Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
A KING UP TO DATE
The Young Princet Brought Up to En-
dure All Sorts Of Hard
ship.

From London N. A. p
Whenever read about royalties thank
my stars that nobody know had to under
go the hardships of their fate. This feeling
Is confirmed by what / find in this months
number of the Worlds Work-a very good
number 1t is, too-about the present King
of Italy. For there are few people whose
training has been so severe; indeed, won
der that the poor fellow did not perish
der it. He was very delicate when he was
young, SO delicate that he was not able
to walk upstairs and had always to be car
| ried. One can imagine the CONSERVATION
| with which his parents surveyed this weak
ling. and thought that he was to be the
heir to all the awful responsibilities. trials
and perils of the Italian throne-the throne
which ultimately was covered with the
blood of one of the >bravest and kindest-
hearted of sovereigns.f The great Napoleon
| used often to look at the face of the little
child which in his middle age he had
! brought into the world. and. as he saw his
own ruin slowly approaching, used to sigh
as he looked at the tender little thing,
asleep and all unconscious, and mutter
Poor child poor child. 1t was thus doubt
less the late King Humbert and his wife
must have often felt when they looked at
this poor weakling who was destined to in
herit their name and their cares.
The English System"
However these anticipations' Of evil were
defeated by adopting heroic remedies; the
young prince was brought up in accordance
with what Italians call the English sys-
tenn" though I do not think that many
children are brought up among us in the
way described, for here Is what was done:
The little prince was put under mill
| tary tutor Colonel Oslo, slept in cold
ROOM took a cold plunge-bath every morn
| ing whether Ill or well land it was usually
| the former: had his breakfast by gaslight
at seven, II there was time. but II he was
| late he went without: began lessons at
half past seven. being made to devote him
self to those he particularly disliked, and
| was afterwards sent for ride. rain or
shine Often and often he returned to the
palace soaked through. but no matter how
violent the subsequent cold might De, the
daily program was not relaxed.
| And In the same spirit everything was
| done by this stern tutor to destroy any of
| the false pride Of station. Here; Ior IN
| tograph fiend when he prosecuted his pupil
| well-known public man had applied to
| the prince for his signature. The prince,
| to comply, when his tutor said: What rub
| bish! He wants the autograph of a school
| boy who does not yet write decently. 1t Is
| impossible, he must DE crazy And the
signature was not written.
The Princes Retort.
Here is another story. which shows how.
now and then, the eydlng lad was stirred
to revolt: '~'''f
The prince had made a Vemark which his
tutor chose to consider stupid, so he looked
| at him and said: Among donkeys there is
| no pedigree. If 1 were king you should
wear a fool cap" 'tf,I were king" was
| the answer, you should be a knight Of the
| Order of Politeness!'"
The sequel of the story is agreeable. Col.
nys0 had nnts i'm ,fxs ,tr hfa
| was supposed to have "a strong desire for
| title. The prince. becoming king. had for
| gotten his wrong. reat and fancied, and
| Col. Oslo is now Count Oslo. The effects
of all this stern discipline have been good
! though they might we'll have been bad;
| for the king Is today aestrongs resolute and.
| at the Bsamea time modest mani and she Is
! able to- take care of himself His father
| was kind, considerable the bravest of the
brave: but he was indolent and easy-going
and was but a zero in the government of
| his country: and especially when he found
himself in the hands Of a strong man like
| CriSpi But no man is master of the pres
ent king; he is, the Italians themselves
say, master where his father was a
cipher -.-
The Kings Will.
More than once he has expressed himself
| with frankness and has acted with a cour-
age which has taken peoples breath away.
When he succeeded to the throne the first
thing expected of him, of course, was that
the hideous look into the depths, which was
given by the ASA ssination Of his father
would make him tremble and resort to all
the methods of panic-stricken coercion
| which such catastrophes invite on the part
of rulers. The young king did nothing Of
the kind. He sent for the most advanced
among the statesmen of his kingdom made
no change in the laws. and went on just as
If nothing had happened. 1t was proof
that he who had dared to face and COW the
omnipotent Crispi while he was still but
prince would be able to face any other
minister who came along. Even his mother
once or twice had to endure some stern
ness on his part when her strong religious
views and his statecraft came into collision.
Dramatic Standard of Success.
From Blackwoods.