Show HIS DAILY HUMAN FEATURES IN A GREAT MANS CAREER the following extracts token taken from a ke letter ater written a lew months ago by mury henry haynie the san francisco nicles paris correspondent will be read with interest at this time tie as they give the reader a glimpse of the human features of the deceased monarchs life it is the custom tor for every prussian prince at his bis tenth year to become a lieutenant in the army in the case of the subject of this article the time was anticipated by a few days his lather king frederick wil william ial ills III appointed him as an officer on new years tears day 1807 on your birthday remarked his father there will be no DO opportunity of regularly appointing you for you must go to memel I 1 therefore at once appoint you an officer in my army C on in the table was the uniform of a lieutenant in the guards and the prince was dressed in it and taken to his regiment but bat the commission was not dated until his birthday the of march 1807 it was not long before this time that occurred one of the most important incidents in the history of this long ions lived man his mother the queen louise wao saved the prussian monarchy at til sitt aitt had for her children a love which was all the more powerful from the fact that she looked on them as the future engers avengers av of the disaster of jena where napoleon gave the prue slane such a terrible drubbing out of the more than of the enemy engaged the finest troops in the world not dot a man was saved except king Frederi frederick cr and a few squadrons it was a few days after that memorable battle when queen louise abandoned by all was flying toward memel with her children the road was deserted relays were few and houses were to be seen only at rare intervals the carriage which was conveying the fortunes of prussia was moving at full speed and was the advance guard of the route that extended from berlin to the poland frontier suddenly one of the springs gave way and the queen who dreaded the curses of the people had not the strength to drag herself to the next relay station she seated herself on the roadside her children were clustered around her I 1 1 I am very hungry mamma cried the prince charles the youngest of the royal group the prince frederick william his brother six years his elder did not cry nor did the pr sent emperor king who was then but 10 but they showed by their looks that they too were in need of nouria nourishment ariment and on that day the woman whom napoleon said was the only man in the family wept in the haste of the departure the provisions had been forgotten there was waa not a morsel of food in the then ain in order to calm the impatience of her little ones the queen sang one of those old songs the refrains of which make children laugh when they are crying A wheat field was close at hand and she sent the two oldest boys into it to gather some of the blue corn flowers and with these she made wreaths for the long hair of those little blonde heads beads ana which was tied up behind in courtly queues the sons of that good queen never forgot this scene and the blue flower of the wheat field has ever remained the emblem most loved by the present monarch ills HIS TASTE FOR BLUE in 1848 the palace in the emperor t eror and empress now live would have ave been burned down by the mob had it not been labeled p property of the nation it is as palaces go a small plain house bouse of stuccoed coed brick one which cuts a much less imposing figure than many mansions mau of retired merchants in england and america it stands on the great avenue knows as unter den linden and is opposite the university and the opera house it was built for the emperor when he was only a prince newly married and living on a rather small income he has never been willing to change this resi dence for one in the old castle tor for ne hp has always liked to have a sim simple ale home where he could live without ceremony his palace alace has but few rooms but it is comfortable comfortable and full of objects of art and taste articles for the most part connected with the emperors empe rora eventful life the entrance trance ea eR to wilhelms rooms is a hall ball decorated with ancient and modern arms of every kind and description crip tion the ground is covered with huge bears and wolves skins and round the walls run ran brackets of wood on which are placed models of the soldiers of the different regiments red ments made of bronze and not only oily pal painted ted in proper colors but wearing their proper uniforms the next is a reception room and is called the blue salon because there are in it many splendid lapis lazzuri vases clocks candelabra and other articles made from this the favorite stone of the emperor numerous embroidered cushions carpets footstools tidies etc are to be seen in this room all presents from differ ent court ladies on his birthdays and at christmas and showing most of them the simple blue cornflower ot of his hun bun gry days in their patterns and color the walls are hung wito masterpieces which the emperor himself has chosen at different german exhibitions As aa I 1 have said the prevailing color is blue and so well known is the emperors anve ave of this color that ladies at the r assian court often dress in it ld in order orcier to attract his hia