Evening star., 1932-07-31
j. s. LIFE PLEASES
z GERMAN PRINCES
GrandSonS of Former Kaiser
Like to Study People
and Industries.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.

MAIDEN N-ON-HUDSON, N Y. July
80 (N.AN.A) The second and fourth
son of the former Crown Prince of
Germany are having a fine time here
on the estate of their grandfather
friend. Poultney Bigelow. Two more
attractive, friendly or more normal
young men it would be hard to find.
This country is new to Prince Fred
erick William, and don't call him Fred
erick August. as many have been doing.
He says there is quite difference.
eat home. they only call you by one
name" he declares. but if they call
you by two here, wish they would get
mine right"
He really has a lot of Names" said
Prince Louis Ferdinand, smiling mis-
chievouSlv at his younger brother. His
name is Frederick William George and
a lot more. There is a Ludwig in it, y
he added, drawing it out to "Looodvig." !"
Other Names Dropped.
''What do the other workmen call
you, in that assembly plant in Detroit?"
he was asked.
Louis, of course" he answered
eve all call each other by our first
name"
In Detroit Prince Louis Ferdinand
of the Ford factory has rooms at the
Chatham, an apartment house with
hotel service. He gets his breakfast
there, his luncheon at the plant and
his dinner at any one Of number of
places, just like any other young
bachelor.
Prince Louis does not go out very
much in the evening, because he is
tired by nightfall and has to get up
early in the morning. When he has
any time off he likes to go out to the
airdrome. where he got his pilots Ii
cense, hire plane and fly bit. He
also likes to ride.
AL his family are splendid horsemen
and all have ridden a good deal, al
though" says Prince Frederick William,
grandfather doesn't ride much now,
in spite Of the fact that he is still q
tremendously active man for his age.
He is 73, you know about the same age
as Mr. Bigelow. He always exercises
two hours every morning, usually
around his woodpile or his garden
And then he takes a walk. have just
come from Doom, you know. Grand
father is very well and strong"
Proud of Grandfather.
my grandfather" said Prince Louis
Ferdinand, lis very highly educated
man and his mind is always active.
Physically or mentally he does not like
to remain quiet"
The two German princes, together
with their host, cid a little work on
the Bigelow family woodpile, for the
benefit of some movie men. Prince
Frederick William walked through his
part of the performance about like
any college boy, which is exactly what
you would take him for. In appear
ance he is Just like your fair-haired,
blue-eyed, Anglo-SaXon nephew from
Harvard or Yale. It is only when he
speaks that you realize he is from over
seas. He has not yet his brothers
command of English.
Mr.. Bigelow says that this boy looks
like his fathers side of the family,
bearing marked facial resemblance to
his grandfather, the former Kaiser. He
is extremely courteous, but has what
We might regard as the American boy S
sense Of humor, but which really is
common to youth around the world.
When something strikes him as really
funny he tries politely to keep his
face straight only to be betrayed by
@ sudden chuckle.
This younger Hosenzollern is of the
athletic type. He likes to sprint, to
throw the javelin, or spear, as he calls
it; to fly and to sail. Under normal
conditions, he probably would have
gone into the navy. AS it is, he has
been working in a bank and likes it
just as well as any other youngster
with no especial fair for mathematics
would like working in a bank. He holds
an especial grudge against the man
who invented bookkeeping, although
lately he has been in another depart
ment. His work doesn't mean he will
be a banker. 1t is only part of the
general educational scheme of his
family. His brothers all went through
it before him
Prince Louis Ferdinand, for example,
worked in a bank in the Argentine.
Then he came to the United States to
learn something of manufacturing. He
speaks gratefully of the kindness Of
both Henry and Edsel Ford.
Praises EdseI Ford.
"Edsel is a grand fellow" he says,
warmly, and his father is extremely
likeable. He has SO much of that quality
you describe as pep He has been
more than kind. Have you looked at
the car he gave me?"
Prince Louis has one of the new
Fords, coupe with L. F. on the door,
and he is extremely proud of it..
Among other attachments it has a
radio. He says that some consider a
radio in a car dangerous, but that for
him it is the opposite, since it keeps
him from driving and day-dreaming at
the same time. The prince explains
that some in Detroit may have thought
him rather solitary, but that 1t is mere
ly that man cannot work days and
stay up late at night. In speaking of
DetroiterS he had met, he asked:
DO you know a nice fellow who
writes verses, whose name is Eddie
Guest?"
Prince Louis is not blond Saxon,
like his brother. He is taller and more
slender, with dark hair and eyes, and
an animation Of manner which is
almost Latin. He laughingly explains
this by saying that he must have
picked it up when he had a job in a
Latin country, but it is really a thing
OF the spirit. It is hard to imagine
anybody who worked with him or went
around with him not growing to have
a real affection for this young man.
He is what is termed, "a mixer
Prince Louis Ferdinand would get
along in any company, and in spite OF
the fact that he is distinctly Of the
student type he has the qualities Of
leadership which would impel men TO
fellow him.
He is not really mechanically in
ciined. His bent is distinctly sociology
1t was thesis along those lines which
got him his doctors degree at the Uni
versity of Berlin. He merely says that
he is interested in mankind" The
chances are that the men of the Ford
factory engage his attention even more
than the machines.
Resembles Mothers Family.
With his brown eyes and hair, Prince
Louis is said to resemble his mothers
side of the family. He has, OF course,
some Russian blood and perhaps even
few drops of French, as the great
Admiral Coligny was some sort OF an
ancestor Of the elector of Brandenburg,
But there are those who see in the
shape of Prince Louis Ferdinands face
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