Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-06

1 II Is performed. Although aware OF
these facts, the crown prince ostenta-
tiously paid visit TO the Leasing thea
| ter In Berlin, where Tattoo" Is being
played nightly to crowded and enthusi-
| astlc audiences, and sat prominently In
the court box In full view Of the general
public. This was a deliberate demon
stratlon against the kaiser and against
| the prevailing regime in Germany, and
the newspapers interpreted Il as such,
suggesting as openly as they dared that
the crown prince might fifty organ
Ice new political party to oppose
his fathers methods OF government,
! The kaiser was lncensed at this fresh
act Of INSTRUMENTATION, and the crown
prince had to submit TO another period
Of three days under detention.
TWO EXTRAORDINARY ADVEN-
TUREs.
Another escapade OF the crown prince
which attracted much attention was a
breakneck feat OF horsemanship per.
formed at Potsdam, where flight OF
about 100 steep stones lead up to the
entrance OF the Castle OF Sans Soucl,
the historic home OF Frederick the
Great The crown prince rode his horse
up these steps at great speed, stopped
at the summit TO wave his sword tri.
umphantly In the air, and then rode
down again, slowly this time, but too
quickly for the nerves Of numerous
spectators. The crown prince commit
ted this reckless folly while leading \
company OF his regiment back 10 bar
racks after drill, and the company Wqe
commanded TO halt while their royal
officer rode up and down steps which
only persons OF sound heart and lungs
can climb on foot.
During recent visit to Duke Sieg.
fried OF Bavaria the crown nrJco re-.
vealed another aspect Of his character
He had been out hunting an DAY and
In the evening, on his way back u
Munich. he dropped In at fashionable
hotel on the outskirts OF the p0tarlnN
capital, The crown prince was dressed
IN green hunting costume, with huye
knee-boots and lance In his hand
while the hotel guests assembled In the
public rooms were mostly IN evening
dress The crown prince. disregardlng
everyone demanded a plano and hear
ing that there was one In an adjacent
room the door Of which was locked he
broke It open by throwing himself
against the panels with all his strength.
Having forced an entrance into the
room, the crown prince did not nlay on
the plano, but thumped on the keys
with his heavy boots, smashed the
woodwork and destroyed the STRINGS IN.
side, so that when he had finished the
plano was mass OF wreckagc.
This accomplished, the crown prince
went ON his way TO the residence Of
his host, Offering neither apology nor
explanation 20 the proprietor of the ho-
tel or the startled guests. many OF
whom were ladies'. There was big
scandal In consequence OF the incident
and Duke siegfried promptly paid the
proprietor heavy compensation, besides
visiting him In person 10 apologize for
the behavior Of his royal guest. On
this occasion the crown prince was not,
as was at first supposed, intoxicated,
but wrecked the plano from pure love
OF rowdyism and destructiyeness.
REBuFFED by AMERICAN SONG.
STRESS.
The crown princes latest folly is his
lnfatuatlon for Miss Geraldine Farrar.
the beautiful and talented soprano Of
the Royal thcater In Berlin The crown
prince first pursued Miss Farrar with
proposals Of the kind usually made by
gallant young men to attractive young
women on the stage, but tinding that
the American girl, whose reputation Is
stainless, rejected his nmorous adj