Evening journal., 1888-06-23

crown prince and suite rode into the
square, and rs lie passed each regiment,
with ono voice. greeted him with hearty
"Guten Morgen Then the troopa
marched by in review bpfore the emperor.
One of the platoons Of an infantry regi.
ment was commanded by Prince Leopold,
grand nephew of the emperor. then a boy
of il or Is, judged AS thelittle fellow
strode, with "the prussian step" by tbs
kaiser he displayed all the military vorva
OF q veteran. though it rather detracted
from his dignity when he was forced TO
run forward every few minutes in order
20 get well ahead of his men, whose long
strides the boy could not equal A few
hours later ] drove by the simple little
villa in the vicinity of potsdam where the
young soldier lived all alone with his
tutor The house Is separated from the
roadway by wide ditch filed with run
ming water, which is crossed by a narrow
plank, the only entrance TO the princes
abode This simplicity is characteristic
ally Hohenzollorn. Frederick also par
ticipated in the ceremony ef the unveiling
of Sehafer's magnificent statue Of Goethe
in tho Thiergarten, which brought to-
gether most distinguished body OF
people. Tho Greek ambassador. Khan
gahe, who has translated Goethe into
modem Greek, was on the stand reserved
for the diplomatic corps. The tall figure
Of Professor Grimm, the distinguished
member Of the Berlin faculty, stood near
the statue.
Mommsen's lank form, peaked face and
long gray hair We're seen not far from his
colleague Grimm The squabbish little
figure Of Auerbach-who has since died
with his full round face covered with a
rfsf
OF the statue. The fine open faco of Lep-
sius, the Psychologist, who has also
passed over to the majority, was easily
recognized, so was tho fat unwicldly form
If tn, chief of police, Won Madni, the
/ emperor right hand man. who was bust.
4 ling about ia uniform. But none created
4 tho stir that the wife Of Bismarck did
when she advanced towards the stand ne.
I served for tho diplomatic corps accompa-
I MED by one of the foreign ambassadors
Mmc. Won Bismarck has pain, sallow
I face, and was attired in The very simplest
|manner. Two rows of students dressed
ia their gala costumes were conspicuous
in the throng and when the brief cere
mony was finished three of their number
: advanced to the fence that surrounds tho
monument and hanged thereon q green
wreath tied with q broad white ribbon
/ The royal family was well represented
and nobody seemed So take deeper inter
est in the interesting ceremony than th,
crown prince and crown princess.
IA But il was at tho distribution Of thl
prizes Of tho Berlin International Fisher
les Exhibition of 1880, where the United
States, by the way, took the first prize
that ! had the best opportunity to stud,
"Unser Fritz" near at hand.
The nave of the main building was oc
cupied bY two or thlec hundred gentle
men, chiefly diplomats and missionaries
while the galleries above were filed wiu
ladies'. Tho crown prince in militar,
uniform, was announced at / o'clock by
flourish of trumpets, and took his plac
J on dais where the royal prizes were dis
{ lplayod After short address by tn
minister of agriculture, the band playe
! a popular air, and then started off on an
other. TIE crown prince had not eX
/, peatad the second piece, and when th
J first was ended rose TO reply 60 the min
! ister. just as he began TO speak the ban
began to plny and the royal words wer
! drowned IL music. Great consternatio
j prevailed among the organizers Of I'll
exhibition The leader Of tho band ha
J bis back turned to the audience. and !
lie was high np III the gallery nobod
4 could get az him. But finally the crow
3 prince, who remained standing. caugi
: ills eye, and with q smile und q WAY
5 Of the hand suggested that lie desist f
moment. The expression If q