The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-19
KAlsER's FAMILY At PLAY.
Unconventional poines Of Imperial
Princes When in the Country.

Princes When in the Country.
The German Emperor and his fam
lily spend their summer vacation in
the castle Of Wilhelmshohe, near Cas-
sell
AS described by a writer in Harp
er's Bazaar, 1t is really a vacation.
Here is seen the domestic side Of the
royal picture which appeals so strong.
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 neglects her social duties and cul.
tivates too closely the famous three
KS recommended by the Emperor
Klrche. Kinder und Kuche Church,
children and cooking)-but it is pre-.
cisely because of this that the bulk OF
the German nation have enshrined
her in their hearts.
AS spring changes to summer and
the date set for the Empress's arri-
val draws near. there toll up the
wooded slopes of Wilhelmsnohe vans
of gigantic size, depositing furniture,
provisions and trunks az the Schloss,
which opens wide its windows TO the
morning sunlight.
In the grounds an army Of peasant
women in blue cotton gowns and
white handkerchiefs rake and hoe,
prune and plant, till the flower beds
grow fairly riotous with blossom.
Carriages and vehicles galore and
all sorts and conditions of horses come
ore by one to the stables, and at the
entrance to the wooded bride path,
which we regarded as our own special
property. polite notice was posted
that it was for the very most highest
personages reserved
Several years ago. wnen the Crown
Prince was still a. boy, we used to
have glimpses of the mother playing
tennis on the lawn with her two eld'
est sons and a lady in waiting, OF OF
the whole party sitting round the sup
| ner table on the terrace Of warm
summer evening. Indeed. the Princes
| seemed to be omnipresent and every
one had a different tale to tell Of
| them.
One morning as the artillery was
coming IN from its daily Dlenst, the
Crown Prince, with mis- legs apart and
his hands in his pockets, was standing
at the entrance 10 tie barracks,
watching the Ions train Ct guns and
horses file by.
His tator repro7el the boy for his
attitude with the remark: The
| Crown Prince never stands in that
position." "Oh, bo,her Grown Princes
came tine rejoinder.
That this small Hohenzollern was a
chip of the cid block, however, is evil
denced by the story that in his play
| with his brother the handsome Eitei
Fritz the latter in some way displeas'
ed the elder. who attempted to pun
mel him, saying; I'm teach You who
is Crown Prince"
On his return that evening the EN-
peror was told of the occurrence, and
| calling the heir 10 the throne before
him. made him tell his version OF the
story.
quite right" said the Emperor,
| when the boy mad hnlshed; ana no"
l shall teach you who is Emperor!
whereupon he administered severe
rebuke to the Crown Prince.
The relations between parents and
children, however are Of the tender
est; and during the few weeks that
the Emperor spends at Wilhe!mshohe
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 trudging
along to the carpenters shop, where
they amused themselves with ham
mer and saw, each one carrying his
own tools, and a plank some four feet
long over his shoulder.