The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-17
4 Eager to Do Something
Constructive in His
Line of Ability
WAS INVITED TO U. S.
Gerard Once Asked Him
to Come to America for
a Hunting Trip
EY FRANK T.. MASON
$. STAFF Correspondent.

t.r..rui by International News Service)
W.rnINGEN. July 16.--Gcr-
,r.lr.. crown Prince is looking for
q rasuar Job. In his own words he
is quite rod up with the enforced life
NJ rou,o.onous inactivity on the lone
v little submarine island which the
sturdy Dutch by their strong dykes
robbed from the green gray depths
o. the Zuyder Zee.
Not that his days are not occupied
from dawn until dark; his cores
rordrur,. his memoirs. his horse
shoe making at the village forge, his
mo'0rpvClc violin and skctchhook.
his huyIug instructor engage every
minute II his time. But the Crown
Primo, is tired of II all; he Graves n
regular i0h
Il must get out Of here and | am
going ~ do So" he said. Il want
IN turn my energy into some real
constructive work along the line OF
nv abilities" After you've made
the tedious journey to the secluded
island and seen the primitive accom-
modat.ous Of thc five-room Crown
Primo, palace" you need no further
explanation that any normal bcing
would wish to escape from the de-
pressing gloom which crushos down
from The dun skies Of the Xuydei
Dec
Gloomy Surroundings.
At Srhnuun YOU leave the Amster-
dam train and board toy railroad,
the rolling stock Of which totals one
diWinutiyo engine. one coach and one
freight car. After creeping across
the meadows past detected wind
mills crossing innumerahlc canals
aud dykes, YOU arrive at Ewysksluls.
which is evidently Dutch for three
houses windmill and railroad
station
n tho weather pcrmits motor
boat Nlayb with oil and groaso, viii
oyr> yun for half an hour into the
ZIyd.r Tc" to the island of Nicrin-
- r December the island was
Rebound for two weeks. and the eX-
crown u"tncc was unable to join his
mother for her last Christmas at
Doom
uo-t..aud. one Of the four tiny
hamlots ou the island, Is reached
row Winding road from tho IN rhor.
No DISTINGUISHING mark 6Ctrays
which ~ the doll-likc hous"s shell
'crs the oX-crown prince. We stop
at a gIt", and servant in civilian
clothes comes out to take the pack
ages brought bv the major, the C"-
crown PRINCES former aide, who had
met me IN hmstcrdam,
Few alterations have been made
IN the Oostorland pastors home,
which tho Netherlands government
placed 1T the disposal Of the ex-
crown prince. The same reed rugs
m tho floor of the narrow entrance
nan anponr to have seen childish feet
transformed 20 tottering age. The
same worn red stair-carpet leads to
the second floor, divided into two
oedro0u s--nnc for the eX-crown
prince and ono for the major The
primitive baroness Of the accom-
moda'l9ns stands out I'm startling
contrast 70 tho comfortably appoint
"l, ro0mv apartment which even the
man NJ small salary enjoys in Ber-
In
Th0ra is no bathroom: there is no
ha'h'"n there is neither sewage or
n'n~'.0g water Is carried In
: huok'' nr pitcher and poured into
an old-fashionod washbowl petro-
!eum lamps or candles furnish the
hfh' Iron stoves heat the rooms
IN tho winter
Nnthcr's Portrait Near.
fHl-longth photograph ot the
a'' 'N."mpross, hanging over the
nr'n'n.n dominates the simple down
Sar' room which serves as dining
room living room, library and par.
'or. An autographed portrait of the
--NrINI.n ON rAGE -