Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-01-10
CHAPTER XII.
The Crown Prinee-and Others.

MT CHAPTER XII.
The Crown Prince-and Others.
first saw the crown prince profes
Gonally 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 Off.
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 q habit Of placing his hands
On his hips and his coats were always
Jared In at the waist which, with the
i 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
T was accentuated by his height. He
was nearly six feet tall.
he came into my Office, remember,
I with copy Of Life In his pocket. He
took it out and opened 1t and showed
me q 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 wrist
watch. although at that time wrist
4 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. It was plain to
/ tee he was dreadfully afraid of pain,
and he evidently realized that I had
noticed his condition.
II suppose the crown prince and the
future ruler Of Germany ought to
be brave at all times" he remarked,
hut ! just hate to have to go to
dentist r. 81. .s
He asked me If had seen any men,
ber Of the court lately, and I told him
dat the kaiser's court chamberlain.
Count Won Eulenburg, had been to see
me the previous day. y
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, eat very little.
I wasn't to remain thin. hate fat peo-
ple.''
The crown prince and did not get
along very wen It that time. Apart
from the fact he was such physical
coward that It was almost impossible
to work on him satisfactorily, he
1eemed to have no idea Of the meaning
q N appointment.
He would agree to be. at my office
ct 0:30 and 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 old him that l
couldn't have my work broken up In
that way. IT,. ..
Il Although 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 or less regular visits. She was
Z 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. l
remember one day. when was work.
ing on Princess Hatfield, we heard q
oud "Hoo-hoo" from the anteroom.
The crown princess had heard that
he Princess Hatfield, who was a
great chum of hers, was in my Office
md had followed her into my place
The Princess Hatfield, may men.
ion, was an extremely intelligent and
,eautiful young woman, and because
Il her intimacy with the crown prin-
.ess, took a keen interest in the
Jews she expressed from time to time.
Ter mother was an American.
When she called on me on one occa-
ion after the war had started, re-
Ieated to her the gist of converse.
ion had had few days before with
Ter father, Excellenz Won Stumm. He
informed me that he had been trying
o convince all Germans Of influence
hat Il would be q serious mistake to
nnex Belgium.
sErom morning to night have been
gying to teach our people some sense"
. had declared. "With the history Of
GLAND and Alsace-LOrraine In mind,
ny should we take more responsible
les on our shoulders by retaining
The Lord only knows we
ave our hands full as it is. don't
% and I never have seen how Ger
lany can possibly win this wari"
sYour father seemed to be very pes
lnistic regarding the outlook" told
e.
'-The sad thing about it," she re-
lied, sis that father Is always right!
never knew him to make a mistake
j Judgment"