The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-24

those of the ladies who had not actually
ventured into the smoking room and
taken seats peered through the win
doWs from the deck. The attention he
attracted, however, did not seem to an
noy the prince in the least. Probably
never before was the smoking room OF
a liner so frequented by women pas
sengers as was that of the Kron Prinz
WHhelm all the way over. Whenever
lt was sought by Prince Henry he was
sure to find many of them among its
occupants, and he seemed to take their
scrutiny IN a good natured way Some
OF them We're heard to order the same
Ednd OF beer the prince was drinking,
ana the steward brought it to them
exactly the same as was being served
at the princes table. But the prince,
Serman like, is a slow drinker, and the
ladles discovered that he sat at the
tabIe Tor some little time before a single
grass was exhausted.
This describes the situation Sunday
ana Monday nights. On Tuesday the
great ship began to encounter heavy
weather and the battle between the ship
ana sea made many of the passengers
seek their STATE rooms. This thinned
out the smoking room crowd considera-
Dry, out the prince appeared every day
after luncheon and every night after
dinner, always sitting at the same table.
Ihe heavy seas did not affect him in the
least, Tor he is an excellent sailor. While
he did not miss a meal or omit one of
MS tW1ce-a-day visits to the smoking
room curing the entire voyage some of
the royal party did fail to appear at
their meals or in the smoking rom. Even
DR.. Reich, the staff surgeon of the
prince, had a severe attack of sea-sick-
ness.
This indicates the rough weather the
Kron Prinz passed through during al
most the entire voyage. But it was the
strong head winds and the fact that the
propellers We're out of water every few
minutes that SO greatly retarded her
speed.
The prince and party occupied a table
nCy~17 Nrf Of Of h.
main dining saloon. A partition ran half
way across, hiding a part of the royal
table from portion of the main dining
room. But the prince requested that the
greater part of the partition be taken
down and the wide opening thus made
was transformed into an arch and dec
GRATED. The change made the princes
corner seem more like part of the
main dining saloon and the passengers
facing his corner at meals could see him
and his party plainly. 49,
Captain Richter had offered the prince
the captains large table in the center OF
the grand saloon, but his royal highness
did not care to cause the regular pat
roris of the liner who had been assigned
to these seats any inconvenience and de-
clined the change.
Every morning after breakfast the
prince took his CONSTITUTIONAL around
the deck two three times among the |
passengers. An artist for an Illustrated |
weekly had been sent by his paper to !
accompany the prince. He was pass
ing where the prince sat in the snok- |
ing room Tuesday night when the |
prince hailed him, took his hand and in |
Vited him to sit at the table with the |
royal party, where he chatted for near |
ly an hour
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 great deal of at
tention among the passengers. He sent |
for the artist. and after complimenting /
his work offered to give him a sitting. |
he began work that he was unable to |
accom- plish anything. when the prince |
that If he did not feel in |
the humor for it they would try again |
another day.
His consideration of others and his
democratic ways gained for the prince /
the liking of every one of his fellow
passengers The American passengers,
particularly, We're Enthusiastically en-
thusiastic in their praise.
Captain Richter, commander of the
Kron Prinz. had hoped to make rec
ord trip, but the weather was against
him. He did not leave the bridge ex-
cept at short intervals, during the en-
tire voyage. Prince Henry spent much
of his time each day on the bridge
When the captain expressed his disap-
pointment because he could not reach
New York early Saturday the prince
took occasion to compliment him on
:
handled his ship and the speed he had |
made under such adverse conditions.
On Tuesday the prince went on a tour
of inspection of the ship with the cap
tain and the ships surgeon. He visited |
the steerage and second class passeng-
erS and examined their quarters.
Wednesday the Krorf Prinz spoke the |
Cmard liner Lucania, and the captain,
crew and passengers of that ship sent
their compliments to the prince in
n essage by wireless biography. The
f@11
'Heartiest thanks to captain. crew and
passengers of Lucania and good passage
Two instruments of the Marconi system
were fitted up especially for. the use of the
precedence over all others.
One of the most enjoyable features of
addition to the regular band belonging to
he ship. the music corps of the Second
Was on board This is one Of the great
military bands of Germany and came on
Thursday night at dinner the band Of the
zaiser's yacht furnished the music. inter
Yankee Doodle" and ''Dixie'' We're play
ID, creating great enthusiasm. The royal
able, cheered heartily, as did all the Ger
nan passengers. At the, request of Prince
gain, and it was no sooner finished than
| request came from the same source for
Tered if the prince knew the meaning and
history of the two. Indeed he does. said
eVeral American voices.
Friday night the prince left his own
able in the smoking room early and join b
ID that occupied by George A. Armour and
Nilsson Vincent Armour Of Chicago. Rob
TT Bonner and Archie Hartman of New
York and Spencer Eddy of the United
states legation at Constantinople. Allison
Armour had been introduced to the prince
IS q yachting man and this brought the |
whole party together on common grounds .
Prince Henry sat converSing with this
,arty of Americans for two hours. He
emarl1ed that he had always desired to
lear some genuine American plantation
ongs and hoped he would have the on
,ortunity before he returned to Germany.
1t noon Friday the prince invited Sir
Charles Gust. a British naval officer. who
: on his first visit to the United States,
o join him in the smoking room.
Saturday morning he invited Mr.. Ar
nour and party. with whom he had spent
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