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after many years of observation in this
most interesting field I am convinced
that no country surpaSses Holland in
the number of graceful, shapely and
good-looking girls and boys of all ages.
I have watched them for hours hur-
rying TO and from school on their bikes,
also in Amsterdam the thousands of
men and maidens who are in offices
all day who live in the suburbs and
move swiftly to and fro on bicycles.
We look in vain for the Dutch of our
caricatures-the stodgy, clumsy and
heavy type. On the contrary we find
today the laughing and singing of
with tennis rackets or other symbol of
sportive tastes.
Kaiser Admires West Point.
The Kaiser spoke warmly Of the late
Andrew d. White and George Bancroft,
all of whom were ornaments of our
diplomatic body. But, of course, he
dep1ored our sending occasionally a
representative who spoke neither French
nor German and who, therefore, was
about as useful as electric fans in
Greenland. One such I recall we'll
He was chancellor of New Jersey, and
a very good one, but wasted in Berlin
in 1895.
Another wastage of American money
was the sending of military attaches
to Germany who also knew no German
and only such French as is taught at
West Point and soon rusts with desue-
tude. But for West Point itself william
II expressed great admiration and also
asked me to convey grateful acknowl-
edgments to both Gen. Smith and the
commandment of cadets for the courtesy
they had shown to his grandson, DR..
Louis Ferdinand, who visited America
last year.
This prince, a great-great-grandson
Of Queen Victoria, came here to carve
out career for himself. He was only
S years old when the World War opened
and grew UP a child of the Berlin
revolutionary ideas. much neglected
parentally, yet, like Benjamin Franklin,
keen student in the greatest of all
schools-life.
At West Point he talked fiuentIy in
five languages. In the Spanish section
he was a Spaniard and in the French
he also was French His Italian and
German he practiced while inspecting
the kitchens of the cadet mess, and
as to his English, it Is also excellent.
He passed two days at our great mill
tary school and admired everything
IL
ton to the cadet dances. He dined in
hall as guest of the cadets and was
made quasi honorary member of that
body. They will not soon forget that
:, memorable visit.
Think of it--a young man who at
the age of % comes to America with
five languages and the diploma of the
Berlin University--but empty pockets.
The Kaiser spoke affectionately oil
81 FRka ria nnA d
learn that the newspaper tales about
anorous adventures in Hollywood and
South America we're mere publicity eff
forts made by others than himself. OF
course, Louis Ferdinand may some day
be German Kaiser, for stranger things
than this have happened. Was not the
accession of Queen Victoria equally
surprising 100 years ago?
William III Poor Man.
must repeat that William II is 8
poor man and that Prince Louis Ferdi-
nand is making q gallant effort at sup
porting hinself-in which he deserves
the praise of every true American. He
did not use his title, but registered
merely as DR.. Louis Ferdinand. From
the moment of his landing, to that Of
his meeting Henry Ford in Dearborn
he passed all his time In the study Of
American institutions and machinery
visiting Schenectady-th locomotive
works Of the New York Central, ths
chops Of the General Electric, the beau