The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1904, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL.™ aced before you, t r your t 1 heavens onl what. At le you have the tion of kno hat you're p: Oh, say, u a rattling good josh on giris. They liv hous: after & s on, but they swore they wo eat meat unless they knew absolutely what it was. Not they. Consequently it took the thre® to do their shopping and they were blissfully satisfied with selves and the world in general morning when on of the girls going into raptures over the sky, her eye lit on a great gijt over the door. They had wa CALI % t = ==z ov— TEAD o ¥ se€n eating hor: flesh all the time they had been priding themselves th-y didn’t know what it tasted 1 “You wait one minute, I v to ! me right now whethe: sidered ail right for a girl o by herself? I've many times." sure it is. She'd have a hard it if it wasn't. There is only American woman in all France that makes her business to care for Amer- i £ and she always has a lodge or crammed full of them. The rouble is that she places a two limit on them and theyw have to room for new ones after that of time. But after that they are. They're used to the ways ace and can take care of and anyhow when the time = or four of them band to- they're very independent and comfortable. I tell you it takes an American Lo get along. You can tell one as far can see him and every tly him, e French a y up against it. Everything In the shop goes up 160 per cent and even the cabby will stand up and howl lustily for a few more pennies after he has already ove charged you shamefully. But after ave been there a short time he v call out for more, but he’ll take just what you've a mind to throw at him and be smilingly satisfied. Oh, have to live in Paris and then it before you know just how along.” “] can't stretch my fancy to such an as to th they wouldn't get " 1 answered. Vell, some of them do, and there are any number of bright. ‘alented pe ple that don’t have a chance to ma the most of themselves or their time and all because they haven't the mon- Fancy making the most of yourself a month. No man can hest work to the top when his stomach is emply and he is worry- ering every blessed min- ute wheth can manage to stay an- other onth or go home by slow freight. “t's all rank foolishness. say ualess 2 man has at least $75 a mont. & nows that he can have it for a stated time he had better stay at home and pcg away there. At least he won't zo backward and be restless the rest of his natural life. You can't grind from 8 until § or & every day and no recreaticn at all.” and without S $ turneu toward . a damsels that ornamented i d whose chief object In life scemed to & ing who could Kick the highest and smile the sweetest, ‘Of course, you had a quiet, studious life over there,” I casually remarked as I twisted the arms and legs of a small manikin. “You look it.” fair nz. Now say. really there's an a lat of hard work going on oy all the time and there isn’t balf 22 much foolishness as people give us credit for. The seventeen Cali- fornians were all busy and they are all doing well and making rames for themselves. One day for the want of someihing bettér to do we dressed a life-sized manikin that stood In myv studio and nearly every one that came in bumped up against him and then turned and apologized so sweetly that it got to be a howling josh.” Fancy thousands of stpdents turned loose in our city cuttin up pranks ané didoesand making of life one great joke, for while painting, architecture and music may be upp..most in their I minc ey are wever 0o busy to get a little fun on the side. And anyhow. they argue the ‘more they see and do the more their education is broadened and so evervthing and any‘hing goes ORNIA STUDENTS under this convenient broadening pro- cess. “T'll tell you where the students do have a rattling good time though, and that's at _the students’ ball. wone-r. It's a You see only the models and students are allowed to go and really it is a gorgeous sight. “Buch year the ball represents some period or time, and everybody dresses to carry cut the idea. Last year it was medieval, and the knights were clad AR S G S 2P ORIT T A FIGLEE For Gorasrs GATE P 4 o in armur wna went clattering about and creating no end of merriment. But the great feature of tLe ball was the storm- ing of a castle. Some of the fellows arranged two castles opposite each other and besieged them for all they NEW RULER TO BE OF THE GREAT G Continued From Page Eleven. bursts forth, then your minds may thoroughly enjoy the delightful mo- ments, as will seem befitting for Ger- man But the spring from which you draw, may it be pure and as the golden juice of the grapes, youths. be it deep and noble as the Father Rhinc A 1 spective opened to the e at Bonnm, the beautiful with its interesting Rhine, r ents, its magnificent scenery and the gay, unfettered student life What a change from the close confinement wit the precincts of the #chool at Ploen and the rigid discipline of military ining! A commodious villa was placed at his disposal, situ- ated in ihe Koblentzer strasse, a fash- jonable thoroughfare mot far from the university buildings. There he lived, surrounded by a small household, his own master; vet freedom did not tempt him to license His attendance at the lecture halls was regular. Almost every morning, without exception, he might have been seen either walking down to the great gray pile, with his black portfolio un- der his arm, like any ordinary student, or on his