San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-23
THE HOHENzOLLERNs.
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One wondered when the military
labors-for following the maneuyers
OF an army corps on horseback is no
holiday work-and the amusements of
the week are over, whether the en-
peror did not heave sigh of relief
and wish that he might for once travel
about bit without being subjected to
repetitions of scenes that he must
have assisted at thousand times be-
fore. But those who know say he
does nothing of the kind. He is as
eager for amusement and us easily
amused as boy, and after long day
of varied festivities will ask whether
that is all in a most regretful way.
Truly not only an iron constitution
but healthy and elastic spirit must
be conceded to man of IS to whom
his long labors and his satisfied ambi-
ton have left so fresh and childlike a
nature. His old doctor almost as
old as chimself, and the only physician
the kaiser will trust to regulate his
daily life-reported to friend of mine
while here the difficulty he had in
making him remember that he was
no longer 40 years of age. His appe-
tite for forbidden ndelicacies is as boy
ish as his appetite, for parades and
fetes. Even when he is taking the
cure" at Ems, and the strictest regi-
men should be required of him, he is
not willing to do without lobster for
his daily breakfast. One wonders not
only that he, but that his responsible
physician, has lived so long. 3 ~
If one were to pick out of all the
families in the world one which would
by it's physical appearance do honorto
the greatest of contemporary thrones,
one could not find a better than this
Hohenzollern race. Their strength
and manly beauty are famous amid
the royal houses of Europe, SO gener-
ally far from healthy or handsome.
What the emperor looks like is well
known-a perfect picture of mon
arch and u soldier, the most splendid
specimen of kingly old age one could
conceive. His son is almost as i'm
posing and even handsomer in feature,
with beauty which no plainness of
apparel could detract from and which
the utmost gorgeousness Of a gala
uniform seems but rightly to adorn.
One often hears the fact regretted,
therefore, that this splendid Hohen-
zollern stock has been injured by his
marriage with Queen Victoria S daugh-
ter. For that it has been injured one
sees very plainly by looking at young
Prince William, who is the next heir
to the throne, and whose little son,
born some months ago, completes the
unusual spectacle of four living gener-
atoms in direct male descent. He is
not Hohenzollern at all in his looks,
unfortunately, but a true child of his
mother and grandmother. Moreover
Ehe is infrm as well as unbeautiful in
body. One of his arms is either
stunted or paralyzed, and from his
face one cannot predict continuance
of either the sound sense, warlike
ability or fine character of his elders.
However, he is. very young and may
improve, and perhaps his little son
will be more of a Hohenzollern and
less of an Englishman. His brother
Henry, now about Is and naval Of
fcer, is far better to look at-Hohen-
zollern through and through-and
gives one the impression of being
stronger and cleverer. Of course,
when the above mentioned baby was
about to make its entry into the world
there was much apprehension lest it
should prove a. girl. Not only the
natural wish on such occasions pre-
vailed, but also the desire that the
four generations might complete
themselves in the masculine line.
These German princes, stately though
they are on state occasions, are Juer-
qeriich enough in their private lives
one great reason why they are be-
loved by their people. So when the
decisive hour approached the crown
prince walked impatiently up and
down in front of his daughter-in-law'
just as any plebeian papa might have
done. The little prince" as Prince
William is popularity called, at last
put his head out of the window and
called in naive ecstasy:
Papa, papa, it is boy after all"
"Of course" shouted his father in
reply, "what else could it have been?"
Great was the Joy in the house of
Hohenzollern, and as soon as possible
the four generations were photo
graphed together, the old kaiser with
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