Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-08-13
The Primo. of Wales Among the Ladies

The New York Herald discOurses in the fol-
lowing irreyerent fashion about the 90 coming
Prince, in regard to whom all the feminine
hearts Of Fifth Avenue SnObdom are in so ter
rible futter:
1t seems that the Prince Of W ales is a ladies'
man, and has produced sensation among the
fair at st. Johns by his winning attentions no
less than by his " particularly brilliant hazel
eyes He is quite beau, and "a very grace
fuI and accomplished dancer as he proved
by the way be whirled the ladies through the
mazes Of poetry in motion" He set them
right when they went wrong, and every now
and then he called out the different figures Of
the dance. His dancing was " repeatedly
cheered, and every time he danced he took a
different partner-half a dozen in all How
they must have been captivated by so sweet
a prince, as he condescendingly corrected
their blundeTs." Probably the ladies Of New
fOundland do not know much about such mat
teTs, and the sex in Canada are but little in
advance Of them But when the Prince comes
here he will find the ladies posted up-fully
acquainted with all the new figures and the
most intricate steps. They have perfectly at
their toes ends the latest pas from Paris, and
perhaps may be able even to teach his Royal
Highness something he does not know. We
advise the ladies, therefore, 10 be prepared
armed at all points, that they may show the
Prince Of Wales that they can dance better
than the damsels of the British Provinces
Let Jnem dl>O DC IeSty 10 De taken captive by
the . boyish' charms of nineteen years The
Prince is almost as young as Don Juan, who
In his travels made such havoc among hearts;
he is like that hero, too, in being d" handsome.
slender, but we'll knit, and in having re-
ceived a finished religious education, under
pIOus tutors. Little Tommy" of the Japanese
Embassy, upon whom the women of Washing
ton made such a rush, was, after all, not n
real prince, asd he cannot compare for mo-
ment in good looks and mpishments with
the son Of the British Queen. Who can saw
that the young scion Of royalty may not be
smitten by some one of our American beau
ties, and marry her, too, as Maria Theresa
married the youth she fixed her eye upon, in
spite Of every remOnstrance, and as Queen
Victoria married the man of her choice. Eng
lish princes generally have had their marriage
contracts made for them by their ministers
without being consulted on the subject. These
marriages are generally cOntrived to secure
strong national alliances. But the Emperor
Louis Napoleon took the hand Of a woman with
no royal blood in her veins, and Prince erome
BOnaparte welded Miss Patterson, an Ameri-
can lady; and there can be no good reason
why the Prince of Wales should not follow
these examples. His alliance with an Ameri-
can lady would greatly strengthen the entente
coTttGie between the United States and Eng
land, and would be the most judicious and
sensible thing he could do for his country If
II were nothing else, he would thus prove that
he had mind and a will of his own. Ltt
every lady, therefore, put On her most be-
witching smile To catch prince is no com
mon achievement.