The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-28

The apartments Of the princes are di-
vided into two sets, one of these being
reserved for the eldest, the crown prince,
Frederick William, the rest being use for
the i've little princes" The crown
prince, slightly over II years old, has had
his own suite of rooms shared with his
'goUverneur" or resident educator, ever
since his sixth year, and these apartments
consist of a number of contiguous rooms,
all fitted up in severe simplicity-drawing
sitting, bed and dress rooms, as well as
small kitchen, where dishes may be
warmed up or prepared at a moments
notice, in case the regular meal hours
have been unavoidably missed. Adjoining
his rooms are those of his FIVE younger
brothers-Eitel Fritz, age 10; Adalbert, 8;
Augustus William, T. Oscar, 6, and Joa-
chin, 8. Together they have one large
play room, by far the handsomest and
most attractive, and made more so by a
frieze eighteen inches wide which is
woven of linen and gold thread, and which
runs around the walls at hight Of five
feet from the ground. On this freize are
painted, by the most talented Berlin
artists scenes of boyish life showing
happy children rowing in skiffs, picking
fruit from trees, harvesting hay, bathing
in the river, etc, etc. OF the five younger
princes the second one, Ethel Fritz, is the
acknowledged leader. He is tall and even
stronger than his senior, the crown prince,
and is by far the handsomest and most
gifted of them all. He, it is said, is the
favorite Of his mother, and of a lively
and adventurous spirit His odd name,
Eltel Fritz, is due to the unearthing of
an ancient Brandenburg name which once
was frequently held by some member
of the Hohenzollern family Adalbert the
third boy is also quite good looking, gem
erous, frank and brave, and though not
as steadfast in his application to study
as the eldest, he is almost on a par with
him in the matter of actual attachments
me daily routine of all the six princes
is lneXorably prescribed and adhered to,
ana many plebean American boy has a
better time of it than these little sprigs
OF royalty. Every morning, winter and
summer, they rise at and take their first
breakfast, consisting merely of tea and
rolls, at 1870. Punctually at their les
sons begin. Usually the crown prince
takes his separately under both his mill
tary and his civil tutors, but once in a
while Princes Eitel Fritz and Adalbert
JOIN IN his lessons, so as to be able to COM
pare exactly results obtained with each
ana to act on them as a spur. During
recess and during leisure hours they go
in summer time when they live with their
parents in the New Palace, into the
play garden" where they are allowed
to indulge in gymnastic exercises, ball
it may be said that their father, the
emperor, Notwithstanding current reports
to the contrary, has a great admiration
of the English and Americans, especially
of their out door sports, and that he en-
courages in his own family, as well as
everywhere else, all those games and
pastimes which form the heirloom of the
Anglo-Saxon race, such as foot ball and
lawn tennis, yachting and boating and
swimming, boxing and fencing, etc, so
that all his boys are physically sound to
the core, very alert and supple and mus
cular.
At $50 the princes have their Second
breakfast" consisting of sandwiches and
claret, toned down with German min
eral water. which is effervescent and
slightly aperient in it's effect Then the
course of lessons is continued The cur
rlculum comprises, so far as the three
elder princes are concerned, German
grammar, geography and history, La
tin, English, French mathematics, mill
tary instruction, together with drawing
Later on many more advanced studies
will be added, even a knowledge of
Italian and Russian. Lessons are fol-
lowed up by instruction in horseback rid
ing and fencing, either in the riding
academy when the weather is not favor
able, or else in the open air, and this is
supplemented by an excursion on horse
back to the immediate neighborhood,
sometimes the Thiergarten, or else a
drive in the pretty pony chaise. when
the crown prince handles the reins. For
the military education of these royal
children the emperor had built last year
a miniture fort on the Drachenberg, near
the New Palace in Potsdam, after draw
ings made by Krupp in Essen and en-
tirely erected under the careful super
vision of a high grade artillery officer,
now an employe Of Krupp. This fort is
by no means a mere toy. 1t is the ex-
act reproduction on a small scale, correct
in every detail of the most modern style
of fertilization. There is a ditch filed
with water surrounding the fort; the
walls proper rise to the hight of ten feet,
and behind them are the easements, also
movable steel turrets bearing fortifca-
ton ordnance of the latest pattern, and by
an ingenious mechanical device these
guns can be instantly placed in position
behind the crenelated walls, ready to
pour forth shot. The emperor himself
takes vivid interest in this small fort,
as he does in everything touching the
studies and amusements of his young
sters. He is, too, a very affectionate
and tender father and husband and has
given his high regard for his wife more
than once public and appreciative express
sion. He does not allow the empress,
however, any interference in political
matters, and while she was, even be-
fore her marriage, a sincere admirer and
advocate of Prince Bismarck, she was I'M
able to prevent his downfall.
Dinner, which is served promptly at
1:15 is partaken of by the princes in con-
pany of either their military or civil" tu-
tors. II is a substantial and well-prepared
meal, consisting of soup, fish, one roast,
vegetables and potatoes, one sweet dish,
butter, bread, cheese, and fresh fruit in
season. For wines they have claret with
water At 2:S0 all the princes go to the
park to play, and the elder ones among
them ride the tricycle. or bicycle if they
choose. At supper is served, either in
cold or warm dishes, according to season
and weather and then they are permitted
to play at their own sweet will until 1880
when the smallest among them are bathed
and sent to bed promptly at g. There are
seven of them all told, so far but there is
no saying what may yet happen. The en-
press is still young-looking. vigorous and
extremely fond of all her children She is
AS may not be generally known, a few
months older than her husband, and
hence not very far from her 10th year. Her
youngest, Princess Victoria Louisa, the
only girl in the household, is a pretty