The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-15
E-Crown Prince
 Is Now Looking
 For Regular Job

WIeringen. July 14.-Germany's Crown Prince is looking for a. regu- lar job In his own words he is quite fed up with the enforced life of monotouous inactivity on the lone ly little submarine island which the sturdy Dutch by their strong dfkes s-robbed from the green gray depths of the Zuyder Zee.
 Not that his days are not occupied from dawn until dark, his correspon- dence, his memoirs, his horseshoe ] making at the village forge, his mo- Etorc1cle, violin and sketchbook, his EboIng instructor engage every min ute of his time. But the Crown Prince is tired of it all; he craves a regular job.
 T must get out of here and am going to do so," he said. 'T want to turn my energy into some real [ constructive work along the line of my abilities" After you've made Ethe tedious journey to the secluded ? island and seen the primitive acco- sInmodations of the fve-roon Prince ation that any moral being would wish to escape fro the depressing gloom which crushes down from the gull skies of the zuyder Zee.
 5Cfown Prfnce'S Gloomy Surroundings
 At Schagen you leave the Amster- dam train and board a toy railroad, the rolling stock of which totals one dim1nudve engine, one coach and one
 
 the meadows past dejected windmills, Fcrossing innumerab1e canals and dykes. you arrive at Ewycksluis, which is evidently Dutch for three houses, a windmill and 0 railroad sta- Etion.
 1.-the weather permits notorboat Fblack with oil and grease. will carry kyou for half an hour into the Zuyder Zee to the Island of Wierengen. In E December the island was icebound E for two weeks, and the ex-Crown sPrdnce was unable to join his mother tfor her last Christmas at Doorn. l OoSteriand, one of the four tiny 5 ham1ets on the island, is reached by etraxe1ing over six miles of narrow fsw1nding road from the harbor. No ! distinguishing mark betrays which of sCrown Prince. We stop at a gate, and a servant in civilian clothes drought by the Major, the ex-Crown Princes former aide, who had met 5me in Amsterdam
 Few alterations have been made in fthe Netherlands Government placed Sat the disposal of the ex-Crown : Prince. The same reed rugs on the 5f1oor of5the narrow entrance hall ap- Eformed to tottering age. The same sworn red staircarpet leads to the sec 5ond floor, divided into two bedrooms s-one 1 for the ex-crown Prince and pA Fbareness of the accommodations gstands out in startling contrast to the Fconfortably appointed, roony apart ssalary enjoys in Berlin.
 There is no bathroom; there Is no bathtub; there Is neither sewage nor fplumbing. Water is carried in a buck ct or pitcher and poured into an ofu- fashioned waShbowl. Petroleum lamp or candles furnish the light: Iron stoves heat the rooms in the winter.
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 A fun-length photograph of the late ex-Empress, hanging over the fire- place dominates the simply down. sstairs room which serves as dining graphed portrait of the ex-Crown Princes father stands on the mantle.
 Dinner will be served at eight. The sex-Crown Princes former striker or ord<rly, who has followed his master is arranging a small table set for four There is another guest tonight, Pro the ex-Crown Prince some corrective hints on Sketching. Usually there are but two pates; week after week the ex-Crown Prince and his former comm union.
 Professor Schu1tz-Goer1itz, rather tyoung for the German title of ssuro- ifessor" opens a portfolio and shows me some of the recent sketches made by the ex-Crown Prince. They are all lie studies and include an excel lent profile portrait of himself and several good sketches of Major won Jena, his former aide. The profes- Sors own sketches show the ex- iCrown Prince, with his hammer and ffongs at the anvil of the blacksmith In the neighboring hamlet.
 The ex-Crown Prince enters. ooubfe-breasted h1ue serge suit does not not hide @ the supple body of an ath- shows threads of white. From the sun-tanned face a pair of friendly blue eyes smile a welcome. The strongest impression one receives of the ex-Crown Prince is that he is kind and human.
 At the little square dining table rader the warm glow of the oil Iarnn ne is apt to forget he is on the lone " isle of Wierengen. The ex-Cropvn lrince is a charming host; his plain rnassuming democracy, his quiet mo oesty and his utter lack of snobbish- ness make it easy to understand whx, he was unpopular in certain German circles, where the measure of a man seems to be determined by the amount of .rudeness he can use to biS fellow man and get away with it He speaks English with ease and perfec- ton.
 Defends the People.
 ssHow do you like my island 2" he asks. have to admit that from what I have seen in a trip from one end to the other at Wierengen, it would take a long stretch of inag- 1nation to find anything to boast < about.
 \ The ex-Crown Prince immediately champions the islanders. who, he says are honest and big-hearted folk When he came here the people were filled with anxiety about the unknown ex-Prince. But today their own .Kroonprinz' is very popular, from sthe children clumpmg along in their wooden shoes to the grandfather fish ermen, with their grizzled cheeks fringed with white.
 sI must get away from here; and l am going to do so. Naturally wish to return to my country-to my wife and children. One mustn't forget that I have been separated from my family for seven years The ex- Crown Prince became silent Then he gets out the framed portraits ot his four and two daughters. The