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High-hand- proceedings, you say, but ifs bard to blame a father for trjing- to 1 1 1 1 save his son from wrecking his health" and l f the hope of the nation. BpcUl Correioaamc oi Th Eosaay ntpublla. couple were referred to these1 published served for her too. But. as soon as the sKsBkiV Frederick William the Richest Berlin. Jan. lv Tho Crown Prlnca hasn't statements were absolutely nntrua, newspapers announced the fact, orders were Crown Prince in Europe. P&iss'WreSaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBT.f v5Sk"-BMB?t'w- ?.i M cons to eea th doctors irere olrnld hs Reported That the Grown at once countermanded and officially de- Frederick William Is the richest Crown nied. Her Majesty objects couldn't stand the sharp air. He Is rtay-in-p strenuously to Prince known to contemporary history hii Prince Might Have Consumption. be classed with the royal consumptives' income depending neither on nor the Neues Palace In Potsdam under Parliament at Current report has It that the Crown colony. That Includes the Crown Princess on his parents, as Frederick the Great, who the 'watchful eyes of bis parents and Is Prince is rapidly polng into consumption, of Sweden. Archduke Ferdinand, suffered intensely by his father's nlggard-llness- v Francis provided fund m. very sick boy as Elck as any youn man several Grand a for the benefit of but as far as can be learned that surmise Russian Dukes and one or every heir to the Prussian cronn, after him. Just cut loosa from mother's apron strings is borne out by nothing more than Fred- two Dukes of Mecklenburg. Similar rea- the interest of which must be capitalized in keep -, might be after a year of unhampered dis- erick "William's looks, which, augmented sons the Crown Prince in foggy, wind his favor from the day of birth. As a re- . and frost ridden Potsdam, when hs ought suit Frederick William came in for a mil- - sipation in Tvlne, women and song-- by long, figure, convey im- his thin a. sorry to be basking in the soft sunshine of St. lion dollars In cash on May 6, 1300. He arrived from Bona for the holidays in pression at the present moment. But the Moritz, San Remo or Mentone, Besides, when only 3 years old. he in- the Imperial hospital car, and even then Hohenzcllerns are a hardy race, and the herited from the last Duke of Brunswick Held a Prisoner at Potsdam foe the Principality of Oels, yielding a revenue crave doubts were entertained as to wheth- Kaiser, who made himself a well boy and er he could stand the Journey. His Own Good. m k F hwww per annum. All that money, and f?l After the man by sheer will power and exercise, may w family k. w w Interest, fell Into the hands of breakfast Frederick William ordered be trusted to And ways and means to save The Kaiser knew what he was doing BHVrK!H3)SSV aBiderienced boy. who never $3 j BmK'--tUmam- had had his carriage to drive to his own palace, X m. X "&? and his eldest son. At any rate, consumption Is when he declared the Crown Prince prison- m. m. vttg? lmseir with, it's not at all sur- - It Is said that there was a scene when his not in the catalogue of Prussian hereditary er and wouldn't allow him to go to bis PlB.Vf31HMr n. inai ne went tne pace that kills. cap father told him. "Xo more private lodgings ailments, unless, indeed, her Majesty the own palace he knew a choice collec- . r Vi the climax. hl3 father, ac that 'HHIHIHBir .r cording; family tradition; made him enter for you, my boy. Tou will stay right here, Empress contracted disease, t the as feared tion of rakes had sat out from Bonn, at the University of Bonn, where the aristoc- where I and mother can watch over you." for some time past. The Imperial lady has about the same time as his royal highness racy of wealth and birth, holds high carni- "But I am of age; I need not submit to dreadfully ag"d, and despite her 41 years Is to Join him In Potsdam. Much to their val. Euardianship." Hir This from the Prince. snow white of hair, while her figure Is surprise, these worthies found no royal Another drcumsjance that helped to Terfectly so," replied the Kalser.r'Tmt bent and emaciated. Indeed, the doctors carriages awaiting them at the station, as wreck the Crown Prince's health is a habit you are oUll under my undisputed authori- have absolutely forbidden her to ever again promised, and when they finally drove to he inherited from his father. He Is for- ty, ever traveling from one place to the other, and I hereby declare you a prisoner. wear a decollete gown, as the exposure-e- nd Frederick William's castla is an ordinary hunting, sightseeing, attending banquets, Tour prison shall be wherever I am or there Js a great deal of it in court co- droschke they were received by a Lieu- opening churches and Echools, unveiling your mother Is; this to continue until the stumemight affect her lungs fcejond the tenant of the Police instead of a suave court monuments, and what not? And, of course, Victors proijounce you out of danger." ., danger line. marshal; wherever the heir to the throne goes he is Blnoe then the Court Circular repeatedly As a matter of fact the royal physicians "Gentlemen and ladies," he Baldwin ac- dined and wined. Frederick-Willia- m had a Informed the public "Gentle- taste for "liquor, even when much younger. that the Crown Prince have long urged the Empress to spend her cordance with German fashion, -- "' predisposed. It coax-l- nr was here, there, on at other places, men ladles, chief the royal po- ' - .' Belngvso, needed little but winters at the Riviera, and, recognizing the and the of &m sA to make him accept theihablfcs'Jor his mless soma os society event under the aus-fW- necessity for a change, she agreed to this, lice has "the honor to Inform you that by companions. of elderly friends of the imperial even going so far as to order a villa re order you cannot remain in Copyright. 1)0 by H. W. Slzcher. Ift more of his varied enterprises, has raised regalia. If I had known ft I would have banquets and balls until well toward morn- UNIQUE a loan for China after her defeat by Japan, left my trousers at home." ing again. She hires them an and discharges MUNIFICENCE OF and recently ho has been in India, where STORYOF A LOST NATION Well, you never saw a madder crowd of them a somewhat simpler problem In hotels it is believed the Government has been se- Scotchmen. They thought it a reflection than in private houses, because the hours curing his help in the solution of the rrigation on the national costume of the Earl, who for all servants are regular, and for this SIR ERNEST CASSEL. problem. Just as Egjpt called him to had done the diners honor to appear in it. reason the service la more desirable. The m finance the Nile dams. How Polan'd, a Little More Than Ten Tears Ago, Celebrated the An- Well, four years have passed since then, housekeeper Is responsible not only for the Early in 1833 Sir Ernest, then plain Mr. niversary of Its Constitution, and Then Fell Before the and now the Earl regards that as a Joke order and cleanliness of all her rooms, but m Ernest Cassel, went to Egypt upon a mem- and tellB it at least once a day 255 days in she Is expjected to notify the proper depart- orable undertaking. Armies of Russia and Germany. the year." Kansas City Star. ment of necessary repairs. This was no less than to conclude nego- . 'Joys tiations for providing funds to carry out the of Winter. Lamb. Nile Irrigation works more completely. He You may talk about dancing The Lost WRITTEN FOR THE BUNDAT RBPTJBUC. where all the men were models of chivalry you you wandered stayed four days in Cairo, and the business The difficulty which Germany is finding in courtesy, women And praise if wish. My heart, happy and and where nil the two-ste- p, sunny was occompllshel, with the result that the absorbing the Polish remnant, evidence of The the waltz. Along the niu. were In were divine. "The social graces of Ver- Or the skirts' dainty swish; All day singing.
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