The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-02-11
ROYALTY OUTRAGED.


The Two Eldest Sons of the Prince o
Wales Tattooed ON the Nose With Broad
Arrow or an AnchOr-Physicians say the
Marks Can Not be ObIiterated.
London Correspondence New York World.
Lady Stadbroke's calico BALI at Henham
Hall, Suffolk. has been as much talked about
as a great political event-almost as much
as that misfortune which has Just befsllen
the royal family, and which / am sure will
cause a shudder to run through the breasts
OF all your readers The two eldest sons of
the Prince of Wales have actually been
tattooed on the nOnse with broad ar
arrow. They we're serving. as you are
aware, on board the Bacchante as
midshipmen. We all know, if only from
reading Marryat's novels, what dare devil
young rspscalions ''middies" are, and the
mess" on board the Bacchsnte probably
bad little difficulty in inducing Prince Albert
Victor and'his brother George to allow them
selves 70 be de corated with an arrow or an
anchor (for accounts very as 10 the real sign }
upon their royal noses. The captain of the
ship and the officers will find themselves in
hot water, but neither hot water nor any
thing else will wash out the gunpowder and
Indian ink marks which disfgure the
faces OF the future king of
England and his brother would not be
suspected Of jesting upon an incident which
must necessarily cause great distress to SO
excellent q mother as the Princess of Wales,
but. of course there Is unavoidably ludi-
crous element involved 10 the affair. The
most eminent surgeons aHd doctors have
been consulted as to the possibility Of
obliteratiDg the tattoo marks, but il is re-
ported that no hope has been held out in
any OF those quarters. 1t lie the most curious
misfortune that has ever overtaken an
English king that he should be marked on
the nose with broad arrow, like an OjibDe-
way chief or an African savage. IL be lives
will regret his youthful folly, though
that will not restore his nose to its former
state. 1t must be remembered that Prince
Albert Victor was 16 years old on the Sth of
this month and therefore he is not qui
such boy as not to have been able to form
an opinion about the indignlty to which he
was exposed. He can not be said to be a
mere child His brother is 10. and, there
fore, both OF them were capable of Judging
whether il was desirable or not to be tat
tooed. They decided that 1t was desirable,
snd thus have occasioned great grief to their
parents If Mr.. Edison, who invents every
thing, can now invent an appliance for
erasing blue tattoo marks from the human
skin the Prince of Wales will doubtless be
very much Obliged to him. Meanwhile all
mothers will understand that great SYM
pathy is felt with the Prince of Wales in his
present trouble.
THE TERRIBLE NEWS CONFIRMED.
lLondon Truth, Jan. Is
There rs no doubt of the truth of the terri.
bic news that the middies on board II. M.
5. BAG ;hante have tattooed br Dad arrow
upon the nose of our en- bryO king and on
that OF his royal brother. The Information
was communicated at SaDdriDgham by Lord
Napier, OF Magdsls, and telegram was at
once dispatched, the reply to which con-
frmed the sad intelligence. Alexander the
Great had one shoulder higher than the
other, and his courtiers used to affect his
imperfection in order TO initiate their mon
arch. The courtiers OF the future Edward
VII will probably appear at levees tattooed
profusely with anchors, broad arrows, impe.
rial crowns and other such insignia.