504 COLONEL ROOSEVELT IN GERMANY. 



Then the Emperor motored with the Roosevelt family to the 

 Sans Souci Palace for a look at the royal residence, hallowed with 

 memories of Frederick the Great. The Colonel recalled the claims 

 of the Kaiser's great warrior ancestor to American interest, how 

 Frederick forbade England's hired Hessian troops to cross Prus- 

 sian soil and his profound admiration for Washington. Then, 

 after a visit, which had lasted from one o'clock till five, the Roose- 

 velts motored back to the American Embassy in Berlin in one of 

 the imperial automobiles. 



Whether it was due to his elocutionary contest with the Kaiser 

 or to the raw, rainy weather which prevailed in Berlin throughout 

 the day, the Colonel reached the Embassy considerably hoarser than 

 when he arrived in Berlin early in the forenoon. His throat was 

 so sore he found it difficult to speak with any trace of freedom or 

 good humor to Commander Peary, who was awaiting the ex-Presi- 

 dent, the explorer having delayed his departure for Rome two days 

 for the purpose of greeting the Colonel. 



ROOSEVELT AND KAISER RUN PARALLEL COURSES. 



On his return to the Embassy the Colonel submitted to an 

 examination at the hands of Professor Fraenkel, one of Germany's 

 most celebrated throat specialists. Doctor Fraenkel found him 

 suff^ering from an acute case of laryngitis, an after effect of bron- 

 chitis, of such a type as commonly attacks persons who have dwelt 

 some time in the tropics. 



Theodore Roosevelt and the German Emperor are the same 

 age — fifty-one — and both w^ere born on the 27th of the month; 

 Roosevelt in October, 1858, and the Emperor in the following Jan- 

 uary. 



Both were married on the 27th of the month, the Colonel in 

 October 1880, and the Emperor in the following February. As 

 boys each is said to have had the same favorite author — James 

 Fenimore Cooper. 



In their fondness for out-door sports the Colonel and the 

 Kaiser display similarities. Both are fond of riding and hunting 

 and they each play tennis cleverly, and, although Roosevelt has the 



