“Impossible,” said the Emperor; “there is nothing more unsoldierly!” “But your Majesty,” a General ventured to say, “even Frederick the Great attended manœuvres in a carriage.” “Oh, yes,” replied the aged monarch, “but he only did so during the last years of his life.” Coffee Instead of Water While traveling in cold weather one time, the Empress Augusta stopped at Dessau to have the hot bottle for her feet replenished. The Adjutant and a lackey with the bottle, hurried into the restaurant to ask for hot water. The attendant had just used the last of it to make coffee, and after running around in great confusion he declared: “I am very sorry, but there is not a drop of hot water.” “What,” called a gentleman standing at the buffet, “you have no hot water?” and instantly seizing the full coffee-pot he poured the boiling contents into the warming bottle, and the guests had to do without coffee for breakfast. The Adjutant hurried out with his prey, but soon returned to ask, in her Majesty’s behalf, the name of the inventor of the brilliant idea. “My name is Cohn,” said he. He was afterwards for a long time Emperor William’s private banker. Had No Use For It A sly dry goods merchant once sent to Emperor William a magnificent silk lounging gown, thinking that that would bring him the custom of the Court. The Emperor however sent the gown back with the laconical words: “The Hohenzollerns do not wear lounging gowns.” Made For the Boys One day the Crown Prince Frederick William, later Emperor Frederick, was walking alone in the streets of Berlin. Suddenly an old Jew accosted him with the question: “Any old clothes?” The Crown Prince did not see him at first. “Any old clothes, any old clothes?” the Jew, who did not know whom he was pestering, kept calling. At last the Crown Prince stood still, looked at the Jew astonished, but asked pleasantly: “What is it you wish?” The dealer in old clothes scraped a bow and said: “Have you any old clothes to sell?” At this the Crown Prince laughed outright and answered: “My good friend, I have a large family, and there are no old clothes; when I am done with anything, it is made over for the boys.” A Change of Methods While the Crown Prince Frederick William was dedicating a chapel of the University at Halle, he noticed among the students drawn up in line, one whose face was a mass of scars. Turning to Dr. Volkman, the well-known surgeon, he said, jovially: “That head gave you a lot of mending to do!” “Ah, your Royal Highness,” answered the man of science, “that sort of thing we sew only by machine now!” Presented With a Leg