Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-02-18
The Future King and Emperor.

| l.
afternoon, lady of exalted rank, very
young, very beautiful, worshipped by all
not only for her high position, but for
her own personal destinations, went
out with her attendants TO watch the
gay scene of skaters gliding in and out
/ of the sheltered ponds of a royal en-
! closure. That year the Christmas time
| had come with all the brilliancy of
/ frost, the crispneSs of snow, the cheeri-
ness OF bright winter weather, now so
rarely seen in London, save in the de-
| luding and apocryphal devices of fChrIst-
mas cards and ANIMALS. When the
| lovely woman had walked for while
around the shore of the mimic frozen
lake, she returned to the stately pile in
which she was one of the fairest guests,
and little later assisted in the cere-
monious dinner presided over by heI
imperlous mother-in-law She retired
early, with the gracious smile and gen
| tie words with which she was wont to
/ part from all who surrounded her in
those first days of her welded life In a
| foreign land.
A few hours later the silent streets
of the royal borough at Windsor were
startled by the hurrylng hoOfs and
| clamOrous, anxious voices breaking
upon the hushed stiffness of the wintry
night. An Quitting shop was hastily
opened by half-dressed assistants, a
bundle of tiny articles of clothing sum-
marlly put together and carried off by
an impatient hOrseman. Meanwhile
| doctors and nurses, reused from their
midnight slumbers, rushed with fear
and awe up to the steep and slippery
| approach to the castle, while some
where In the town woman, who was
/ also a mother, was found willing TO
leave her own young baby to take
| charge of the infant at the castle. who,
in the midst of regal splendor, had
come into the world with as little pre-
paration for its reception as the miser-
able waif born to starvation and misery
under the arches OF bridge or in some
/ foul den of Seven Dials. That child
was Prince Albert Victor, eldest son
of the Prince of Wales, grandson of
Queen Victoria, prospective sovereign of
/ Great Britain and Ireland and Emper-
or of India.
Ushered into the world under circ I'M
stances so incompatible with the for
malitles of etiquette, most of them had
TO be omitted, and it was only on the
morrow that the little Royal HighneSS
entered into possession of the gorgeous
cradle, the costly layette, and the ac-
cessories that had been waiting Tor
him at Marlborough House, and which
/ came down in an express train with the
nurses and cabinet ministers, the court
/ physicians and other dignitaries who
/ do homage at the birth of royal babies.
/ However, the Windsor lady who had
so promptly offered her services on that
memorable night was retained with
| grateful courtesy, and TO her care the
little Prince was for some time longer
| intrusted over and beyond his allotted
attendants; and she has ever since re-
/ tanned the affection of the Princess of
Wales,
The majority of Prince Albert Vic
tor, which he has attained to-day, is cele
brated with romp and rejoicing, though
he enters ON the fullfllment of his
manhood with none of the untOward
haste and accompanying mlshaps which
attended his introduction into the
/ world.
lie Is as gracious and as pleasant
hammered as his mother, who still keeps
much of the youthful charm of TWEEN
| ty-One years ago, and ne has he ready
! tact and easy bOnhOmie of his father.
| An education commenced at home,
strengthened by life on board ship.
perfected by foreign travel and spell
at university, has developed the in
herentfaculty oftactful ladaptationwhich
seems the appanage of all individuals
born on OF near the throne - a faculty
which stands Its pOSseSsOr in lieu of
higher powers, and wins for him more
popularity than the greater gifts and
qualities which fit men to be rulers.
Prince Albert Victor and Prince
George, his brother, spent some months
| i'll Switzerland, near Lausanne. 1t was
at first given out that their visit was
only for the purpo,e of acquiring con-
versational French, and that they would
not mix in society. This was considered
J by the residents as diplomatic way of
{ stating that what society there was was
not considered good enough for them.
However, after a short time it was
| borne III upon those around the princes
that the faculty of expressing them
selves with ease and facility in the
French language was not fOstered by
limiting them 10 English intercourse;
| that the contemplation of the beauties
of lake and mountain was not all-suffi-
eient for active, cheerful, intelligent,
gregariOus youths; perhaps, also, that
in the austere-looking houses in the
steep streets or the picturesque villas
and chateauX dotted on the hillsides
dwelt families dating from the cru
sades, and whose genealogical roots had
struck deeper and bore wider branches
than any of which British aristocracy
| could boast. So, for one or all thesereaSons
it was accidentally rumOred that should
parties be given, and should their Royal
| HighnesseS be asked, they would accept
| the invitations. Thusit come to pass that
| one or two of the grave half-medieval
houses in the Rue de BOurg opened
| their portals and disclosed interiors that
Wed in elegance and comfort with the
choicest apartments of the Faubourg
| st. Germain; that sounds of revely and
music echoed in the old bTOcade-hung
rooms; that the young princes danced
and fiirted a little and enjoyed them
selves immensely, and that on the
/ drawing room table of those houses can
be seen a personally inscribed cabinet
photograph of the two still bOyIsh-lOok-
| ing faces. They both have that un-
mistakable family likeness which is
common 10 all the sciOns of the house
of Hanover, a mixture Of frankneSs,
good nature, and stolidity, blending
English and German characteristics
with relentless fidelity.
The stamp of the two races bids fair
not to be lost. Even the last ''ewe
lamb" of the Queen, the faithful COM
panion of her eternal walks; the unre-
pining younger daughter, who has
never left her side but once (when
nominally rheumatism, but presumably
hopeless ennui, drove her to the salu-
/ brlOus but mild recreation of AK le
Bains), weds with one of those princi-
piclilCs whose only mission in the order
I of created beings is to mate with the
daughters of the royal house Of Eng
land. These "serene" consOrts, when
taking their marriage VOWS, not only
assume the heavy burden of matrimony
with one who by birth and law never
ceases to be Princess Royal of Great