The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-24

apparent 10 everybody else IL is al
WAYS mum yes ma am and no
ma am being by custom allowed to de-
generate into yes mum" and mo
mum lit may be that Edward VII is
even yet called sir" But other royal
ties are called your majesty" when
thy sit upon thrones, and your royal
highness" when they rest upon ordi-
nary chairs. What, then, must Prince
Henry Of Prussia think of being nearly
always addressed as sir" wherever he
has gone in this country? 1 believe he
likes it,, If he is as good a fellow as he
seems, he surely does like it, realizing
that we are all alike in rank and mean
no dlsrespect IN dropping his European
handle and taking hold of him as a
man among men. Sir" is quite as
formal and respectful as Mr.. Presi-
dent"
In having Robley D. Evans for his
daily companion he gets a very full
bodied favor of simple Americanism,
and we could not easily have chosen a
better man to acquaint him with all
that is best in our manhood, for the
admiral has seen the courts and great
personages of the world and knows
their ways as well as ours. When he
leaned out Of a carriage on Broadway,
while he was riding away from the city
hall with Prince Henry the other day
and called out, Say, tell those fellows
TO stop the music and let US get along
as quick as we can" the prince heard
authority exercised without any fuss
and feathers for the first time in his
life. If he is as dull as some Euro
peans have met he win say the
American navy has good ships and
men, but absolutely no discipline" If
he is as wise as he looks he will say
the Americans accomplish what they
wish TO as well as any people on earth,
but do II with direct speech and do
not hedge themselves around with any
more forms and ceremonies than they
can help"
The first king we ever entertained
was the first one I ever saw. He was
Ka,akaua Of the Sandwich Islands,
splendid figure Of u man, black as your
hat, keen as a boy for sightseeing and
with all the natural dignity Of a saw
age. I saw what manner Of treatment
he was getting, more or less occasion
ally by Witnessing an incident at his
reception at the Windsor hotel. He
stood in a parlor with the aldermanic
committee doing the hOnors and the
people passing BY to shake the swarthy
who reached the kings side in his reg
ular turn, shot out Of the line, gripped
the monarch's hand with a hearty
grasp and fairly shouted: why, Dave,
old man, how are you?"
'Why, Billy" said the king, I'm
very glad to see you"
Put it there, again" said the man.
IT'S a good many years, Dave, since
you and I ran to fires together in Hon
olulu, isn't it?"
That was like a breath of fresh air
to Kalakaua-but then he was only a
little 1-cent king. Nobody would have
taken such a liberty with the next vis-
itor, Dom Pedro. And Dom Pedro, in
his turn, had never run 10 fires and
played poker and samplem the drinks
in all the saloons of his capital as Ka-
naka Dave had done when he was
young man waiting for the throne.
A king who gets a great deal more
democracy than he can possibly enjoy
so muGn that his country has an OPP
era bOuffe sort of government and
what-is-it status among nations. is the
monarch of Greece. His people boot
him when evils befalls them, and cheer
and weep over him with JOY when
almost incredible tales of the freedom
of his people and the liberties they
took with their government when there
was war on with Turkey. Mr.. Creel-
man has written ably of that state of
affairs, and It was he, think, who told
me that if you had business with
minister of the government in Athens
YOU were obliged to transact It in
room in which assembled all his rela-
tives and anybody else who had no
better business than to watch and
listen
I saw the king in Aix-les-Baines two
summers ago when the place was en-
fete over his visit He rode into the
town in an open carriage and tilted his
body to and fro in acknowledgment of
the cheers Of the pOpulace, but did not
lift his hat. On that night he took
dinner in the casino and every one no
ticed that he was the only person who
kept his head covered-very rudely,
since there were scores Of ladies around
him.
why does he never take off his
hat?" I inquired.
Because his head comes to a point I
on top" said the gentleman to whom !
spoke. "and he is ashamed to let any /
one see it"
I do not vouch for the truth Of this, |
but tell only what was told me.
In the war his people so madly IN /
dertook against Turkey, nc ono cut /
such a miserable figure as his eldest /
son. Prince George, now governor Of /
Crete, or agent Of the European con- /
cert in that island. If running after {
ROYALTY in any form Is tuft- hunting /
then the Turkish army may be said
to have Outdone any feat of tuft-hunt- /
ing known to modern times. We chased /
Prince George from the frst pass IN I
the Balkans all the way to VOlos, and 3
he always ran too fast for us At La /
rissa we came on the heels Of the /
stampeding populace, and in the T,
princes headquarters found his brandy I
flask and cup. both of heavy silver, I
beautifully carved, and marked with /
the royal cipher The cup contained I
as much brandy as had been taken |
from the flask showing that Prince Z
George had made a hasty choice be- I
tween trusting to Dutch courage or /
taking to his legs.
At Pharsala we shelled the place and /
then marched into it and here again /
was another silver flask and silver T.
mug, jeweled and marked with the /
royal youths cipher. A finger or two 4
of brandy had been poured from the I
flask and drunk from the cup, but the I
to stay and show fight had not /
proceeded from the draught. for the 4
prince had flown in such haste as to 1
leave his belongings behind him.
Grim old Edhem Pasha gathered in 4
this second flask and cup and began /
to think Of providing a chest to be 4
labeled The crown princes brandy /
TASKS" and carrying il along to hold 4
the souvenirs as his army gathered /
them in.
When the war ended at the next !
ofara at which fha Greeks STONED tn