. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. t, about ten oclock. At thistime he opens all the letters which have come in, runs throughthe telegraphic dispatches and the latest news of the morningpapers, and then receives his councillors in the study, rides for anhour, and then proceeds to the royal presence. At his returnfrom the palace, about five, the family dines; but it is a rare cir-cumstance not to find friends present. Bismarck has always anexcellent appetite, and prefers the red wine of Bordeaux, which 446 BISMAECK IN PRIVATE. he once on the tribune of the Second Chamber called . t
. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. t, about ten oclock. At thistime he opens all the letters which have come in, runs throughthe telegraphic dispatches and the latest news of the morningpapers, and then receives his councillors in the study, rides for anhour, and then proceeds to the royal presence. At his returnfrom the palace, about five, the family dines; but it is a rare cir-cumstance not to find friends present. Bismarck has always anexcellent appetite, and prefers the red wine of Bordeaux, which 446 BISMAECK IN PRIVATE. he once on the tribune of the Second Chamber called . the natu-ral drink of the North German, to Ehenish wine. The greatestpunctuality prevails at his table. He especially delighted in ex-horting his sons, while they were young, to sit upright; and aperson who for a long time had the honor of being Bismarckstable companion, asserts in full seriousness, that owing to thecontinual directions Bismarck gave his sons on this point, whichhe also profited by himself, he had, according to his own calcula-. tion, himself grown two inches taller in the time. Conversationis sparkling, open, and almost always illustrated by the humor-ous manner of the host and the witty animation of the language employed is always Grerman, very seldom a littleFrench or English. Bismarcks family table has an especialcharm at Christmas time, when a great tree stretches its branchesover the guests. After dinner the Minister-President stays for ashort time in his wifes salon, where he drinks a cup of coffee and BISMARCK RIDING. 447 smokes, during which time he runs through the Kreuzzeitung andthe Norddeutsche Allgemeine. He then retires to his study andreceives the Ambassadors, or a Council of Ministers is held, that he works by himself. About midnight he returns intothe salon to his wife, and is pleased if he finds any company rarely fails, especiallywhen the Diet or Keichstagis assembled. It may bevery well understood thatthis a
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