The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-18
Eight Royal Children Who May Be
Kings and Queens in Due
Time.
Prince Frederick William, OF Prus-
STA, Is Learning the Trade
Of Carpenter.
"Nicky," Future Gear, an Accomplished
M~usician-Other Prospective Rulers
Little Kings and Queens.

4 brief account OF the royal children o1
the continent in direct male line of inter
est, says the Philadelphia Times. To be
gin with the children Of the German en-
peror, Prince Frederick William of Prus
STA, German GROWN prince, is in his eleventh
wear. The prince has no sisters. but five
brothers, viz: .Eitel Frederick (Fritz), II
years of age; Adalbert, nine; Augustus,
four; Oscar. three. and Joachim. not vet
twelve months old TIL I've princes,
Ethel Fritz and Oscar, arc named respec-
lively after the kings of Roumania and
Sweden-Norway, their godfathsrs. Prince
William, the future emperor, is being edu-
Gated for the army, and has al.eady a
military tutor and two apartments of his
own, while Prince Eitel Fritz is to enter
the navy whom sufficiently advanced
in years. Prince William may be
frequently seen in the grounds Of the
old palace at Potsdam drilling his four
eldest brothers in quite a military fashion.
All princes Of tho house of Hohenzollsrn
have, by q family regulation, to learn some
craft, sin order" so runs the ordinance,
"to be able to support themselves, should
need be." n
The present kaiser learned the craft Of q
car penter, and he, as we'll as his mother,
possesses various objects neatly turned out
by his own hands on the lathe. Prince Viii
liam, his eldest son, is learning the same
trade, and his brother Eitel the calling Of q
printer. like his gifted grandfather. The
empress, like her consott, is very proud Of
her boys. and the other day, OF her majes-
tvs birthday, the three eldest gave a pleas
.r4 u,,r;s %, kboir ~ nv he 0Anripr THAR
congratulations, the prince clad as q knight
in full armor, the second in tho uniform Of
the Prussian guards. and the third in sail
or dress.
The car and czarina have five children.
viz, three sons and " daughters, whose
naHses and ages are as follows: Nicholas
Alexnndrowitch, czarewitch (called
''Nicky'' among his relatives), %; George.
81: Xania. 16; Michael, -. and Olga, 10
wears of age. Their mother is, as every
body knows. the charming Princess Dag
mar, of Denmark, youngest sister of the
princess Of Wales, who, by the way, Is Off
oially STYLED Marie The life OF the
imperial Russian children is q very sim pie
ono as far az the splendid St.. Petersburg
court will permit. ln their educatlon the
czar has laid particular stress on tie fine
arts, especially music, his majesty being
himself an ardent yotary of this art.
The king and queen of Portugal lave
two pretty little boys, Prince Louis Phil
ippe, duke of Braganza enc crown prince,
and Prince Manuel. duke of Beira. The
former ia fvs and the latter two years of
age. Like all Portuguese, the princes
have many names-for instance, those
Of the future king are no less
than seventeen, viz: Louis Philippi,
Marie, Charles, Amelio, ferdinand, Victor
Emmanuel, Antoine, Laurel, Michel, Ra-
phael, Gabriel Gonzafue, Xavies, Francois
E3krricn RonNif Iba 11nkhar of tha ftf1a
princes is the lovely Queen Amelie, a
daughter of the Comte and Comtesse de
Paris. The little Portuguese princes re-
ceivs quite an English education. Some
years ago, while in his cradle, Prince Louis
Philippe had a narrow escape of being
burned to death, but he was happily rescued
in time by his mother.
Gustavus Adolphus, William and Eric are
tho names of the soma Of the crown prince
and crown princess of Sweden and Nor
way, and their ages respectively 10, eight
and four yoats. The eldest, whoss title is
the namo of his famous namesake. the hero
of the north. as Gustavus AdolDhus vi. Tn
little prince has just been entered as a vol
unteer in the Svea Life guards, tho crack
regiment of Sweden, to which he was
proudly, presented in uniform the
other day BY his grandfather. King
Oscar. All three princes a!e bright
and intelligent boys; and Prince
Gustayus, although so young, already shows
that strange car for music which has dis
tinguished all member Of the house of Ber-
nadottc-a most gifted family. The two
eldest princes have q teacher, and the young
est g governess. Unfortunately for the lit
tie fellows they have Of late years seen but
little of their devoted mother, WHO is COM
PEELED, through delicate health, to reside
most of the ye&r N 2 warm, sunny cline.
The Danish royal children. sons and
daughters OF the crown prince. number ex-
actly as many rs their Greek cousirs-viz:
eight. The names ana ages of the princes
are: Christian. heir to tie throne, 81; Carl,
20, Harold, Is, II Gustav. a baby of three.
The names and ages Of the Danish prin-
cesses are: Louise, lG; lngeborg, ID; Thvra.
II. and Dagmar five years Of age. Prince
Christian, the future king of Denmark, is a
promising young soldier, greatly liked bv
his comrades for his frank ana u~nassuming
manners, and the same is exactly the cass
with his brother Carl IN the navy, his royal
highness being the sailor urince of Den
mark.'
The Archduchess Elizabeth, of Austria,
only child OF the late Crown Prince ku-
dolph, will some day reign as queen of
Hungary, but not as empress of Austria.
Shs il q blight child of nine. and naturally
very dear to Ler mother and the ''apple of
the eye' Of her aged grandfather, the EN-
pelor. The little princess ia being oate-
1ully educated by Eei mOGler, ana already
displays a gifted nature, but her greatest
delight is horses, of which her father was
also very fond.
Prnlcs Albert, son of the count of Elan
ders, IS heir psesumptive to the throne OF
Belgium. lie il q sickly looking boy of 16.
The trio of little ones who already wear
crowns are the kings OF Spain and Servia
and the queen Of Holland. Alphonso Kill,
OF Spain, is hva years of age and not
nearly SO strong as his elder sister Mer-
cedes, who is II years old, and will be queen
if her brother dies.
Alexander OF Seryia is not vet l6, Since
his accession to the throne, three wear,
ago. the boy kings life has not been ono t.
be enyled by English lads of the same age
almost his whole time being occupied in
hard study. His majesty has to be present
at all military displays and has ALWAYS tc
wear uniform. He has already a comrnn,
under his command.
AS for Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland
she is the very ideal OF 4 healthy, happy
sensible little girl. Her features, wlthou'
being regular. ara pleasing, her hair fai
and luxur1ant, and her Whole appearance
and manner spirited, yet full OF simplicity
Queen Wllaelnlna thinks only of he
dolls, pigeons and trips in the country. /,
addition to her govsrness and tutors, zinc,
becoming queen, she has an equelry III
waiting and ala-ds-camp. But the liyel,
little girl is wholly Indifferent to all cere
mortal. Her G~rsatest happiness is to at
tend to ker little garden and her pigeons
A chalet has been erected in tho 1oyme
containing a large pigeon house. and thi