The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-15

For Eighteen months the boxing inst
On Christmas day, just when had
finished my dinner, telegram from
Prince Oscar, bearing the red star
which marked Geographic dispatches
from members of the royal family,
was brought to me.
1 may say that when staying at my
hotel L invariably received one of
those kilograms every day-a fact
which accounted for the great cour-
tesy and consideration 1 always re-
ceived there.
This particular message asked me
to come to the Neues Palais at four
O'Clock that afternoon. 1t was then
lust about four and 1 had only time
to bundle my costume and boxing
gloves in a handbag, call for taxi,
and beg the man to make all speed
over the twenty-mile journey to Pots
dam.
"It is the Kaiser's business" I
shouted when he demurred. After that
1 got speed all right. But in spite
of his frantic and quaint driving it
was nearer five than four when I
drew up outside the great portico of
the Neues Palais, having bluffed past
the numerous guards and sentries by
declaring 1 was on Imperial business.
Then came the wearisome business
of getting in touch with Prince Oscar.
/ was passed from one Turnkey to an
other until at last I arrived in the
cautious hands of Freiherr Won der
Horst, a very stately and influential
court official. He conducted me to the
Palace gymnasium, a vast carpeted
apartment with a number of rooms
opening out of it on the left-hand
side.
In, one of those rooms, he explained,
Prince Oscar was at present occupied
with the Kaiserin.
'fWill you kindly tell him, then that
have arrived?" requested
He seemed overcome with horror.
"But no. he said hotly. '"That is
impossible. I may not disturb the
Prince when he is. engaged with the
Empress
Held Up By Etiquette
There was nothing for me to dc
but to cool my heels in patience
though I knew was now an hour
late. Twas interested in the six doors
on my left, and was more interested
later'when Prince Oscar told me they
were this six rooms he and his broth
ers had occupied when they were
boys.
From one of them came a lout
voice, lifted up in stern military com
fmand- That 1 afterwards learned wa.
thermilitary@ tutor of Prince Joachim
rehearsing him for a coming examin
iation. There is no rest for German
tuSfnces. even ON Christmas day.
Finally PrincesOscar came saunter
observation-disclosures me for being
late.
Wegare. going to give a show be
TfnreSthe4 family" he explained; "jus
to&zmnsethem, and to show papa hoy
much I have benefited from boxing
This interested me deeply becaus
MISREPRESENTATION on foot at tina
time to include boxing in the list o
physical accomplishments for Ger
man Army officer, and a necessar
sport for the competition for the Ar
my Officers Championship. We dis
cussed this for a little time and ais
the other physical exercise we shout
include in our show.
The Prince then showed me int
one Of the six rooms-it was that o
the absent sailor, Prince Adelbert-
and changed into my costume. Ono
more 1 noticed tho plain baroness @
the room, and the Spruche, or tex
over the head of the simple iron bed
stead.
Die Liebe hoert nimmer auf "
said, which may be freely translate
in the words of the old song as kin
wards told me that all the Spruch
in their rooms were the persons
choice of the Kaiser himself!
Presently Prince Oscar returned
all stripped.for the fray, and demand
ed to, know whether I had brougr
his boxing gloves. had not, for h
were at Kabinetthaus. 1 only had nj
own pair.
They are waiting" he exclaimed
in a pathetic despair. Papa can nj
be kept waiting. What shall we do
In the gymnasium 1 had noticed
pair of stiff leather gloves wit
gauntlets, such as a chauffeur use
and I mentioned these. My pup
rushed away for them at once an
soon returned with relief written a
over his face, which had previous
shown nothing but CONSERVATION.
Boxing with GaHntlets.
ct think" suggested gently, 9TH
If anybody boxes with those gloves
had better be myself"
I had no rdesireAto receive a cham
blow in the face from Prince Oscs
using those gloves, for he might ha7
inflicted a cut that would last f,
life. He readily agreed to use. N
boxing gloves, and so, with a ridic'
1ousEpair Of lchauffeur's gloves on n
fists. I made my bow before the a
,semb1edA family OF the -Hohenzollern