The Green Forest tribune., 1912-11-08

height. And so effectively did he see about it. that the chicken had no more opportunity to trail after the singer The parent bird was monop- olizing her!
 Then the good burghers of Bonn be- gan to chatter about the princes at- tention to another lovely American girl. It was Miss Gladys Deacon. They said he had actually given her ring, a Hohenzollern heirloom. Again the father eagle swooped down, and they say that Miss Deacon gave back the ring
 The kaiser has his own ideas about the proper diversions of undergradu- ates. He would show his son what kind of sport was fitting for a royal prince. The imperial eagle descend ed upon Bonn and ordered kommers. He himself presided. That kommers will never be forgotten at Bonn. It was a red-letter day in the history of the local breweries. They say that when the kaiser lifted his aching head from his pillow about noon the follow ing day he was thoroughly dissatis fled with the environment of the crown prince; he considered it de moralizing and frivolous. Thus end ed Frederick Williams university life
 The time came to select a wife for the prince. The emperor had his own ideas about wives. So had his son. The young women who pos sessed the qualities that fitted them to be empress were paraded before the young man, with much advice and comment upon the form they showed. To the amazement of everybody, the kaiser especially, Frederick William picked out the very girl on whom his fathers hopes were set, Princess Ce- ellie of Mecklenburg-Schw
 Conducted His Own Courtship.
 But the emperor wanted to super wise the courtstip. The crown prince felt himself perfectly capable of managing this for himself. It was whispered in the drawing rooms of Berlin that the emperor had admins tered a severe reproof to the young pair. because he had found Princess Cecilie sitting on Prince Frederick's knees.
 The crown prince has keen sense of humor, and a way of complying with orders so literally that it is in- tensely irritating to his father. The kaiser makes a great parade of his love for Spartan simplicity. whereas he is at heart fond of luxury. The crown prince is sincerely simple in his tastes. One day the emperor sent word to Potsdam that he was going to inspect the regiment of which his son was chief and dine with the of ficers. The dinner he sat down to consisted of bean soup, boiled pork and greens. And he had to pretend that he liked it.
 Again the emperor lectured the crown prince about not keeping up an equipage commensurate with the traditions of Hohenzollern splendor. The young man accepted the rebuke meekly. A few days later he was driven through the streets of the capital In a gorgeous motor car. with gliding splashed all over 1t and an inn perial crown as big as mans hand embossed upon the doors. Once more the parent eagle screamed, and the gaudy automobile was seen no more.
 The emperor heard that the crown prince had asked for and received seven days leave of absence from the commandant of the Potsdam garrison. The wires were set working; the em- peror asked why Frederick William wanted week off Word came back that he was going to the Kiel re- gatta. A few inquiries brought out the news that Frederick William had been building a yacht which was de signed with just one end in view, to beat the kaiser's own entry. It was not more than seven or eight minutes thereafter that orders flashed to Pots dam directing the crown prince to get right astride a charger and start on a tour of inspection that kept him busy until the regatta was over. Fred erick Williams boat won, but its own CT did not witness it's unfilial victory.
 Still Another Complaint.
 Nor has the emperor forgotten that occasion about year ago when he reviewed the Deaths Head Hussars" and Frederick's command: Three cheers for the kaiser!" was respond ed to with perfect military precision but with chilling lack of enthusiasm.