Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-11-22

his left hand and he wore wrist
watch, although at that time wrist
watches were used almost exclusively
by women. He seemed to be bright
and quick, but by no means brilliant:
Perhaps the quality exhibited by him
that impressed me most on that flrst
occasion was his excessive nervousness.
He trembled all over. 1t was plain to
see he was dreadfully afraid of pain,
and he evidently realized that l had
noticed his condition.
81 suppose the crown prince and the
future ruler of Germany ought to
be brave at all times" he remarked,
ssbut I Just hate to have to go to
dentistw
He asked me if had seen any men,
Der of the court lately, and / told him
that the kaisers court chamberlain,
Jorat Won EH}enhurg, had been to sea
ne the previous day.
'I'm not surprised he has to go to
the dentist; he eats too much" the
crown prince declared. Gle can't eK'
rect to have good teeth: he's always
eating. AS for myself, eat very little.
I>want to remain thin. hate fat peo'
pie"
The crown prince and 1 did not get
along very we'll at that time. Apart
from the fact BE was such physica,
coward that it was almost impossible
to work. en- him satisfactorily, ne
seemed to have 10 idea OF the meaning
OF an appointment.
He would agree to be at my Office
! at 8 80 and l world plan my day &C
cordingiy. At about ten he was apt
to call me up to say be would be On
hand at eleven, ard he would actually
arrive about twelve. This happened
| several times, ard I old him that |
couldn't have ny work broken up n
that way.
Although ] did net see the crown
prince again professionally until 1879,
the crown princess came to me in
1913, and from that time On paid Ii"
more Or less regular visits. She WAS
/ woman Of great charm and intelii-
| sance, and although she was more
Russian than German in her ideas, and
aor some time after her marriage was
,ather generally criticized on that ac-
count, she soon became extremely
popular and today is very much ad-
nired by the German people.
She was one Of the most democratic
I'd Informal Of my royal patients. l
..:neiy!her one day when I was work
ug On Princess Hatfield, we heard
3ud 'Hoo-hoo" from the anteroom.
!'he crown princess had heard that
ne Princess Hatfield, who was
.reat chum of hers, was In my Office
and had followed her into my place
lnannounced.
The Princess Hatfield, may men
ion, was an extremely intelligent and
beautiful young woman, and because
4 her intimacy with the crown prin-
,css, l took keen interest in the
Jews she expressed from time to time
Ter mother was an American.
When she called on me On one occa-
on after the war had started, l re-
Gated to her the gist of converse
IN had had a few days before with
.cr father. ExcellenZ Won Stumm. lie
formed me that he had been trying
) convince all Germans Of influence
a4t it would be a serious mistake to
mex Belgium.
From morning to night have been
.-rying to teach our people some sense
e had declared. "With Inc history OF
'o!and and Alsace-Lorraire in mind,
Why should we take more responsible
ties on our shoulders by retaining
Belgium? The Lord only knows we
lave our hands full as it is. l don't
see and I never have seen how Ger
rqny can possibly win this war!"
your father seemed to be very pes
.'imistic regarding tie outlook" told
! Ter.
1.-The sad thing about it," she re-
Dlied, sis that father is always right
l-never knew him to make mistake
ia Judgment"
When the crown prince called to see
ne again I was surprised to find a
consi derabIe change in his general ap-
pearance. Although, Of course, he was
ten years older, he had aged more
than / would have expected. There
were lines on his face which made him
look older than his thirty-three years.
In the outer world he was generally
believed to be one OF the leading spir-
It's Of the military party in Germany,
but among his own people he was not
credited with sufficient ability or IN
auence to be much of factor In
deed, within the past year lie lad been
criticized rather severely IN army cir
cles for his Indifference to the crisis
in which his country was involved and
fer not taking the war seriously
enough, and from all l was able to
serve Of him during the visits he
| pad me after the resumption of our
relations, these criticisms were well
| founded. The newspapers, however,
which were naturally inspired, always
brought his name to the front when
ever the army he was accredited to
| made any successful showing just as
they did in the case Of the kaiser.
During his various visits to me l
tried to draw him out a little on diff.
sarant aSnectS of the international sit