| Show JI d tAt at tt Ato 1 Wi iII t I O iI 4 d I t 1 1 11 H t b 4 n O m iJO N t NW N 1 r I IS 1 W N Mj 4 N tN f fn n j I PRINCE HENRYS VISIT TO THE TUE UNITED STATES 1 H F It R RA I A it M toM WA f M AM M d Wt H j 4 t N MM M tl x t M Ii i ii 9 j rJ o Of H J V N N tV f I 1 I vh v IN t I j I tt 1 44 4 y W Wf t H vMs 1 lN IN i N jt V v v may mo ma be Ie the rent real I I significance attaching to w tho the visit vUlt of Prince Henry hear of Prussia to our country whether It to 10 10 a It 1 i my of I International polities or Ot is J merely moret prompted ty Iy y Kindly sentiments It hat hall hia served tho thu kaisers kaIer er purpose to malto tim tha launching of ot his hie yacht achl on an ex cu cuo o for tor sending a bit hla hI only emlY brother to 10 our shores Wo We are ure bound by the laws of ot hospitality to 10 entertain him well for tor ho hl li Is i In III ft A tho the nation guest Tho The fact that ho Ito linn bae ho tho tM misfortune to have hc been n born tho the on of ot one aile emp emperor and OIHI bears the tho further disability l of ot being i tho younger brother of ot another r should not lIot cause caUMO us UH to look upon UI oll him with Us lilli dl favor We received the tho of ot Wales Wole most more Inore than bait forty years r ORb ago I wo we oven even extended the thC I he freedom of ut till rel to the Grand I 1 fluke Alexis thirty years earu ago and shall hull wo we draw tho tholine line lin nt III one who hO linn hoa hn himself nt lit least lat l nM tho the of ot them thoe royal m l ns In III J intelligence lute modesty unit mid comportment generally Wo ought perhaps to In feel fed teul that er Wilhelm dIll did not lIot uld to his lube first Ost Impulse and arni send his lila ni the tho crown prince I since there Is Je Jet t pleasure as n a well as honor hOllor In Ini i entertaining n a man of or experience than Ihan thana a tallow fallow youth There Is le no doubt that It was aB Kaiser 1 original lion finn to send OUT hIs hili eldest on Hon to l ii t t r I him at lit ii t the ho t mu ng o of if his hiM Ii be hut hilt two objections mined t jo the ti i town rown prince bri Ii 4 leaving I H g his hl native on nn ti ye lad 1111 One On objection was ian that Ihal he ho had lIot finished his ble university studies at nt Nonn onn and the other othor that his bile mother mol her did nut not IlKo to let Jot him go fO The Flue MIS WIM ne Vely eJ In lit favor of or the plan luau at al flint ft t but bh t afterward I iii changed her mind in hid when ch eli Mile reflected lint Hint her eldest sons constitution con tIt lIl tiui was ivo u tint not robust enough lo to thi he of II a L 1 continued sound lound of festivities u h n nil he would be sub uh i to In America i Having Un born out of nt tho the IdrA by y hi bibs hlA wife ilfe Iff KalHer Wilhelm then thell look id Ill about for ful or tho Iho right sort of ot mUll mon for tor forna forn na nit n a n nd one olle who would represent the then n and dignity of ot the tho empire most mORt i and pitched upon his bik hl r 1 lie He ur ly could not 1101 ot have selected PI nn fine doe better for tor the tho mission W for or Prince e Henry Is not only very pop popular I ular In III Prussia but hilt wherever he lie ha hu has k been mill ho lie has twice circumnavigated Ii ha globo gl bo bol It H l Is generally known that Prince I Honey Iti hi l the second son NOh of or the Iii latu lato 1111 II Frederick Frell anti and the only lOb brother of or ortho tho the pre aril ruler ot of the herman German em cia burl Ho He Is 18 o years the tho Junior of ut William having been born In III 1802 1862 and It ft I Is n j secret that thul he was his fathers I favorite owing to 10 his hiM many engaging r qualities qUa II tlell which were wholly holly lacking In hi his brother Possessing u n frank anti and andopen oVen open deposition dI lie he won was always de li bt h to his parents even In III Unset Inser l illness amusing him with his hi fun tUII nod frolic When Henry NI ixl to marry his bits cousin Irene Irelle princess prInces of or Hesse Hene like bike himself a n grandchild of ot I r Queen Victoria It II was with his fathers hilt full approval the tho marriage being the tho thelast last Insl Important function he ho honored J With his hi presence Indeed It Is U anti ald that when Ili ll the tho subject was announced jA fp t him he placed In III the princes hand a at t of oC paper on which he had harl written for he wan then too for far gone Ione to speak You at nt least have hove never given me a 1 av v moments sorrow and will make as koot a husband as ns you howe have been a lav lov ov nt son on l requited PrInce Irinco Henrys devotion by ii b leaving him tho the greater portion Of ot his hla private fortune either directly conveyed or In trust to his mother anti and this fact did not servo to 10 Improve his hlA relations with William who tot for many ninny years yearn fara after he camo came to 10 the throne strove to tanks make Henrys life lito as disagreeable as n It II was ins In his hla power to do Tho The young oung prince could not leave his castle castl and go to Berlin only Oat a short distance III away awn without the Ihl em ern 0 Is permission ji If It on a n visit to Eng Ens land or any other othor country he ho wan ivan ly Iy to bo be summoned 1 peremptorily homo home without