald that the marriage t was arran arranged eal not on only I to conciliate the province pro of or which hn had l been heen filched from froni Denmark rl In 1864 and was waN harall hardly more satisfied with the enforced transfer of or allegiance ian han Alsace Lorraine was vas In her separation from froni France but more particularly to A tI th strain In Tt It i i I a marriage iA of t state t and eugenics nl nR combined al The kalser father had 1 died dice of or cancer of ot the throat and It was as considered COIl COIl- of or primary state Importance that the royal blood should not l Ie e impoverished im Im- Im pO b by any Ill advised alliance of or the future emperor First t My 1 first introduction to the I In occurred one Sunday afternoon at nt the Berlin palace where I had been t-en t In Instructed Instructed Instructed In- In to b bo be at 3 I Th There r be being In ing three three- entrance entrances I 1 was wal told to go goto goto 0 to the main entrance at tho the front of ot the palace palaceS and when I arrived there herc 1 I IIa Ia the l kaisers kaiser's alser three autos lined up In the court within the palace whis I thou thought ht naturally I 1 ha hud bad been sent ent for forb forby forby b by the 1 kaiser as alii he wa was the only member mem ber her of ur the royal roal family whom 1 I had treated up tip to that time 1 I was wart conducted up the th stairway a and andon and on the tile first fint landing I 1 met the aser who was waa waiting for tor or me me- fie was In full uniform and wore all his hll usual decorations including tho the Pour lour la III an and the he Iron on Cr st Cr-st 1 o of tho the First Class Clas which was not lIot at en enthen then as noS commonly as ns It s I now nor I 1 thought he n never ver ma made e such an Imposing Im Im- im- im posing hosing appearance a as a. le he did n tint occasion his Iron gray wa wavy vavy halt hair and well groomed visage showing to rh very t best bt advantage aal in Iii the which streamed through a avi window vi n d ow Well Davis ho he said hope I Y haven't hl spoiled pon d your our Sunday Sunda afternoon but 1 I assure you ou it was waR not for tor myself I sent for tor you ou but for my wife She rhe Is 18 suffering greatly Im I'm In a great reat hurry mrry JU my autos ar are waiting wallin for me inc below v. but I wanted to remain until you cr- cr r- r rived to lo give gl you ou a little his history tor of ot the case He lie then described to me the tho kaiser kaiser- ina ailment allmont an and explained that he had hd Insisted upon m my coming for tOl a consultation con con- con I with tho the phI phI-el- clan cian My ly 1 wit wife has been suffering for Heral several sev H v eral ala days he lie concluded d. d and wo are Ire going oln to haTe hare a J. J state ball ban on Tuesday and I want you ou to lo get her In order or er to so that she can attend it as alii it IB Is one of or orthe the most mOlt Important social functions of if the season Tollow Follo inc me and ancl I 1 will take you rou to my roy wife and introduce you ou of oC We accordingly entered a aery very ery lar large c sitting room It was finished in cream color colo and was furnished rather too loo full fullI I thought with a J. J profusion of or heavy furniture There w were vere re man many French mirrors mirror around the tho room roum but IJ by far the most moat conspicuous feature was the tho pictures and photographs In ever every conceivable abl place I noticed pictures pic Ile- tures of at the various arlous members of ot the royal family family thu tho kaiser er the children ren and th the grandchildren not to sa say anything anything any any- thing thin of ot their cousins and an uncles and aunts being shown In a Ji score of or different dif ferent rent poses poseR nod and nt itt nil all ages aJos Even g the scrap crap bast basket t I observed had picture it oI the royal roal family worked Into It and more pictures pc peered red up tip at nt me mo from under the glas glaZ top Op which h cover coy cov- er erl l a J. J tn table hIp The empress In a negligee e of or her I favorite ta royal purple entered and shook i 1 amis with me roe cordially Sim Sh loo looked tl cr very worn and It was plain that 1 she hc had been suffering considerable consid consid- erable ahr and loss Iou of ele sleep p. p She had a i handsome figure and wax was stately state slate ly Jy In her carriage e. e but hut her crowning glor glory wit v a profusion of white hair halt She wa ms a. a ien I. I n 64 years year old i Iut ut ner hair mid had turned white while man many years be be- fore tore It was waR said Indeed that the change n h e ehll hail had b been brought a i ao-i it abo-it b 01 rather cud fud- denly as l a r result of or certain dru drugs s si i ha had taken in an effort to avert aver a tendency to a avoirdupois which had bad d deI de- de I II I I know th the J kaiser 10 loathed fat tat wom oom- omen en On more than titan ono one occasion 1 be be- had hac sad to me mo as he lie bade 1111 m me farewell farewell fare rare well Well Davis you OU luc lieve l kept pt tnt here talking BO so 0 long you hl have almot 1 spoiled m my mOl ning walk but hut Ill lb lake Illk n a walk through h the n just the same ame then h ho lie would add dl disgustedly where shere I 1 presume I will have ha to lo greet creet all the fat nt Jen esses In the tue park parl a at Wife But Rut to return to the tho Th Tue physician joined II us there were cre ere several maids very maids very RII- RII I young oun wom women women women-in n-In n In attendance I upon their Ir royal mistress I After I hart had examined the empress ls antI and had given my 01 advice lc tho tue physician I I explained to me