The sun., 1902-03-11
PRINCE SEES PHILADELPHIA.
"LET rs TRY AND M FRIENDS"
MS LAST PUBLIC Words.
lie Says He Was Told to say as Little as
lie Could Here. and Is Afraid Tie Has
Failed In This Respect go Dinner 20
Those Who Have Accompanied Him.

lie Could Here, and IL Afraid Tie Has
Failed In This Respect - Dinner 10
Those Who Have Accompanied Him.
Prince Henry Yesterday said his final
! word in public TO the American people.
Al least he said that It probably would be
I his last public utterance, and he made IL
! memorable by number of sentences which
were beyond the lines Of his ordinary con-
/ ventional addresses.
1t was Al the farewell luncheon rendered
him at the Union League Club in Phiadel-
phia at o'clock yesterday afternoon that
he made the speeoh-a speech that was
frequently punctuated with applause and
which at its conclusion was greeted with
much enthusiasm. The Prince spoke as
follows:
wish to thank you for the kind reception
! have met with in your city. Gentlemen,
this Is probably the last opportunity shall
have during NV visit to the United states
to speak in public. and desire and am not
sorry that this should be 50. What am
going to communicate to you here an say
ing before the world. There has been alb
solutely no second object In view connected
with nv mission to your country. should
any of YOU read or hear anything to the
contrary I authorize YOU herewith to fatty
contradict II. | was told before leaving
nv home 10 open my eyes as wide and my
ears wide as possible: to speak as little as
] could. In this latter respect ! am afraid
my mission was failure. saw many more
things than many of you NAV be aware OF.
! equally, heard a good many thing.
dividuals a. well as the shouts OF welcome
Of thousands of your countrymen. What
] express in your presence | express in the
presence of your nRtion--my heartfelt thanks
FOR the cordial reception and good feeling
%e % Th bs E dSrRE dny E 70 aE nEorn IN y%Rhr % MS M2Ie
bound Tomorrow 1t wou id be wrong Of
same time ! feel sorry TO leave a country
in which ! have met with so much Kindness
in saying Let us try TO be friends
This Union League Club reception was
the closing number Of Philadelphia's pro-
gramme OF reception to the Prince-the
last formal reception OF all that he has had
since his arrival in this country, two weeks
ago last Sunday. This afternoon lac sails
for Germany on the steamer Deutschland
to report TO his brother, the Emperor the
result OF his mission here There is a final
luncheon on board the Hohenzollern to-
day, and after that comes nothing but the
final farewells, the departure of the steamer
and an uproarious send-of as she steams
down the bay and finally fades away in
the distance beyond Sandy Hook
Sunday night was the last one the Prince
rf-Astoria at about 7:S0 yesterday morn
ing ii was 20 return TO New York no more,
except for a witt In the evening to the
Irving Place Theatre. The plan was that
on the return from Philadelphia 20 Jersey
City at $50 yesterday afternoon the Prince
and his party be taken by the navy yard
tug John Rogers direct To the Deutschland,
then lying at her dock in Hoboken. Like
every other detail Of the Princes move
ments from the time railroads and ferry
hon - ff...Lg i'm in I'm M IN Fl.aH n
10 the letter, and he was delivered al Ho-
boken on time
THE TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA.
A special ferryboat carried him from
West Twenty-tlird street 10 Jersey and a
special train carried him from Jersey City
10 Philadelphia. But il was not the same
special train that carried him on his swift
sweep of over 500 miles through the coun-
try. The rear car. the Princes private
car Columbia. which made the grand tour.
was there, as was the combination baggage
and club room smoking car Utopia. The
superb state room oars Ohio. Indiana and
Iowa were missing and in their places were
two Of the finest and largest Of the Pullman
parlor cars. These were for the suite. the
Presidential delegates and the others on
the train. The dining car Willard. very
popular resort on the long trip. was not
needed and was also cut out
The run to Philadelphia was Just the
usual smooth, swift Pennsylvania rush
across New Jersey and along down the
Delaware with which SO many hundreds
of thousands Of New Workers and Phila-
dclphians through so many years have been
familiar. At the Broad Street Station
there was the old dense crowd with which
those who have travelled on the train have
become 40 familiar. and with the crowd
came the old Prince Henry cheer, which
doubtless will long lnger IN the memory
of the distinguished guest as a more or less
agreeable souvenir.
The Prince on one or two occasions while
on his travels spoke about the volume in
noise of an American welcome. He could
not quite understand the noise. He did
not precisely say that he disliked il. He
only marveed at 1t. Staid, prim Phila-
delphia gave II 10 him loud and long the
moment he came in sight, swinging along
with his firm elastic stride down the station
platform.
QUAKER LADY FRTsKY.
Indeed the dear old Quaker lady was
stirred by her distinguished visitors into
something that actually seemed like tenn
porary animation. Sho was more than
that. She was flippant siddy oven. She
held her respectable skirts right up and
danced iigs. The founces hopped You /
could see her pantalettes. Perhaps the /
subtle spring warmth and sunlight had /
sonnet hing 10 do with il, stirred tho sap in
her venerable anatomy, maybe. Al all b
events. Philadelphia was nearer 10 an
outbreak OF real, right down devllishness /
over Prince Henry's coming than she has /
been In years.
What with the fine weather, the drv |
sidewalks and the magnificent distances
covered by the visitor In his whirwind 4
rush through the city, IL probably NAV be .
put down TO Philadelphia score that .
larger crowds saw tho Prince face 10 face |
than anywhere else he has been, not ex-
cepting New York and Chicago. Broad .
street and all the interminable length of
tIlraTd avenue the no distance 70 ba ]
Cramp shipyards and back again 10 the /
Union League Club, the sidewalks were
packed 20 their limit in many places with |
people so that they were virtually blocked !