Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

Copyright In Great Britain and the United States
by Curtis Brown. All Rights Strictly Reserved)
BERLIN, September 13. 1906.
THE first pictures of the new scion
OF the house of Hohenzollern
little Prince William. first born
of the German crown prince and
the kaiser's first grandchild have
been circulated in hundreds of thousands
throughout the German empire, for the in
FAINT now in swaddling clothes at Potsdam
will in the natural course of events be one
day the ruler of this mighty country. The
German people therefore. take unusual
interest in his infantle doings and many
newspaper columns have already been de-
voted to the youngest HohenZollem.
Almost Immediately after his birth the
attending physicians were able to cable to
the kaiser then on the high seas. that his
first grandson was a big. healthy, well-de-
veloped baby; in a word, "a thorough little
Hohenzollern." After his return from his
northern cruise the kaiser lost no time In
making the acquaintance of his grandson
in the Marble palace at Potsdam, and add
mired the future ruler of Germany so en-
Enthusiastically that II was long past the i'm
peral baby's bedtime before the proud
grandfather left.
Those who are familiar with the crushing
burdens of royalty will look with melan-
Choly regret at the face of the helpless baby
VINO mas Sucn a formidable career De1Ore
him. The lot OF the infant HohenZoilern
may be magnificent. but 1t will be nevcrthe-
less hard lot. He will be deprived of nearly
all those joys and pleasures which bright
en- the lives of other children. while at the
same time he will be loaded at early age
with duties, cares and responsibilities with
which other mortals remain unfamiliar all
their lives long. Those especial privileges
which are his due the heir to an impe-
rial throne and afterward as the occupant
of that throne do not In any appreciable de-
gree compensate for the hardships of his
lot Tor they are often in themselves I'M
speakably burdensome and wearisome. At
first glance. and without thought, the lot
of the imperial baby appears to the super
hcial onlooker to be desirable and envable,
but it is in truth pitiable. and the little i'm
perial victim merits our heartfelt SYM
patty.
What a joyless childhood will be his!
From his earliest infancy the imperial child
will be cramped and confined by all sorts of
regulations and restrictions which do not
exist for ordinary boys and girls. If he
cries he will be told that it is undignifed
and unworthy of a future emperor; if he
laughs too loudly he will be told that
prince destined for exalted position must
not give evidence OF a frivolous disposition.
If he romps he will be restrained because
he might hurt himself. and both his life and
limbs are far too valuable to be exposed to
the least danger.
At an early age he will be compelled to
learn more than is good for him. The posi-
tlon OF ruler of a great empire in these
modern times necesstates such versatility
and such varied knowledge that the little
prince must seize the very first opportunity
OF beginning the process of examining book
learning into his miniature brain. AS the
years go on this tendency to overwork the
imperial child will increase and his life
Will inevitably become more and more siren
uous. At the age of ten he must know as
much as most boys Of sixteen. and when he
Is sixteen he must have learnt more than
other youths of twenty-one.
He must be familiar with statecraft and
at the same time he must prepare himself
to be officer Of the army and stimuli
taneously an officer of the navy. He must
be brilliant linguist and he must study
In detail the arts and sciences as well as
literature, military strategy, naval tactics,
international law and all sorts of obscure
subjects. Theology, too. must occupy his
Prussia the little prince will one day be
supreme head of the evangelical church, to
which more than eighty per cent of the
Prussian population belongs.
Long before he Is In his teens learned
professors and educational experts will put
their heads together in order to elaborate
scheme OF training for the little prince.
he VIII rise early and every second of the
oay VIII De utilized for some serious pur-
pose or other. A certain number of hours
Will be apportloned to mental training and
certain number of hours to Physical train
ing. The hours for mental education will
then be subdivded on scientific principles,
In order that the prince may devote just
enough time to each subject, but not a
minute too long. Similarly. the time de-
voted to physical training will be subdivid-
ed In the same precise manner.
huge official time tables will be drawn
and impressed with the seal of state and
the prince will be brought up according to
schedule number so-and-so and not a jot of
1t all can be altered without we.ghty con-
ferences and lengthy deliberations The
mother. who ought to bring up her child in
her own random way. guiced by maternal
instinct and influenced by her own I'M
bounded love for her offspring recedes into
the background. The future emperor must