American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-11-19


On his hips and his coats we're always
hared 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 accumulated by his height. He
was nearly six feet tall.
He came into my Office, 1 remember,
with a copy Of Life in his pocket. He
took it 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 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 l had
noticed his condition.
81 D the crown prince and the
future ruler Of Germany ought to
be brave al all times" he remarked,
"but 1 just hate to have to go to a
dentist :"
He asked me If I had seen any mem
her of the court lately. and | told him
that the kaiser's court chamberlain.
Count Won Eulenburg. had been to see
me the previous day.
"rm not surprised he has to go to
the dentist; he eats too muchl" the
crown prince declared. "He can't ex-
pect to have good teeth he's always
eating. As for myself, l eat very little.
1 want to remain thin. l hate fat peo-
pie"
The crown prince and l did not get
along very well at that time. Apart
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 9 80 and 1 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
couldn't have my work broken up In
that way.
Although 1 did not see the crown
prince again professionally until 1918
the crown princess came to me In
1918, and from that time On paid me
more or less regular visits. She wal
a woman of great charm and intelli
gence, and although she was NOR
Russian than German in her ideas. ant
for some time after her marriage wa
rather generally criticized on that &C
count, she soon became extremel.
popular and today is very much ad
mired by the German people.
She was one Of the most Democrat
and informal of my royal patients
remember one day when 1 was worn
ing on Princess Hatfield. we heard
loud "Hoo-hoo' from the a%nteroon
The crown princess had heard tina
the Princess Hatfield, who was
great chum Of hers. vas In my offc
and had followed her into my plac
unannounced.
The Princess Hatfield, 1 may mel
ton, was an extremely intelligent an
beautiful young woman. and becaus
Of her intimacy with the crown prir
cess, / took a keen interest in tn
views she expressed from time to TIM
Her mother was an American.
When she called on me IN n occt
sion after the war had started, l n
!, peated to her the gist Of a convers'
ton l had had a few days before wit
her father, Excellenz Won Stumm. b
J informed me that he had been trytn
to convince all Germans Of ~inhuenC
that IL would be a serious mistake
: annex Belgium.
From morning to night / have bee
trying to teach our people some sense
he had declared. with the history
; Poland and Alsace-Lorraine in min,
. why should we take more responsible
tiles on our shoulders by retainir
Belgium? The Lord only knows "
: have our hands full as 1t is. l don
see and l never have seen how &c
many can possibly win this wari"
. ~Your father seemed to be very pc
: simistic regarding the outlook" I to
: her.
The sad thing about it." she r
piled. ais that father is always RICH
l never knew him to make a mistal
in judgment"
; When the crown prince called to s.
me again 1 was surprised to find
considerable change in his general q
: pearance. Although. Of course, he vi
: ten years older. he had aged mo
thaz l would have expected. The
/, we're lines on his face which made hi
. look older than his thirty-three year
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