The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-07-04
HOW WALES FELL IN LOVE,
The Future King of England Recame En-
amored of Photograph.

Two stories are related, on creditable
authority, of the manner in which the
heir apparent to the throne Of England
| first heard of the charms of the Prince
| of Denmark's daughter; and both of
| therl form pretty incidents in the
prologue of what is regarded as the
most charming royal romance in
| modern times, says a writer in Lip
| pincott's." II. Il. II. Albert Edward
CHANGED, 50 it is said, to be Willing
away part of a long summer afternoon
with two or three congenial friends,
young men of rank and position near
enough To his own to make even dis
| cussions on domestic questions possible,
| and the matrimonial outlook for one of
| he party was brought up. Colonel
- drew from his pocket the photo
graph, as he supposed. of his fiancee, TO
show 1t proudly 10 his companions.
Butinstead ofLadv Is likeness there
appeared rather poorly taken carte de
visiie of the most charming girl the
Princes eyes had ever rested upon-a
girl wearing simple little white gown
and loose white Jacket, with black
velvet ribbon circling her throat, and
her hair smoothed back from her brow,
leaving the beautiful young face to be
admired for itself alone. The ewes and
lips seemed to be smilinL at the Prince,
who gazed at the picture, demanding To
know who i'll the world this lovely
country girl" might lie. The
daughter of the Prince OF Denmark
was the answer, and naturally enough,
the carte de yisIte changed owners. II.
K. ii. showed it that evening to a con-
tidential friend-one who knew of the
d. at lol Of e.
the Prince of Wales, bride from one of
the we'll known German houses having
been selected. The quaint little
photograph bad not left the Princes
keeping when few days later he again,
and quite by chance, encountered at the
house of a certain Duchess the same
noble young face, this time eXquisitelv
painted in miniature, the property Of a
lady who had Just returned from Den
mark.
Never, so ii is said since the days of
Queen Elizabeth, had there been any
thing so sumptuous as the preparations
for the progress of this royal bride from
Gravescnd to London, thence on to
Windsor Castle. 1t seemed as though
the whole nation had swarmed into
public view, so crowded were the
thoroughtares, the country side and
the shores which greeted the eyes of
the Danish girl whose new dignity
seemed to have acquired something
positively spectacular in the splcndor
with which the people set il forth
Early ia the day, sixty young ladies
attired in the red and white colors Of
Denmark assembled at the wharves TO
strew flowers beneath the feet of the
Princes bride. The moment the Yacht
came in view bearing its precious
freight, the air was rent with cheers, at
which, so relates a lady in the party,
Alexandra turned pale with excitement
and chung To her mother, hardly know
ing what to do or say in answer 10 the
wild tumult of the people.
Those upon the shore saw a pretty
sight-a timid girlsh figure, dressed
entirely in white, who appeared on the
deck at her mothers side, then return
ing TO the cabin was seen first at one
window, then at another, the hewitch-
ing face framed in little white bonnet,
the work of her own hanGS-and which,
it may be remarked, had to be replaced
at Grayesend for something more suited
to the bride of the Prince of Wales
The Princes yacht approached that OF
his bride, the gangway was thrown
down, and Immediately he was seen by
all those thousands to rush across II,
and, waiting for no formal words OF
greeting, and to the delight of the
onl0ukers, caught the Princess in his
arms and kissed her, ''just" as an
honest Yorkshire man said 10 me in
describing the scene, las though she
were any other lass"