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Show SPOILED BIG WEDDING FEAST How Ex-German Emperor Upset Dinner Din-ner on Which Herr Bailin Had Spent Much Money. Tlcrr rullin was noted for the extravagant ex-travagant dinners which he gave on great occasions, says the Edinburgh Scotsman. Probably the most tnagnili-cent tnagnili-cent of all w as that which he arranged to grace the wedding of the kaiser's daughter to the duke of Brunswick. The floral decorations alone cost $10,-000, $10,-000, the dinner worked out at about JfSo a plate, and the wines at about $.'50. But the dinner, from Herr Bal-lin's Bal-lin's point of view, was a failure, for the kaiser and kaiserin, who were to have been present, sent word in the afternoon that they could not come; and it was in their, honor, of course, that Herr Bailin had spent his thousands thou-sands on the banquet. One of his servants has said that when Herr Bailin Bai-lin received the message that the emperor em-peror could not come, he flew into a tremendous rage. He sent for his butler, and ere the man had reached Herr Ballin's study, his master shouted out to him : "The emperor cannot come to dinner tonight put the whole show off!" and then slammed the door. The butler did not know exactly what to do. To put off so important guests as were to he present 'was, of course, an impossibility; but no one in the household house-hold dared to approach the master of it to suggest this. However, at about 5 o'clock Herr Bailin had sufficiently recovered his temper to come downstairs down-stairs and give some necessary directions direc-tions about the banquet. j |