Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-05

But suddenly his promotion came. On
January 81 lset he received as birthday
present q commission as Msior General.
This wss the beginning Of his promo ion.
From that time his advance 10 other re-
speCts hiss been rapid indeed.
Willism is twenty nine yeirs OF age,
and is said to b. young looking for his
age. He has recently been thus described
by George W. Snnley:
civilian has the appearance Of young
| man of twenty-five. His upper lip shows
a spare blonde mustache, his nose
is slightly Roman, with . medium tore
head and his hair stands back like Bee
thoven's. But despite his comparatively
weak chin, mis- cold blue eye mss brave,
daring expression, wlich reminds one q
little of the Great Frederick, whom he
!. is lfondly ssid to resemble in cher
acter. He Is slender IN build
and shorter in stature than his
brother, the naval Hohenz0llern.' His
left hand is badly crippled, sad his left
srm a. least two inches shorter than his
right; defect which mas cause as much
annoyance and mental pain IS ever
Byron's detormiGy did. He tries upon
every occasion TO conceal it, but tries, Of
course, in vain. Yet the skill he pos
sesses is remarkable. Hs carries his
sword upon parade IS we'll as any officer
aud has become 8 most excellent fencer,
rides like O. Cossack and shoots with un-
erring aim.
"No fflcer in the army is more popular
than this royal scion and none more
clever. No wonder that his men are at
tached to him. He has q pleasant word
for ell, snd cracks his joke with the COM
mon man as though he were Of his num-
Der. His training has been very demo
cratic. He attended school at Csssel,
boarding with one of the teachers, and
treated exactly as one of the other boys
Taxing his lunch one cay, he noticed one
of his comrades eating the black bread
which the poorest classes use in
Germany. Wishing to taste II, he offered
to trade with the boy-she son, I believe,
Of poor mechanic-who, of course. was
only too glad to do so. It pleased the
Princes pal.le SO much that he made an
agreement to exchange lunches with the
boy every day-,nd henceforward he
alwsys Toasted upon the black break
baked In the house OF the mechanic. He
was graduated after several years at Gas
sci among the first In his class to the
great satisfaction Of his parents who
attended the commencement. He sitter
wards-as in Hohenz ollern custom-at-
tended the university st Bonnie and joined
the famous SsxO-Borussen corps, over
whose annual meetings he still presides,
and is as esger as any in relating the
prapks of his student days. And to day
one meets him in the streets Of Berlin in
civilians clothes, mingling with the peo-
pie like the 'cisizan king"
The following in 2itent, sent to the New
World by the New York Times CORE
spondent, will be Interesting:
"Crown Prince William has carried to
excess the old Homer zollern custom of
giving its cadets 8 military training
Whenever he visits his children his Oldest
son, who will be SIX next month, has
been schooled to give the word Of COM
mand, whereupon the two smaller
brothers, aged five and four, range them
selves beside him, and all give the father
q soldierly salute. TIE other day the
Crown Prince was working, when his at
tentiol was drawn to the fact that the
seniries outside his room were pre-
sentirg arms repeatedly in an mex
plicable WAY thing which German SOL
diers, be it explained, do in such per-
emptory and vehement manner that the
action can be heard for considerable
distance. He was puzzled at this, went
out and discovered that his little boys
were having some fun passing up and
down the corridor enjoying the pleasure
Of being saIuted. The Crown Prince said:
II must teach you that centres don'texist
for little princes, but princes for SEP
tries.' He then called for . cane
and in the presence Of the sentries gave
the tiny fellows sharp beating. It
ought to be added that this incident Of .
Spartan education Is much admired In
Berlin"
whether the mother OF the princelets
was as well pleased with the episode is
something we are not told.
A foSmsr tutor Of William Hz!ses st