The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-01-25
TIE FUTURE KING AND EMPEROR.
nirtA ma Majority OF Priaes Albert Victor
OF Wales.

on Sunday afternoon. a lady OF exalted rank.
very young. very beautiful. worshlpped by oil.
not only for her high position. but for her own
personal destinations. went out with her at
tendants to watch tho gay scene OF skaters
gliding in and out OF the sheltered ponds Of
n royal enclosure. That year the Christmas
time had como with all tho brilliancy OF frost.
the crispness OF snow. the cheerlness OF bright
winter weather now 80 rarely seen In London
save In the deluding and apocryphal devices OF
Christmas cards and ANIMALS. When the lovely
woman had walked for a while around the
shore OF tho mimic frozen lake she returned to
the stately pile In which she was ono Of the
fairest guests. and little later assisted at tho
ceremonious dinner presided over by her Inn
perious mother An law. She retired early with
the gracious smile and gontle words with which
she was wont to part from all who surrounded
her in those first days Of her Wooded lie In q
foreign land.
A few hours later tho silent streets OF the
royal borough OF Windsor wero startled by tho
sound OF hurrying hoofs and clamorous. anx-
ious voices breaking upon the hushed stiffness
OF the wintry night. An Quitting shop was
hastily opened by half-dressed assistants. q
bundle OF tiny articles Of clothing summary
put together and carried of By an impatient
horseman. Meanwhile doctors and nurses.
reused from their midnight siumbers rushed
with fear and awe UP the steep and slippery
approach to tho castle. while somewhere In the
town a woman. who was also a mother, was
take charge OF the infant at the castle. who in
ths mai Of reEa haa o M she
ton as tho miserable waif born to starvation
na nnd de Ss bs d s IL
Prince Of Wales. grandson Of Queen Victoria,
irs SSi and Emperor " Of india "' '''"'' ''N
Ushered into the world under circumstances
az Ina Ain erffh fNrn H..
aneite most Of them had to Be omitted. and il
was only on the morrow that the little ROYAL
fnsas 'ss sSsS sf n s
Ministers. the court physicians. and other dig:
Ena.or Who
promptly offered her services on that memoir
70 sSo 1noe oq
time longer Entrusted over and beyond his
The majority OF Prince Albert Victor. which
he stnns tS,day is with pomn and
Of MS manhood with mono Of the untoward
hasts and msshaps which at
as Ms mother. who still teeps much Of the
his father. An education commenced at home.
BY foreign travel and spell at q university,
has developed the inherent faculty Of tRctful
dividuas born on near the throne "a faculty
which stands its ,possessor in lieu Of higher
the greater gifts and qualities which lit great
Pines nc ,. Albert Victor and Prince George his
brother, spent some months In Switzerland.
near Lausanne. twas Mt first given out that
their visit was only for tho purpose Of ac1uir:
ing conversatl onal French. and that they would
not mix in society. This was considered by the
residents as diplomatic way OF Stain. that
enough for them. However. after a short time
thai the faculty of expressing themselves
with ease and facility IN the French Ian
English intercourse. that the contemp,ation Of
the beauties OF lake and mountain was not all
sufficient for active. cheerful Intelligent grega-
looking houses in the steep streets or the pic
tn5esqne Villas and chateanx dotted on the kiil
sides dweit families dating from the crusades.
and whose genealogical roots had struck deeper
and ! bore wider branches than any OF when
all OF these reasons. it WAS accidentally rumored
that that. Should Parties be given, and should their
the invitations. Thus II came to pass that ono
e or Two NO Of the grave hall medlayaI houses in
closed interiors that We'd In elegance and com.
fort with the choicest apartments of the Eau
music echoed in the old brocado hung rooms ms;
that the young Princes danced and firted lit.
that on the drawing room table Of those
houses can be seen personally inscribed cab
faces. They both have that unmstakabie fam
lily likeness which is common TO all the scions
ness. good nature ana stolidty. biendIns Eng
iish and German characteristics with relent-
The stamp Of the two races bids fair not tn
be Lost Even the last eve lamb" OF the Queen.
the unrepining younger daughter Who ha:
never left her side but once when nominaiiy
drove her to the saubr"us bu, @a reerenton
OF AK le Balnsl; weds with one OF those princi-
ptea Gny h the he order O.
the royal house Of England. These serene"
Go9 op when taxing their marriage VOWS
mony VIII b oPe who By birth and law never
they so
nevor possessed. at least all liberty Of win and
power Of action some Ike Prince Teck. the
into utter insl rnicanco and f' conented ssrsi,
rssen ns ae. years IN 81 de-
onneata others f ike Pr m cSrs
One the shsps E Sam sers
exile soiaos from the singular desradation 81
being his wies subject, and unable to rise to
certain what attitude Prince Battsnber. viii
take at the English court. now that he has
to tack his weiiod lie to the pueen's aproE
strings and abjured the heavenly birthIight OF
that wh" s % ss, wGSa wo sId
have sought above all In matrimOny would be
iie!ifsranca from the thraldom In which she
viii Of her mother has decreed otherwise Ii
T. aillicnlt not to cherish hope that the young
rtserrt" attributed to Jesuitlc prudence. and
that ne VIII have IN petto guaranteed to himself
saving clause that may enable him to throw
OIL the yoke when 1t becomes too CALLING.
Whatever Parliament may loo prevailed upon
to vote a. subsidy to tho young couple will of
course excl to o scream Of recrimi nation from
the taxpaying community. Yet tho sum thus
n
pared with the annual expenditure In appoint
ments. salaries. pensions. and monoys received
by the families and relations Of Dukes. Mar
quises. Earls. discounts. and Barons, amount-
Ing to the prodigious total OF El0S. LOLA. G3O. di-
Dukes take 50. 10000; thirty.threo families Of
MnrIuises, Es3O5 $50; 200 families OF Enrls
f4s, 1871 203; sixty familie OF ViscOunts ElI-
2il 200; families OF liarons. G3l l26 1888. OF
those .ho Duke Of, Richmond heads the list.