bicycle, or occasionally in in- clement weather in a coach. And the good people of Bonn would stand in groups at the portals of the university, watching for him and pointing him out to visiting friends as be passed them with a friendly nod. Many a charming trip was under- taken to places in the vicinity, along the borders of the Rhine, where the I.crelel sing their siren song$, or into the lovely forests on the mountain side. On these occasions Prince William, ac- companied by a number of student friends, often traveled in very demo- cratic fashion. Once, on the return from Godesberg, a picturesque town not far from Bonn, the rallroad train was crowded and all the first-class carriages were occupied. The depot master was nearly thrown into a fit, and his ex- citement and despair were simply be- yond description when he realized the situationes In his ardor to serve the Prince he proposed as a measure of last resort that he would order one of the first-class compartments cleared and stuff the passengers into other cars. But the Crown Prince said very quietly to the excited official: “No, my good man; get some benches and chairs and put them in the bag- gage car. It is cool and pleasant there.” Accordingly the return trip was made in the baggage car, to the abject mor- tincation of the dumfounded rallroad official. Naturally a great many stories of all sorts of adventure have crystallized around the person of the Crown Prince, some of them true, others the result of unbridled imagination. One such tals of adventure treats of a secret trip to France, which the Prince is sald to have undertaken during his stay at Bonn. Being eagerly desirous of seeing gay Paris, he slipped away from his studies, so the story goes, and visited the French capital under an assumed name. After a few days of unalloyed enjoyment he returned to the univer- sity. But, his imperfal father having been apprised of the junket, Prince Willlam was sharply summoned to the august presence. Then followed a tremendous quarter of an hour, the stern papa Emperor oc- cupying, the center o the stage and visiting a forceful lecture upon the wayward son. It is truly a pity to de- stroy this interesting picture, but, sad to relate, up to the present time the Crown Prince has never visited gay Paris, and thus the whole story is en- tirely without foundation in fact. An amusing little incident—and this is a story which has the merit of being true—occurred during one of the Prince’s numerous bicycle tours In the vicinity of Bonn. The ride had taken a wider scope than was originally in- tended and dusk set in before home was reached. Prince William’s bicycle had not been provided with a lamp, as prescribed by the regulations, and, as luck would have it, the little party of students encountered a gendarme a short distance from the city. s ERMAN EMPIRE-Contined From fage Eleven. The guardian of the law had prob- ably watched assiduously for the wel- come opportunity of catching a stu- dent in a flagrant transgression of the regulations, for there s little love lost between the light-hearted ‘‘Brother Studlc” and his hereditary enemy, the chesty gendarme. A deep voiced “Halt!" stopped the cavalcade and the gendarme ordered the Prince to dis- mount. Prince Willlam jumped off in an instant, giving his companions a wink, and stood before the official, awaiting further developments. The man of the law demanded the “card of identification,” which every student is required to carry with him, and the Prince politely complied. Hard- ly had the pempous official glanced at the piece of pasteboard when a sud- den change came over his manner. He saluted abruptly and stammered an in- coherent apology. Laughing heartily, the Prince remounted, and a crestfallen gendarme retired from the scene of action. a student the Crown Prince had the first taste of social life. He was a frequent guest of Baron von Rotten- burg, the curator of the university, whose wife, it may be remembered, is an American, the daughter of the late ‘William Walter Phelps. The homes of the rector, Baron von Lavalette St. George, and of the renowned historian, Professor von Bezold, were also quite often visited by the Prince. His am- iable courtesy, frankness and unosten- tatious bearing won him friends and admirers everywhere. In the company of ladies the Prince has ever been at his best. His lively interest in feminine beauty is well known, and it has been remarked that at court balls as well as private dances he would manifest the most exquisite taste in the selection of his partners. Crown Prince William is a passionate and most elegant dancer. He acquired perfection in this art under the tuition of the celebrated Mme. Woldern of Ber- Jin, who last winter, at the instance of Empress Victoria Augusta, instruct- ed the younger qgmembers of the court circle in the graceful figures of the gavotte and the minuet. These dances were performed with admirable suc- cess at the two court balls in the mag- nificent “Weisse Saal”—the white hall —of the imperial castle, Crown Prince ‘Willam and the other royal princes taking part. The preference which the Crown Prince is wont to show for the fairest of the fair sex has afforded an oppor- tunity for some Very romantic anec- dotes. The most exotic of these stories center around an American girl, Miss Deacon, whom the Prince met in Eng- land. Her beauty fascinated the Crown Prince, so it is said, and his de- votion to this fairy-like republican was marked. Busy tongues wagged, and in course of time it was related