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Show IE UU CROWN PRINCE OffiBttlT: Heir to the Throne Stands Above His Father An may be Imagined from a glanco at this picture, the crown prince of Germany, who has Jut com ot age. It little too big to bo laid conveniently over the Imperial knee and enned ll is taller than hla father. Yet In tne pact, that punishment lias been administered admin-istered to Germany's royal none, and in the case ot the younger princes It still la employed sometimes Were It not for tbo Influence of the empress the cans might play a still larger part In the domestic economy, for the emperor em-peror believes in It, having suffered somewhat In bit youth. Ills sons, being be-ing chips of the old block, have much of the mischievous bojlsli spirit of Wllhelm before he grew to man's estate. es-tate. The whole of the young princes' training la extremely strict, and the empress shares the training voluntarily. volun-tarily. In summer the lads arc out ot bed at C, In winter nt 7, and half nn hour later they have their first mrnl ot tea nnd bread and butter, at which meal tho mother Is present At 8 o'clock the princes' sjudlc begin; nt 8:30 thcro la a second meal at which the tea It replaced by wine nnd water. Then there ura further lessons until 1:15, lltcreatlon follows the dinner, taken In company with their civil nnd Tnllltary governors, but nt 3 work Is tesumed, and Is not ended until tho clock strikes C. It Is on record that a couple ot years ago the crown prince asked one of his tutors fo- sorno additional ad-ditional Information about tho eight liours' working bill. Tho tutor explained, ex-plained, "It must bo nlco to bo a worklngman," said tho prince, some-'what some-'what significantly. For a long tlmo the German empress Used to be present at all the Indoor lessons, without, however, Interfering ty a word or gesture. Even now, no matter what tho hour may bo of her return to tho pilaco or the conclusion pt this or that festivity or ceremony, she does not retire without having gone the round of all her children's rooms. Ordinary boys do not work In their holidays. Wllhelm II.'s boys aro jnot Indulged In that way. During certain cer-tain seasons the teaching la relaxed; not sufficient, however, to please the lads, if we may judgo by Prlnco Eitel Frill's answer to hla English governess gover-ness some years ago. " "You'll soon pare your holidays," said Miss Atkln-, Atkln-, boo. "I flont mind mine so much 'Miss Atkinson," was tho arlswer. "I wish they would give you some" The princes' riding lessons usually are superintended su-perintended by tho emperor himself, and the reward for proficiency Is a pony aa a birthday present. Naturally military studies occupy a foremost place in the curriculum, but Prince Adalbert, tho emperor's third son, Is destined to bo the high admiral of the future Gorman fleet. There la at the now palace, near I'oUdsm.'a mlntatur fortress, the construction of which baa cost a considerable amount of money. Its walls are three meters high; It Is provided with cnieiuatet and moats and real Krupp guns. Thla is prnctl- cally tho only plavlhlng of the young nrlnces, for even during their most J oader age, toys, In the strict accep- tatlon of the word, were and are few , and far between. On their birthdays, I when the pony la not yet due or has been given, tho parents' presents con- , slst of useful things a bicycle, a violin vio-lin two of the young prlnoci play that Instrument books, and even t OERMAN EMPEROR AND HIS SON. wearing apparel. Frivolous glfta do not find a place In Wllhelm'a educational educa-tional system. On such a day there Is nn entire cessation from work. There are seven children, hence seven ot such days, which the crown prince described de-scribed as the "vq fat klne, -nwal-lowed, alasl by the 350 odd leas ones." |