The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-14


young, very beautiful, worshipped by all,
not only for her high position, but for
her own personal destinations, vent
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 cheerl-
ness Of bright winter weather, now so
rarely seen in London, save In the de-
luding and apOGryphal devices of Christ
mas cards and ANIMALS. When the
lovely woman had walked for a 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 a little later assisted in the cere-
mOnious dinner presided over by heI
impeTIOus 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 n 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 of by
an impatient horseman. Meanwhile
doctors and nurses, reused from their
midnight slumbers, rushed with fear
and awe up to the steep and slippery
go, 10 IL, anrtID WaFhTtn uHnnn-
where III the town a 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,
Ia the midst of regal splendor, had
come into the world with as little pre-
paratiOn for its reception as the mlser-
able waif born to starvation and misery
under the arches OF a 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 UNI
stances so Incompatible with the for
malitles of etiquette, most of them had
TO be omitted, and it vas only on the
morrow that the little Royal Highne5s
entered into possession of the gorgeous
cradle, the costly layette, and the ac-
cessories that had been waiting for
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.
IT--rarvr H. VT5,Ianv 1n1u .Ysh1 lpyl
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 V g 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 pomp and rejoicing, though
he enters on the fullfllment of his
manhood with o N of the untoward
haste and accompanying mlshaps which
attended his Introduction into the
world.
He 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 b0nh0mie of his father.
An education commenced at home,
strengthened by life on board ship,
perfected by foreign travel and a spell
at a university, has developed the in
herentfaculty oftactful adaptationwhich
seems the appanage of all individuals
born on OF near the throne - a faculty
which stands It's 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
in Switzerland, near Lausanne. 1t was
at first given out that their visit was
only for the purpose of acquiring con
yersatiOnal French, and that they would
not mix in society. Thiswas considered
by the residents as a diplomatic way of
stating that what society there was was
not considered good enough for them.
However, after a short time it was
borne IN 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 TO English intercourse;
that the contemplation of the beauties
of lake and mountain was not all-suhi-
Gent for active, cheerful, intelligent,
gregarious youths; perhaps, also, that
in the austere-looking houses in the
steep streets OF 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 a~ristocracy
could boast. Sow n or all t-hesereasons
it was accidental rumored that should
parties be giver, and should their Royal
Highnesses be asked, they would accept
the invitations. Thusit come to pass that
one or two of the grave half-medi9yal
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, German; that sounds OF revely and
music echoed in the old bTocade-hung
rooms; that the young princes danced
and hirted a little and enjoyed them
selves immensely, and that on the
drawing room table of those houses can
be seen a personally inscribed cabinet
VI LAIG Two Sillt lSu-lOOh-
ing faces. They both have that I'M
mistakable family likeness which is
common to 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
Bainsl, weds with II of those pripci
piculB whose only mission in the order
of created beings is to mate with the
daughters Of the royal house of Eng
land. These serene" consOrts, when
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