Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1897 — Kaiser Wilhelm’s Playing Cards. [ARTICLE]

Kaiser Wilhelm’s Playing Cards.

Emperor William’s faithful subjects are interested just now in on account of his playing cards. It appears that the royal table does not admit the usual French designs. Ills majesty’s packs are printed in an Altembeng manufactory and exhibit old German patterns. The backs are devoted to a symbolical exposition of the triple alliance. The Prussian eagle, the double eagle of Austria and the silver cross of the house of Savoy appear on a red field, surrounded with Ivy and surmounted by the Imperial crown. Similar designs are introduced at the camera and the “four colors” are strewn over the card. The picture cards are executed in corresponding style. The king of diamonds Is said to have a family likeness with the great Kurfurst. The queen of hearts appears as a simple gretchen and the kuave of diamonds as a knight of St. John. History does not relate whether the emperor is a whist player or confines himself to the national game of skat.—London Post.