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Show OHI TO BE AM EMPERORI How the German Kelser Condaeta Hie Dally Life, Office mad l am Iooluded. Emperor William II. of Germany has tbe iron industry of his grandfather. grandfa-ther. He rises every morning while the clock is striking 7. after having lain just seven hours in bed. He takes a cold shower bath, is shared and shampooed, ami then gets into his uniform uni-form with all the expedition of a tardy ofiice boy. At 7 1-2 o'clock he and the Empress eat breakfast together. The meal is not mads of the llimsy stulT that the usual German breakfast is nmilo of, but includes tea, rolls, omelettes, beefsteak beef-steak or cutlets, and fowl. The Emperor Em-peror goes from the table to his work room, where huge packages of sorted letters await his attentiou. Six hundred hun-dred letters are his usual mail. lie. glances at every one of them, sends tho petitions, which constitute the vast majority of all, to tho Civil Cabinet, and indicates the replies to be made to the more important part of the correspondence. cor-respondence. However bulky the mail may bo, the Emperor never varies from this routine. rou-tine. After discussing the program of the day with au Adjutant the Emperor Em-peror goes to the children, kisses them once each, and gets a general idea of what thoir lessous for the day will be. Ho returns to his workroom to boar the Court Marshal review the condition and prospects of the imperial housekeeping, house-keeping, and to listen to the reports and comments of the cabinet Ministers aud President of Police. He then goes walking or riding in the street if the weather is line; in the riding hall if it raius. Only on days of military reviews, when the Emperor must sit five or six hours in the saddle, are those rides or walks omitted from hi program. At 2 the Emperor. Empress, and little Ho-licnzollerns Ho-licnzollerns take a second breakfast of soup, boiled meat, with vegetables, a roast, and pudding. After the meal tho Emperor makes calls or rides again. Tho rest of tho afternoon 3 devoted to audiences and the preparation prepara-tion of state papers. At G o'clock dinner din-ner is served, not only to tho Emperor's Em-peror's immediate family, but also to all the sisters and cousins and aunts of liohenzolleru extraction who happen to be at the palace. After tho general reunion the. Emperor Em-peror plays with the children and ex-, crcisos with tho broadsword and foil. ' At 10 1-2 o'clock ho takes supper, con- ; sistiug of salad, a joint, or fish, and r sweets. At 11 he retires to his study, i He works there till midnight w hen he retires to bed.- Even then ho does not resign himself entirely to rest. He keeps at hand pencil and paper, and often awakes in the night to jot down memoranda, of plans for the uext day. Even whou visiting the Czar or the Queen, or other fellow sovereigns, the Emperor does not rust from the routine of his state labors. By telegraph he keeps himself in the elosest communication communi-cation with all his cnbiuet officers, and directs the administration of all matters mat-ters or. Importance. Besides Ids few.-, minutes with his children, tho Emperor's Em-peror's only other Iutervals of recreation recre-ation are 'devoted to the readiugof; contemporary military literature in V English, French, Italian, Spanish, and . , , Gemma. ' ' |