The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, February 26, 1905, PART FOUR, Image 31

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Newspaper Page TextPART POUR PAGES 31 TO 44 VOL. XXIV. BOBTLA2TD, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1905. NO. 9. INAUGURATION Kaiser Wilhelm on His Playful Side RECREATIONS OF GERMANY'S RULER, WHO CELEBRATES SILVER WEDDING TOMORROW OF OUR SPRING STOCK OF New Designs in Carpets Beajitiful and fascinating patterns in Egyptian, Persian, Bokhara and Indian reproductions, at the lowest possible pricek WM. GADS BY & SONS, 1st and Washington Sts. j Chiffonier Chiffonier with mirror, solid quar tered oak; regular price $27.50, sale price , $19.80 ' Others in mahogany, maple and golden oak finish, same general style, not quite so elahorate, with mirror, regular $18.00 style re duced to $15.00 French Dresser French Dresser in mahogany ve neer, golden oak veneer, hirdseye maple veneer; worth $40.00. re duced to close out pattern to $27.50 Folding BcJ, royal oak or mahogany finished, with handsome bric-a-brac shelves, and 'French mirror on top, has caple supported springs; prico 22.50 Handsome Family Cookstove, with all modern improvements Xo. 8, $15; No. 8 plain, with legs in stead of fancy base, $11 ; No. 7 Cookstove S7.50 Parlor Suit, this style, three different patterns, in birch frames, finished a rich,. dark rosewood, upholstered in velour and silk tapestry; regular $30.00, cut to $22.50 This fine Couch upholstered in genuine leather, $42.50; during the sale , 35.00 Same style in Chase Leather, regular $27.50; special $19.80 Sixteen Velour Couches, plain, smooth top with wood frames upholstered in velours; small size, 26x74 inches, regular price $12.00; reduced to .$9.00 Fifteen Tufted Couches, fringe all round, upholstered in cotton damask; regular $9.50, reduced to $7.50 Extension Table, 6 feet long, highly pol ished, solid oak. Special this week; Gadsby's price $9.50 Turkish Rocker, uphol stered in genuine leather, full spring $35.00 Parlor Chairs in mahogany finish, richly upholstered $7.50 This massive Davenport, solid oak frame, full spring back and seat, upholstered in Verona red or green; regular $42.00, sale price $28 1 S lin. wSm. Good, substantial Chamber Suits, for everyday use; durable and well fin-, ished, bevel-plate glass $16;50 This' handsome Morris Chair, in solid oak, golden finish, with removable cushions $ 9 f Combination Bookcase and desk, finished in mahogany or golden ash, all hardwood; soec this week $15 S12.00 Beds now..91.00 t 8.50 Beds now.. 9 6.75 S 5.00 Beds now.. S 4.00 ST. CLAIR STEEL RANGE The above cut correctly represents the St. Clair Steel Range. Prices commence at $27.50 arid go as high as $50, according to size. We can give yon a St. Clair Re liable Range, 6 holes, with high closet, for $27.50 Guaranteed for ten years. Orders from country must be for cash parties in town can buy one for $5.00 down and $5;P0 'per month. K''n!oJfsarisfactory;, money ref unded. " . . ' This massive Iron Bed In Roman sold finish 513.50: sale price 911.25 Reduced prices on all Iron Beds. X20.00 Beds norv. .515.60! J15.00 Beds now.. 9120 510.00 Beds now. .9 8.00 5 6.00 Beds now.. 9 4.75 X 4.30 Beds now.. 9 &-S8 Sideboards, solid oak with mirror and plush-lined silver drawers $35.00 Sideb'ds reduced to $26.50 $32,50 Sideb'ds reduced to $25.00 $25.00 Sideb'ds reduced to 818.50 $17.00 Sideb'ds, ash ?14.'00 Some Special Bargains in CARPETS Our display of Carpets and Rugs Is unsurpassed. Bristol Velvets, Oriental de signs $1.10 Burlington Tapestry Brussels $1.00 Smith's Tapestry Brussels... .85c Pro-Brussels, yard wide. $1.00 Extra Fine Ingrains 80c Union Ingrains 50c Cottage Ingrains 45c Inlaid Linoleum $1.5f) Porter's Printed Linoleum. .. ,75c Floor Oilcloth 45c Brussels Rugs, 9x12 $18.50 Brussels Rugs, 9x10 Vz $10.00 Remnant Rugs at great reductions. 25 Per Cent Discount on Carpet Remnants. If you have a small room bring size along and we can give you a bargain in Remnants. Lace Curtains and Portieres Special inducements this week Dne-quarter off regular prices. 'M'L GOODS MARKED IX PI.AIN FIGURES Should think you'd hesitate to buy goods where price were mar&ed In secret character.. It doesn't Vie mark every price In plain figures. It's the only honest method. No deception at Gadsby'a. TAKE ALL TJIE CREDIT YOU WANT We'll make ter look Just right. terms to suit. THE LARGEST DISPLAY OF KURXI TORE IN THE STATE. WM. GADSBY & SONS, The Housefurnishers CORNER WASHINGTON AND FIUST STREETS TWENTY-FIVE year3 ago tomorrow on February 37. 