The Palatka news and advertiser., 1902-03-20
OH, WHAT A NIGHTMARE!

To Henry, prince of Prussia, the United States OF
America must appear as long, feeting land
scape dotted with dinners, luncheons and banquets
He was IN America 16 days and that time he
shared in no less than 10 dinners, 13 luncheons,
breakfasts and banquets, and there were several
dull days when the time of the prince exclusive
ly devoted to viewing the passing scenery from the
window of dining car between courses.
The eating and the feasting began with the ar
rival of the prince in New York harbor, on Feb. %
Luncheon was waiting on the Hohenzollern. 1t was
preceded by reception and followed by dinner
and the prince was off to Washington to dine with
the president, see congress, hold reception at the
German embassy, at which luncheon was served,
and then back to New York to launch the yacht,
lunch at Shooters island and follow it with a
luncheon on the Hohenzollen, which was finished
Just in time to permit the prince to be presented
with that ancient and honorable chestnut the free
dom of the city, after which the mayor dined him
at the Metropolitan club The banquet was fol-
lowed by luncheon, which preceded the break
fast that was in course of preparation when the
prince retired and offered of training for
the luncheon that next, after which there was
a luncheon with the captains of industry whence
the prince hastened to the WaldorfAstoria to ban
quet with the press of America. The next day there
was a private dinner at the White House. and the
run to Mount Vernon where luncheon was served.
The prince must have been mighty hungry before
he ate luncheon again the next day at Annapolis
but the naval vands took the edge off his appetite
and left him in excellent condition for real epicu
rean enjoyment of the dinner which followed at the
German embassy.
Thereafter for two days the prince sped south
ward and westward, lunching en- route, but doing
neither dining nor banqueting enough to excite
comment until Chicago was reached, on March 3,
where there was banquet before ball, and lun.
cheon after it, with breakfast coming little
later. Milwaukee contributed luncheon, a recep-
ton and banquet, and sent the prince on his way
eastward to fare as he might on the handouts that
the people passed him en- route. There pub
lie eating between Milwaukee and Boston, but there
the prince had dinner and luncheon. Albany
and luncheon, West Point and luncheon, and din
ner at the University club brought the prince back
to New York, where, with breakfast, two lunch
cons and Mrs. Vanderbilt's dinner, followed by a
breakfast before luncheon and dinner at Philade-
phia it is thought the prince enabled to survive
until the steward of the Deutchiand could prepare
him hasty lunch.
The trip is over now and the prince is home again
with recollection of Americas ability to feed the
hungry and make onslaughts the digestion to
solace him and make him mindful that the distance
from New York to Washington is two luncheons
from Cincinnati to St. Louis is two dinners and
breakfast from St. Louis to Chicago is one ban
quet, breakfast and a luncheon, and from Milwau-
kee to Boston is the short distance of one LUNCHEON
and lunch, while it is two dinners and luncheon
from Albany to New York
Odd ideas the prince must have of the geography |
of the United States But he will, of course be too
polite to express them