The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-03
THE BRIDGEPORT TIMES.

cognac and stood by the patients side urging him to rest easy and not to worry.
 When the correspondent announced that he would have to depart and similar announcement was made by Raab, pilot of the wrecked machine, the Princess urged that her guests re- main over night. When convinced that Raab and the writer must go the Princess made up some sandwiches and got a bag of freshly picked apples. AS she wrapped up the lunch with her own hands she remarked solicitiously:
 You have a long, slow train ride before you. You must take this to sustain you.
 Before their dparture the Princess asked her guests to inscribe their names in the Castle guest book. There Hohenzollern family, the former King of Saxony and other notables, all of whom had evidently paid recent visits to congratulate the Princess upon her rthcoming nupt1a1s-
 It was significant day at Castle Saaborn. The Princess eldest son, Prince Hans George-aged 16-had come home from Greis, where he at with his mother. It was the young Princes first visit home since the an nouncement of his mothers engage ment to the former German Emperor. It is understood that Prince Hans George did not know anything about the approaching bethrotha1 until his mother told him on Saturday It was out of consideration for the feeling of the two boys that the announcement was delayed. It would not have been announced until sometime next month but for the fact that the press learned l of it in the meantime. The original | intention was to break the news to | the boys gently and gradually as they
 are the only two of the Princess chill l dren old enough to remember their father well and to understand some 1 thing of the historic events of the past few years. Only the two boys of the | Princess family can understand the
 role that their new stepfather to be has played in the recent history of 1 Germany.
 ! Young Prince Hans George is a
 studious looking boy, wearing glasses. He appears to be pre-occupfed and | shy. He likes to be alone and books
 are his favorite pastime.
 | The circumstances were too deli
 cate to permit the correspondent to welve into this boys feelings. There
 were only a few words of casual con | versation. Prince Hans George was
 attracted to the wrecked airplane. As 1 he gazed wistfulIy at the twisted steel
 and wood he remarked:
 | TT am going to fly a great deal
 when I am older Mother will not l allow us to fly now"
 l The youthful Prince is one of these | chaps who think much and say little. | Walking through the Castle park | the corresp ondent ran into a group | OI DOyS pldy1QS 'SO1O1Gr- one blonde,
 pink checked lad, distinguished from
 the others by his white sailor jacket, l navy blue panta1oons and short soX, 1 seemed to be the leader. With blue eyes sparkling and in piping voice | he commanded his peasant boy play mates.
 Just as the correspondent was com ing he was crying out: Now, you are the soldiers and 1 am the King inspecting you.'
 IJa ho /R1d Ilr-i-, Ferdinand, third son of Princess Her mine.
 This little lad does not know yet that he is going to have an ex-King for his new father. Nor does he know that King and Kaiser mean as he was only baby when Germany ceased to be an empire and became a republic. He does know, however, that he is go- ing to Holland. He said to the cor respondent in a fresh, snappy way:
 "Of course I am going to Holland. That is far away. The people there wear wooden shoes and there are lots and lots of windmills and bicycles"
 Then with the dimp1es deepening in his cheeks, he added:
 If you want to take me to Holland you will have to get a new airplane. That machine is no good now.''
 He pointed a chubby hand at the wrecked plane. His playmates told Ferdinand sorely. "He has always got to be a King or a major when he plays" said they. "The little fel- 1 low owes that to his position as Prince but his chums said he was never arrogant nor selfish.
 In another section of the huge Cas- 1 tie Saaborn, children's nurse prone | naded with pretty eleven year old | pretty girl with a sensitive oval face | "a devoted little mother to the young l est child, Princess Henrietta, aged l four.
 Henrietta, as the baby of the family | lords it over the Castle and it's resi- 1 dents. Carme was shy and b1ushed l at the sight of strangers, but little | Princess Henrietta gave tit for tat in | cross fire repartee to all corners. She | too, said she was going to Holland l but for all she knows or cares it might | be the moon She was born at the | time of the death of the empire which | her prospective new papa ruled
 It is easy to predict that this chubby | little girl with natures American l beauties in her cheeks and her moth | CTS snappy brown eyes-the picture of health and carefre youth-wi11 be l the little sunshine" of the Doorn | home and will brighten the declining | years of the exiled Emperor.
 The second boy, Prince George | Wilhelm, aged 12, was not at home.
 While tea was being served there | was random conversation: The Prin- | cess Hermine talked of her love for l flowers and fine horses and discussed | literature. She spoke of Russia and ! the Turkish war in the Near East. IT would be unfair to quote evrything | she said since she had not the slightest | idea there was newspa permen present | An old friend was a house guest- | Count Pueck1er. He turned tQ the 1 correspondent laughingly between | first saw your plane coming we were | afraid it might be American news | papermen looking for sensation
 All joined heartily in the 1aughter | idea / AEElAL TAoko rnni