Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-17
The Future King ef Eagland.

The Future King q Englonds
HIS HABITS, TASTES AND BARLY TRAINING.
ns 3 ann
through half dozen pages, one could aeslyze
contradictory elements. The fact Is. he Is as
stances related OF his good nature 1t may be re-
over In Rotten Row by a gentleman, who called
make the hum6lest apologies. Tine prince e' was
visitor remaining to luncheon. In a club or AT
q mess dinner the prince Is simply gentlem IN
amongst gentlemen.
Broad High churchman In religion. Some time
ago he presented couple OF beautiful altar
caDdles,1cks to the church at Sandringham.
But the friend OF Dean Stanley would nor he
likely to go too far in this direction His torytsrn
too is Of that kind which Is open ION certain
questions) to conviction. Thus the only vote he
the bill for legaliZing marriages With deceased
wtfe's sister. His brother OF Edinbury voted
wi h him, the duke OF Cambridge being In the
majority which threw out the bill Generally
speaking, however, the prince is good-humor-
edly conservative on political questions. The
Iher and very es,roas thai his a son eSc SS
receive q substantial education, land be taught
to do something Ctth their hands " as be putsit
He is also good son, and sets the example OF
treating the queens slightest wish as com
mand. IT Is out OF Difference to her will that he
Dever attends horse races on SUNDAYS whilst
travelling abroad He once begged by letter
That this rule should be relaxed so as to enable
him to accept Marshal MacMahon's Invitation
to zee the 'Grand PriX" run. but q negative
answer was returned by telegraph and the
prince DID not go to the race.
VI the princes literary tastes there is not
much TO be said. Like most modern princes he
Is. 10y the mere force OF circumstances, good
nngulSt, speaking French and German as per-
fectly as English. What Is more, he caa make
an aiter,dinner speech In French, and he can
Joke In the same tongue. He Is fond OF late
hours, but no matter how late he may go to bed
be rises early the next morning. He Is keen
sportsman and q very fair shot. At whist he
plays an excellent hand. And whether the &C.
cupatlon OF tne moment be whist, sport or dane
Ing, he enters into It with hearty relish which
contrasts strangely with the blaSe airs OF the
golden youths OF the day. His constitution is
an excellent ore. He rarely has days illness,
ana ne Is living proof that no amount of to-
bacco can enfeeble either mind or body. be-
neve that he was the inventor OF the now popu-
lar drink, "lem0n and soda"
His education, by the way, was about as serf-
GUS as can be the education OF a man who is
Dorm TO everything worth having on this earth.
VINO becomes a colonel at Is and a general at
II. The queen made a brave effort to bring up
her sons IN Spartan simplicity. Their table was
Of the plafnest kind; they were made to do a
fair amount Of work, and they were required to
sunny weather But once at Oxford, the prince
was virtually his own master, and he Certainly
distinguished himself more by universal ur-
classic authors There Is rather ludcrous ira
dftion at Oxford OF how the prince, when an
undergraduate, went "up to town" one bright
afternoon. fncognitus, as he tondly deemed, as
well as incognitO. What was his disgust on ar
r1vfDg at the Great Western terminus to ii I'D an
equerry In attendance and royal carriage
despairing, requested to be driven to the Exeter
hall to pass quiet afternoon, the legend re-
1t has often been said that there is no royal
learning w n hai 10 INF
talk half an hour with the prince OF Wales.
when he may perhaps ask himself whether this
70 SO ey true after Az There Is
privilege OF treading 1t: What most OF US must
gain from the study OF books prince of Wales
sae gan afGm Of fns Vng Of The
guidance OF the most delightful OF cicerones,
from the best places at all the most famous
sights and shows, from early conyersance with
history. The prince is admirably Informed on
an extraordinary number Of questions. OF late,
TOO, he has shown taste and capacity for work
from which one augurs that he viii scarcely be
the roi raineant which certain persons have
prophesied and hoped he would be.
There is no doubt that on questions of foreign
anairs he Will Insist on having voice. His In
tereSt In them is, OF course, OF q two-fold ma
ture. He is thorough Englishman, and very
teLance OF our prestige; he Is also German
prince His German SympathieS, however did
not carry MN 50 Iaf as 10 enADle him TO approve
OF the spoliatton OF Denmark; and he even ex-
pressed himself with unwonted bitterness on
the subject. But his feeling was rather personal
than political. member OF his household who
spoke 1ncautiously about the matter to the
princess, received what is vulgarly called "a
wigg1ng" for his pains.
Few men have been more unscrupuously L.
Delied than he. On one occasion he was much
panied by cartoon In a comic paper which
ukened MIN to George w. 81 hope I'm not
quiee SO pad as that, rather naiycly observed
MS royal hfghneSs throwing over his ilustrfous
great-uncle without any ceremony at ALL When
one subject OF scandal began to pail on the pub
nc taste another was tried, and we were told
that the prince was head over-ears In debt. AS
matter OF fact the prince has always known
perfectly well what he was about. He Is very
generous, giving away far more than the public
IS aware OF, and q model landlord Apropos
mere Is q story In which the prince comes out
wen, al0 another person who may be called B.
very Dadly. The prince won q bet from B, who
SsneIeupon begged for time to pay his royal
ngnnesS. Of course the prince consented; and
70 90 justice, he paid. But some months after
I1iling one. and the prince being rather sud-
DENY called away to attend state Ceremony,
the thing escaped his mind for q moment- He
was away from Marlborough house two days-
ana on his return found dunnfng letter fron
b, VINO received his money BIZ return of most.
anu care say the prince has forgiven him /
may aod that he Is faithful and p0nctual cor
LeSpOn0ent, ana can write both with hunlor and
Ieeung HIS opinions OF contemporaries are
q vfvacity that will make them exceIlent read.
ing for our grandchildren. They Would he
Truth. 'A'0''""'