Evening journal., 1888-06-23

E8s H1MJ cables daily n
sSassa ports Of what is
actually occurring
are the reminis-
cences Of the late Emperor Frederick that
arc told by the correspondents who have,
at one time OF another. come il contact /
with "Unser Fritz Mr. Theodore STAN
ton, the we'll known Paris correspondent. \
has forwarded the following to this paper
When ! was in Berlin in tho summer Of I
1880 | saw something Of "Our Fritz on
several occasions Tie then looked well I
and strong. thera was healthy glow in
his face, and his eyes were bright and (
smiling
But let me 60 back little, When ]
first crossed. tho ocean, in june, 1914 I
Capt Nordcnholt. a charming old tar, told
us one day aeharacteristic anecdote OF the
then crown prince.
"On our last trip ont, /" the captain be-
gan. I'VE brought the crown prince, the
crown princess and their children from
Bremen TO Southampton. Tho crown
princess, as you are aware, is the daughter
of Queen Victoria, and was on her wy to
pay visit to her native land.
''Well, one day the princess went to
take a bath. 50 the tub was filed with
water You know. by the way, that the
faucet system is not so simple in a trans.
atlantic steamers bathroom as it is in the
bathrooms on land. Now, there was not
enough water in tho tub TO suit her inn
perial highness, or else it was too cool or
too warm, so She turned ON one OF tho
stopcocks: but how to check the inflow
puzzled her. In despair she turned
another cock, when steam began to hiss
In the meanwhile the water was pouring
over the sides Of the tub and flooding the
small ROOM Greatly frightened. fearing
an explosion Of some kind from the steam,
with drowning as the finale. the princess
was finally forced to open the bath room
door and cry:
Fritz Fritz Come Quick and turn
of this water and steamp
"Ihe crown prince took ia tho situation
at once But partly in fun, and partly to-
teach his wife lcsson-'she should not
4 handle things she didn't understand, as
/ he said-he did not bulge.
I'm the meanwhile tho princess had
| shut Tho door again, and tho water now
began to run in streams out into tho
! passagawGy. Tho walters rushed for paila
and mops while the chief steward hastened
/ 10 tell mel was on the bridge at tho
time-what was going on Immediately
/ called the engineer and ordered him to
turn of all tho water in the ship. And
thus the poor crown princess got her bath
! ut last. The crown prince, and tho next
day the crown princess, too, laughed
heartily over this episode.
shortly after landing the imperial
party" continued Capt Borlenholt, 4
received this diamond scarf Pin here in
my cravat. with O lotier from tho crown
princess. in which she thanked mol
quote her letter-'for having saved my
life under very peculiar circumstances. T
The first time ] saw the Emperor Fred.
erick was at the spring review Of the
Berlin garrison ia 1880
About 10 O'Clock @ large cavGlcade was
observed approaching Those in tho first
carriages raised their hats, and q brilliant
body Of several hundred h1rsgmen rode
by on the gallop. the stately kaiser. sit.
ting his hose Gs few 1ctoganariaua
could, leading with tho crown prince q
little behind him. Won Molssa was there,
too, ! was told. though ] failed ta discover
his commanding figure in Il he thrcng d
officers. Bismarck WIS conspicuous Us
his absence. Tho great chancellor move.
participates in these public exhibitions oi
Germany power re preiers 70 Sit q
his cabines and pHll the strings wiiel
move tAess military puppets. After tli
royal purity had galioped oat of sight
came D dashing horseman Ia red uniform
! preceding etate carriage drawn by si'
! black horses. and containing tho clpWI
princess and her children. All hats wer
removed as they were whirled along.
a fCw days later z had g still bette
, view of the shea crown priuec at the BE
view of the Potsdam garrison
Iaking an early train for Pots9am.
was admitted 60 fine place from whicl
. to see the review, by small pink carr
stamped with tho German co8t OF arms
= On which card was printed "Pass 70 OH
. rooms of tho second story Of che roya
4 palace at Potsdam, for The 3ist Of May
1850" Mounting the stairs Of the edific
/ was ushered into an apartment whie
looked ont on the small parade ground
directly ii front Of tho schloss. OF roya
palace The infantry was already draw
! mp in the form Of large parallelogram
= the rcTinent opposite my window weal
ing the uniform Of Frederick the Great
. guards, white pants, dark blue coats. an
= hats resembling the pope's miier. Ihes
Il hats have a lofty front Of FURNISHED bras
4. surmounted by O cocl,ade, and Top {
}. red cloth slanting downward to the bac
Of the head, and divided III tie middle
y line OF white. They arc very heavy, an