The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-13

the Prince continued to superintend matters ner-
| spnally until the regula- teacher returned after
| the funeral of his mother.
On one occasion. about year after the olrtn
of his eldest son, William. Unser Fritz and wife
| were walking along one Of the country roads IN
the nelghborhood of Potsdam. the child being
| wheeied along In q perambu.ator by their SIDE.
when suddenly they came upon the first COM
pany of the First Regiment of Guards, who
were marching home. Of course. Immediately
the officer In command caught sight OF the royal
| party he halted his men and drew them to at
tention. On perceivlne The detachment of the
regiment IN which he had commenced his milf
tarV career, and with which he has ever since
remained intimately connected, the Prince. after
shaking hands with the officer, removed his pipe
from his mouth. took up his baby In his arms,
and addressing his men, exclaimed: Here,
kinder (children), want you to
quainted with my boy and walking slowly
along the ranks he caused the child to shake
Rood-humoredly to them during the time.
The new Emperor's popularity Is especially
great IN southern Germany. and many will
doubtless remember the story of the Bavarian
soldier who. carried away by the exuberance of
his feelings after the German victory at Weis-
ssnburg 10 1870. anostrophlzed Unser Fritz with
the words: 'sAn. if we had only had your Royal
Highness to lead the war of 1866 we
should have licked those damned Prussians"
Those who may happen to have seen portraits
or the present Emperor in civilian dress will
have noticed that he always wears little silver
coin mounted as scarf pin in bis cravat. Re-
marking on one occasion that the person with
whom he was converSing was observing the pin
with some curiosity. he pulled it of his scarf
and said: This little silver coin is of three
which were unearthedi in old Roman grave III
the presence of my three boys. had the three
COINS mounted as pins FOR them as mementos of
the occasion. and when my little Waldemar
died took possession of his and have worn it
since" Prince Waldemar who died in
March. 1879. was snguiarly loyabe and bright
boy of twelve years old at the time. and was the
favorite child of Unser Fritz and his wife. and
they bitterly and deeply mourned his premature
death.
A couple of winters ago the present Emperor
arranged to visit one of the principal hospitals
of Berlin. An icy northeast wind blowing
when he arrived. Seeing the aged and bald
headed director of the establishment standing,
hat in hand, in the courtyard to await his com
ing. he strobe rapidly up to him and, pafting
him good humorediy on the shoulder, exclaimed.
in familiar Berlin dialect Herr Director
Setzen sic doch den alien Deckel auf, sonst
werden die paar Hare SIGH erkalten." Put on
your old lid, otherwise those few hairs of yours
will catch cold.)
A splendid horseman. sitting his saddle in the
English hunting field style rather than in that
of the German officer he is likewise an expert
swimmer and diver. Until year ago he was
constant visitor at the swimming establish
ment of the Guards Regiment at Potsdam. His
appearance there was always hailed with de-
light and was the SIGNAL for the beginning of a
series of aquatic practical jokes In fact, be
was qnite often dueked by The soldiers as he
ducked them. One of his greatest delights was
to get crowd assembled the raft floating in
midstream and then capsize himself and those
with him pell nell into the In fact. he
is exceedingly fond of joke, and. unlike many
people, knows how to keep his temper when the
victim reialiateS in kind.
In conclusion. il NAV be pointed out that the
hishe>t possible testimony in his favor is the
fact that even the French, with all their vim
dictive bitterness against the Germans have
never either uttered or published a single Of
fensive remark about him. and that, although
he of the principal leaders of the in
vading army of 1870, nowhere have his suffer-
ing attracted more expressions of sympathy
than i1 LA Belle France"