The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1888-05-02

WILLIAM AND HIS FAMILY.
But suddenly his promotion came. On
Jan % last he received as birthday
present commission as 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
20 be young looking for his age. He has
recently been thus described by George
w Smalley
William has the appearance Of a
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. Ills
cold blue eye has brave. daring express
Great Frederick. whom he Is fondly said to
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 left
arm AZ least two inches shorter than his
left. defect which has caused as much
annoyance and mental pain as ever Byron's
deformity did He tries upon every occa
sion to conceal it, but tries. of course. in
vain Yet the skill he possesses is re.
markablc lie carries his sword upon pa.
rade as well as any officer and has become
a most excellent fencer, rides like q Cos
sack and shoots with unerring aim.
mo officer 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 all, and cracks his joke with the com.
mon man as though he were of his nun
Der His training has been very demo
cratic He attended school at Cassel,
boarding with one 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 INTERCHANGEABLE. of
course. was only too glad to do SO. II
pleased the 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 after several years at
Cassel among the first In his class to the
great satisfaction of his parents who at
tended the commencement He afterward
AS IL Hohenzollern custom-attended
the university at Eonn and joined the
famous SaSo Bornssen corps, over whose
annual meetings he still presides. and Is
as eager us any In relating the pranks Of
his student days And today one meets
him in the streets OF Berlin In civilians
clothes. ringling with the people like the
citizen king
The following incident, sent to the New
Worll by Tho New York Times CORE
spondent. will be interesting;
Grown Prince William has carried to
excess the old llohenzollern custom of
giving its cadets II military training
Whenever he visits his children his oldest
son. who will be o next month, has been
schooled to give the word Of command.
whereupon the two smaller brothers, aged
8 and 4. range themselves beside him. and
oil give the father u soldierly salute. The
other day the crown prince was working,
when his attention was drawn to the fact
that the sentres outside his room were
presenting arms repeatedly In an inex-
plicablc way--a thing which German
soldiers. be it explained. do In
such peremptory and vehement
manner that the action can be heard for
considerable distance He was puzzled at
this. went out and discovered that his lit
tie boys were having some fun passing up
and down the corridor enjoying the pleas
ure Of being saluted. The crown prince
said I must teach you that sentries
don't exist for little princes. but princes
for sentries He then called for cane
and In the presence Of the sentries gave
the tiny fellows sharp beating 1t ought
to be added that this incident OF Spartan
education Is much admired In Berlin"
Whether tho mother Of the princelets
was as well pleased with the episode Is
something we are not told.
A former tutor Of william writes at
length regarding the prince In The Lon.
don Times One passage In his article
reads Is follows;