Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-24
OUR LONDON LETTER.
somErHIse ABOUT THE YOUNGER sPRI1s
OF ENGIIsH ROYALTY.
Influences of a Good Wife upon Worth
less Husband-nary Anderson
oase-Temperance-Etc
LONDON, November l, 1888.

nave IN LneS6 uaNS oo AlCC 0HO iOA-
licking a time as he pleases Such was the
experience of the Prince of Wales, and
such, no doubt, will be that Of his eldest
son, Albert Victor, who has just been en-.
tered as student at Cambridge L University.
This scion of regalty will not find the
duties of collsge.life very exacting. Hell
to dine, to be sure, with the Professors,
and will not, therefore, be allowed TO eat
his soup with fork or blow his nose with
the table napkin; but these restraints are
mere TRIES in comparison with the liberty
ne will enjoy 10 other matters. In his own
apartments, of which he has ak, he will
be monarch of all he surveys, not except
ing the clergyman who is supposed to be
mis- governor, and he will be more than
human, and very different from his father,
if he does not Join the boys once in while
in college shindy. 1t is to be hoped,
however, that he will not be quite the
GAY SPARK THIS DADDY WAS.
Cambridge happens to be only about
dozen miles flom Newmarket, and the
Prince of Wales, much to the disgust of
his pious mother, avaied himself of the
opportunity thus afforded to cultivate an
early love for the sports of the turf. His
escapedes at the race course aud on the
way thither are talked of to the present
day, and traveller covering the same Jour
ney can see at the wsyside publics many
interesting relics of his visits, as, for in
stance, the tumbler out of which he guz-
lied his bitters, and the rustic lass, now a
buxom dame, who waited upon him.
Albert Victor, contrary to expectation,
missed the Cssarewitch and Cambridge
shire, but he will have another chance In
the early spring, and no doubt the drag
and-four which has already become a con-
spicuous object In the narrow streets of the
University town will be brought into
reputation to convey its royal owner to
Newmarket heath. Meanwhile he takes
an
OCCASIONAL Squirt ON THE RIVER,
And does not disdain to use his pedal ex-
tremities in the football field. The local
theater has also been honored by his
patronage In his love for the stage, the
young Prince is chip of the old block
with several spices added. Actresses he
looks upon as angels, minus of course the
wings and several other trifiing attributes,
and his youthful ambition has Deen to cast
il. his lot with them. He has had the
stage fever in its most violent form /; has
long regarded Henry Irving a bigger
man than his illustrious father, and has
several times, it is said, cursed the luck
that prevents him from following in that
great actors footsteps.
TIE PRINCESS ALEXANDRIA.
Whatever be may turn ont to be In point
OF character, the young Prince ls, III
looks, the very image of his sweet.fsced
nother-the same large, lustrious eyes, the
same even brow, on which calmness and
gentleness sit enthroned, and the same ex-
preston of iDgeDuousness In the small and
exduisitely. shaped mouth. This will help
him IN no small degree into public favor,
for the Princess Alexandria is the idol
of this whole realm. 1t is for her sake
principally that her husbands early indjs-
cretions have been so generously condoned,
and to her is given the credit of having
nodded the Prince into the whole-souled,
unaffected English gentleman which all ad-
init that he now is. She seems to never
weary IN helping him out OF difficulties
and setting him right before the public
the latest instance of how he can put his
foot in IT, aud how willing she is to extTi.
cate the unruly member, being
THE MARY ANDERSON AFFAIR.
An ordinary wife would have acted very
differently from the Princess in a case of
that kind. FIRST there would have been
anger at the Primes for trying in her
absence to gain an introduction 20 the
actreas, then indignation at the actress for
hsr curt refusal OF his patronage. Bat the
gentle Alexandra rises superior to such
feelings as these and, for the general good,
and. doubtless, too, out of love for her
spouse, acts as mediator, not only bringing
the two together, but doing it in such a
way as to Impress both with the idea that
their acquaintance would give her the most
unbounded pleasure. Everything now is
lovely in that quarter, for American pluck
has been vndIcated the Prince has grasped
the fair hand Of the actress, and the
gracious Princess looks on and smiles a
happy bless ye, my children"
PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR
VIII remain at Cambridge for only one
school year. He went there in obedience
to the special wish OF his father; but in the
education Of a Prince other things than
the wishes Of parents must be considered
aud so, to prevent hard feelings between
the two Universities, he will spend few
months further along at Oxford. Then, at
the request Of his royal grandmother, he
VIII HINthN a. ID iLt III OGluialAls Inns
because the lamented Prince Consort was
educated there, for the Queen, even in the
extravaganza Of her grief over the death
of John Brown, has not quite forgotten
her late husband, and in various little
sentimental ways she still testifes her re-
spect for him. But, aside from the senti.
ment involved, one can see an appropriate
ness 10 q young Prince who has not
DROP or PURE ENGLISH BLOOD
In his veins fioishing his education in a
foreign country, and it is hardly to be ex.
pected that a people who are willing to
have foreigners reign over them will make
any Objection 70 this course. How long it
will be ere Prince Victor. should he 1--we,
viii become Elag Of England Is Of course
beyond human ken to determine. There
are Two lives between him and this goal
one Of them, though old, very tough, Tor |
am told that the decadence OF NIctOrias
physical powers bears no proportion what.
ever 20 tie rapid decay which seems to be
settling down upon his mental faculties.
The Prince of Wales however, is not
strong. though he is getting corpulent
Since ms severe illness twelve years ago he
has mad 20 be very careful OF himself
Many predict that he will never reach the
throne, simply because his mother will
ou,livo him. Bat that the Prince
INTENDS TO CHEAT THESE PROPHETS,
If he can, is shown in the trouble he takes
to bundle himself up as he emerges from
the theateT into the night air, and IN that
absteuiogsness of diet which leads him to
condue himself at the richest banquets TO
the plainest food. As to whether or not,
IN the event OF his surviving his grand
mother and father, the young man now at
Cambridge will ever ascend the throne,
much depends upon the course of political
sentiment II RAdicslism continues to
spread as i. has done in recent years, such
an event would be doubtful. and that the
Liberal party Is falling into Radical hands
becomes more apparent every day. That