Evening star., 1916-07-23
ience of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
: HEADQUARTERS OF THE ITALIAN
ARMY, July 5.-The most envied boy
In all Italy is Humbert Nicholas Thorn
AS Jean Marfe-envied not because he
is heir apparent to the Italian throne,
sbut because he is the youngest boy
who has been oficially permitted to see
1.-The Italian front
: This only son of King Victor En-
manuel. who is known as the Prince of
Piedmont. is but twelve years old, and
has had some remarkable adventures.
He is head of the Young Explorers of
Italy. body that corresponds to the
Boy Scouts in America, and he has
done lot of things that any boy would
shke to do. He has gone up in aero
npianes. down in submarines, steered
-warships. sailed boats, shot at wild
boars and ridden cavalry horses.
But the things he is proudest of
are his visits to the front, for he has
been here not once but many times
His first visit was a matter Of censid-
.erable family discussion. In the royal
family of Italy all such matters are
talked over in the same fashion that
they would be in any large American
family. Humbert has three sisters. two
Older and one younger than he all of
whom love him very much, and il is
related that they did not agree bout
the safety Of a visit to the front. His
father. who has been at the front since
the war began. as a matter of duty, felt
II was rather risky business letting
his only son get within reach of Aus
.trian shells and bullets. aside from the
usual hazards Of rough army life.
Has Indu1gent Tutor.
Ry,t ,bar ,,1a
family decided to let him come. The
deciding vote was cast by his tutor,
Commander Bonald of the navy. who is
q much easier master than the one who
brought up the present king In fact.
II is stated that the present king, re-
memberins his own Spartan training
chose Commander Bonald as his bows
tutor because of his gentler qualities
, Once at the front. young Humbert
displayed the same fearlessness that
has characterized his father during his
stay there. He went practically every
where. fell in love with the soldiers.
was petted by them in return, and all
in all had a fine time.
Indeed he liked the front so much
that he has since got permission to
visit it again and again. until now his
happy smile and his sailor uniform Of
blue serge have become known to the
soldiers all along the front
1t is related that during his last visit
when the weather was warm on the
lower hills of the Isonzo river frout
seeing some soldiers going barefooted
ne insisted on taking off his own shoes
IF the soldiers can go barefoot, why
can't a sailor boy?" he demanded
Likes Army as Much as Navy.
While the first prince of his line
Destined to naval career, young Hum
bert likes the army as much as the
navy. His fondness for soldiers comes
from his associations with his aged
kgrandfather, King Nicholas of Monte
negro. who has been a soldier all of
his life and involved in wars with both
austria and Turkey Humbert loves
his grandfather very much and has
always insisted on hearing tales of the
Iatters exploits in war
His physical training has made Of
him an unusually strong boy for his
age. A year previous to the war Young
Humbert was nominalIy under the al.
rection of Miss Brown. the English
foverness in charge of the girls of the
family. Nevertheless. he has found
many hours for sport. particularly at
sCastel Porziano. am estate overlooking
the Tyrrenian sea. purchased by his
father and converted into a hunting
forest. There in the summers before
the war he trsmped in the forests with
his father or played with his sisters
along the SeashOre, took Swinls in the
sea or sailed boats, as he chose II was
>noi an uncommon sight to see him
there all but naked somewhere about
the beach. after the fashion of the boys
the world over.
. As his father also rents the Island of
Monte Cristo. made famous in the novel
Hof Alexandra Dumas. the little prince
has also made many yacht trips with
.the family TO this island.
Plays Trick on Ambassador.
Brought up in the tolerant manner Of
his father, Humbert is all boy, through
and through. and is not averse to some
of the mischief that characterizes the
sAmerican boy 1t is related that when
Lloyd Griscom was American amba ssa-
sdor at Rome and was received at the
zpalace of the Quirinal in an informal
way by the king, young Humbert on
-one occasion offered to show the am
sbassador some of the queer hooks in
the ancient garden of the Quirinal-
.nooks built there during the time when
1T was the summer residence of the
7popes. As the ambassador was obsery-
ing the quaintness of the gardens. in
sgoing through a narrow path he was
ssurprised to hnd himself sprayed with
water leaping right up out of the path
His boy guide had led the ambassador
Durpossly into the path. whore hid