even vell a n pretext and antI In III n a 1 hun bun hundred bundred dred ways William made known to his brother that he ho was the tho ruler and the tho i latter li only a n subject It In is said Maid that latterly Henry H nr has bade balle him defiance denance I In III ft a sort cart stating that he ho had bind read reali somewhere that the Ihl emperor could nut nt 1 harm him should he tie anti and so h ii hall Wad ia all going to 10 tin an au he tie pleased In U thi l though he hp bee lian rendered 1011 service to the elder cIder brother and borne born I good with his hi Jealousy and unit 5 Prince Henry bleary has managed lcd i 4 standing to get Tet a good gOOt deal of ot fun tUn out of life itte Ill M nd he went vent along his merry ills din position helping him over the tho hard bard places place He l was M always Jolly JolI anti some something thing of ot a Ii scapegrace In his younger lays day but hut still popular on account of at atthe the very v ry qualities which made him what he wn WA He lie was Queen Victoria favorite grandson and used to be hi buvit Invited ed Id to Windsor or and quite quill of ot often I ten Ien a ii certain occasion he hUll hud the run of o the ro rOII al deer forests during the hunting season but when he was about nineteen he lie offended 1 the queens sensibilities 8 so she forbade him tibia ever eler hunting there again At dinner one olle day Victoria asked tutu him how many deer cheer cr he hd hilI killed time the day tJay before and he an all 1 lOll Oh grandma I kill any nn an cheer II r but hut I hit hll n it lot of ot them Time The se so severe o vere vore expression on tho the good queens fRia told lold him that It would bo be a II long bug day tIny before he hc would be allowed to hunt I at st either pit her or Windsor again anti and to so It was It lt must be tie admitted that though Prince Henry Is whole hearted and Jol jot Jolly ly Iy he lie Is II not a II good hunter for Cor ho ha has haR a avery aset very ery set bad record as a B marksman n When eier er he ho Is asked to 10 a shooting party parly It Is noticeable that nearly all nil the tho th other roy toy royalties royalties make excuses to 10 stay Ita away they are so afraid arald of or being shot The princes prince score up to 10 quite recently In Included eluded elude almost olmos I OB as a many wounded and anti crippled men as beasts beauts antI and birds ills His first firl accident happened happen when as 1111 a youth he was WM cheating In the Grand Duke of ot floe fine preserves and brought down one ono of ot the wounding rounding him no so severely that Ihal he lie was Wal crippled led for tor life lite and Is still atilt a princely Ills His next feat Coat was wall the pep pcp peppering with of or a Turkish tunc functionary who had been deputed by the sultan ultan s to attend him when ho was wn on om a 0 shooting hooting s expedition In III Ho Ito was wan Impartial I In Iii the tho distribution of or his fa fit favors vors v ote for tor bin hla next victim vietha was a n Greek whom ho he hot shot from front behind In tho Island of ot o f Corfu It 11 Is believed that Irinco Honry I will ivill bo Le vory very anxious to try a 11 tow few shots hots s at ut game alne In America during seine portion P of hIs hili visit vii It but forewarned Is l forearmed r antI and lint our dignitaries will do dowell dovell Yell well i to keep tho the prince In front on ony any hooting s and ant have a weather er o r eye eyo open opell for tor his hili gun gUll Tho Thu distinction ion tion t of b shot eliot by n a 1 prince might go HO goar tar far f ar In Europe toward allaying the pain patti of or o f n a wound but would not nol ho be an clous ious c salvo Ballo In this country Bo So far as CS n his natural disposition goes P Henry Is hi called more of or a man than limit tile his brother but he ho cannot be saul said to equal him In acquired or natural mental qualities especially eMp In III versatility ity It Hut bitt he ho Is III u II line musician playing time the violin with a practiced I hand Is something tome of or an like his bin mother and ant grandmother Victoria and Is a are re remarkable linguist It t Is In already known that Ihl he ho will use o English exclusively while In this country being able abbe to 10 speak It II fluently After Arter his hl marriage In 1881 Prince Henry blent took up his hla residence re In the tho cal cas castle cn tie tle of ot Kiel J l l Ills wife Is four tour years his hll Junior Is in as os amiable mind and modest us sun Prince Henry himself and both are ex ox Homely devoted to 10 their three children all boys bos nail and all nil healthy youngsters Until within a II few rew years year Prince Henry was Wall the victim of or his brothers poUr petty tyranny as manifested on nu numerous numerous occasions but bUI of lute late there has been a change chan o In the emperors toward him hint It Is supposed that Wil WU Williams hams liams Intense Jealousy was owing chiefly to the dynastic succession de devolving e upon Henry In default of Issue of ot his own but since Ince heaven has hal bless blessed blessed ed cd the emperor with a large family of ot handsome boys he tins has lost 1011 all 1111 anxiety on that score anti and considers his bbs hi brother In an altogether different light bight At AI ml till events there