1SS0 Friedrich Wil helm, then Crown Prince of the Empire of United Germany, was married to the Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswlg- Holstein - Sonderburg - Augus tenburg. a girl not yet 23. It Is given to few peoples to be ruled by a monarch' such as Is the William II of today, and even an Emperor rarely may celebrate more than one silver wedding. All the Fatherland has appreciated theee facts, and their present combination is to be marked by such fetes and rejoicings as shall catch the eye of the world and his wife. The Kaiser himself may safely be trust ed to do the properly dramatic thing, but also are his people eagerly ready to put through their share. Popular subscription has raised $1,250,000 with which to honor the festival. The Kaiser Wilhelm Me morial Church, in Berlin, Is to be dec orated with mosaics. A church to the memory of the late Empress Augusta Is to be erected. A home for convalescents Is to be built on the Mount of Olives, near Jerusalem, while, far from least, the shelves In the workroom of the Im perial naval constructor are to receive a set of models of the leading types of ships which have belonged to Germany's navy since the days of the Great Elector all in sliver, of course, fitly to mark the anniversary- How the Lovers Met. Many are the stories told of the first meeting of Friedrich Wilhelm and his Queen-to-be. One relates how he watched the Princess playing tennis, himself un observed behind a hedge, and how aj once he decided that this lithe, long-limbed, comely girl was fit to become, th'e mother of an empire's heirs. But .there Is another and a newer version of the meeting, com ing out of Germany Itself, and far too good to rewrite or abbreviate. Here it is: In the depths of the park, where the sun shone gently through a cool, green veil, gilding here and there with pinkish gold the points of the spears of grass through the Interstices of the foliage, a ham mock was swinging between two rose-garlanded firs, and in that hammock fast asleep, lay a girl whose rounded cheeks were flushed with warm, healthy shell-plnk. She was young, barely more than 20. with softly chiseled features, hair somber gold In the shadow, but where the truant mm ray? touched it the hue of liquid topaz light and sparkling, Indeed, as if delicately powdered with jewel-dust and a pretty mouth half-parted In a smile, as If her dreams were sin gularly pleasant ones. She wore a garden frock of light imtsjln, the soft, billowy folds show ing to immense advantage her elen-dor--rjllnlna-.. form.. . .while? Arm. -stray -petals, wafted by the light - breeze from the rosea abovh?iv gave here and there touches' of satiny red and pale yellow. Suddenly the branches of a Si berian pine were gently parted, and a young man. erect and graceful, stepped Into the bower, while the voice, youthful and well-modulated, exclaimed. "Dornroschen!" ("Lit tle Thorn Rose!"! The Prince had found his Prin cess! So they were married, and before the tragic death of Friedrich had opened Wilhelm's path to the throne, he was the father of five boys. Crown Prince Fried rich Wilhelm was born on May 6, 1SS2: Wilhelm Eltel Friedrich In July of the following year, and Adalbert, again In EMPEROR WTLT.TAM OF GERMANY. AN EMPEROR IN A NUTSHELL. William II. of Germany was M yearn old on the 27th of the January Junt post; will have been married 25 y purs tomorrow and will have com pleted the l"th year of his relyn on the 15tb of next June. He Is the ninth monarch of the House of Ifohontollern to rule over the Kingdom of Prussia and the third of the house to rule over the Empire of United Germany He is Hoheniollern by his father. Friedrich III.. Guelph bj- his mother, who was a daughter of Queen Vic toria, while French blood Hows in his veins through his ancestress. Louise de Collgny, a daughter of the great Admiral. His empire comprises four kingdoms Prussia. Bavaria. Sajcony and Wur t em burg. Ix grand duchies, Ave duchies, seven principalities, the "free towns" of Hamburg, Bremen and Lubeck and the Province of Alsace-Lorraine. In area these 26 units comprise 208, 830 square miles, with a population of fl6.3G7.I73. Add to these Ger many's colonies or dependencies in Africa and the East and the totals are 1,330,660 square miles. 69,875,178 souls. The Kaiser Is High Admiral of a. war fleet of 138 vessels of all classes, with 5 others building. He com mands on army numbering 605,975 (peace footing). His "salary" comes to him wholly from his hereditary kingdom of Prussia, and amounts to 3,85.1.770 a year. As head of the reigning house, however, he also Is in posses sion of a vast amount of private property, comprising castles, forests and landed estates, the revenues from which mainly serve to defray the expenses of the court and mem bers of the royal family. He has made large sums in business ventures, owning a considerable In terest In one of the trans-Atlantic lines and holdings in most of the German railways, lie will have nothing to do with speculative