attention travelers who have visited Caarlotte Charlotte bourg will perhaps remember t the he impression impress loa thit that the statue of queen louise produces when it is bathed in the flood of blue light that shines through the stained glass window A minister and by no means the least powerful po in hasday his day bad so it is sald said nothing in his favor avor but a preference for blue color the story which dates back only a few ye to the effect that von boetticher Boet was chosen by the emperor to help bismarck simply because he wore blue 11 spectacles but of is no BO truth in it T TUB THE GREEN ROOM BOOM the next room after the blue salon is called the green room because all its ornaments such as vases clocks etc are made out of malachite the larni ture is furnished in green velvet and damask the malachite objects care came to the emperor irom from different russian rulers that is to say from nicholas his bis brother in law alexander 11 II his bis nephew and from the present czar there are in this room a pair of pillars of oriental workmanship thickly inlaid with colored stones and carrying huge candelabra in crystal the room contains many miniature models of cannon rifles and 11 shells hells and when the emperor is talking with an dor it is in this room that he receives them he is in the habit of playing with these warlike toys tole it is also in this room that the prussian guards have the privilege of depositing their flags I 1 anen the regiment turncoat turns out for a review or other purpose it halts opposite tile the palace while the color guard march into the palace to letch the flags emperor always superintends super intends tends the ceremony he himself usually removing the colors from the rack and handing banding them to the officer the third room is the emper emperors orla workshop or study and which abich by sofas and table is divided into two compartments in the lefthand left hand band corner near the window stands the emperors writing desk on which are an inkstand made out oi of halt half a cannon ball the boodt of horses killed in battle and which serve as paperweights paper weights penholders pen holders made from splintered uhlan lance and presented to the venerable monarch by his bis children of the army armi the walls are covered with drawings photographs sketches and aad ma maps also paintings of some of the family of the queen of england and prince albert of the present emperor of russia of the king and queen of saxony and aad last but sot not least important one of the princess Pl elizabeth izabeth the first and great love of the imperial im erial occupant of the room it was I 1 in this room that the venerable emperor lay ay after the balls and shots of of the would be regicide had bad been taken out oat of his body by the surgeons in the adjacent blue salon at that time all the chairs and tables were removed and the famous iron bedstead was placed in the middle of the room and on it the emperor remained for many days suffering with a dangerous 1111 illness ness now there is a large table in the room on OB which the emperor places all the birthday resents presents that his grandchildren give him tim appreciated PRESENTS here too are some old fashioned easy chairs on one of which are placed two large embroidered cushions a round bolster covered with red silk and a fine rug in this chair which has a high hiah back and aad footstool belonging to it the emperor generally takes a short after dinner nap the room after this is the library and in it lot in a high bookcase with glass doors on top of which are a great number of tank ards goblets and cups which have all been presented to trio the emperor the entire walls are covered with wreaths and bows of ribbons which have fastened bouquets sent the emperor on his birthdays and other anniversary occasions he wishes all these tokens of love and affection carefully guarded and when the leaves and towers flowers have faded and fallen to pieces then the wreaths and bows and ribbons are fixed axed to the walls where they now form a thick tapestry in this library the emperor takes a frugal second breakfast which generally generall consists of slices of brown broad bread guttered buttered and thin pieces of sausage or cold meat the bread is cut into narrow slips each about a mouthful alti the emperor while partaking of this meal to which a glass of good beer is added walks slowly to and tro in friendly conversation with one or the other of bis aads de camp from this library lib a narrow staircase leads up to the emperors brors bedroom in which he be sleeps on gis bis narrow iron bedstead with blankets under and over him just like those that ate are in the knapsacks of an any private soldier it is the identical iden tica bedstead that he bought after his first bat tle tie the action at arcis sur aub e e b 1811 1814 where he received hi his air first si decorations for personal courage the prussian iron cross and the russian order of stgeorge TO the emperors life is as regular as an old fashioned eight day clock in a new england gland farmhouse he rises early and dresses at once always to in his military undress uni term dressing gown and slippers are unknown to this warrior a dereign ve reign excepting exee pUna only tor for the few moments immediately after leaving his bis bed the