thero has hns been a striking change In his bla behavior toward him especially in the latitude he lie has II allowed the tho prince In tn the matter ot of travel Henry made two voyages vo ares around the world when a 11 midshipman and has bias visIted al at most float every portion of or the tho civilized world but no aim to participation In nu na national or affairs he lie was allowed no choice hut but to remain a n non nonentity nonentity I entity As All a U sailor prince ho 10 WAS always popular at M homo home am an abroad tho the Germans holding him bum In the tho same regard that the Iho manifested to 10 toward ward ivard their own George when ho tao was WU a tarry larry handed son of at tho the sea lIoa In lii 1837 1831 Henry attended the tho ceremonies In honor of ot Queen Victorias golden leo boo riding in the great procession lon sion Immediately behind MA his Imperial brother as Mono one of ot the thu princely extort esert cort i I IThe The next year y nr only two month 4 after his marriage he hI became a II commander In the navy and has bins seen al sal almost most continuous sea Ion over cv r NIne He Is not merely an sin ornamental com come commander commander mander like th the gorgeous royal admirals abs als of or the Drills h navy lint who hardly know a hawk from a handspike but buthe ho he Is a naval expert from his hla hc ls up His Imperial brother sometimes was wont to 10 don one of or his hundred wit uni form fornis anti and dressing up tip In the nf ot an no admiral resplendent In gold lane larI and such assume command of ot a II ship but It Is III said that thai on ma these occasions the tho sailor prince used to 10 seek sonie con convenient shelter sand find Indulge In III a II snicker at nt the landlubberly actions action of ot his lord antI and master It li is If thought thou hl now that William no ito longer Indulge In maritime aspirations and und to 10 a tell tho truth he Ito Is l vastly lefts leas skyrocket In i all timings things than Ihan he ho used u t to 10 be beI he ie has line at al last concluded to content himself with rul rut ing on land lanai and allow his hll brother to take lake n II fall all out of old oW Neptune It Is related that when the two were once caught hl In rough weather eather at sea Hen Henry popped his hits head hearl Into the stateroom where William watt was wrestling with his emotions and shouted out Hello brother How blow does dotS divine majesty feel now no William replied by oy shying nt sat Athis I his Ills head a soda eoda water bottle bot lie which Henry dexterously dodged U IL I is only ani live five years eurs or so to since Pel Prince nee Henry really loomed loom d large barge in its an anI international figure antI that was when I his hll brother sent him hint to 10 China as aM nIl ad admiral nIlI miral mira of a R squadron designed de to In I force Coree German authority In oriental wa water Waters ter letl Home loving and domestic In hi his I i I tastes at lIa he ho Is I It Is be believed that Henry I did not wholly relish the prospective pro j I separation from wife and anal children child ron who t I II witnessed trout train tim the rustle windows his from traIn Kiel 1111 It 11 was WollI u mm women momen momentous Otis tous occasion as ns wo WI con can nil remember The kier himself accompanied hue his brother some distance on huts journey y nt It at till tint banquet given dm evening evenIn preceding bum hili departure spoke Slake those Words that startled time the world waxing warm as nil ho he alluded to 10 the time massacre of ot German missionaries and merchants May Mil Mat our countrymen abroad he I sold said be firmly firm convinced whether priests or ot merchants whatever their occupation that the tho protection of or the Herman Gorman empire as R represented by the tho I imperial ships will vill be ex cx I screen creen Bho Sito nat It unveIled behind b a C r shaped Ilko lIko a n church al sal altar toe tar I had been total told that hint the Iho royal ladys wits was VI usually with paint and powder r but on that occasion she aho hio seemed U J to hie 1110 to bo ho without any uny sUch attempt n t at nt adornment Bho Rho look looked 0 ed J 1 much titan than her years y nr This urt ot van Ia produced lI 1 I after litter afterward ward learned by the time extraordinary art ert with which she ulio was wan mode made up especial especially ly by around tho tim eyes e ll Her majesty remain remained ed ell behind the table during tho thio whole reception To 10 her hel right and left leU stood pyramids of ripe nbC oranges und and back bacle of ot those masses of at chioU at ot peonies and unal rusts rows Approach to her majesty was tins by time the most gorgeous Chinese vases I 1 ever set ret eyes Ces upon They Thoy were I m Ik 1 I p 4 4 0 L L Mt t 4 Lh ji J i tl u J J y cL r i r i a L LI I j ii ii I II I c ii 6 I j j 4 41 I 1 I iy t ill it I it Ji l 1 J U i PRINCIPAL FIGURES AT THE LAUNCHING OF OP THE KAISERS NEW YACHT METEOR II IL fj jt Prince Henty of or Prussia and Miss Alice Allee will bo be the time principal I W figures figurell nt sit tho tie launching of ot o the kAl els new now yacht Meteor II n The prince has bias h made tho lie trip to this Ihla country tor for the Iho purpose of ot representing hU hahn Im 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