YON HINDENDURG POSES FOR PORTRAIT
WHILE RESTING FROM DIRECTION OF ARMY
BY JAMES O'DONNELL BENNETT.
GENERAL HEALMJ CARTERS ui
THE EASTERN GERMAN ARMY.—
one sunny morning in Juni.ary Gen
\on iilndunbvrg roile down from tin
ca-stle to the studio of Karl Ziegler t.
see some of the young professor’s por
traits of eminent men and women t»i
Polish Germany—provincial governors
merchants, lawyers and actresses
The studio is on the top flour of tin
Emperor Frederick museum, onl> oik
square from tho huuse in which th,
Held marshal was born. It happened
that on this morning easels oceupj ing
the center of Gie room held life size
portraits in oil of von Waldo, a former
governor of the province of Posen; of
ihe new archbishop of Posen, Likowski
and of a rich Jew of Posen who re
cently dealt handsomelv by the gov
ermncnl in the matter of large army
contractu for overcoats, refusing, in
deed, to make a figure that would gin
him ny profit on the goods.
Divergent Types Are Shown.
More divergent types Gian the lithe,
courtiey von Waldo, the comfortable
looking ecclesiastic and the rubicund
Jew it would have been dilllcull to
assemble, and the faces, which gazed
at the observer with that astonishing
intent ness and vivacity which Karl
Ziegler gets into all his portraits, in
stantly arrested the Held marshal's at
tention. For many seconds lie stood
before them in silence, answering Un
sis eyes'ln the pictures with his own
searching glances. lie relished tin
pictures and his lips shaped one oi
his grim, veiled smiles us lie said. •'You
deal in eonslrasts, Herr Professor.''
Nothing in ttie studio escaped him.
but tils comments, uttered with great
deliberation, nevertheless were terse,
and the painter said they invariably
were good, sound criticism. Several
unfinished studies of himself lay about
the room. une which Prof. Ziegler
had thought not good he had placed in
a corner on an easel which was more
than half concealed by a picture that
stood on another easel. The general
commented favorably on some of the
sketches which were in conspicuous
places.
Disapproves Own Portrait.
"But that,” ho said, "is not good,
and tho Tannenberg eye searched out
the corner where tho discarded sketch
stood. None in the room except the
painter and the soldier had noticed
that there was a sketch of Hindenberg
in that corner
A womsin who is a good critic of
pictures a» well as of human nature,
and who had heard the general talk
on more, than one occasion, said: "All
the comments are candid and simple,
hut much more acute than the. com
ments of most of tho people who try
to speak the language of the studio
when they look at pictures. Every
word he. speaks stands for something
—1 don’t know how you say it in
English. Would it he like this—every
word of his is a monument?”
I thought it would he difficult to
improve on that and so I said that
decided!'- would bo that way in Eng
lish.
"But. after all,” she continued, "I
think that sometimes it is as much his
eyes as his words that hold you. I
have studied him in several moods and
sometimes the eyes for many minutes
were like the eyes of an old person
thinking of things far away—so far
away And then suddenly they would
flash firs and the glance would se tn
to go through you.”
i thought of what Carlyle said of
the great Frederick when he described
the brow “by no means of Olympian
height" and the head that had superla
tive gray eyes in it,” and I asked her
whether she did not think tho phrase
fitted tho Hindenburg eyes.
“Yes, that is it,” she said, “superla-!
tive gray eyes.
Karl Ziegler is obsessed by his work
on the general’s portrait, and, eating—
and some say sleeping—ho is thinking
about it. At dinner he is abstracted
and eats without seeing his food. Sud
denly he jumps up from tho table,
strikes an attitudo before his wife,
and says; “I think I paint him so—
bonds thrust into coat pockets, feet so.
head a little this way. What think
you ?"
Studied Pose of Hands.
After lively discussion the painter
resumes an impersonal nttaek upon
the food, but the table talk, save when
it bears upon the portrait, is to him as
alien voices.
He took up with the field marshal
the question of the pose with hands
thrust into coat pockets, and the field
marshal liked tho Idea. "But,” said
the painter, "should the whole hands
he in the pockets or should the thumbs
be showing—no, I don’t think the
thumbs should show.”
