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Show THEY UNBEND IN AMERICA. The Oermans aro astc.unded, it appears, ap-pears, at tho fiee and easy style of Prince Henry In thH country. They cannot comprehend why be should be so democratic In his wnys, so teody to meet and talk with all comers, and surh a decent chap altogether. Hut it Is In the air. The Prince has merely taken a deep draught of free American Ameri-can osone, and ho Is trnniformed by It and tho warmth of tho American sunshine. It nets that way on all of them to whom the X-ras of the American Amer-ican heart may reach. America had the same cfTect on the Illustrious uncle of Prince Henry when that young man (then Prince of Wales), was traveling In this country na Ilaron Renfrew. He quickly Kot tlre.1 nf the eternal offlclnl ceremonies, and wanted a little "time off ' to himself O. 1". Williams In the Independent Illustrates this In a breezy article, lie tells how lie and Mortimer Thompson (better known ns Q K. Philander Phi-lander Docstlcks, P 11") were di tailed by their respective papers to give a dally account of tho Haron's doings. On reporting for duty ono morning, they found tho soung man much discontented, dis-contented, cnvvlng the fiecdom of movement nf the two joung men, while bo "must do ns I am told by your muddle-headed Aldermen, nnd bo stared at by crowds of curious people as If I weie a new animal In tho Zoo. It Is very tlicsome, nnd I nssuro you that I nm heartily sick of this whole traveling business. How nice It must be to walk downstairs and take n quiet strnll thrnugh the streets! They took mo to see a big prison jesterday. It was very large and gloomy, nnd tho convicts were very uninteresting. Do jou know, I was never Inside of nn Kngllsh prison, never will be, if I can help it." That waa enough for Doestlcks. He promptly proposed a freo nnd easy stroll In tho slieets, the Haron agreed, and nway they went, without any of bis suite not ng their departure. They bad n pleasant stroll, and finally went Into Jerry Thomas's fnmous barroom; bar-room; tho Karon wns naked how he would like a mint Julep; he didn't know what It waa. "Well," said Doe-sticks, Doe-sticks, "It Is time ou did." Tho drink wns mixed, the Ilaron watching Its cnmposltnn with interest. Tho first tnsto was disappointing; "why," said the snung man, "It's nothing but lemonade." lem-onade." Hut ns tho gcntlo glow nf tho drink began to dlffuso Itself through his system, he gave 11 sigh of satisfaction, satisfac-tion, nnd put by the empty glass with a regretful "That was very, ory nice " On showing up nt tho Astor, whero ho was lodged, ho waa met with excited remonstronco by tho Duke of Newcastle, New-castle, who had Just learned of his absence. ab-sence. "Ale jou not aware, sir, that we, Otir military and ilvll governors, aro responsible for ou to 5 our royal mother with our heads?" Tho Damn assured blm that their heads were safe enough, that he had Just been taking a quiet Hi oil with two friends, Truo or not, Ihe story Illustrates how easily tho stiffness of Uuropeau ctlquetto and formality becomes limp when It comes In tontnet with tho free-and-ensy good humor of America. Prlnco Henry had 11 taste of tho same when tho old Ken-tutklun Ken-tutklun climbed on the rear platform of his car nnd gave him some good old Kentucky whisky und peach brandy. It would do thoo rojnl Inds no end of good If they could spend a month or two of each cur In this country, circulating cir-culating among free-born Americans. |