mO In a low voice that tha l II H was Vas ar to OC be cautious and nd not 1101 do much a as 11 ho lie wa was vas afraid of or h her er ph i Ical I al condition Anything yo oi 01 do door for or her maj majesty t he hI explained would require giving hIra an mi onar anaesthetic Rh SIte She In Is not In condition condition condi condi- tion lion to stand stal HI pain In without vl The on OHN onh anaesthetic her in ft jo sir will tRI take taice I is s chloroform rye Ive administered it 11 to 10 I her eleven en times anti and 1 I know Ju just t what hal It means Im I'm afraid l of ot her hr heart at a I this thin limp lime Indeed just a as aon on Ion on en r I 1 Ican can call h get t h ha her r Into U I 1 want her hero I 10 o go o 0 to Nauheim for tor the he cure Ills alarming wor words caused quite i t I flu ry among the maid maids and they v I i crowded around fl the empress 8 and I bc hc her to lo have hac nothing done that ria day but to nor her suffering a 1 lit little lit lit- tb tle lon longer er In tho the hone that relief relict would como come without th the necessity of an on operation nt at that time Their ln r prevailed IU upon tile 11 patient to postpone the he treatment Tills Tiis made the m I very en angry aJr nod and he walked l up and down Ilo the room tin im- en thy I Me lio lii said Ive Po sot Jot Dr Davis ip lo In rom conic r. r In lii on a n. Sunday afternoon n anil anilou nI jou ou want td UI be In shave shape for tot the ball hall i on Tuesday and now you ou wont won't have ha i anything done clone That's tho too wa way vay with I the women I I r Not the Do Boss I rh Then n he turned to lo me mend and nd said i iI i I Well Dari Da Im I'm sorry to have ha spoiled your our cia lay day And ho dl dashed herl out of oC the room apparently much provoked pro 1 felt I had almost almust witnessed a II family tamn quarrel but the tho Incident Indicated to tome to tome me rile that whatever WIH hopes the kaiser I might entertain of or one ta day dominating i the world he ha had not yet ot acquired undisputed un un- un- un disputed dominion In his own household house house- i hold I I 1 did not see ce tho the a again aln ln for tor nearl nearly a year ear when she came camo to my I office with a a. lady ln i She he arrived In her own car Its Us approach approach ap ap- ap wo heralded b by the Imperial i I Tada Tatja without tho the concluding I II I Ta Tn which latter was wa's Is reserved ex exclusively ex- ex elusively for tor the kaiser and not even C I eX-I tho was allowed to lo use ue The kaisers kaiser's Tada Ta was as the subject of ot much sarcasm among tho the I proletariat who satirically put It to 1 I the tho words word Ta Salat an I allusion to the tho luxuries of ot the royal table which contrasted most unfavorably unfavorably or j ably with tho tue simple meals to which they the were accustomed while the so- so showed their sentiments very er sO-I sO plainly b by Thy Improvising tho the wor words s son Von on Ta Geld meaning 1 From our ta money referring to the tho royal roal Immunity from front taxation I which was one of or their bitterest pills It wa was not hot long after aCter I 1 had known 1 tho the before she made mado clear to tome tome I Ime me that she ho possessed a n. most dl ia- ia tonal manner which was quite In contrast contrast contrast con con- with that of ot the tho kaiser kaler at least when he lie was In my m office hind III III Own O.-n Way War 1 She objected strenuously to removing removing ing her hat hat and and she usually wore ore a large larse one with a veil but veIl but finally yielded yield yield- I ed cd when I explained that I could not accomplish my work satisfactorily onless un unless on- on j less she hc did so When heh I pl placed cell collor- collor roIl rolls In her mouthS mouth she hc Insisted that as I sho did not like the sensation of or the th I cotton against h her r lips lip or tongue I T I would ha have hae e to encase tho the cotton colton in rubber I I 1 told her politely but firmly that my 01 work worl would bo be done alone In my own owna a way anti and sho she finally acquiesced adding 1 W Well Vell II If lt you ou make malto such a point of ot it doctor I suppose I have to let I you ou have your our wn way I Evidently this Incident was t rep repeated In tho the ro royal al family for some som few weeks later tho youngest oun eon pont con J Prince Joachim called to see me mc professionally pro pro- and anti smilingly remarked I hear you ou dont don't think er very much of or orthe the cotton colton rolls roll with rubber around them thim which th the empress Invented In and which we named the Imperial Cotton I Itoh Roll Hon to which I promptly agreed a There were t a 2 number of ot other In incidents from time to lo time lime which revealed to lo lome tome me mc that whatever er I said or dl did while treating the various members of or lh the royal foal family was talked of or amon among I them vcr very often otten the most trivial re remarks remarks remarks re- re marks made macle to ono one member of or the the fatally family being referred to by lI another later on From Irom that thai time lime on the camlo came cam cameto to lo mo me more or less len re regularly Her lackey usually followed her Into Inlo the house carrying an nn artistic lunch bo box or hag bag containing sandwiches and bouillon boull- boull lon Jon of or which the iho empress partook In InIn inlay In my lay office onee Tho The Princess Victoria Louice Loulee Lou Lou- lee ice the kaisers kaiser's only dau daughter I 1 TIla may mention usually came caine similarly pro pro- vided No Xo Gorman German ever er lots lets anything Interfere with hi his second breakfast |