• • .'4
I lie general nodded gravely
Yes,” he said, ”vve better put Hi,,
thumbs inside, too, l think if you
leave them outside maybe ilex j,,,()<
like sausages."
So that matter was settled
Rest From War Maneuvers.
An officer who Is as solicitous for
Hindonburg’s fame as a son could he
for his father's said
“Perhaps vou think il strange for
tile field murshat to he sitting for his
portrait in these troubled times Rut
vou must understand that it rests him
and- takes his mind off the campaign
And so we encourage him to do it It
is one of the few ways we can lessen
j the strain of h!« responsibilities ”
Once persuaded to grant the sit
tings. the general entered into them
| with busto. Karh one is supposed to
I lust half nn hour \t the end of fifteen
or twenty minutes the subject is likeh
to stride across the room, peer around
at the picture, utter a contented mon
osyllable. and go haeij for another
quarter of an hour
On the day of the visit to the studio
the painter said to him as he was de
parting: "I thank you heartily, >-\
cellenz, for taking the tig., to come
and see my work."
lint the old man would trot have it
that way.
"Nay," he said, “it is l who have to
thank you. it was kind of you to giv.
me the time," and with ceremonious
bow Ite stalked down the stalls and
through the white marble galleries
which no longer house works of art but
pyramids of tinned food ns higlt j-. a
man's head which have been stored
i there as u precautions tv measure for
I llte population of Posen
Mis little speech of thanks to t he
painter Is entirely characteristic of tie
deep simplicity and forthright kindli
ness of the man.
"Grouchy” When He Fights
Never wasting words, lie is doubh
j sparing of them when lie is intent
•upon the movements of nis troops.
"Don’t go near ntv uncle when he is
| lighting," said a nephew of von llin
denbutg to me months ago, "for then
i i.e is—what do you call it in Fnglish
ii. grumpy Yes grump' as tlie devil
i lien. An.v other time he >s line "
And it is because lie is at heart so
I kindly that they have to protect him
j from himself at the castle, lie would
find it hard to say no to the troops •.t
interviewers, painters and pbotogru
! pliers who descend on Posen every
Week from Berlin. Breslau. Dresden,
j Danzig and Koenigsbet-g. That duty is
I intrusted to Capt. Franz, the coldest
|nnd m,,st silent of men who decided"
enjoys saying no.
Kxcept for the highest officers of his
staff and the persons who lift their
lints to him as he pass. < ,,,,t nf til.
castle gate for a walk, the field mar
shal sees almost nohodv An officer
who served under his eye during tie
week of Tannenherg. -- «i< 1 he was eon
I'dent that throughout that week von
Hlndenherg (lid not speak at length
with more than two. or. at most three
persons
•
Waited Long for Honors.
I 'I** not think th;ti the fan>** th;*t
I..is t'otne t" him ;v> late in life much
»*x« ites him. There w* re to«* many
e.us of waiting his threat h<»ur ■
struck to have that fame mean what
it once niiffhf hav* meant, though 1
probably it ha« not a lesser but a dif- 1
ferent meaning than it would hav.|
had in earlier days.
"'lull the emperor uttered the words'
l must have von Hitidenlnirg," thej
general had heen three wars on the
retired list His winters were spent :
at a pension in Hanover and his sum- j
mers on his farm in Kast Prussia
Kverybody supposed, and it may he
presumed that he supposed, for In
used to say, "Ash. the old must make
way for the voung," when lie had a i
touch of lumbago, that bis life work
was done.
It had heen a useful, hard working i
life, utter" and methodical" dev .a, I
to the perfecting of such parts f tie
Herman mllltarv svsti-ni e b. d lieet; I
instructed to him II. u,.- w-pc, i.al •
but he was not popular in a show wav
especially in court circles.
Curt with His Emperor.
He never knew how to how." -
runs a Herman saving, now min h
quoted iti relation to him and sum,
say that, when the emperor was a
much younger man, the general, who
is ten years his senior, was art and,
independent with him In am use. ho
was believed nol to lie in tie • mper
or’s good books.
There is a storv too. of maneuvers!
held many years ago, in which von
Hindenhurg commanded a corps
thrown against troops led li\ the em
peror. At tile close of the operations
the emperor was radiant end holi, ,11
be had won the day.