ven tures, and In all financial matters his wife Is his sole and trusted ad-vlsor. July, In 18S4. August Wilhelm. the fourth son, and Oscar, the fifth, are today 18 and 17 years old: Joachim is just turned H, and, littlest of all comes the Princess Victoria Loulw. who will celebrate Her 13th birthday feast when September 13 next comes round, The Ways of a Princess. Before his daughter was born. Will iam had said he did not want any girls. . He thought they complicated matters in a royal household, for they must have governesses and ladies in ivaltincr. and be dressed in sllk3 and laces, whereas boys could all be put in unirorms cut out oi tne same piece. Nevertheless, little Louise rules the imnprial -roost, her father included. Yet the Emperor has strong views upon the training of his daughter. "It Is better a -woman should know how to bake a pancake than that she should be able to discuss constitutional ques tions." he once said to a court lady, to emphasize the kind of woman his -wife, the Empress. Is. Nor did he exagger ate for the sake of Illustration. Au gusta Victoria can bake and sew and tend babies. Nothing could better sus tain her reputation as a housewife and mother than the six hearty young men and the fascinating little lady who call her "mutterchen." Louise has been trained to be as womanly as her brothers were taught to be manly. One of her Christmas presents this very latest holiday was a complete outfit for washing1 and ironing! She must know all that any girl may ever be called upon to do. 13 her father's view of the matter, and iTer d3ySsjaVe,TuU indeed thougrr the tenderness In "William's naturels extended to the one girl of all his children, and his favorite photographs are those taken with her on his knee. The Emperor's Day. The Emperor at home lives a long day. though there are indications that middle age Is creeping on; and with age have come rather less strenuous hours. His Majesty rises with the lark, dons his riding clothes, and sits down to a preliminary breakfast, cal culated to appall less imperial consy tutions. Then the ride, and that done, the Emperor gets himself to letters and state papers and Interviews. In older days hard work of this kind last ed till well Into the afternoon, when came a second breakfast with his wife and family. Nowadays this meal comes nearer noon than 2:30. After that William may ride again, or walk, or attend some out-of-doors engagements, or go back to his desk and dispatches. As a horseman, the Kaiser has not a firm seat, and Is at a disadvantage because of his crippled arm. He re quires assistance to mount, and gener ally uses a small two-step carpeted platform. Nevertheless, he sits grace fully, rides well and manages his mount admirably. Sometimes he is ac companied by the Empress, but more often by one of hl3 sons or the Adju tant on duty. The Imperial family are all good rlder3, and there Is no more popular officer, no more dashing ' soldier In the German army, than Augusta Victoria. Her appearance at the head o her crack cavalrymen, the famous Pasewak Cuirassiers, when she leads them in re view before the Kaiser, Is always a signal for the greatest enthusiasm. On these occasions the Empress wears the showy regimentals of white, with red facings, the scarf of the Order of Hohensollern and a .three-cornered hat, with large, drooping- heron's plumes. Motors and Royal Coaches. The Emperor is a motor enthusiast, of course. Any one would expect that. At first glance, the motor-car would seem to have been Invented especially for William IT. But the Berliners do not find joy In the evident fitness of things. They look 'all the scorn that a German face can compass and say severely that motoring is not "Kalser Hch." Europe has no other royal coach house the equal of that In Berlin. All of the court officials have their special equipages, and these occupy the left side of a huge room. There is rio fan ciful splendor displayed. The Kaiser says he Ukes hu? carriages uniformed as severely as his soldiers, so the of ficial carriages are in deep red. with gray seats and linings, finished In white braid. Opposite tnem stand the personal equipages of the Emperor, all In dark blue and silver. In another building, under a heavy leather covering, stands' the state chariot, the gorgeous coach used by the Emperor and Empress on their marriage day, and never since. Under its shadow Is a funny little Norwegian vehicle dear to the imperial heart. It is phenomenally light, and has but two wheels, and for long did the Kaiser use to drive about In it. but the spec tacle was too much for his subjects. That was even more unkaiserllch than the motor-car. and the force of public opinion compelled the Emperor to stow the cart away, though It still goes with him whenever he takes a