Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-10-31
CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XII.
The Grown Prinee-and Others.
FIRST saw the crown prince profess
sionally in the spring Of 1905, few
months before his marriage. He was
then twenty.three years old. He was
In the uniform Of German army OH.
Ger but looked more like q corps stu
dent except for the fact that his face
was not marked with scar from duel.
ling, as is usually the case with most
members Of the German fraternities.
He had habit Of placing his hands
on his hips and his coats were always
fiared In at the waist which, with the
sporty angle at which he wore his cap,
gave him swagger which was quite
foreign to the rest Of the officers of the
army. he was Of slender figure. which
was accumulated by his height. He
was nearly six feet tall.
He came into my ONCE, I remember,
with copy Of Life In his pocket. He
took 1t out and opened 1t and showed
me 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 Q 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 nervousness.
he trembled all over. 1t was plain to
see he was dreadfully afraid Of pain.
and he evidently realized that had
noticed his condition.
II suppose the crown prince and the
future ruler Of Germany ought to
be brave ut all times" he remarked,
''but I Just hate to have 10 20 to q
dentist!"
He asked me II had seen any mean
Der Of the court lately, and told him
that the kaisse's court chamberlain
Count Won Eulenburg. had beea Do -
me the previous day.
TIN not surprised he has to - .
the dentist; no eats too muchl" ths
crown prince declared. HE can't e1.
pect to have good teeth; he's always
eating. Az for myself. eat very little
want to remain thin. hate fat peo-
pie" ~
The crown prince and did not get
sfongk very well ut that time. Apart
from the fact no was such q 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 ut my once
ut 0:30 and I would plan my day ae-
cordingly. At about ten he was apt
to call me up to 3ay he would be o.
hand at eleven. and hs would actually
arrive about twelve. This happened
several times, and :old him that I
couldn't have my work broken up N
that way.
Although I did not Sc the crown
prince again professionally until 1916,
the crown princess. came to me in
1913. and from that time on paid me
more or less regufAr visits. She was
woman Of great charm and intelli-
eence. and although she was more
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 adj
mired by the German people.
She was one Of the most democratic
and Informal Of my royal patients. 1
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 was q
great chum Of hers. was In my Office
and had followed her into my place
unannounced.
The Princess. Hatfield. I may men
ton, was an extremely intelligent and
beautiful young woman. and because
of her intimacy with the crown prin-
cess, took 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 had started. l ~
peated to her the gist Of a converse
don had had few days before with
her father, Excellenx Won Stumm. He
informed me that he rad been trying
to convince all Germans Of influence