"On the contrary,” said the genet ,1
dtvl.v. "1 have taken vour majostv
prisoner."
Kaiser at Last Forgives.
It is said that the blunt annotin. >
nieut of what the maps proved to ■ c
a fact created a soreness in the im
perial heart which lasted long after
1 lie mock hostilities were only a mat
ter for war college data
“Rut," say the Germans in winding
up the story, "our emperor knew Ills
man. and all that was forgotten in the
hour of need, lie had only to say. ‘I
must hare von Hindenburg.' ” and yon
l.udinorv started on a special train to
Hanover to fetch hint.
Arc and all Germane knows the man
now. ami calls him "our second Rlu
oiler,"
"I believe he is a great general, a
man of profound genius.” said the cau
tious speaking soldier ami publicist,
fount York von Wartenburg, as we
rode over the Russian frontier and into
territory that Hindenburg had swept
clear of Russians.
Fame Won For Family.
The men of that family know a 31 t
soldier when they see one, fur military
glory is their inheritance. It was tin
great-grandfather of the present Count
t urk w I10, at Wartenburg on the Elbe,
just luu years ago, showed Napoleon's
generals some phases of warfare that
were a source of bitter amazement to
t Item, in memory of that victory the
lamiiy added the wold "Wartenburg"
to its name.
The rain that froze as it fell lashed
•'■if faces, the ear plunged through the
tuts, and the sad Russian landscape
drifted by.
1 la e •unt drew Ids furs closer
ii 'und him, insisted that he was com
1 "liable, and. nut speaking to me ally
more, but seeming lost in Ins memories
'Ulinucd to muse aloud.
"A man of profound genius," 1 heard
him say ing again, "but very simple lie
likes bis grog, does Hie old malt- did
nke it from ins youth. 1 sed to drink
bis grog with itn egg in it.
Tile Voice died away mid the fills
■id I lie count drowsed. The early
twilight was dosing in, ami the cut
plunged forward over ground that l’aui
■n Reneekendorff untl von llinden
Hg had made forewr memorable.
Strictly fresh eggs $1.25 per dozen
at Prosser's Harness Shop. Prone
Black 5.
WELSH SONG EFFECTIVE
IN OBTAINING A TRUCE
i
I
LON 11 >X. A song into which
Welsh soldier with a magnificent > ■ >
put liis .cait ami soul brought aocit
0 temporary truce during the light
ing near Dixmude recently. The • 1
dier who writes of the incident su
"It was a miserable night. Tier1
was no sound but the 'pop' of a Ger
man bullet against the earth of the
parapet atul the crack of a Br'tish
1 pc m ii turn.
••We were unprepared for any lee I
in the dull misery of our routing, when
out of tic darkness came a voie». It
was a meiry Welsh ballad culled ‘I'obv
Cui Dando,' sung ir. as fine a coicc
as once could hear on the stage. It was
I
Hi ' l iu." nest sound 1 ever heard. At
the end .1 round of applause nnir
down the trenches, lint imagine our
surprise in hear clapping and • Hs
for more in good English front the ii -
man trenches. Thereupon the gallant
Welshman gave ns 'Minim Owen '
‘‘Meantime not a shot liatl been tired
from the German trenches.
AT THE NEW EAGLE.
Old Lewie Hunter Rye end the Fa
mous Atherten Beurbon whiekeye, Die
tilled spring 1904-1905, bought in bond
end reduced to 90 per cent, by U. 8.
government by the bottle or gallon.
ACTORS ON
FIRING LINE
BERLIN.-—A large number of actors
now in the field for Germany is indi
cated by a recent remark of tiro em
peror while on one of his (lying trips
to Berlin. B.-nt on a visit to staff
physician, Pr. von Ilbeig, his majesty
encountered a well-known playwright
and Gustav Kadelburg, the actor.
Summoning them to him. ho an
nounced that many others of their
profession were at the front including
two famous actors who have received
the iron cross
"I am very well satisfied with them,
the kaiser declared. “They fight very
well indeed."
100 TONS OF FLOUR.
Br..N only 60. North folo B.kory
| and Anvil Bakory.