trip to Scan dinavia. A Handicapped Sportsman. The Kaiser's chief out-of-door relaxa tion Is with his gun. though a congenital malformation of his left arm leaves It useless for all purposes save to repose on the sword hilt at his side. He aims and shoots with his right arm alone, yet not long ago, during a single shooting visit to Letzlngen, he bagged 31 stags and 34 -boars. That he, performed this feat , while shadowed by a score of gen darmes and private detectives does not detract from his performance. The Drama of a Pet Pipe. William always smokes a special pipe while shooting, never then Indulging in cigars or cigarettes, as on other occa sions. But once that pet pipe was acci dentally trodden upon by a servant; It was past all mending. No one dared tell the Emperor. The attendants put their wits together, purchased an exact coun terpart of the broken favorite, and smoked it In turn, day and night, without ceasing, to get It properly colored. With beating heart His Majesty's own valet handed this to William, and waited for what would come but he never guessed the change, and smoked the new pipe peace .tvllvhughjAUr-j7?pcdiyon . -Viie -Kaisers cigara j re abou half as large again as those smoked by ordinary mortals. They come from Havana, be ing made there especially for this royal connoisseur, and each bears a "Havana ring." ornamented with the imperial por trait. They cost from 30 to 35 cents apiece, and In spite of the fact that to bacco in all forms is ridiculously cheap In the Fatherland where one may get a very smokable something for a penny It Is said that a duplicate of one of these "Kaiserlich" weeds could not be had for a dollar. William's cigarettes are very small ones, and even then a full third of the length Is taken up by the mouth-tube. A Model Farmer. Lately the Emperor has been directing his versatile attention to agriculture, and his "model farm," at Cadinen, Is being rapidly transformed into an open-air ex position of homely science. When he took possession, four years ago. it was in a condition of wreck, badly drained, badly, stocked and yielding no crop worth the name. In four years he has changed everything, and the estate (about 6000 acres, half forest), is today in a lair way to add 520,000 a. year to the Imperial revenues. Four years ago only rye and potatoes would grow in Cadinen. The Emperor has Introduced wheat, oats , and barley, beet root for sugar, -and mangel wurzel for cattle. He has a herd of 150 Butch cows, and every day their produce goes to Danzig, while Cadinen .milk, cream, butter and cheese have become famous throughout Germany. Play Hours. The Emperor at play is equally thor oughgoing. All the world knows he has acquired some of his mother's artlstlo ability, though those who remember his sketches allegorical of the yellow peril may describe his- pencil a3 .feverish. He has written poetry, and helped In the writing of a play, and given Ideas for yet other plays. His latest feat has been to supply Leoncavallo with a Berlin plot for a. new opera. Indeed, the Emperor has a positive mania for the theater. Each Spring he spends 12 days at Weis badon, and every night of his stay (in cluding Sundays; sees him at the opera. He Is. not a great reader of books, and has even been called the "yellow journal ist of -royalty" on account of his love of ultra-modernism. He devours newspapers and magazines, and is in closest touch with modern science, art. literature, poli tics and personalities. It is said his ready memory, diligently furnished by years of newspaper and magazine reading in four languages, enables him to pour out streams of talk for hours without once being detected in, any error of fact, though touching on nearly every phase of present-day human activities. Surprising In AH Senses. William's subjects are pretty well aware by this time that he has no keener pleasure In life than to surprise people. Only the other day It suddenly occurred to him that the retired officers of the Hanoverian army met that evening In a prlvate rcom in a little hotel in Hanover. Hastily finishing hi3 luncheon he 'phoned around for the Imperial train, and In half an hour he boarded it at the Frled-rlch-Strasse Station.. Arrived at Hanover he left on the plat form the two officers who had accom panied him, and jumping into a drosky, called the order: "To Karsten's Hotel." Then he pushed his way through ttte astounded waiters, asking: "Where are the good, old Hanoverian officers meet ing?" Bursting in upon the veterans, he beamed with delight at thelrNspccchless amazement. "I guessed I would surprise you," said he. And that is just what this imperial per sonagecelebrating tomorrow the silvery anniversary of his eventful married life Is doing all the time and to all the world. WARWICK JAMES PRICE.