Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1901 — The Salad Had Preference. [ARTICLE]

The Salad Had Preference.

American social leaders are more interested in the Kaiser of Germany thau they ever were in any crowned head, outside of the English rulers. Probably it is because tbe Kaiser is fond of Americans, and shows as keen a desire as his uncle, the King of England, to meet charming Americans and talk to them. In Berlin and Homburg he has met many of the rich social set of America and they are loud iu their praise of the Emperor. He is described as having the most fascinating personality in Europe today. It is said of him that he has that great quality which made the wife of Resident Cleveland one of the most notable women who ever presided at the White House. That is, the gift of making a visitor or auditor think that he is the one person in the world whom the great one desires to meet. A woman, who is of high social distinction in America, was presented to the Kaiser at some dinner that was not attended with royal state. She was talking to him when she was offered a famous German salad. It was handed on her right and the Kaiser was on her left, which put her in a predicament. She did not dare turn her face from the Emperor to help herself to the salad. The situation was too much for her. The Emperor, seeing the condition at a glance, looked at her for an Instant and laughed, as he said: “A Kaiser can wait, but a salad cannot.”—Philadelphia Post.