The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-25
RoYALrY.s SHORTCOMINGS.
| How the Prince OF Wales and His Hopeful
Son Victor Amuse Themselves.

How the Prince OF Wales and His Hopeful
Son Victor Amuse Themselves.
London SPECIAL.
The Prince of Wales has been having
great fun at York playing at soldiers His
eldest son is captain in the Tenth Hus-
sars, of which his fatherls honorary colonel,
and the portly Prince of Wales resolved to
60 into the barracks for couple of days.
The officers did their best to let the world
see how proud and pleased they were to en-
tertain their princely colonel, but as mat
ter of fact they would much rather he had
remained at home. 1t costs money to en-
tertain the Prince of Wales, who does not
relish Spartan simplicity, even in mill
tary mess. 1t was necessary, also, to invite
an adequate assortment of noble lords to
meet the royal colonel and help to enter
tain him, so that the bill which
they will have to. pay among them
will be of appalling length. The
most striking feature in connection
with the many newspaper columns put
forth about the visit to York has been
the unanimity and the enthusiasm with
which the reporters have dwelt upon the
fact that Colonel, the Prince of Wales, and
Captan Fl PRINCE ISs ARsrt sr Victor are aGtu
one newspaper man, Prince Albert seems
to be getting quite at home on horseback" !"
simultaneously with this loyal tribute
comes the irreverent announcement printed
in a Tory newspaper. that when at Oxford
University, Prince Albert Victor was a guy
as an athelete, and rowed with a phenOm-
enally round back and short swing 1t is
possible, by the way. that the fOllowin g
mysterious paragraph, evidently penned in
the deepest anguish, and with the death
daring determination to tell the truth
though the heavens fell, refers to Prince
Albert Victors 1t is taken from the ST.
Stephens Review, weekly society paper,
beloved of the Primrose League danes and
antique Tories, and runs as follows:
Very ugly rumors are running the rounds just
now concerning a distinguished parsonage, and
associating his name with disorderly scenes at
tributable to intemperance. Since some months
back these reports have been afOat, and week by
Within the last few days, indeed, certain things
have occurred, though we will not do more than
hint at them, that have added force to the cur
rent gossip, and it is to be hoped that before il
is too late something may be done to finally put
q stop TO what may otherwise prove eventually
q very serious scandal.
Following this comes that sober sheet
the NRock, the .pious organ OF the Tory
church party, the embodiment of all that is
respectable in the middle classes, and the
personiication of unreasoning dislOyalty
TO the crown, and everything connected
with it, as symbolized by the open Bible
and the crown which it bears upon its title
page. 1t is sorry to have to reflect upon
the conduct of the Prince of Wales, but
there are obligations which ought not to be
shirked. Some of the newspapers intmated
that the Princes continental amusements
were not as dignified and refind as befit his
station. but the papers are not toe, anxious
to search out these failings. 1t is, however
different when he lapses in the habits OF
the continental Sunday and repeats these
| practices on his return to England.