Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-26

simple soldier in the ranks, and who has re-
fused to be treated otherwise than his COM
rades. He entered the famous crack regi-
| ment of the Royal Guard as plain private.
He wore the same clothes as the men, he
| ate their grub" using the same rough
| utensils, tin plate and cup. iron fork and
| knife; he wore the same accoutrement, he
shouldered the same sort of a rifle, and he
footed the same long. weary marches as the
men.
As long as he was private he persistent
| iy refused invitations from the officers
| mess, where glorious grub was only wait
| ing for his approval. nor was he willing to
| take better sleeping quarters than the men.
| Next to the color sergeant he was the tall
| est man in the regiment, and his military
bearing was undaunted, no matter what
hardships he had to face He cleaned his
| musket and polished his accoutrements and
washed his tin plate "eating gear" together
with the other men, and he was not given
the rank of sergeant until he knew all about
q sergeants business. His father, the
Crown Prince Frederick, thinks a great
deal Of army education as effectively teach
Ing young men how to obey. and this Is
vital for Prince Christian, who as the fu-
ture Kink of Denmark, must know how to
OBEY before he can be trusted to command"
This Is sound principle. and the prince
has now endeared himself to the people
through his modesty. goodnaturedness and
promptness soldier, SO that his popu-
iarity as king is practically assured.
Far from being among the so-called
model men of the world, Prince Christian
has repeatedly shown points Of good sense
In matters where his critics have Gus
tomarily failed. In choosing a wife he
showed a distinct bend to follow his own
heart other than the wishes and dictates
OF the royal family. He is reported to have
told the old queen, who was repeatedly
trying to stimulate him for match, that
he had rather give up rank and title and
choose his own wife than to remain
prince and let somebody else choose for
him. The queen. fearing that he might
initiate the former crown prince of Sweden,
who is now plain citizen and preacher,
let him alone after that The tzarevitch of
Russia, whose death Russia is now mourn
ing, obtained his mothers sanction for a
private marriage. This is significant for
the fact that 1t shows the tendency of mod
ern princes to choose their own consorts.
Queen Louise, being the tzarevitch's grand
mother, was highly diSpleased with her
daughter, the tZarwena, for letting the
young man marry according to his desire,
but Prince Christian sent his cousin a
private message congratulating him upon
his Independent stand.
Alexandrine's Home.
The old Castle of Schwerin, where Chris
of the most gorgeous of modern European
palaces 1t was founded in the eleventh
century, figuring in the medieval wars as
a fortified castle of great Importance. The
buildings We're added to in the sixteenth
century, and recently the entire structure
was rebuilt Situated in a palace garden
Respondent with choicely carved marble
fountains, balustrades, statues and pro-
fuse display of the most beautiful flowers
and plants, the view from the castle win
dows is charming in the extreme. The |
park is surrounded by canals, spanned by a |
number of white marble bridges, and there |
are little artificial lakes bordered by gar
lands of fragrant flowers. Large fiocks of |
swans and ducks glide about on the waters, !
which are here and there spangled with !
lilies. and there is a delicious twitter of |
birds from the rose hedges.
A Democratic Prince
AS a graduate of the famous University !
Of Copenhagen. Prince Christian early won |
the respect of the cultured world. He wore |
the regulation cap of the university stu
dents, and participated in the social and |
athletic life of the young men. On his ex-
press desire, no distinction was shown him; |
he went through the same scholastic cur
riculum as the other fellows, sharing their |
work. On Saturday evenings he might be
found on the corner of Gothersgade wait
ing for his car. He was the only member
of the royal family who ever made use of
the street tramways. If there was no room
he would stand up, and l often found him
sitting on the rear rail, chatting with arti-
sans and workmen. By moving so freely
and naturally among the people he gradu-
ally crept into popular favor, and he Is
now the most popular prince, not only |
among his own subjects, but abroad as
well.
once when promenadng along the old
Kings highway, near the Kronborg castle
in Elsinore, he Joined the late Car of Rus
STA and the Crown Prince of Denmark who
came along dusty and weary from the
hunt. with their guns slung across their
shoulders. A peasant drove by with a hay
rig. and the prince hailed him, asking If he
would give them a ride home. The peasant
was willing enough, but it was evident that |
he did not knew the identity of his most
august passengers. The prince made I'D his
mind to play joke on the man, but, as it
happened. the man turned the joke on the
prince. Nudging the car with his elbow
the prince said: Look here! Have YOU |
ever seen the Prince of Denmark"
No, said the peasant without turning
but he lives up there in the castle"
Well, l am the PRINCE said Prince
Christian.
And L am the crown prince" said his
father.
And 7 am the Car of Russiar' said the
proper owner of that title.
The peasant did not know single one of
them. He just turned half way around,
and. removing his pipe stem, said mschiev- |
ously: |
Wall, eff yo're the Tzzarrf o. Russie, I'm
the Emperor Chinah!'
The old cZar never wearied of telling the |
story as good joke"
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