| Show CALL KAISER r IMPERIAL DRUMMER Is an Active Booster for Prussian Porcelain Factories POTATOES CHIEF DIET OF POO POORER ER CLASSES Practically No Meat at All Eat n by Miners BERLIN Aug 31 31 rhe a The emperor who A-who 4 ls 4 ls sometimes facetiously cal called cald d the im- im P drummer DeCA ise of or his activity In drumming up trade for the royal Prussian porcelain factories is not the only ll rn who does docs docs docs' not hesitate to use uso his personal efforts to further f German German Ger Ger- man Industry Prince ce Henry of or Prussia grand admiral of ot the fleet has now followed 1 his Imperial l brothers brother's example by publishing in the tho General Genera Automobile News an article over his own signature in n w which ch he appeals lo to loGerman German motorists to use a a. German liquid fuel a a. product by-product of coal distillation In Instead Instead instead In- In stead of a 8 foreign one lIe He cites his own experiments and those of others to show that the German fuel will 6 go as far ar quart for quart as aa any other and points out that it costs costa le lees s. s Aside from lOm this however how how- ever Prince Henry finds his strongest argument argument argun ar ar- ar- ar gun In t the o national Interest lIe He says Prince Frince Henrys Henry's Boost The prices for tor the ordinary liquid fu fuel l lre are re dictated for us b by foreign countries especially America American The German automobile automobile automobile automo automo- bile world Is la as yet entirely de dependent on Importations and this is a great national national na na- menace in Incase case of ot war very Every automobile automobile automobile au au- owner should therefore quite apart from pecuniary considerations do dohis dohis his part to see that tho the domestic product made b by German workmen and German producers from German Gennan products shall be more generally employed to the end that in case of or necessity the German Industry in industry In- In can supply Germanys Germany's needs i The prince discusses objections to the G German fuel ruel such as its higher freezing I point its tendency to foul Caul motors and Its Us unpleasant odor and declares that modem modem mod mod- modern em ern motor con construction has met most of these objections and Is solving tho the others Twenty per cent ot all liquid fuel made In InGerman Is to Germany German he declares declares- c. c exported ported Franco France for use uee by automobilists The agricultural chamber of the Rhine Province has Just published some statistics statistics statistics statis statis- tics which afford a corroboration of ofa ofa ofa I a statement made mad recently b by a Socialist in the to the effect that potatoes are the chief diet of ot tho the poorer classes in large sections of Germany Potatoes Chief Diet Blot The agricultural chamber which Is a a. abod bod body le legally ally constituted to gather Information Information mation matlon for Tor or the government on agricultural matters has been studying how the peasantry peasantry peasantry peas peas- antry lives JIves It publishes the family budgets budgets budgett bud bud- gets gett of thirty peasant families with annual annual annual an an- nual Incomes ranging between un and About two thirds of t thorn them em had tho the higher figure and owned small farms anns of or from Crom ten to seven forty acres acres It was found that the tho average dally daily consumption consumption con con- of potatoes of or the thirty families families families lies was nearly three and third one pounds for each person whereas the con consumption of or meat was less than three ounces of or butter one and tenths 13 ounce and slightly more than one pint of ot milk of ot which nearly half was waif skim milk or buttermilk Bread Next in Importance The most Important article of ot diet after potatoes was wae bread of ot which each person consumed nearly fourteen and two thirds ounces dally besides four ounces ounce of ot flour The only other article of or food toad mentioned In the report was eggs egg of ot which each person person person per per- son at ate one about every eveT fourth day It must be mentioned for the proper ap appreciation ap ap- predation of ot these figures that the Rhine province Is one of or the richest agricultural provinces In to Germany and that the persons persons persons per per- sons covered coved by them are far from being among the tho poorest people In Germany For example a labor paper has just been publishing publishing publishing pub pub- lishing th the family budgets of miners miners min min- ers which show that they eat almost no meat a at all allt and the tho small emall quantity y cona consumed consumed con con- is chiefly horse flesh German Princes as Horsemen Horse fIone racing has haa become the sport aport port of kings as never before In Gf Germany the number of or sovereigns so and r royal yai princes princes ponces engaging actively In It being greater than thanIn In any other land in Europe The king Af f and Prince Ludwig of ot Bavaria Ba Be varia arla o othe OW own large racing stables stable and though the emperor emperor himself Is s far less leu Int Interested rested In racing than military circles would like Uko him to be be the the crown prince In fn partner- partner partnership ship with his IDS adjutant owns and races a stable of or runners Prince Elthel Eithel Fritz second son con of ot the emperor in stilt silt Jilt of or his weight and steadily growing rowing waistline re recently recently recently re- re rode and won a a- arace race for officers ot or his regiment and Prince of Schaumburg Lippe ha hu won Voon many races on his own horses Royal Stable Boy The finest cavalier of ot them all 1 is f. however however how how- ever over Prince Friedrich Karl of ot Prussia the year old cousin of or the emperor emperor emperor em em- and undoubtedly the only royal stable bo boy in the world The young prince not having attained the dignity ofa of ot ofa a a. stable of his own but being a a. passion Dassion- p passionate slon- slon ate rider frequently goes to the race racetracks racetracks racetracks tracks at Hoppegarten and Karlshorst In inthe Inthe the early morning and rl rides es the horses In training there On these theBe excursions he be Is sometimes accompanied by his hi older brother Prince PrInc Friedrich who I would If It permitted prefer to steer aeroplanes aeroplanes aero ero- I planes of ot which nm h he has designed a a. successful sue suc example Prince Friedrich Karl Karlat I Iwu was wu one of ot the German at ing In the Olympic games gamU at Stockholm and won prizes there against th the most experienced experienced experienced ex ex- ann army riders of ot the world Under royal patronage and encouragement encouragement It Is not strange that no country has hao so 10 many gentlemen riders riden as Ger Germany Ger- Ger many meny and that no army anny has ha so man many officers officers cers participating In saddle rac races fAC i particularly particularly par par- steeplechases a as the German Of the officer riders the crown princes prince's s friend and adjutant Liens Baron Earon von van Zo- Zo ts Is unique on the turf since Ince he We is not only an exceptionally able rider and driver but also personally and successfully successfully success success- s fully tuny trains and works work the horses belonging belong belong- belonging ing j to himself and nd the or crown own prince |
