The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-15
AN ENTE agAtNINa LITTLE PRINCE
he Made a Lady Walk and Got Sound
Spanking for l..

Spanking for l..
By FORMER Lady in Waiting toHe Eppress.
The German crown prince has already
posed before the Berlin public in series Of
exploits that would reflect credit on the in
| ventive genius Of an American boy. At his
fathers accession to the throne the tiny
Prince Frederick Wilhelm became crown
prince Of the empire. The dignity, honor
| ana responsibility of the position were care.
fully explained to him.
He pondered deeply over the first two
considerations, and with startling results
One day while out driving with his govern
ess, as they approached the Potsdam palace,
be requested the worthy countess to sit on
the opposite side OF the carriage.
Nv hat forp demanded the lady in aston
ishment
Because, replied the youthful dignitary,
II am going to be the Kaiser Of Germany,
aud it is not fitting that you should sit on
the same seat with me-"
The countess, not liking to indulge this
silly whim, coaxed, reasoned, protested,
but all to no purpose. His royal highness
was inexorable, and finally cut all argu-
ment short by giving the signal that
stopped the carriage, and then he gravely
informed the lady that she must either sit
with her back to the horses or get out and
walk.
The princes guardians were aghast at
the dilemma. Iney disliked to make such
a scene as might have occurred had it been
case Of Master Tommy Smith or Dickey
Brown, and it was against ali precedent for
the prince to ride alone. However, the
countess very wisely as it proved, decided
on the latter course as the less Of two evils
She alighted from the carriage in as digui-
fled manner as was compatible with hav-
ing been turned out of it by royalty, and
quietly said:
Very well, your royal highness may ride
alone and l shall walk, but as soon as I
reach the palace l shall Immediately lay
this matter before your imperial papa"
80 the crown prince travelled to his an
ceStral halls in solitary grandeur while the
lady trudged the distance on foot. Once
arrived at the palace, she was as good as
her word, and his royal highness was
speedily cited to appear at a domestic
tribunal in which judge and jury were
represented by the Emperor of Germany.
The governess told her story, the crown
prince told his, and then-alas! for human
pretensious! the court literally took the
law into its own hands and administered to
the too previous aspirant for imperial
honors what is vulgarly known as a sound
| spanking.
| Among the gentleman Of the household is
one who is great favorIte with the little
| princes, because he promises fascinating
| toy IN the shape of crush hat, which is
the royal children's delight to shut up with
/ bang.
One day the Rev. Marktahller had an in
| formal audience with the kaiser, and left
| his hat-a clerical black silk artical-in an
ante-room adjoining the audience chamber
| Into the former apar ment strolled the little
| crown prince and announced his presence
| by howl of delight just as the pastor was
! bowling himself out of the audience cham
Der. The kaiser, hearing his sons voice,
stepped to the door of the ante-roon and en-
countered that princeling, his face flushed
with triumph and in his hand the almost
unrecognizable ruin of the preachers high
SILK hat, which his royal highness had forci-
| bly, compelled to perform the opera hat
trick, as he ENORMOUSLY explained.
Papa, at first it wouldn't, but finally
| sat down on it and made it"
Papa was profuse IL his apologies to his
clerical visitor for the mishap, but the min
lister OF the gospel was quite charmed with
the novel mark OF royal attention, and. no
doubt, keeps his ruined hat under a glass
case.
Like q true Hohenzollern, the crown
prince is intensely military in his tastes ::
his favorlte toys are soldiers and cannon,
| and he faithfully transmits to his little
brothers the lessons learned from his drill
master. One day the kaiser in his study
| was much puzzled over the number of mill
tary salutes given by the guard at the OBJ
posite guard-house. The salutes continu-
ing, the kaiser's curiosity was so thor
oughly aroused that he went himself to
investigate, remarking that he did not
know there were SO many generals
in the German empire. The supposed pro-
cession of generals soon resolved itself into
one small royal kid. who would show him
self at a conspicuous window, receive a
salute, which he acknowledged by making
faces at the guard, and then disappear TO
repeat the performance Inside Of two min