The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-03-15

ton of the Crown Princes health have GER
tainly had much to do with the grandson, e
Prince William ranked only as maj and
people in general spoke with surprise at the
soWness with which ne s YET ad an
cation. He was compelled to work like the
rest of his comrades. equally subject to military
discipline. Early and late he was with his reg
iment, ordered about ordinary major,
salutiDg his superiors, with little or no atte a
non-ln military wayrpa1d 70 ms poyal ranh.
eral. He lacks the prominent rugged features
of his father and the handsome lines of his
grandsire The HOhen zollerns have no hered1-
tary physical cha iacteristies. Even Prof. Tfr-
chow failed to find any cranial ones in his e1-
never intermarried, having the purest blood Of
all royal families-a custom which tends 10
preserve and intensity peculiar1s1es. Prince
William has the appearance of a young man OF
twenty. five. His upper lip shows sparse
blonde mustache his nose is Slightly Roman
with medium fore head and hair stands back
like Beethoven's. But despite the compare
lively weak chin, his cold blue eye has brave,
daring expression, which reminds one little
of The great Frederick whom he is fOndly said
to resemble in character. He Is slender in
build and shorter i'll stature than his brother
the .naval HohenZolern.' His right hand Is
badly crippled, and his right arm at least two
inches shorter than his left-a defect which
main as ever Rvron's deformitv did. He tries
upon every occasion to conceal It, Yet the
skill he possesses is remarkable. He carries
his sword upon parade as well as any 0flcer
and has become most excellent fencer. rides
like Cossack, and shoots 18th unerring aim.
No officer in the army is more popular than
this royal scion and none more clever. No
wonder that his men attached to him. He
has pleasant word for ALL and cracks his joke
with the common man though he were OF
his number. His training has been very DEM
ocratic. He attended school at Cassel, board
ing with one of the teachers. and Treated ex-
actly e of the other boys. Taking lunch
one day, he noticed one of his comrades eating
the black bread which the poorer classes use in
Germany. Wishing to taste it, he offered to
''trade" with the bOy-the son OF poor me-
chanic--who of course, was only too glad t., do
SO. 1t pleased the Princes palate so much that
he made an agreement to exchange lunches
always Toasted upon the black bread baked in
AFT er several years at Cassel among the first in
his class, to the great satisfaction of his parents
who attended the commencement. He, after
ward-as is the HohenZollern custOm-attended
the University at Bonn and joined the famous
SaxO- Borussen corps. One meets him in II
streets of Berlin in civilians clothes, minsling
with the people like the "citzen king The
malady aud suffering of the Crown Prince have
Ioused the symp titles of the whole population
but despite his popularity, despite the way
they love him, 1t Is sale TO say that the major
iiy OF the nation spend more enthusiasm upon
his son, look upon Prince William as the
wearer of the mantle OF Frederick The Great,
and believe him destined to fulfill the cherish.
ed hopes OF Germany, further the plans of Bis
marck and Moltke, and cement the union of
the fail erIand.