The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-12-19

w ~ I'll tlA1Nts LAG tHiu hgNs
but ! just hate to have to go to a
dentistv
He asked me II I had seen any men,
Der Of the court lately, and I told him
that the kaiser's court chamberlain,
Count von Eulenburg. had been to see
me the previous day.
I'm not surprised he has to go 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. I eat very little.
l want to remain thin. ! hate fat peo-
pie"
The crown prince and I did not get
along very well Mt that time. Apart
from the fact he was such a physical
coward that 1t was almost impossible
TO worn on him satisfactorily, he
seemed to have no idea Of the meaning
Of an appointment.
He would agree to be at r1y office
at $50 and I would plan my day ac-
cordingly. At about ten he was apt
to call me up to say he would be on
hand ut eleven. and he would actually
arrive about twelve. This happened
several times, and I told him that I
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
1913. and from that time on paid me
more OF less regular visits. She was
a woman of great charm and intelli-
gence, and although she was nor
Russian than German In her ideas, and
for some time after her marriage was
rather generally criticized on that ac-
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 / 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 vas a
great chum Of hers, was In my Office
and had followed her into my place
unannOunced.
The Princess HATFIELD. / may men.
ton, was an extremely intelligent and
beautiful young woman, and because
of her Intimacy with the crown prin-
cess, ! took a keen interest In the
views she expressed from time to time.
Her mother was IN American.
When she called on me on one occa.
sion after the war had started. I re-
peated to her the gist Of a converse.
ton I had had a few days before with
her father, Excellenz von 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 ! have been
trying to teach u people some sense"
he had declared. with the history OF
Poland and AlsaceLorraine In mind
why should we take more responsible
ties on u shoulders by retaining
Belgium The Lord only knows We
have our hands full as It is. I DOM
see and I never have e how Ger
many can possibly win this warI"
"Your father seemed to be very pes
simistic regarding the outlook" I told
her.
1.-THE sad thing about It," she re
piled. 'Is that father is always right
I never knew him to make a mistake
In judgment"
When the crown prince called to SEE
me again ! vas surprised to find q
considerable change In his general ap
pearance. Although, of cours he wal
ten years older. he had aged more
than I would have expected. There
were lines on his face which made hin
look older than his thirty-three years
In the outer world he was generally
believed to be one Of the leading spir
its Of the military party in Germany
but among his own people he was MOI
fluence to be much Of a factor. In
deed, within the past year he had beer
criticized rather severely In nrmy cir
cles for his indifference to the crisl.
In which his country was involved ans
for not taking the war seriousl,
enough. and from all / was able t.
observe Of him during the visits h
paid me after the resumption Of oul
relations, these criticisms were wei
founded. The newspapers. however
which were naturally inspired. always
brought his name to the front when
ever the army he was accredited {,
made any successful showing just a
they did In the case Of the kaiser.
During his various visits to me
tried to draw him out a little on DIFF
ferent aspects of the international sit
uation, but the ideas he expressed
were not of much moment.
"The allies think we will run shor
Of man-power." he said on one occa
sion. 'but we've got 100000 youth
growing up and Wen soon be able t
put them In the war. There's no dan
ger Of our running short Of men, but
really. l wish 1t were oil over. Thi
war is a lot Of damned nonsense, yoI
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