The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-02
|lSalN GROWN PRINCE.
fsnth Anniversary tho Day Of
Iiis Introduction to the
Army.
rhat Time He Assumes Vari-
csls Royal and Imperial

&SAa$M%SxSE fs#4SsG {E#FS - 8s4a
f@s...an Monarch In Esso or Posse Under
Nv caro- 81 Enelish Govcrnesses
Sg8ASAsss md Nurses.
tenth birthday Is always a very great
Sl9n1nt 81 ths life 0f svsfy prince o. tne losa1
2ssASse 81 Prussia. II il the date OF ms
Srnai Introduction into tho German army,
g1assH4l M sssusnption of various royal n
$50 attributes which have until then
SSnI wiAhheld frem him. Thus previous to
Tis AsnAh hirthday no one 10 permitted 20
3drsss him a. "royar' Or imperial high
1850 He ID merely spoken TO ss "frinoe
3Vfiliann 81 "Princs Frederick" without
Z hoaorifo predicate. On his tenth
Xxrthday. loo. The Prussian prince receives
gxcr ths 1rst time The iaaigniA 81 ne various
jn~stienal orders OF chiyalrJ, ino!uding tnoss
~ w black Eagle. Of the Red Eagle ana
~ ths Star Of Hohsazollsrn. he Is aWaroea
20 this dsv too, for The frst time. the prcce-
1900 Is which his birth entities hin, n
~ aiapenses from this day forth with me
I-arviaes of nurses mad g~ovsrAssses, who
u,ake ~ for a exclusively masculine At
Hencsforth the young crown
pYinee Of Germany will be emanclpated
fsnm ~ c.rtrol OF Miss Atkinson, the EN-
alish iady whs has sssn IN charge q III
eyup.ror's children during the PAST Tour
years 90 eoyerlsss.
This reminds me that nearly every euro
nan monarch, either in esss or IN posse IL
indebted 10 English nurses Cover
snesoSs Tor tho hrst rudimsnts OF ~eoucataon'
md for the earliest msnsal traihlhR' says
Is writer In the New York Tribune. linus
de lille queen Of Holland has an Engiisn
s~ovsrness. 1 Niss Winter; an Irish lazy,
Whose name escapes my emo lol -
moment, ID in charge % g~ovsrness OF A'..'e
Eing Alfonso, Of Spain. 1t was pus sne
ether day that the car n ms
mothers walked barehssded behind the
kesrse which bore the corpse Oh taelr
VIA English nnrss to the grave. Inc
present khsdive Of Egypt was under the
control Of English nurses and governssses
until his tsnth year, and so, too, was tne
afovn prince Of Italy, who speaks English
with evsn less foreign accent than some OF
IAAs royal British princes themselves. Inc
prsssnt emperor Of Germany, the king OF
Hslciunn, the king of Sweden and his SOFAS
and the king Of Portugal owe each one OF
thsm their knowledge of tho English Ian
suses Is the British nurses and g~overnesses
mo hrst directed the course Of their MIND
ana Of their intsllsct during their child
hood. Some day or other I shall endeavor
Is eaumsrsse and portray this band OF Eng
lisA nurass and governsasss VINO oy me
esrIy influences which they have exercised
over tho character of the rulers of the earth
nav b said TO have played an important
role in the history of the world.
TIE Young German crown ptlnce's moe
renlest household ~ now constituted after
oliuinstion OF the emlnin element con
lists Of 4 military governor Of ths name or
Col. ven F~alkenhayn, = civilian governor IN
the person OF a young Lutheran dlvlns
naned Ksssler, q German tutor named
Fechner. . Swiss tutor named Glrardln
from Gsneys, and a French teacher named
N. Esternaux. His drill Instructor is serRt.
Mai. Flach, Of the First Regiment OF Foot
guards. while his riding master Is Cavalry
Can't. HallmiRk.
The little prince does spscla! credit TO the
teaehines Of the cavalry captain II OF the
infantry sergeant major. He rides like a
little centaur, is absolutely fearless In the
saddle, and handles his spirited pony with
astonishing skill and Judgment. lie ia
euually ouiek in his drill, as all those who
witnessed his march past on his birthday
parade of the First regiment OF guards had
the opportunity to realize. 1t must nave
been an amusing sight to watch the lttls
fellow stridine along at the rear of the first
company of his regiment. For the entire
corps is famed for the enormous stature OF
its mon, while the 6rst COMPANY, or Llet
aompapnis, is composed of all the tallost
soldiers of the regiment. They sre perfep
giants, end their size is still further In
creased by the huge metal sugar-loaf hsl'
NETS Of the time of Frederick the Grea
which they invariably wear on state occa'
sions. The commander of the hrst com
pany, 10 which for over a centur.
past every PruEsian prince has made hi
military debut, il half a head higher thai
any man in tho regiment, and 10 the Ana
Of the German army. His name Is Majo
Won Pluskow, and the sight Of the little 10
y~ear-old lieutsnant beside him on para
must have bean exceedingly droll.
The ceremony Of Presentation of tn
crown prince to the regiment seems to hav
taken place with the old time traditions
~etiQ1stte. Notwithstanding the ba'
weather it constituted a splendid militar
spectacle. At noon the emperor. accom-
panied by the princes OF a1S family ana Tn
highest military, digaitaries Of the empire
suffered tbs square which had been torms
by the regiment in the L%ustgartan at Pots
dam. At the right Of the emperor strod
the new grand duke of Hssse. ut his lei
the little crown prince. As aoon as tn
monarch had concluded the address to tn
regiment customary on such occasions th
little crown prince drew hiS sword, ad
vaRced q few steps, and after salutinE re
ported himself to the commander of th
drst company, Maj. Won P%luskow, an
then took his place at the extreme right c
the line. Then came the mRtoh past, til
attention and interest Of all present bein
of course osntsrsd on the little fellow. ]
appears that he found great difficulty I
keep in step with the giant strides of h
grenadisrs. Sometime s he ran, sometime
he Jumped, bat in one way or another l.
never seemed to got ont of step. He seen
TO have borne himself admirably and I
have cnt a gallant little figure, especiall
when, like every other officer of the reg
ment, he saluted with his sword his in
perial mother. who. with the princess, ha
taken up her position at the windows Of IL
castle that looked on to the lustgarten.
The Bee Hive sells more baby carriages thu
any other houIs in the state, because their pric
arc rock botton.