Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-11-18

There are but few of US, either in
the new world or in the old, who have
not at one moment or another Of our
existence exrorienced a feeting pang
Of envy toward those who are tigura-
tfvely described as born on the steps
Of the throne" There seems at first
sight something delightful in being
addressed rs Your Majesty, as Your
Royal or Imperial IIighness. in feeling
Yourself superior in rank to nearly
everybody around you, and in being in
A position to command almost universal
Difference and SubSerydency. Besides
these, writes EN-Attache in the New
York Tribune, there appear to be many
other advantages and attractive priyi-
leces possessed by members of reign
ing houses which l have neither time
nor space to enunerate here Unfort-
unately, they are nearly all on the
surface, and Of character that can
only he described Us superficial, where
as the drawbacks and disadvantages
to which princeSSeS, and in particular
princes, are subjected by reason Of
their birth, though not patent at frs,
are Of a far more deep and serious ma
ture-so much so that we find princes
and princesses of the blood bewailng
their purple and lamenting that they
have not been born a simple bourgeois,
or even rs mere peasants. If we are to
believe them, the attributes Of their
rank constitute nothing more nor less
than bonds as CALLING as those Of any
longterm prisoner. They are bonds
that restrict the activity of mind and
of body, of speech and Of deed, in
every direction, which shut them off
from all sorts Of congenial occupa-
tons and associations and which de
prive them of every ambition and
healthy object in life The late duke of
SAKE Coburg GOtha was wont to de
scribe his LIT Us nothing more nor less
than downla. Int slavery. - am de
prived, ho would cxclaim, "of nearly
every pleasure and satisfaction enjoyed
by ordinary ilortalS When | visit an
exhibition or Il show | should like to
be able to stop and TO inspect when |
sec anything that interests me, and to
be able to pass by when / don't But,
being a prince, l am forced to do just
the reverse. | should like to be able
10 sit down here Dit vas in the public
square at Coburg that this conversation
rock place. Just like any one else and
TO watch the people pass But, no; they
won't let me They think it necessary
10 surround me with kind Of Gordon
the moment 1 sit down, so as to keep
everybody from approaching too close
TO one of the auointerd Of the Lord No
matter how strict my incognito whom
! travel. | always manage to fall into
the hands Of some funCtionary or Off
cial who recognizes me and who con-
siders it to be his bounden duty ia
poster me with his attentions, to con-
stitute himself as my keeper or bear
leader and 10 prevent lie from follow
ing my own inclinItiOns. All this ETH
duette and intricate official machinery
by which we are hcmmcd in are abso-
lutely maddening to any sensible man
such as you or l. and only serve ia
absolutely crush every sentiment Of
pleasure, Of individuality and of per
sOnal freedom
The duke was very far from being
alone in this belief. Indeed the only
two royal personages that l have ever
known to derive any real enjoyment
from all the pomp and ceremony OF
their surroundings are the present EN-
peror Of Germany and his grandfather
old Kaiser Wilhelm, who was not pre-
cisely renowned for his brilliancy OF
Intellect. His son, Emperor Frederick
on the other hand, was never so happy
rs when he could drop his imperia
rank and travel about unrecognized, I'm
known and seeing life from the leve
Of an ordinary citizen instead Of from
the altitude of a prince of the blood
And it was just this love of simplicity
this apparent distaste for and disbelie
in all the fuss and feathers Of royalty
mat contributed SO much to endear hin
10 his own people and to the world a
large His one aim seemed to be 4
meet his fellow creatures not as
prince 10 subject, but as man 10 man
with the addition that he endeavore'
by his conduct and department 4
prove himself the better man Of th
two. And he generally succeeded
Why is it that the car and czarina ar
never so happy and contented as dun
ing their annual stay at Fredensborg
IT is because there they are compare
lively free from the trammels Of off
cialdom and etiquette, and they are q
liberty to follow out their own inclinG
uons. no matter whether they lea
the ear OF an the Russias to plac
himself in the shafts If a carriage an
drag his imperial relatives around th
courtyard to indulge in a boxing mate
with one Of his brothers-in-law, or {
play any other kind Of boyish pranl
His father-in-law, King Christian, o
The other hand. makes periodical stay
at Hamburg, whore noyyuy knows hi1
and where he is able to DO exactly a
he pleases without any distasteful a
tantions on the part Of the local al