Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-27
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
Variety From His Attire in Paris to That In
the Highlands.

Variety From His Attire in Paris to That In
the Highlands.
From the Clothier and Furnisher.
The Prince Of Wales is colonel Of goodness
only knows how many regiments, commander
of countless vessels and holds commissions in
crack corps of dozen other countries besides
his own, it being court etiquette that princes
shall wear in each others society uniforms
pertaining to each others respective domin-
IONS While in compliment to the officers of
any ship or regiment be may happen to visit.
the Prince Of Wales must wear their full uni
form for dress occasions and their mess or
fatigue uniform for dining and chatting with
them. Albert Edward is splendid lightning
out of any amount Of paraphernaiia in the
course of a day and evening.
He il an imposing figure in uniform, but
makes rather weighty soldier. being no
longer in the heydey of youth and little given
to martial ambition like his warlike nephew.
in evening dress and in the character of the
charming man of society, which il most natu-
rally his. We're he not what he il he would be
the counterpart OF his American friend.
Chauncey n. Depew, being the cleverest after
dinner speaker in England, and. furthermore.
able to say clever things in exquisite French
and German. His character may be readily
summed up in the remark he once made to q
gentleman who asked him If he did not feel q
repugnance at visiting NJ. and Nine. Carnot in
company with the princess when in Paris.
"WhyT' he replied. II don't like his gov
ernment but he is the head of the nation, and
my friends viii scarcely worry for fear OF my
becoming republican
This easy-goiig willingness to accept any
situation not absolutely compromising, with
much as in his dress, which, while always
suited to his convenience and comfort ID al
ways thoroughly in harmony with his sur
roundings In Scotland. where. by the way. he
has not been much of late, he and his sons al
ways compromise with the national dress by
excursions clad in the garb of the canny Scots
who accompany them. At Sandringham.
when out OF DOORS the prince usually
wears rough tweeds and corduroys,
with close-fitting, pig-skin leggings, a. he
is likely to mount at any moment and
estate. In London he 10 seldom seen in public
in other than perfect-ftting frock coat over
very fine French cashmere trousers and with
a white flower in his buttOnhole. When in
Paris he usually affects o three-button cutaway
and trousers Of dark material, as light OF
gaudy patterns at once stamp the Engiishmau
at tho French capital, reserving those gorgeous
eccentricitics into which he occasionally plunges
for Homburg OK Cannes.
I am in position to state that all talk OF
conjecture OF Prince Albert victor's In any
way supplanting his father - . fashion plate
for the jeunesse doree in utterly idle. People
| who ars fond Of remarking the distant heir 70
the throne ~ risiag yoaag man forget that
he is no longer a boy, but hard on the road r.
thirty, and that furthermore, be b considered
| in England to be about ~ useless and unim
portant as he can we'll be. He u neither
| popular society man, talkes. speech maker
nor . student His physique y lsmentably un
calmly and awkward. He seldom appears il
public except in company with his father, whs
slludes to him - tiny CON-" ~ Il he we're te,
years old. Hs il always rumorsd 10 be ON tn
point Of marrying, but ID a. far oa today .
ever. II England IL ever 70 have anothe
fashion leader she must look TO Prince George
who seems TO have mush more important bud
ness TO attend to.