Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-24
SEA LEGS TESTED
North Atlantic Tries in Vain to Send Prince
Henry TO Bed.
NEVER A MEAL THE SAILOR MISSES

NEVER A MEAL THE SAILOR MISSES
Democratic ON Board ship
Keep Everyone coed Natured
During ROuehest of
Voyages.
NEW YORK. Feb. 23.-The north At
lantic served 10 the big Kron Prinz Will
helm I'VE days Of weather that tested
Prince Henry's sea legs. But the prince
showed his sailorly qualities and never
missed a meal. Each afternoon and even
ing found him In the smoking room and In
spite OF wind and waves and spray he
spent hours on the bridge. The voyage
was without special incident Prince Henry
was a most democratic passenger and the
big company Of his fellow voysgers united
in declaring him an amiable. charming
and unassuming gentleman.
Kron Prinz Wilhelm sailed from Bremen
haven on Saturday. Sunday afternoon 1t
touched at Southampton. From there It
ran to c%herbourg and by Q O'Clock Sunday
night put to sea.
The ship was now headed for New York.
Dinner was over and the passengers who
came aboard at Southampton and Cher
bourg were all on DECK endeavoring to get
a look at Prince Henry. His royal high
ness did not keep them waiting long, for
be walked along the deck alone. entered
the smoking room and took a seat at a
table where several Of the royal party we're
already seated. Here he drank his coffee
and smoked cigarettes for awhile and then
A11od a vNAA II. a-I.-H - $3.50 "a
his party continually and was the soul Of
good nature.
Seems ObIivious 10 Artists.
Two American artists and a German
artist sketched him as he sat for two
hours in the smoking room, but he seemed
oblivious of their penciling. The pas
sengers crowded around the tables near
the one occupied by the prince; and those
OF the women who had not actually VEN
tured into the smoking room and taken
seats peered through the windows from
the deck. The attention he attracted, how
ever, did not seem to annoy his royal high
ness In the least.
Probably never before was the smoking
room OF a liner so frequented by women
passengers as was that Of Kron Prinz
Wilhelm all the way over. whenever It
was sought by Prince Henry he was sure
to hnd among its occupants many Of the
fair sex and he seemed to take their
scrutiny In a good natured way. Some Of
them were heard to order the same kind
Of beer the prince was drinking and the
stewards brought it to them-exactly the
same as was being served at the princes
table. But the prince, German.like, is a
slow drinker. and the women discovered
that he sat at the table for some little time
before a single glass was exhausted.
Heavy Weather Encountered.
This describes the situation on Sunday
and Monday night; but on Tuesday the
great ehip began to encounter heavy
and the battle between the ship
and sea made many Of the passengers seek
their staterooms This thinned out the
smoking room crowd considerably, but the
prince appeared every day after luncheon
and every night after dinner, always ait
ting at the same table. The heavy seas
did not affect him in the least, for he is
en- excellent sailor. While he ala not miss
a meal or omit one Of his twicela-day visits
to the smoking room during the entire
voyage, SOM OF the royal party did fail to
appear at their meals or in the smoking
room. Even DR.. Reich. the stan surgeon Of
the prince, had a severe attack Of seaslck-
ness.
This indicates the rough weather Kron
Prinz passed through almost the entire
voyage. But 4 was the strong head winds
and the fact the propellers were out of
water every few minutes that so greatly
retarded its speed. His royal highness and
party occupied a table in a far corner or
sort Of wing of the main dining saloon.
A partition ran half way across, hiding a
part of the royal table from a portion Of
the main dining room. But the prince re-
quested that a greater part Of the parti-
tion be taken down and the wide open
ing thus made vas transformed into an
arch and decorated. The change made
the princes corner seem more like a part
of the main dining saloon and the pas
sengers facing his corner at meals could
see him and his party plainly.
Declines to Inconvenience Others
Captain Richter had offered the prince
the captains large table in the center Of
the grand salon, but his royal ~hiEhness
did not care to cause the regular patrons
OF the liner who had been assigned to
those seats any inconvenience and de-
clined the change.
Every morning after breakfast the prince
took his constitutional around the deck
two or three times among the passengers.
In fact, he was throughout the voyage
thoroughly democratic. Al artist for an
illustrated weekly had been sent by his
paper to accompany the prince. He was
passing where the prince sat In the smok-
ing room on Tuesday night, when his royal
highness hailed him, took his hand and in
vited him to sit at the table with the
royal party. where he chatted for nearly
IN o
Another incident which showed his good
fellowship also has an artist, this time an
American. as its beneficiary. The prince
heard that the American had made a sketch
portrait Of himself which had attracted a
good deal of attention among the passen-
gers. He sent for the artist and after COM
.lln.nlIna lila unrE niierad 10 give him q