The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-26
Between Now and Christmas
Many Will Pay Calls to
This Country.
BY LA MARQUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
II RlNCE ADALBERT. of Prussia, Is

BY LA MAUQUISE DE FoSTENOY.
n RlNCE ADALBERT. of Prussia, Is
by no means the only scion of
German royalty who contem
plates visiting the United states be-
tween now and next Christmas; and
while tho kaiser's sailor son has not
even commenced any preparations for
his departure, the Empcrors nephew,
Prince Waldemar. of Prussia. has al
ready sailed; not across the Atlantic
however. but via tho Sucz Canal, tho
Indian Ocean, and tho Pacific. He Will
reach tho United states. indeed, by way
OF the Golden Gate. and It Is proposed
that he should spend several months in
this country. in travelling without hc-
Ing hampercd in any way by naval
duties. For he, too, belongs, at any
rate officially, to the imperial navy. in
which he holds the rank of first lieu
tenant. although ne has never seen any
service at sea. He is the eldest son of
the kaiser's only brother, Prince Henry.
OF Prussia, whose state visit to Amer
lea in tho early spring OF 1902 was so
great a success.
Prince Waldemar has not inherited
his sailor fathers strong and rugged
health. In fact. he is extremely dell
cate. and much of the twcnty-t three
years of his life has been spent in prl-
vate hospitals and therapeutic insti-
tutions, notably at Dresden. in the hope
of strengthening his constitution. He
is very tall. indeed. painfully thin,
wears pince- and conveys far more
the impression of the shy and retiring
student than of Il militant, aggressive
Hohenzollcrn. In fact, he is more to
his advantage In mufti than in naval
or military uniform His principal
gentleman in waiting during his foreign
tour is the naval surgeon, DR.. Bilfinger
no connection Of Mark Twain's guido
In The Innocents Ab-oad"-and who
was chosen because he had served on
the Pacific and Chinese stations. The
prince. whose mother. Princess Irene;
of Hesse, is a sister of the Czarina, and
first cousin OF the Kaiser. OF King
George and of her own husband, Prince
Henry, of Prussia, is expected ut San
Francisco in September. after visiting
India, Java and Japan.
Sir Theodore Fry, whose death has
just taken place. was one of the first
Ruakers to accept a baronetcy, and has
had many associations in this country,
not only among the Society of Friends
In America. but also In the shape OF
relatives, his third son, Walter Fry
making his home on Long Island. at a
place known WadinE River. The
F'rys Joined the Society of Friends in
1886, and since then have been always
'uculllleu lucIcNlin, inc family having
during the last 100 years acquired an
enormous fortune by the manufacture
of chocolate and cocoa. In fact, Lord
Justice Fry, q cousin of the late
baronet, and the principal British mem
Der OF the court Of International arbi.
tration at The Hague, used to be known
In his younger days. both at college
and aftcrward a the bar, by the nick
name of Cocoa" He is kindly old
fellow. who was selected some years
ago by the United States 10 act as Its
arbitrator in its claim against Mexico,
arising out OF the so-callcd Pious Fund
of California. His principal hobby is
the study and collection OF MOSES, con
corning which he has issued u standard
work. He is likewise the author of a
weighty volume on tho Accordance
of Christianity With the Nature OF
Man." and is, need hardly add. rather
serious in his tastes.
There was n good deal of criticism
among the Society of Friends when his
cousin the late Sir Theodore Fry. ac-
copied baronetcy some twenty yeurs