, 1912-06-12

ways. 1t was ouly the other day that a boy
whose pet dog was to be taken from him be-
cause his family were too poor to pay the
tax wrote and told him of it told him how
he would miss Hector, his play mate. And
the King sent promptly and paid The tax.
And now one OF the name of Christian
sits again on the throne of Denmark. He is
the tenth in line OF that name, and in stature,
III SO diery bearing, and in many personal
traits he recalls the monarch whose memory
will always live among his people as Good
King Christian" The Danes are a domes-
tic people, Prince Christian appealed di-
rectIy to their Imagination when he insisted
upon marrying the girl he loved, and did.
Their homecoming from the Riviera, where
their wedding was held, made a public holi-
day IN all the land. The people of Jutland,
the peninsula Of Denmark, where there had
been no royal residence since the Middle
Ages, built them a house i'll the woods. and
invited the young couple to come and live
Will them between whites and they did, q
part Of every year. On the bay of Aarhus
the Prince sailed his Eoat early and late, for
he is a capital yachtsman. Indeed, he is an
all-round athlete, u strong hand at tennis,
and q daring rider, Old King Christian was
to the day of his death one Of the most pic
turesque h0rsemen III Europe, and his grand
son takes after him. He is a six-footer,
stral9ht as g young pine, with q manly, open
face. AT the head Of his regiment, the ia
NOUS Guards with the big bearskin caps, he
was 1ood to look at, a soldier every inch.
Because his father was fond of travel
abroad, the burden Of government fell part
OF every year upon Prince Christians shout
dels, and the training he thus achieved will
not come ami8s i'll the work he has now to
do I'm one tbinO he iG varv uDiIa bC 0ran1-
father he is a man Of the present day and
understands its aims and its hopes. Those
who know him best say that he sympathizes
with them. SO did his father. Old King
Christian was of the past, and he did not.
In the gap that grew during his reign be-
tween the old and the new, he stood un-
yielding and uncomprehending. The pa
tlence Of his people was sometimes strained,
their love never. 1t is no slight testimonI-
al to the Danish nation to say it. The gap
was closed by King Frederik. The young
King starts on his reign under happy aus
piees.
Father and son held in common q strong
interest in America and American ways.
King Frederik kept tab on all returning
Danes who had made their homes III the
United States, and on all it's citizens with
any claim to distinction who passed through
Copenhagen. He liked to have them at his
table, and his conversation at such times dis
played unusual familiarity with the Repub-
he's affairs and with the spirit of American
Institutions. The proposition Of Dunish-bOIn
American citizens to present to their home
country II national park in the most pictur-
esque part Of the great heath he met with
much Warmth, and signified his intention to
himself accept il at the meeting in COpenha-
gen next August, The Court mourning will
probably forbid King Christian taking Lis
place on hat occasion, and the Premier of
the Rigsdag viii probably be the official re-
preventative of the Danish people.-Ou1ooh,
Jfay 25h.