THE COURT BARBER
The Ernporor of Austria, naturally, has passed through an anxious time of lato (says T.P.s Weekly). Now that the immediate stress of war is over one may recollect with pleasure a story which is as follows: — One day the Emperor was entering a village in his domain on horseback, and was met on the outskirts by a butcher who had gone out in tho hope of catching an early glimpse of the Austrian Kaiser. Tho_ Emperor asked the butcher tho way to the inn, and after direction had been given the butcher in turn enquired: "Have you seen tho Kaiser?"' "Very recently," answered Francis Joseph. "Are you sure ? Do you know him certainly?" asked the eager butcher. "Well, I ought to," replied the monarch, puffing out his chest, "I have shaved him often enough." "Ah, and you nre the court barber," said tho abashed butcher in awe-struck tones, as he doffed his can and backed to the roadside. *
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1913, Page 12
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161THE COURT BARBER Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1913, Page 12
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