The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-15
SAILOR SON
IS WIDELY TRAVELLED
BY LA MARouIsE DE EoNrESoY-

By La MARQUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
I view OF the fact that Prince Adal-
bert of Prussia, the sailor son of
the Kaiser, has travelled more ex-
tens!vely than any other scion of his
house. excepting his uncle. Admiral
Prince Henry OF Prussia. IT is odd that
he should have expected American
tourists whom he met for the first
time at st. Moritz. In Switzerland. TO
conform TO rules of court etiquette OF
which they were in all proba billty
wholly ignorant.
Assuming. however. that the story
caoled to this country. and published
on sunday last. to the effect that the
prince has given expression to irr,-
tation at the refusal OF some of his
American acquaintances at ST. Morltz
TO dine with him. because they were
already engaged TO dine with one OF
their fair compatriots, is correct the
prince should have remembered that he
was at ST. Moritz. not as prince of
the blood, but incognito. as a mere
nooleman. under the name OF Count
Hemstein. and that consequently
those whom he met were relieved by
that fact itself from according to him
the dues and the honors to which roy
alties are entitled on the part OF their
Fellow citizens. The very fact OF the
scion OF reisning house being In
cognito Is equivalent to an Inclination
that he does not wish TO be regarded
as royal parsonage or to be treated
as such. and not even Germans would
have been under any obligation to
treat an invitation to dinner of a
Count Hemstein," In the same light of
command. as II 1t had come from a
Prince OF Prussia.
Then. too, royal personages do not
look for the same Difference from for
elgners as they exact from their own
people. Indeed. they are reported to
rather relish the greater independence
OF manner of the foreigners, as a
welcome relief from behavior of com.
patriots that verges on obseauousness
and that ends by becoming very tir-
ing. For instance. King Edward, when
abroad. never dreamt OF expecting that
the French and American acoua!nt-
ances that he met should pay him the
same obeisance as his own subjects
nor that they should consider his in
vitations to luncheon or dinner in the
light OF commands realizing full we'll
that he had no commands to give them
Strictly speaking. It is the sovereign
alone. in his own dominions. VINO has
right TO expect that his or her invita-
ton to dinner should be considered In
the light of command. enta!I!ng the
cancellation of all other engagements
and Queen Victoria was very particular
about the enforcement of this rule
Edward VII. however, never insisted
upon 1t when Prince OF Wales. and was
always ready to accept an excuse, even
when the excuse was not really an ex-
cuse. such as, for instance. that which
he received from Admiral Lord Charles
Beresford The latter, It may be re-
called, had been invited to dine at
Marlborough House. with the Prince
of Wales who. however, received in
reply the following characteristic
telegram: Very sorry Cannot come.
Lie follows by post" The fact of the
ma tier is that not even princes and
princesses of the blood, but only the
actual ano!nted OF the Lord are en-
titled to regard their invitations as
commands, and then only on the part
OF their own subjects.
Where scions of royalty do. however.
enjoy an advantage Is In the case OF
dances at which they may be present,
not incognito. but under their own
name and rank The royal princesses
have right to expect that any man to
whom they may send their chamberlain
or equerry with an intimation that
they desire to dance with him. should
cancel any other engagement that
dance; and in the same way. women
are required by etiquette to throw over
any other partner. IL asked by prince
of the blood to give him any specified
number on her program. People who
attend balls at which royalties are
present, are, however. aware of this
beforehand. and go to the dances in
question with the understanding that
they will comply with the laws of
etiquette in the matter,
Prince William Radziwin, whose
death has just taken place at Vienna,
and whose remains have been con-
veyed to Warsaw for interment, was
the husband of that notorious Princess
Catherine Radziwill who played SO i'm
portant a role in South Africa, and
underwent term of Imprisonment
there for the forgery of tho name Of
Cecil Rhodes. Five years ago the
prince obtained judicial separation
from her, granted by the courts OF
Warsaw and Immediately afterwards
she was deprived OF her Bavarian Or
der of st. Theresa, of which she pos
sessed the Grand Cross The prince
was major on the reserve list of the
Prussian army, and chamberlain of
the Emperor of Russia. He was
brother of the late Prince Anthony
iRadziwill, the head of the entire
Radziwill family; and Prince Albert
Radziwill, who married Dorothy Dea-
con. is therefore his nephew. He
leaves three daughters. zone of whom.
Princess Wanda, is the wife of Prince
Butcher of Wahlstatt, great-g grandson
of the Prussian field marshal, who was
with the Duke OF Wellington at Water
loo) and son, Prince Nicholas Radzi-I