The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-25
KAISER'S FAMILY AT PLAY.
Unconventional D0ings OF Imperial Princes
When I'm the Country.

WIN" hh tho
The German Emperor and his family
spend their summer vacation in the castle
Of Wilhelmshohe, near Cassel.
AS described by a writer In Hdrper's
Bdsdr, it is really a vacation. Here is seen
the domestic side Of the royal picture which
appeals 30 strongly to the German. The
! Empress is not alone the first lady Of the
land-she Ia the first mother in the land,
The aristocracy may grumble that she
neglects her social duties and cultivates
too closely the famous three KS recon-
mended by the Emperor-Kirche, Kinder
und Kdche Church, children and cooking)-
but it is precisely 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 arrival draws
near there toll up the wooded slopes Of
Wilhelmsh0he vans Of gigantic size, de-
posting furniture, provisions and trunks
at the Schloss, which opens wide It's win
dows to the morning sunlight.
In TIE 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 one
by one to the stables, and at the entrance
to the wooded bride path, which we re-
garded as our own special property, a po-
lite notice Was posted that 1t was "for the
very most highest percentages reserved"
Several years ago, when the Crown Prince
was still a boy, we used to have glimpees Of
the mother playing tennis On the lawn with
her two eldest sons and a lady In waiting;
or Of the whole party sitting round the
supper table on the terrace Of a warm sum-
mer evening. Indeed, the Princes seemed
to be omnipresent, and every n had a
different tale to tell Of them.
One morning as the artillery was coming
in from its daily Dienst, the Crown Prince,
with his legs apart and his hands In his
pockets, was standing at the entrance to
the barracks. Watching the long train Of
guns and horses file by.
Histutor reproved the boy Tor hi attitude,
never stands in that positionl', oh. bother
Crown Princes!' came the r%ejoinder.
That this small Hohenzollern was a chip
Of the old block, however, is evidenced by
the story that in his play. With his brother,
way displeased the elder, who attempted
who is Crown Princel'
On his return that evening the Emperor
was told Of the. occurrence. and 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 | shall teach
you who is Emperor" whereupon no adj
ministered a severe rebuke to the Crown
Prince.
The relations between parents and chill
dren, however, are Of the tenderest; 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 family.
The Princes, in their blue and white sailor
suits, secured the neighborhood on foot.
Any fine morning the four eldest boys
could be seen trIdging along to the car
selves with hammer and saw, each n
| carrying his own tools, and a plank some
four feet long over bis shoulder.