Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-04

Jan. " last he received as a birthday
present commission rs major general
This was the beginning of his promotion.
From that time his advance in other re-
spects has been rapid indeed
William Is 20 years of age. and is said
to be young looking for his age. He has
recently been thus described by George
w. Smalley,
civilian has the appearance of @
young man Of % His upper lip shows
spare blonde mustache. his nose is slightly
Roman. with a medium forehead, and his
hair stands back like Beethoven's But
despite his comparatively weak chin. his
cold blue eye has a brave daring express
sion. which reminds one a little Of the
Great Frederick. whom he is fondly said tc
resemble in character. he is slender ia
build, and shorter in stature than his
brother, the naval Hohenzollern. His
left hand is badly crippled. and his lef.
arm at least two inches shorter than his
left, defect which has caused as much
annoyance and mental pain as ever Byron's
deforrnity did He tries upon every occa
sion to conceal it, but tries. Of course. LIZ
markable He carries his sword upon pa,
rade as well as any officer and has become
a most excellent fencer, rides like Cos.
sack and shoots with unerring aim.
mo officer in the army is moro popular
than this royal scion and mono moro
clever No wonder that his men arc at
tached to him He has a pleasant word
for all. and cracks his joke with the com.
mon man as though he were Of his mum.
Der His training has been very demo.
cratic He attended school at Cassol.
boarding with ono OF the teachers, and
treated exactly as one of the other boys.
Taking his lunch one day, he noticed one
of his comrades eating the black bread
which the poorest classes use in
Germany Wishing to taste it. he
offered to trade with the boy-the son,
believe. of poor mechanic-who, of
course, was only too glad to do So 1t
pleased tho princes palate SO much that
he made an agreement to exchange lunches
with the boy every day-and hencefor |
ward he always Toasted upon the black
bread baked IN the house Of the mechanic. |
He was graduated aftes several years at
Cassel among the 6rst in his cha 70 the
great satisfaction Of his parents who at
tended the commencement He aftorward
as is Hohen.onern custom-~ttsnded
the university 1t Bonn and Joined the
famous Saxo- Bornssen oorps. over whose
annual meetings he still prcsidss, and Is
as eager as any IN relating the pranks Of
his student days And today ons meets
him in the streets of Berlin In civilians
clothes. mingling with the people like the
citizen king"
The following incident, sent to the New
World by The New York Times cerre-
spondent, will DO interesting
Grown Prince William has carried to
excess tho old Hohenzollern custem Of
giving its cadets military training.
Whenever he visits his children his oldest
son. who will be 6 ne1t month, has bcon
schooled to give the word of command.
whereupon the two smaller brothers, aged
o and 4. range themselves beside him, and
all give tho father y soldierly salute The
other day tho crown prince was WORKING
when his attention was drawn 70 Tho faot
that the sentrios outside his room wore
arIns repeatedly IN q h,ex-
plicable way thing which 0s,xnnn
soldiers, DO n sxphissA, Dc Ia
such peremptsTy sDd ~shepsnt
manner that the sstion ssss b heard for a
Distance He wss yunted at
this, went out snd discovered that his lii
tie boys were having some fun passing up
and down the corridor enjoying tho pleas.
IRE of being saluted. The crown prince
said i must teach yon that sentries
ion't exist for little princes, but princes
'or sentres He then called for a cane