| Show XMAS In A PALACE How the Little German Princes Will h Celebrate VISIT TO TIlE CHRISTMAS TREE Services the Afternoon Before the Holiday The Part Played by the Emperor William In the JlcrrymaUns For THE SDKDAY HERALD Copyrighted > idJ ii + j W 4 M a fi Jll Ii 11 f w = MI ii ffjl < Iti1 lt 1ft5 1d = r T is doubtful if anyone enjoys Christmas moreS more-S heartily and thoroughly than the young Emperor of Germany and I his interesting family of little princes The Christmas celebration at the royal palace I CWcr den Lindenin Berlin with a service in the chapel of the castle at 4 oclock on 1 the afternoon of December 24 The service ser-vice which lasts not longer than about fortylive minutes is in accordance with the rites of the Lutheran church and is attended at-tended bj all the members of the royal family Its chief feature is the music of the cathedral choir r 1 body of singers renowned re-nowned the world overfor its excellence I Services at an end the imperial family repairs 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= = tI = < = lantic for American boys and girls who enjoy en-joy life without titles of any kind Not a whit more grand than a typical American homo is that Christmas tree in the royal j palace > at Berlin for although the Emperor i J nf dlvUcft eb st rOa eu hngn vUcft loves his children and devotes much of his time especially in holiday sea = on to mini min-i to their happiness he insists that hey shall be educated to a relish for the simple and unpretentious pleasures of life and the wishes of a great emperor in matters mat-ters of this kind are pretty sure to be respected re-spected by his entire household So it is that the children of the German imperial family gaze with delight on the bright and pretty trifles with which their tree is loaded down and their happiness is not for a moment I mo-ment dimmed by the suspicion that any better effect could be obtained from more costly or more elaborate ornaments Then hey turn to the small tables surrounding the tree There is one table for each member mem-ber of the imperial family and for each royal guest and on each one of these tables gifts are deposited Here too a charming simplicity rules the little princes for example ex-ample having an especial fondness for tin soldiers which they put through all manner man-ner of maneuvers as become the children of the ruling house of an empire famed forts for-ts military prowess and greatness They 3 r < Jt S > 5 J ifi I t r r 7 i tr I rt I t 1 1 r tl k1WF t = v Ii 1 11 1 et5 tIl f l ilkdPiJ g z rf 1 < i k < fYi fY-i FJjy f 1 1 rf nt 1 I N M fJ 1 < < 7J fi I < iii = ft 4 1J > I Wi r Vi I c 7 WAITIKC ron SIXTA cLAus keep this up until 6 oclock in the evening when the whole family accompanies the Emperor to another room known as the Blue Parlor Hero the attendants of the palacoand the I court oflicials about one hundred and fifty in number are assembled The Emperor addresses them referring particularly to the character of the holiday season they are enjoying and wishing them all much happiness happi-ness Then he distributes presents among them and the room remains a scene of merrymaking with royalty keeping the ball in motion till 7 oclock when the Em porer and Empress together with thEir royal guests repair to the dining saloon for English Christmas dinner with turkey and plum puddings us tilt allimportan 1 features This year the young Crown I i Prince will bo permitted to remain at the i table with his father thu Emperor until dinner is at an end but the other little I princes must go to bed lit 7 oclock as they Iwo still considered too young to have healthful habits broken in upon by permitting I permit-ting them to sit up late even on Christmas I eve In another room dinner is served to I tho attendants It never lasts longer in i I either room than one hour and thirty minutes I min-utes I utesAil the theatres in Berlin are closed on Christmas eve and even Santa Glaus seems I to have abandoned the good old habit he once had pf paving annual visits to the children of the German capital though in ho provinces good boys and girls still await with pleasurable anticipation and anxiety the visit which thoy know will be made to them by the Christkindchen Christ child In Berlin nowadays there is little or no mystery about Christmas gifts and the children generally know whom to thank for them It 11t4 o SAT TOUR TIIATERS On Christmas morning there are religious services in the cathedral at 10 oclock after which theb < 5ys of the cadet corps of the military school or such of them as have not gone home to spend the day with their own parents visit the castle where an entertainment en-tertainment is provided for them It is always al-ways sure to be of a most enjoyable char acter and has become very popular with I the cadets Young ladies of the noble families fam-ilies are also invited to be present and their presence adds greatly to tho interest of the occasion Christmas eve celebrations celebra-tions however in Berlin are always much more elaborate and generally participated in than are cBlebiations on Christmas day although the day throughout the German empire is of course kept from morning until night as a holiday WHITE HOUSK TURF EXCHANGE Book making on all eastern race tracks Odds laid on first second and third place I Big odds laid on combinations White House i Turf Exchange 205 Main street city |
