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Show AN FartKOIf.s LUJ". SOMCTIII.NCI AUOIT TUB OU1U VN KAISElfSI'VlIA ItOCTINK, MTN AND AI I- Krapcror William II. of Germany has the iron industry of his grandfather. grand-father. He ii-s tery raorulnc while tho clock, h trlkineTen, after liavin, lain Juft M.veu hours in lrcl. He tnkct a cold shouer bath, is shavnl and nhainioot-d,auil Uien zea into his uniform with all the expedition of a tartly office tioy. At ?.M o'clock be and the Jmpre?s eat breakfast togethLr. The neal U not made of the llimoy kind that the u-ual German brcikfast is made of, but includes tea, rolls, omelettes, btebtcak or cutleL, and fon I. Tlie emperor goe from tlie table to his workroom, where huge tack-ages tack-ages of sorted letten await his at Untlon. Six hundred Utters are his unial mall. He glances at every cms of tlntu, sends tlie jti-tloui', jti-tloui', which constitute tho at majority ma-jority of all, to the Civil Cabinet and indicates the replies to be made to the more important (art of the correspondence. Huwever lKilky tue man may be, mo truperor never vanes from this routine. Afar di'cusslug the programme of the daj uith an adjutant the Kmperor goes to the children, kUfes Lheru once each and gels a gtmral idea of hat their Ieons for the day will be. He returns to hii workroom work-room to hear the court martial re-vie-the condition ami prospects of the imperial houekev: lu and to Il-ten to the reports and commcnU of the cabinet ministers and tin President of Police. He then goes walking orrlding In thuttrett it the weather Is flue; in the riding hall If itrain. Only on daj s of military review, when the i?niieror must sit Ave or six hours ia thesaldl, arc these ndesor wilksomltlej frcm his programme. At 2 o'clock tlie Emperor, Jni-presiand Jni-presiand little Hohenzsllerns take -s second breakfast of soup, boiled meat, with vegetable", a roaitand pudding. After the meal tbeKm-peror tbeKm-peror makes calls orrides again. The rest of the afternoon isdeotetl to audiences and the preparation of State papers. Atb o'clock dinner is strved. not onli, to the Kuipcror's immediate family, but aLo to ail the sifters and couInsand aunts of Holienzjlltrn extraction who happen to be at the palace. After this general reunion the Emperor plays with the children chil-dren and exercises with the broad-mrord broad-mrord and foil. AtlO.TO o'elock lie takes Hipper, coniLsting of alid, a joint, or rlili andsweets. AtllO o'clock ho retires re-tires to hi i fctuJy. He works there till midnight, when he retires to bed. Even then he dtxs not reolgn him telf entirely to rest. He keeio at hand nencil and naner. and often awakes in the nlIit to jot down memoramli of plans for the next day. Even when vi'iting the Cur or the Queen, or other fellow soter-eign, soter-eign, the Emperor does not rest from the routine of hbi btate labors. By telegraph he keeps hirnrclf in the cloet communication with all his cabinet oMlcers aud directs the administration of all matters of importance. im-portance. Ilesides bis few minutes Jwltli bis children, tho Eniteror's only other Intenali of recreation areilevotetl to the reading of con- temporary military literature in English, French, Italian, .Spanish and German. Ac YorLSun. |