THE KAISER'S MASCOT.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 69, 13 August 1915, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE KAISER'S MASCOT.

Tucked away in the breast-pocket or iii> great grey coal, the Kaiser carries a- ,i war tali.--man :i four-leaved sprig of (.lover, pressed, dried, and scented. The story goes that thi> talisman was p'ueked "by his childi-h hands in the meadows of the Royal Park at Knhels--I'iirg, in IS7O, and people are saying in lierlin that it will bring the present Kai-er victory as it brought his grandfather victory at Sedan. \\'e ieel quite certain that these hopet. will be da.-h-vl lo the ground. The talisman was picked up by 'he daughter of an old Court oiiiei.il, named Louis Schneider, who was allowed to present it tn <>bl King Willii'lm, and when the lafter returned to Sedan he gave jt back to the child with the remark, "It has brought me luck, and I hope it will bring you luck, too. ' Y'.'Ui afterwarda, Mi-s Schneider presented the precious clmvr to lii" • laughter of Countess l)o!ma, bap-ti.-nial gift, and it was during an audience which the Counte-s and her daughter had with the K.r. trill that she mentioned about tiie talisman, and that- she would like to give it to the Emperor. The Kaiser, when toid lb l si.:"v, promptly accepted lite foiir-h aved .-prig. and a* ; ured the 'Voiu'is. that 't would be as powerful to I ring vutorv to him as it did to I s gr.ri.lfatfier forty-four years ago. Now the Kaiser aud tin? talisman are >n -. >r: !.'<.

Man spends hi- youth worshipping an ideal, and then marries the first woman who lias the audacity to come along and shatter it.