The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-11-21

In the uniform of a German army off.
Ger but looked more like a corps stu.
dent except for the fact that his face
was no marked with a scar from duel.
ling, as Is usually the case with most
members Of the German fraternities.
He had q habit of placing his hands
on his hips and his coats were always
flared In at the waist which, with the
sporty angle at which he wore his cap
gave him a swagger which was quite
foreign to the rest Of the officers Of the
army. He was of slender figure, which
was accentuated by his height. He
vas nearly six feet tall.
He came into my office, l remember,
with a copy of Life In his pocket. He
took 1t out and opened 1t and showed
me a cartoon Of himself which appar-
emily caused him considerable amuse-
ment and which, he said, he intended
showing his family.
There were two beautiful rings on
his left hand and he wore a 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 first
occasion was his excessive
He trembled all over II was plain to
see he vas d%readfully afraid of pain,
and he evidently realized that l had
noticed his condition.
IL suppose the crown prince and the
future ruler Of Germany ought to
be brave at all times" he remarked.
but I just hate to have to go TO u
dentist! !"
He asked me If I had seen any mem
Der Of the court lately, and l told him
that the kaiser's court chamberlain.
Count Won Eulenburg. had been to see
me the previous day.
"Tm not surprised he has to 20 to
the dentist; he eats too much !" the
crown prince declared. "He can't ex.
pect to have good teeth; he's always
eating. AS for myself. ! eat very little.
/ want to remain thin. ] hate fat peo-
pie"
The crown prince and l did not get
from the fact he was such a physical
coward that it was almost impossible
to work on him satisfactorily, he
seemed to have no idea of the meaning
Of an appointment.
He would agree to be at my office
at $50 and / would plan my day &C.
cordingly. At about ten he was apt
to call me up to say he would be on
hand at eleven, and he would actually
arrive about twelve. This happened
several times, and l old him that l
couldn't have my work broken up in
that way.
Although I did not see the crown
prince again professionally until 1915.
the crown princess came to me in
1918. and from that time on paid me
more or less regular visits. She was
a woman Of great charm and intelli-
gence. and although she was more
Russian than German In her ideas, and
for some time after her marriage was
rather generally criticized ON that &C
count, she soon became extremely
popular and today Is very much ad-
mired by the German people.
She was one Of the most democratic
and informal Of my royal patients. !
remember one day when l was work.
ing on Princess Hatfield, we heard a
loud "Hoo-hoo" from the anteroom.
The crown princess had heard that
the Princess Hatfield, who was a
great chum of hers, was In my Office
and had followed her into my place
unannounced.
The Princess Hatfield, l may men,
ton. was an extremely intelligent and
beautiful young woman, and because
Of her intimacy with the crown prin-
cess. l took "a keen interest In the
Views she expressed from time to time.
Her mother was an American.
When she called on me on one occa.
sion after the war mad started. l re-
peated to her the gist of a CONVERSE.
ton I had had a few days before with
her father, Excellenz % Stumm. He
Informed me that he had been trying
to convince all Germans of influence
that 1t would be a serious mistake to
annex Belgium.
"From morning to night l have been
trying to teach our people some sense"
he had declared. "With the history Of
Poland and Aisace-Lorraine In mind.
why should We take more responsible
tiles on our shoulders by retaining
Belgium? The Lord only knows we
have u hands full as 1t Is. l don't
see and I never have seen how Ger.
many can possibly win this warr"
"Your father seemed to be very pes
simistlc regarding the outlook" I told
her.
1.-THE sad thing about It." she re-
piled. 'is that father Is always right
/ lever knew him to make a mistake
In judgment"
When the crown prince called to see
me again I was surprised to And q
considerable change in his general ap-
pearance. Although. Of course, he was
ten years older. he had aged more
than wOuld have oYnoctod Thoro