with the utmost regard for detail that Crown Prince William, after an acquaintance of about twenty minutes, had fallen so deeply in love with her that he was ready to forego his prospects as heir to the throne in order to make Miss Dea- con his lawful wife. The cold hand of fact has brushed this romance aside, beautiful though it would seem as a plot for a novel. In real life events do not run that way. Fleeting fancies and the en- - chantment of the passing hour break and scatter when they dash against the firm rock of duty. The first public reception at which the Crown Prince officiated was the New Year's reception of 1899, when he acted as his father's representative, the Emperor being ill. Since then he has been frequently chosen by the Emperor to represent him at the unveiling of monuments or the dedication of churches. When the exposition of Dus- seldorf opened the Crown Prince pre- sided as patron of the enterprise. After leaving Ploen Crown Prince William made a number of short trips for the purpose of inspecting industrial establishments in Germany. On such occasions he traveled incognito as Count von Ravensberg and was accom- panfed by scientific and sociological ex- perts. Later on the Prince took several extended journeys. He visited the Eng- lish court, attended the maneuvers in were worth. They arranged the moats and carpied out the whole idea. A hun- dred strong poured like bees into one of them and in a few minutes the tire castle was ablaze with red lights and smoke, and to make it all the more realistic they threw dummies out the windcws and created such a noise you couldn’t hear yourself think. But with it all it was one of the most beauti sights I have ever seen. There thousands of people there and they dance and make merry until it is time to go home for breakfast, and even then they josh everybody they chance %o meet. Everybo goes, and it is looked forward to with great glee.” “l suppose you're like all the rest of them—want to go right back,” I g in edgewise. 0. After I made up my mind com~ home I couldn't get here fast enough. Miss Partington was the fir of the seves ., and I lowed, and it was a ve and I was mighty g here Only”"—wiping his hands on his trous- ers—* 1 E T've found trouble already. Did you look for it? “No, I didn't, and I'm trying to lose it right now. This small man"—pat- ting a figure of a child playing turtle—"is to be placed in front of the conservatory in the park. You see, he wasn’t made to wear clothes, and that’s where all the trouble comes in. Some of the people want him draped. T want him just as he is. Now, honestly, do you see anything the matter with 1t?" Honestly I didn’t. An exquisitely graceful figure of a child of a few sum- mers bending his little lithe body to play with a turtle that is in the water. Somehow or other the only thought that entered my head was “T wonder if he'll get caught. It would be such a shame to spoil his fun.” There is something about Mr. Cum- mings’ work that marks it his own dis- tinetly. Instead of looking stolild and heavy, so many marbles do, every bit of his work has a dainty air about it that is charming and a great relief. One, & portrait of Miss Lees, one of our home girls, is the lightest, daintiest creation imaginable, and it caused not a little comment when it was exhibited in the salon. In three years thers were three salon ‘pleces, and since his return home, two months ago, he has been chosen to dec- orate the interior of the new mining buflding that is going up at the Uni- versity of California, so his fun evi- dently kept Jack from being & dull boy. “I- brought home some medals In bronze and silver, as every other Cali- fornian is doing,” dhe h:ud:-nly -.n; nounced from the depths of a T‘ wooden chest that he had dived head first into, “but I haven't any place to put them as yet,” and out came the queerest looking things to be within a man’s possession. Great Paisley shawls that would have delighted the hearts of our grandmothers, gaudy peasant at- tire and the thousand and one traps that can be picked up here and thers for & mere song. Finally in the midst of the debris he pounced upon the vel- vet cases and came out triumphantly. “Here they are. Whew! It's as good as a day’'s work to find anything in that mess. MADG™ MOORE. R e Hungary and accompanied his father to Rome, where he was presented to Pope Leo as well as to the King of Italy. Somewhat more than a year ago the Crown Prince and his younger brother, Eitel Fritz, made a trip to Egypt, Con- stantinople and Athens. In Egypt both Princes fell ill with the measles, the Crown Prince at Luxor and Prince Eitel Fritz at Alexandria, and great anxiety prevailed at the Berlin court. However, the attack proved light in both cases and the loving apprehension of the Empress was soon relieved. Since his return to Potsdam last win- ter the Crown Prince has occupied a palace by himself, the so-called “Cab- inetshaus,” and the Emperor has pro- vided his eldest born with a complete court of his own, presided over by Baron von Trotha as master of cere- monies. Affairs of state have not yet troubled the attention of Crown Prince William. The only Prince of the royal house who has been initiated into the secrets of statecraft and diplomacy is Prince Henry of Prussia, the Emperor's brother, whose recent visit to the United States is still pleasantly re membered. But the time is not far distant when Crown Prince Willlam must serve his apprenticeship under the careful guidance of Count von Bulow’s subtle ahd clever hand.