WHY EAT POOR BREAD
■ ■' —
When you can get GOOD. WHOLE
SOME Bread at 5c per loaf.
ANVIL OAKERY,
NORTH POLE BAKERY.
WE CAN 00 IT. j
For firet class work and prompt do*
livery phono Main 151 and the Poop!*’*
Steam Laundry will call and get your
laundry.
W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop...
GOOD EATS.
Mrs. Ginnivan has opened the Hoff
man House and is now prepared to
serve the best meals and lunches in
Nome.
Strictly fresh eggs $1.25 per dozen
at Prosser's Harness Shop. Prone
Black 5.
Bill heads, statements, letter head*
end envelopes, Hav* them printed at l
the Nugget office.
j ELITE HOTEL AND BATHS
! THE SPRING CLEANUP \
J is now on i
> FOUR BATHS FOR $100
i at the Elite Baths ,
! -'in it i largi owci hath *
J room in connectlui R t water t
i also the n modern hotel in j
i town '
j Cor. Front and B Streets ‘
J. M. MONOHAN. Prop. i
. ■ rTC-TTY*
♦4++*+*+*-Hf-i-*4-+*+ + + + +i
l CASCARA SAGRAOA *t
J* i Sacred Bark) ▼
T Used by the Indians of the Pa I
y oific Coast and Bordering States ♦
J for a 1000 YEARS as a Spring ±
Medicine and Laxative and +
y Cathartic. T
4. Prescribed by Physicians uni- £
versally
f 25c THE PACKAGE J
[ *T I
| Hills Pharmacy |
*+■+■ + + +•*•• + * + + + + +
*++++++++++++++++++++++*++
: Follow the Band ■■
AND DRINK
Outside Beer
Inside Here
»T
! ’THE BARBEL BAR"!!
| A. G. OLIVER, Prop. | |
*********************11 »♦ I
AAVAWrVVNVWVVVWAAtVVt
> For Ch ice Beef, Mutton, Pork, <|
> Veal, Reindeer nd Poultry, also
[ Black Cod, Halibut and Salmon J>
[ go to the <,
I INDEPENDENT !
i MEAT MARKET j|
<! W. H. WEBB. Prop.
<[ Telephone Main 15. <,
- -
'2
^3 t
^3 p^
{ BOWLING
t ALLEY
• - . . .
• Jack’s Placa
.L
• THE OLD EAGLE BUllDlNG
Front atraat
• Howling alley* >p*n from 12 m !•
; Ladie* Day Wedreeday
Phone Main 182.
Jack Douglas Prop.
t. if .
• • • • * - ■ «; • J.
i
I When in Seattle Stop <|
at the Place for \*
ALASKANS
Fire-proof, modern, convenient S
RATES $1.00 Per Day and Up < *
HOTEL BARKER:
Corner Pike and Sixth i>
Free A ut• • Hue Meets all Boats <|
and Trains ] >
C. O. Walston A Conrad Freeding
Proprietors <f
ALASKAN SOURDOUGHS
--—
COAL AT LESS THAN COST
BRIQUETS
Spate no* taken up by Rriquets in our yards and warehouses will
be required for freight from first steamers For a limited tiin« onl>
* in make room and introduce to the Nome matket
7$ 16 PER TON IN YARD-$17 PER TON DELIVERED
JOHN J. SESNON CO.
.
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS POSTED
Let the Nugget do Your Letter Writing
Now that the mail leaves twice it
week send your friends copies of
the
NOME WEEKLY NU66E1
It contains the local and telegra
phic News condensed. All the re
cords of the Commissioner’s Of
fice. Patent notices. Forfeiture
notices and Summons of various
forms.
WE Wild. MAIL THE
Nome Weekly Nugget
I
To any address in the United
States for
50 Cents Per Month
j The Daily Nugget
Job Printing Department
Business Stationery
® » i
Cards, Letter heads, Bill Meads. State
ments, Envelopes. Legal Blanks. In
voices. Shipping lags. Special Blanks.
Society Stationery
Invitations, Announcements, Programs
Cards. Menus
Posters, hand Bills
Circulars, Brochures, Booklets. Pam
phlets. Folders, Placards.
WE DELIVER YOUR
PRINTING ON TIME