Show I Book Pictures Kaiser Ex-Kaiser As Russ Czar ALL GERMANY READS ROY ROYAL At COURT GOSSIP One of Worlds World's Greatest Diarists Discovered In III I Count Zedlitz 4 f fj j YAWN ALL EVENING Life Ons On of Dull Monotony In Great Palace BERLI BERLIN reb Fob Count JP if 16 t P I sho hol 1 memoirs Id l InA bare the Inner hIs hIs- his history tory o ot OC the court or orthe ortho the tho 12 ears ho he served It II as court marshal will probably go Into history tory as one of oC the I greatest diarists Ills family and friends have hae os- os os ostracized the count and the denunciation denunciation heaped upon him by the unions and other connected WIth nh the old court ha Inspired democratic Germany to I rend read his book and send It It-i It circulation circulation lation up to a point pont which may 11 make ft S II and the former crown prince extremely lou en Their memoirs were ere forgotten a afew few ew weeks after ater they had had ad left let the ther r press AS AC TRULL But Count Zedlitz has b cn fai at a amore more frank ra and has ghen glien a IL pic picture plc- plc picture ture of oC the childish antic elfi 4 no ne ness and egotism of the Im especially of the ex ex Is regarded here a as probably true At least the democratic masses of oC central Europe believe It ItIs Itis ItIs Is true tru and the royalists must read the book to find out how they and their friends and relative relatives ha has fared at the hands of oC the unusual diarist Count Zedlitz shows hows the ex ex kaiser to have teen een about a as stupid as the late emperor of Russia whose pub pub- published published published diary caused all the world to gasp and wonder onder whether he and the late empress eHr eer thought or o othe the welfare Care of Russia and the Rus nus- Russian itus- itus sian people Williams William's on own mem mem- memoirs meni- meni memoirs which his publishers Insist h he l HOto rote himself threw little light on the domestic life liCe of the court Count Zed Zedlitz Iltz has hns tilled In the gaps and supplemented the ex kohere cx s work In a IL a way vay that has delighted the exiled emperor s enemies s 01 0 L I LM But In a measure one may for for- forgIve forgive give tor-give gIve the former emperor some of at athIs hIs rudeness and anel eccentricity after reading Count Zedlitz pictures of the dull life liCe of or the Potsdam Im Imperial tnt tnt- Imperial penal family and the awful Cul monotony monotony monotony ony with lh ith which the I ns attempted from rom day to da dai to stage J their pomp and grandeur The Ii empress nag nas a faithful motho mother doubtless hid miny s tues tUc but one cannot possibly glan from Count Z book that a 6 awas Ie was as companionable or entertaining In the sligh slightest lest degree Pictures he tl ies es of oC evenings e In the great at Potsdam show how them to hate hll been so dull that apologIsts or H It will 11 find much m nt t- t l to use In his defence The late empress permitted her husband to smoke a cigar or after aCter dinner but she seldom eldom al allowed ai- ai 10 lowed loed ed any guest to smoke moho In her presence She and the women omen din din- dinner dinne din dinner ner ne ner Sue its accompanied the men Into the billiard room after aCier dinnet and I there until time 1 he former emperor read ams and mes al ud to the compan company Meantime his ICe did needlework orl Sometimes mem mem- members mom mom- members Ito bers of oC the party parly selected magi zinc zine or books bool and read In silence 1 S J Count says frankl that the e were vere tedious and tl ti- tid tiding ing lug and e watched for Cor the em PI es to announce it was bed bed- bedtime time She he did this halt past ten to the gloat gleat g eat relief relict of I the guests On one occasion when hen the former empo or had aeI read to tn himself the tho whole hole e ind nd nd silence had been appalling he r f donly denly he denly exclaimed tre re Ou iou gOIr goly goI stay here alt all night f The empress replied No Xo No Wit Wit- Wil William liam but I did not ant want to ou ou ha hate haie e been so bus read read- readIng read reading In ing William retorted What ol eke e I do when It Is so abl dull here on |