The evening world., 1905-11-11
Found at Work on His Flag
ship, He Chats with
FrankneSS.
IS "TEDDY'S" FRIEND.
Democratic, Though Royal
and Admiral, He Says Idle
ness Is DiStaSteful.
BY RUTH EARLE.

His Serene Highness Prince Louis Of
Battenberg. G, c. b., G, {. V. o., X, c
NJ c., Personal Aide de Camp to The
King. and Rear-Admiral Of the British
Navy, is 50 much a genial gentleman
30 much an admiral and, withal, s.
much a prince, that the only way C
sum him up seems by sayiog weakly
and vulgarly. He's all right
What he is, most OF all, is plain man
A prince in lineage, brother-in-law and
cousin TO royalties and all manner OF
"Prinzessen, Comtessen and Serene Al.
lessen an admiral by profession and
Attachments, and at heart a kindly, Just
and generous gentleman-that is Prince
Louis.
And what more can one say Of any
body
In spite Of all the good report that
has run riot about His Serene Highness
OF BattNiberg, I'm afraid | had some
the proverbial English snob. That, per
haps. Is why | ran alongside Of HIS
Maiesty's ship Drake q was walking
down the long Cunard pier to the
saloon gangway) with a little needless
foreboding eating at my heart. When
! met the orderly or sentry, or what
ever one does call him, OF the very
grave face, acting footman to an
armored cruiser, my ominous sensations
increased.
/ looked up at the great, lead-col3red
battleship, with her grim guns, her
b~luejackets in swarms, ard her stif
officers, ard rather wished TO stay
ashore,
But II was simple after all I fol-
lowed my card to the officer Of the day
on the Quarterback, and so 20 some
body else and somebody else, until, the
FIRST thing l knew, | vas stumbling
down the c)mpanlonway to the Ad-
miral's quarters.
Found u Prince at work.
When | came into his cabin AFT the
Prince was writing AZ an ordinary Of
fee variety OF roll-top desk.
II was In the least like calling on
royalty, but from all can imagine It
was rather nicer. ! don't see the use Of
being presented abroad and making
n court courtesy a1d all that sort Of
thing, when you can bard his flagship,
invade a Prince-Admiral's cabin and
make him t his royal work while you
talk 10 him.
The best part Of It a that Prince
Louis Is such a courlly gentleman taal
lie pre- ended he didn't mind in the
least. II ne had been a district leader
and / a prediction day candidate for
Alderman the Admiral could not nave
risen and shaken hands more sraclously
than he.
I'm rather busy" he said, 'can you
wait Just a minute2'
An hour, in the cabin Of BrltaIn's
Royal Rear-Admiral.
While the Prince despatched a few
has;y notes, l observed, from my point
OF vantage on the chintz-coyered sofa
beside his desk his effects, "all his dear
families" as the Elephants Child would
have called the hundreds OF photo
graphs, and his serene himself.
As every one has read, Prince Louis
.s dark, with a fun beard, a rather
long mustache with down and upward
curve, hair parted on the side and
rather sparse at the crown, keen, kind
iy eyes, and a complexion not 30 wealth
er-tanned as one might expect. More
over, this scion OF the mobiles houses Of
Hanover ana Brunswick has that In
his face watch Is much more difficult to
tell of-intellect. personality and tenn
permanent.
Just saying ''how d'-y'-do" to him
Is enough to convince one that he is a
forceful man. and his figure and bear
ans, his manner and all bespeak my
llege lncog. But. then, the delightful
part OF him Is that he would be Just
as charming II you thought him a nero
American and not an Austrian Prince
turned British servant.
Quarters Like Suite Ashore.
I had a few moments to take In" the
den.
In event Of war. there would be
some tall clearing for-actiOn In that
sanctum. 1t is a cabin, disguised as a
morning-room, lying to the rear OF the
Admiral's mess-room-I mean his din
ing room-and his sleeping apartment.
The place Is peculiarly English. The |
furnishings are neat green and white /
chintz-coVered sofas aud chairs and
pretty screens. The steel armor-pl1ted
hull is concealed behind white b0uk-
shelves and cases ladel with history
and naval tactics, Tn the very stern y
n big plate-glass window. or whatever
nautical namo you call Il. that must be
fine on a cruise, with us view OF the
sea and the bigger from the screw"
And clear around the room runs the Ad.
miral's family circle-photogNph after
photograph Of the exalted OF Europe.
First there is his wife, Princess Vic.
tora OF Hesse, sister Of the Empress OF
Russia. This lovely lady holds the
places o. honor on his desk ana adorns
the walls-l mean the hull-in a mul.
tiple Of poses. Then there are his
daughters, tho eldest the Queen of
Greece, and his two sons, the Younger,
sixteen, n cadet In the Osbourne Naval
College, and all their other Serene High
nesses, the crowned heads OF Europe,
his famlllars..
When ! saw the photographs Of these
worthy persons. the objects OF n fine
fellows sincere regard, my respect for
the reiRnlnR dynasty gn1ned ahout one
hundred points, Before, | hal the