Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-14
THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA.
And the Impression He Made Upon One of
Our Townsmen Who Had the Good Fortune
to Meet HIM Unaffected and Manly, Free
and Frank, but Attentive and Watchful and
Up to Everything "A Remarkable Man.

and FRANK, but Attentive ana Watchtul ant
Up to Everything "A Remarkable Man.
Editor of Reformer,
Sir Though the visit of Prince
Henry is now thing of the past, tt
be cherished only as pleasant mem
DRY in the minds of the American peo
pie, it may not be uninteresting tt
some of your readers to learn the i'm
preston left upon the mind of one Of
your fellow townsmen by the brother
of the great '.war lord - The build,
ing where your correspondent met him
was worthy of the reception of any
prince or potentate upon the earth,
versity Club of New York, considered
erected for such institutions, either
In this place, last Friday night, were
gathered from fourteen to fifteen hun
I dred college graduates, all evidently
in high spirits, and the noise of whose
conversation would have put the tower
of Babel to the blush.
The Prince and his staff were dined
and wined in the refectory, by the of
tcers of the club, as even their spa
cious rooms would not have sufiiced
to seat all the members.
Immediately after coffee had been
served His Royal Highness. with staff,
accompanied by the President, Judge
Rowland, and Admiral Bob Evans,
who is also longtime member of the
club, descended from the banquet hall
and came directly to the spot where
your correspondent happened to be
standing a piece of great good luck,
as it gave him most favorable oppor-
tunity of seeing the royal parsonage,
who is the chief admiral of the Ger
man navy. The pictures of the Prince
which we have had presented to us by
the press, and from other sources, give
very fair idea of his personal APP
pearance: he was dressed in very good
taste in the undresS uniform of his
rank and was not he-dizened with
many insignia of the royal purple. As
his costume. such his address, per
fectly unaffected and manly, free and
frank as a sailor should be, yet to the
careful observer it was clear. that he
had "a chiel amang us, taking notes, -
and that nothing escaped his watch
full attention. You could feel, that we
was ''up to- all his surroundings, and
that Prince or no Prince, you were in /,
the presence of a remarkable man. In .
spite of the Herculean task laid upon !
him of undergoing our Yankee hospi- !
tality, he appeared as fresh as paint. .
offering quite contrast to ''Fighting
Bob, who seemed a much more fit
ing subject for a sanitarium than the
Prince. Yet the spirit of the former
vas willing tho the flesh might have
been somewhat weak. and he laughed
md "jollied' with his usual bon
What the author of the
Sailors Log" cant effect in this
inc, is an unknown quantity. The
Prince, after cordially greeting the
members of the club, who had the
rood fortune to be presented to him,
vas obliged to say farewell, " in or
Ter to attend another banquet given
lin by a large German society of the
ity, and left, accompanied by the
learty cheers and good wishes of all
he throng gathered there to meet him.
Beautiful music was rendered by the
of the MendelsSohn Glee
Tub, who are also university men.
nd fine supper was served to such
lembers as had not been present at
he dinner The whole affair was
harming, by the absence of all for
lality, being simply hearty greet
ng of the club, to a distinguished
allow graduate. Selm