Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-21
AND so THEY PARTED.

1 to forget. particularly with one who | was so clever with his right" | Since the war began, readers have | noticed occasional references to this
 weak arm of the Emperor, really a sort
 Of paralysis, although in pictures which
 never portrayed.
 On this topic MT. Bigelow writes further: As to the Emperor's imper-
 feet left arm, it is extraordinary that
 the life which has largely left it should 1 have apparently been utilized in the
 strengthening of his right Any one who has shaken the right, feels as though Goetz Von Berlichingen had given him the grip. As t fencer, it
 was to be expected that he should de- veiop the proficiency that character | 1zed him at Bonn, but it was little thought that he would have the pa t1ence and energy requisite to becom- l ing an expert shot, a good swimmer, and a capital oar. "in the saddle, he ranaues to hold hIs reus with his left, in order to have 1 ms sWord-arrn free; and I have seen I him many times ride across country taking obstacles which some of his | officers have refused. And the moral courage, the persistency, the sense of | duty, the pluck, which ovefcame the ] impediments to physical development, were constantly at work in other parts l of his education.
 "In this park of Sans Souci, near the | Palacey were planted the masts and
 rigging of a ship, where Prince Henry 1 received practical instruction in sailor
 ing, and which became favorite
 romping place. Netting was stretched l over the lower space, and we were oc- | H ,o1 oJo
 about the rigging, some of us playing
 at pirates, making chase after a crew 1 that had taken refuge aioft.
 'Or, what was basfpr still, we some 1 times took cruise Mout the neighbor- | ing lakes on the miniature frigate
 craft that looks very portentious at a | distance, with it's scowling. ports and | man -o'-war yards, but, in reality,
 when on board, seems little larger than | a good sized ships cutter.
 "The cruise on the frigate was aI-
 ways considered the greatest treat 1 of all. and no doubt to the pleasure ! derived then is due the fact that the
 Emperor today is devoted patron of i yachting, and sails his toy frigate on 1 the Havel whenever opportunity
 offers"
 Of course Mir. BigeIow was writing
 this in the years before the war, be- l fore the mortified world had received that forbidding impression of the 1 German Emperor which, in most minds, looms up with monstrous cruel, repulsiveness. Too bad, that the man | ly traits of the school-boy could not
 have remained with him; that the pro- mise of his youth should have been so sadly blasted!
 Mir. BigeIow continues fin his fascin- attng picture of the boy Prince and his
 doings: When the days romp was | over, we had tea before going home l always out-of-doors in fair weather l The late Emperor Frederick and his devoted wife never failed to appear on
 these occasions to say few words to , @ach of us, asking after our families, CT about the sports of the dSy. ! The Empress in particular, then i Crown Princess, always examined our l food, to see that it was wholesome, and saw that her little sons and
 thelr napkins properly tucked beneath 1 their chins. The food was, it is need less to say. of the plainest and most wholesome; bread or coast. fresh milk
 from the Crown Princes model farm at Rornstedt and some simple bread
 cake, with big raisins in it, perhaps 1 When the Crown Princess and her l husband made their appearance, no 1 face lighted up with more pleasure
 than did that of Prince William, for 1 the relation of parent and child could
 not be conceived in more happy form
 than in those days in the park at
 Sans Souci.
 i J remember once fr was at tea On 1 the steam yacht, some anniversary l l Eclieve-Prince William whispered to
 me a fact in which he took enormous pride, that the cake had been made by l his mother.
 1 In these romps, the idea of
 expecting etiquette to be observed 1 would have been absurd Dr. Hinz-
 peter would have none of it, the royal
 despised servility more than their eld- est son.
 Mir. BigeIow enjoyed these rare op- l portunities of knowing the German 1 the time he describes, nts own father was United States Minister to France; and the young American boy was sent to .he royal school at Potsdam under much the same circumstances as was another occasional Norwich visitor. , Mrs Andrews, formerly Yvette Borup wlo through schoolday intimacy with 1 the young folks of the German family i was among the half dozen Americans 1 invited tn attend the wedding, of the | Kaiser's beloved daughter, two or three 1 years ago.
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