Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-04
WITH THE PRINCE.
HOW THE FUTURE KING OF GREAT
BRITAIN LIVES.
lie Rises YEARLY at o'clock, and Goes
Home Tired at 1880 O'Clock
Next Morning.

The heir 10 the throne Of Great Britain
was awakened at o'clock. That is his
custom. On this occasion the usual black
| fog obscured the windows of Marlborough
| House, and exerted It's depressing influence
| upon the most exalted Us well as the hum
/ best of the residents Of London. The
Prince sat up in bed and yawned prodi-
| giously, while n servant placed small
tray on his lap, and, retiring obsequi-
| ously, busted himself with the bath IN
an adjoining room. His royal Highness
drank his cup Of coffee slowly, and con-
| tinued To blink at the black fog without.
| He was bald 20 n very pronounced degree.
Indeed. few men are more destitute of the
| customary thatch. The whole upper pOr-
tiOn of his head, almost down 10 his ears,
was polished shining pate. which
rivalled in white brilliancv the sur
| face of a newly-pClished billiard-ball.
The delicate tracery of hair which
the artists of the illustrated papers usu-
ally place on the top OF the Princes head
Is purely gratultous compliment. His
| beard was of sandy color, heavily streabed
with gray His face was colorless. He
looked fifty or sixty years of age. While
one of his Wallets attended % the bath.
which had TO be warmed to a temperature
/ Of exactly u degrees, another lald out
the Princes clothes. II is particular
/ fad of his Highness that be can dress more
rapidly than any other man m the KING
dom. Even princes have ioihles. ami
this is one of the most innocent OF those
which distinguish Albert Edward The
pervading horror of his lie - his in
/ creasing cOrpulency. Hence ne takos two
/ baths day, and rubs himself hrsklv and
/ violently with coarse towels. 50 a. TO keep
/ down the fat.
/ Shortly before o'clock the Prince en-
/ tered his own breakfast-room on the so
/ cond floor Of the Marlborough House and
| stood with his back TO the grlte-hre care
| lessly scanning the Times lie russ over
I three or four papers in the morning as 70
matter OF form. but he depends very
| greatly upon bis friends for giving him the
news. Two Of these friends had already
/ dropped in 10 see him, i'm the persons OF
| Sir George Chetwynd and Lord Arlington.
| Though neither of them are particularly tall
men, they lowered above the little Prince
/ like giants. The heir To the throne wore
| a smart-lookiug coat of the GETAWAY fash
/ ion. trousers Of small black and white
| check. vanished boots. very high collar.
white stock aud dark walstcoat. Tie
/ listened with apparent superficial interest
/ 10 the talk between ChetWyud and Airing
/ ton about the Australian horse riugmaster.
! which had startled the race-golng nubiic
/ the day before 10y his run III the Two lhou-
/ sand Guiueas. and continued 10 glance up
and down the papers.
At exactly 9 O'Clock be- sat down to
! breakfast. The others We're not invited To-
/ ION HIM. The Prince began % talk 80
once about his arrangements for the shoot
/ ing season and the talk was nearly all OF a
| sporting nature during breakfast.
HE LOOTED A CIGARETTE
/ toward the end Of the meal and received
! half a dozen other visitors before I'D
! O'Clock. They were NIL mon. and the Ell
uuctte If royalty wa- entirely suspended.
/ The names of the visitors We're trou tst
quietly 10 the Prince by butler. and they
were admitted by q nod of the head or
! denied by Au almost impcrccpuble motion
! Of the eyebrows They all belonged % the
/ Princes personal set. and they driIed mn
/ without ceremony after the first profound
bow M the door of the hrrakfa-t-room.
The punctuality of the Prince OF Wales
/ has grown almost into proV'rp. Tie lS
never behind time and he Is about the
only member of any # the royal families
of Europe who does not keep a spe'ial
train waiting for hours after Ice has ordered
| il. At 10 o'clock he walked into the libra
rs with "a fresh cigarette On hrs hand,
and talked half an hour with the cr'i4-
ries who attend 10 the vast correspond
cnce of the Prince. Only small
portion Of the letters were submitted 10
his royal Highness. The others winch
were i'm a large measure petitions, gfts, or
invitations of a semi-s0cial kind, were at
tended 20 without the Prince. knowledge.
| While his royal Highncss was looking over
one or two letters Of special imporlihc"
! Hon. Harry Tvrwhitt-Mil who ~ the
favorite euuerrv of the Prince, and VINO
ALWAYS accompanies him ON his continental
/ tours. hurried In and began am excited TALK
about a fox-terrier which was just uenthe
property of Lord Arthur Somerset. and
which Colonel Tvrwhitt-W Wilson was very
anxious 90 get for the Prince. II trans
pired that the Prince was anxious 10 get n
for certain sprighty and beautil'u
somebody else. but Lord arthur
Somerset was inclined To hold on
To his prize-wiuncr stubb0rnlv. The
thing was TO get the dog secretly and
quietly. All the details Of the correspond
! ence were thrust aside, while the discus
sion went on concerning the tOX-terrler
/ Colonel Iyrwhitt-Wllson talked with the
utmost absorption aud without muen ceTe-
mony. Perhaps his usefulness 10 the
Prince in his continental tours had some
thing 10 do with his ease III tile presence OF
his future sovereign.
He left the room by one door rs the
Prince of Wales strobe out by another. and
went back to his dressiug-roOm TO select
| some wedding presents for the daughters
of several peers of the realm VINO were
/ shortly TO be married. The presents hau
been spread out artistically and his High
ness picked them out with wave OF the
forehnger and told his secretary for whom
each gift was intended. This duty over
he drew on his gloves, put on his hat, and,
descending 10 the Pail Mall entrance OF
! Marlborough House. stepped into
TIE HEAVY FAMILY CARRIAGE.
which he uses on civic visits, and drove
over towards kensington Oval
The Duke Of Beaufort. who IS staunch
! old ally of the Princes. was waiting beside
the carriage. He drove with the Prince 70
the crickct-grounds. The old Dukes spare
figure was held upright by stih stays. and
his face displayed the amiabilty OF a
beau OF the last century. despite It's
hundreds of wrinkles. and the marks left
by a life Of extraordinary disslpa-
ton. The occasion was game tor the
championship between the gentlemen anna
teurs of Great Britain and the profession
ais. Both Of the clevens stopped PLAYING
10 cheer the Prince when he appeared no
the window Of the clubhouse Then the
game went on. The Prince and the Duke
sat side by side. with their hats tilted over
thei- ewes and their feet on the window
sill. The President Of the club and half q
dozen officers lowered around the chairs
of the two distinguished visitors but they
d