only exception that the emperors perera eia tailor makes from the clothes of actual officers in the army is that be furnishes the ruler with white cwhite waistcoat most ot of the servants and officials ol of the household have grown old with the emperor nearly all of then them being more than half a century in his service and his majesty is full of kind kindness hess and regard for them this is particularly the case with the valet of the monarch the one that always dresses him and brushes his bis hair his hair has become very thin some borne of it at the back of the head bead has been allowed to grow long and is carefully spread over the top ot ol the cranium and taken together over one ear ff there here it is tied with a small piece of string time was when the valet used a black string tor for this purpose but after bis hair had turned gray the emperor who invariably limed handed the string to his servant remarked with a smile that perhaps it would be in better taste to take white cotton in the future after his toilet the emperor takes a breakfast of white rolls and butter and a cup of tea or cocoa then abe days work begins by reading the letters to which wilhelm adds marginal remarks with a pencil regarding the answers to be made to them it is easy to understand that a great many requests are in these letters from all classes of people and that the monarch is asked lor for help and support to in the most pressing and varying matters though the private purse of the abe german crown as not cot a very large one the emperor is always ready to grant these requests it if real need is proved and the presidents of the civil and military cabinets as well as his bis private secretary are frequently commissioned to make private inquiries into the circumstances of those families who have thus appealed for help the em emperor eror in this respect follows the trag traditions irions of his royal forefathers and everybody is allowed to approach him and to defend his cause personally the poor people often stand opposite the near the monument mon ament of frederick tas tn great waiting for the abe moment when the emperor will make bis appearance at the corner window which he does very frequently when I 1 in his bis study they then try to attract his attention by holding up some papers and presently resent ly they are ordered to enter the hall shiar cheru an aid ld de camp is detailed to hear bear requests and complaints who eventually carries them to his im perill master SEXING HIS ADVISERS f since the different attempts on his life the police have been very careful that the kindness of the emperor 0 r should not oe ba abused by wicked emser I 1 intruders n but his majesty has never liked to be protected by police measures daring the forenoon different ministers and officials and army officers are received in audience in order to make the reports etc the emperor is a very old man but he still takes the greatest interest in all political and military matters and he is as anxious to learn the true public opinion about all important questions lie he has a special secretary who reads all the papers and who cuts from them the interesting articles which he lays before the emperor who is a thus enabled to keep track of the news of the day and to make up his mind without the intervention tion ot ol his bis ministers it is a well known fact that the ministers have very often a hard struggle to induce his bis majesty to change his views and they sometimes are obliged to yield to him hen he be believes that the cabinet measure proposed would be against the welfare of state but when it 16 is found that the measures in question are necessary and for the public welfare then the emperor is id not selfish and yields vielda to ministerial advice the whole forenoon is thus occupied excepting on those days when troops have to be reviewed or when the winter shooting parties take him into the provinces precisely at one abe t h e emperor takes his place at one of the windows in order to watch the march past of those troops which have t to 0 9 go 0 out ut on guard near the palace and c castle 1 t io A great crowd is always as in the unter den linden and frequently welcome their sovereigns appearance with lead eh cheers rs when the weather is fine the emperor likes to drive out in an open carriage drawn by two black horses formerly he was alone ta ia this rhier garten excursion but now he be is accompanied by an aid decamp de camp the police know ane way which his bis carriage will take aBd and shortly before the emperor leaves the palace two rounds men and two detectives matrol patrol the road when the grand duchess of baden his bis only daughter stays with her parents in berlin she always rides with her father to whom she is very lovingly devoted the grand da duchess chess was thus driving with the emperor when the miserable hodel made his assassin attempt and the wonderful fortitude and bravery which she showed show edt at the dreadful moment won to hertha her the hearts not only of the population of berlin and Germany but of all other civilized people SIMPLE HABITS A all the details of the imperial household are controlled by the emper orand the masters of ceremonies receive their instructions almost every day from his majesty 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