Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-07-19
KAISER'S FAMILY AT PLAY.
Unconventional Doings Of lmperia
Princes When in the Country.

The German Emperor and his fam
| fly spend their summer vacation in
| the castle of Wilhelmshohe, near Cas-
sci.
| er's Bazar, 1t is really vacation
| Here Is seen the domestic side OF the
royal pictlrc which appeals SO strcng-
ly to the German. The Empress IS
not alone the first lady of the land
she is the first mother in the land.
The aristocracy may grumble that
| she ncglects her social duties and Gull
| tivates too closely the famous three
KS recommended by the Emperor
| Kirche, Kinder und kuCne (church,
children and couking)-but it ia pre-
| cisely because of this that the bulk OF
| the German nation have cnshrlhca
her in their hearts.
As spring changes to summer anu
| the date set for the Empress's arrl-
val draws near there toll up the
wooded slopes of Wilhclmshoho vans
of gigantic size. dcpositins flrnlturc'
provisions and trunks At the Schloss,
which opens wide Its windows to the
morning sunlight.
In the grounds an army OF peasant
women in blue cotton gowns ana
white haudkerchiefs rake and hoe.
prune and plant, till the flower beds
grow fairly riotous with blossom.
Carriages and vehicles galore ana
| all sorts and conditions of horses come
| one by one to the stables, and at the
entrance to the wooded bride patl,
| which we regarded as our CWn speclal
property, polite notice was poS'ea
| that it was "for the very most highest
persOnageS reserved.
Several years ago. when the Crown
| Prince was still a bov, we used 10
| have glimpses OF tho mother playing
tennis on the lawn with her two cl"'
est sons and lady In waiting, or oi
| the whole party sitting round the snp-
per table on the terrace OF warm
summer evening. Indeed, the PrlnceH
| seemed TO be omnipresent, ana every
one had a different tale to tell or
! them.
One morning rs the artillery was
coming in from its daily Di2nst, the
Crown Prince. with his legs apart ana
| his hands in bis pockets, was stanl'hs
| at the entrance to the barracks,
watching the long train CT guns ana
| horses file by.
His tutor reproved the boy for MS
| attitude, with the remark; INC
! Crown Prince never stands in taat
positlonw ooh. bother Crown Princes
came the reiolnder.
That this small IIohenzollern was
chip of the cid block, however. is e'i'
denced by the story that in his play
with his brother, the handsome t.t"l
Fritz. the latter in some way d,sp!eaS'
ed the elder, who attempted to pum'
mel him, saying: "I'll teach you WAC
| Is Crown Prince"
On his return that evening the EN-
| peror was told Of the occurrence, ana
calling the heir to the throne before
him, made him tell his version OF the
story.
quite right" said the Emperor
when the boy had finished; "and now
l shall teach you who is Emperor!
whercupon he administered severe
| rebuke to the Crown Prince.
| The relations between parents anu
children, however. are OF the tenaer-
est; and during the few weeks that
the Emperor spends at Wilhelmshohe
every moment that he can spare from
affairs of state is devoted to his fam
lily.
The Princes, in their blue and white
sailor suits, secured the neighborhood
on foot. Any fine morning the four
eldest boys could be seen trudglhg
along to the carpenters shop, where
they amused themselves with ham
mer and saw, each one carrying MS
own tools, and plank some four feet
long over his shoulder