The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-15
princes were. held to their duties.
Missed the Scrap


Only once during my connd;tion
with Prince Oscar did I ever hear
any word of complaint against the
restrictions upon his life and his free
dom of action. The occasion in ques-
ton followed an adventure of my
own, when several of my friends, in
Guiding two young American ladies
who were visiting Berlin, were pass
ing through the streets of Berlin very
early in the morning, on the way to
the coffee drinking which, during the
finest summer weather takes place in
the Tiergarten soon after sunrise.
The streets held many travellers
just returning home from their all
night pleasures in the ''gayest city
in the world and two of these saw
fit to insult the lady under my escort.
This drew upon them the summary
punishment they deserved, and af-
forwards described to Prince Oscar
the little fracas and the establishment
of the two great hulking follows at
the blows they received.
The Princes eyes lit up with
queer glow as I told him of the
SCRAP" and he smote his left palm
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hand.
81 would have given anything to
have been there he exclaimed" I
never get a chance for any fun like
that, worse luck"
He continued in that strain for
some time, and compared his life to
that of the young Prince in ''Alt Held
elberg," a play the popularity of
which I understood after my personal
experience of the actual training of
young German Princes.
Given he had some fun at the Uni
versity," said Prince Oscar, wistful-
Iy. 'I never got any even there. 1
shall never have the chance until I
am too old to enjoy it."
1t seemed to me that he was al
ready too old las he was as set in his
| opinions and his ways as man of
forty. for all his submission to his
governors and teachers, including
even myself. He used to follow my
| instructions implicitly and unjuestion-
ingly in way that found most pa
thetic. He seemed surprised that I
did not bully him a good deal more,
taking advantage of the little author
| ity I was given over him.
That was certainly his way. REF
member that, during our first long
interview, he summoned a servant,
and when the man appeared he spoke
to him in a loud, angry voice, and
with every appearance of displeasIre.
did not then understand German,
but being curious to know what the
fellow had done, asked the Prince
what his crime was.
Bully and Be BulIied
"Oh, we always speak to the ser
wants like that" replied Prince Os-
car, carelessly; and I afterwards
found that he had not exaggerated the
SOME SPORT GAL
facts in any way. Bully and be bull
lied in turn, is the experience of every
German, even of the sons of the
Kaiser himself
Oftentimes when the Kaiser en-
countered me about the grounds or
on the drill ground at Potsdam, he
would stop and ask me few brusque
Oscar was making.
as he obedient?" he would usual
ly. ask.
DOCS he give you implicit obedi-
ence when you make him an order
II not, you must tell Grafvon Soden
and he will see you are obeyed."
Owing to the continual and exact
ing round of duties which constituted
his daily life, Prince Oscar had few
chums. His intimates, at the time
i when I instructed him in sports, were
his brother Joachim, his cousins
} Prince Sigismund and Friedrich Kari
the sons of Prince Leopold, the Kais-
er's cousin and brother-in-saw, and
his cousin. Prince George OF Greece
the son of Constantine, at that time
| Crown Prince of Greece, and more
lately King and ex-King of that coun-
try.
All these young men were subject
to a discipline and a sense Oh duty
Asimilar to that of Prince Oscar. They