Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22


The Crown Princess of Germany and
Her Baby, Prince Wilhelm, Who
viii Be Emperor Some Day If He
Lives Long Enough.
with melancholy regret at the face
of the helpless baby who has such a.
formidable career before him. The
lot of the infant Hohenzollern may be
magnificent, but it will be, neverthe-
less, hard lot. He will be deprived
Of nearly all those joys and pleasures
which brighten the lives of other chill
1ren, while at the same time he will
be loaded at an early age with duties,
cares and responsibilities with which
other mortals remain unfamiliar all
heir lives long. Those especial priv
.leges which are his due as the heir
to an imperial throne and afterward
as the occupant of that throne do not
IN any appreciate degree compen.
safe for the hardships of his lot, for
hey are often in themselves unspeak-
ably burdensome and wearisome
What a joyless childhood will be
his. From his earliest infancy the
imperial child will be cramped and
confined by all sorts of regulations
md restrictions which do not exist
or ordinary boys and girls. If he
cries he will be told that it is undig-
1ifed and unworthy of future en-
)eror; if he laughs too loudly he will
be told that a prince destined for an
exalted position must not give evil
lence of a frivolous disposition. If
ne romps he will be restrained. be-
;ause he might hurt himself, and both
his life and limbs are far too valuable
20 be exposed to the least danger.
Long before he is in his teens
learned professors and educational
experts will put their heads together
in order to elaborate a scheme of
training for the little prince, He will
rise early and every second of the day
will be utilized for some serious pur-
pose or other A certain number of
hours will be apportioned to mental
training and a certain number of
hours to physical training The hours
for mental education will then be sub
divided on scientific principles, in or
der that the prince may devote Just
enough time to each subject, but not
a minute too long. Similarly, the time
devoted to physical training will be
subdivided in the same precise man
ner.
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 it all can be
altered without weighty conferences
and lengthy deliberations.
When he becomes a student at
Bonn university, in accordance with
the traditional custom of his imperial
family, he must limit his intercourse
to those students who are fit and prop
er comrades for his exalted and au-
gust person.
This process of severance from the
world is fatal policy, because it rem,
ders the prince absolutely incapable
of properly discharging his monarch
ical duties
When the time comes for him to
marry, the greatest tragedy of his life
will be enacted. He will not be per-
mitted to choose the girl of his heart.
but will be forced to wed a woman
for reasons of state. His matrimonial
affairs will be arranged for him by
statesmen and diplomats on the same
precise scientific system as his whole
career. The consort selected for him
may be ugly, unsympathetic, lima
tured, ill-tempered, a veritable vixen.
but he must marry her as a matter OF
policy. He will then go through life
without the supreme happiness of vir-
tuous love and without these exquisite
joys OF peaceful home life in the com
partnership of consort chosen solely
according to the dictates of the heart
Instead, he will be chained in loveiess
wedlcck to a woman whom he detests.
but with whom he must appear In pub
lie with a smile on his lips and whom
he must designate his beloved and
9Iacaone queen. 49, 49, -s---.----.