The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-23

crown prince and suite rode into the
square, and as he passed each regiment,
with one voice. greeted him with hearty
"Guten Morgen" Then tho troops
marched by in review before the emperor
One Of the platoons Of Pm Infantry regi-
ment was commanded by Prince Leopold.
grand nephew Of the emperor. then boy
of II or ID, judged. AS the little fellow
strobe, with "the Prussian step" by the
kaiser he displayed all the military verve
of a veteran, though il rather detracted
from his dignity when he was forced TO
run forward every few mil, utes in order
to get well ahead Of his men. whose long
strides the boy could not equal. A few
hours later drove by the simple little
villa in the vicinity OF Potsdam where the
young soldier lived all alone with his
tutor. The house Is separated from the
roadway by wide ditch filed with run
ming water, which is crossed by narrow
plank, the only entrance 30 the princes
abode. This simplicity is Characteristic
ally Hohenzollern. Frederick also par
tieipated in the ceremony of the unwilling
of Senator's magnificent statue Of Goethe
in the Thiergarten. which brought to
gether a most distinguished body Of
people The Greek ambassador. khan
gabe. who has translated Goethe into
modern Greek, was Oh the stand reserved
for the diplomatic corps. The tall figure
of Professor Grimm, the distinguished
member of the Berlin faculty, stood near
the statue.
Mommsen's lank form, peaked face and
L.. iiL
colleague Grimm The squabbish little
figure of Auerbach-Who has since died
with his full round face covered with a
short iron gray beard. stood to the right
of the statue The fine open face OF Lep
sius. the Psychologist, who has also
passed over to the majority. was easily
recognized; so was the fat, unwieldly form
of the chief OF police, Won Mad0i, the
emperor's right hand man, who was bust
ling about in uniform. But none created
the stir that the wife of Bismarck did
when she advanced towards the stand re
served for the diplomatic corps accompa
uicd by one OF the foreign ambassadors
Mime. Won Bismarck has pain. sallow
face, and was attired i'm the very simplest
mannfr Two rows of students dressed
in their gala costumes were conspicuous
i'm tho throng. and when the brief cerc-
mony was finished three Of their number
advanced to the fence that surrounds the
monument and hanged thereon green
wreath tied with a broad white ribbon
The royal family was well represented.
and nobody seemed 10 take deeper inter
est in the interesting ceremony than the
crown prince and crown princess.
But it was at the distribution Of the
prizes of the Berlin International Fisher
les Exhibition OF 1880, where the United
States, by the way. took the first prize
that had the best opportunity TO study
."Unser Fritz near at hand.
The nave of the main building was Oc
cupicd by two or three hundred gentle
men, chiefly diplomats and missionaries
while the galleries above were filled with
ladies. The crown prince in military
uniform was announced at o'clock by
flourish Of trumpets, and took his place
on q dais whcro the royal prizes were dis
played. After q short address by the
minister of agriculture, the band PLAYED
a popular air. and then started of on an
other The crown prince had not eX
Dected the second piece. and when tho
first was ended rose to reply % the min
ister Just as he began to speak tho banl
began TO play and the royal words wer
drowned III music Great CONSERVATION
prevailed among tho organizers Of tn
exhibition The leader OF the band hao
iis bacl, turned to the audience. and
he was high zap in the gallery nobod
could get at him. But finally tho crown
prince, who remained standing, caught
his eye. and with smile and a wave
of the hand suggested that lie desist fol
a moment. The expression Of tho