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in his aide although he saw the accident,
but rode slowly along absolutely indifferent
to the result.

His hatred of the French has been until
recently most marked and has in many cases
taken the form of childishness. By Imper-
ial mandate he forbade the use of the word

‘cigar’ at the Berlin Court because the

 

THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY AT HOME.

word ‘cigar’ is of French origin, and sub-
stituted the German word ‘ Glimmstengel.’
You can imagine the effort required of an
American to call for a glimmstengel every
time he wished to smoke. He also ordered
that the menus for Court dinners should
be printed in German instead of the cus-

This, though, may not

tomary French.

 

GERMAN EMPEROR'S FAMILY.