The morning call., 1892-01-15

collection OF pretty plCI5. All THESE mugs
denote her domestic life. Her recent visit
to Balmoral was the first occasion upon
which she has been away from her home
alone
''As an instance OF her practical sympathy
one example Is eloquent and typical of the
rest An old servant had been promised
assistance, and wrote to remind the family
Of it: Without troubling her mother with
the letter, Princess May sent the old
retainer the amount promised out Of her
own drcss-mOney and destroyed the appli-
Cation"
This betrothal shows the utter nonsense
IL statements cabled recently TO some
American newspapers that the Duke of
Clarence would not be allowed to marry
and that the line OF succession would de-
scend through Prince George. Such a
thing was never even thought Of. 1t is
true that George was the more popular of
the TWO Princes. He is in every way much
more manly young fellow than his brother.
He has more OF the sterling qualities whch
true BritiSherS like. The Duke of Clarence
was namby pamDY sort OF fellow, who has
made very little impression and who GER
tainly took no pains to be popular. Until
the papers began to chronicle his move
ments as Colonel in the Tenth Hussars
people knew very little about him. He did
not show any interest at all in the forms of
usefulness which were suggested To him.
The people In Paris spoke Of him as nothing
but starch. His less complimentary nick
name in London was collars and Cuffs"
Prince George, who is now heir presump-
tive 10 the British throne, is the most pOpu-
lar young man in England, aud, next to his
father. no is probably better liked than any
member OF the royal family. lie is a frank,
handsome and manly fellow.
Prince George is q, and has been in the
navy since he was II. He is now leuten-
ant and last year was in command of the
mt
Teer he has received no promotion on ac-
count of his princelV rank, but he has been
compelled to work his way through the va
TiOus grades Just as any cOmmOner would.
He and his brother, when they were re-
spectiYely IA and 10 years old, went on
board the sch00lshlp Britannia, which was
stationed off Dartmouth.
In the service, whenever Prince George
has been abroad, he has always added to his
popularity, and n visit to Halifax and
some other Canadian cities year or SO ago
he made himself very agreeable TO all who
met him.
1t has been told OF him that some six or
seven years ago, on account Of some youth
fuI folly, his father reduced the Princes
allowance to so small d sum that the young
man found 1t almost impossible To make two
ends meet. About this time his aunt, the
Princess Beatrice, who married Prince
Henry Of Battenberg, became mother, and
when it was time to chcisen the infant,
presents came in from the near relatives.
A box arrived from Prince George. 1t was
opened, and found to contain a somewhat
battered pewter mug, upon which WAS the
inscription;
From Prince George of Wales to his
cousin. with the hope that when he grows
w, and is called upon to make christening
presents to his little cousins, ne will have
the means with which to make more suit
able gifts than this"
This joke was highly appreciated, and
Prince Georges allowance was returned to
him, along with handsome present from
the Queen.
GEORGE s. KNIGHT.
George S. Knight. the actor, died yester-
day afternoon at the home Of his mother,
Mrs. Rebecca Sloan, in Philadelphia. He
was stricken with paresis four years ago
while playing IN California, and has not
been on the stage since. He was in his
time well-knOwn dialect comedian
Recently j. w. Keller wrote for the New
York Recorder an article about actors who
had become affected, and Of George s.
Knight he wrote as follows: lie was not
known 10 be unusually dlssipated, and it Is
likely that his present condition of hopeless
imbecility was caused by disappointment
He was an excellent actoT-the best German
comedian | think | ever saw. His humOr
was buoyant and infectious, but at The same
time delicate, and he had in addition to this
the rare gift OF pathos. He could bring
tears as readily as laughter and his
ability TO ln,ermlngl- the two was
not eQualed by any dialect come
dian on the stage Of his day. After having
made n tour OF the world with his wife.
Sophie WOrreil, In a sketchy play known as
lotto" he employed Bronson Howard to
write the drama Baron Rudolph" Knight
set to work 10 study this character and he
bestowed upon 1t all the enthusiasm Of his
nature. The result was an admirable indi-
vidual performance. but for some reason,
which it is difficult in many failures 10 de-
fine, the play itself did not succeed He
undertook to tind out why it failed. He
studied II himself; lie had experts in cTiti-
cism. in play making aud in stage manage
ment to aid him and finally he got David
Belasco to rewrite the play. And yet it
failed.
In trying to make 1t a success he lost the
money that he and his careful wife had
saved through many years OF struggle, and
when at last bis means were Como and the
truth forced Itself upon him that the public
appointment overwhelmed him and he sank
gradually into the lassitude that comes
from a broken heart This was followed
quickly by dementia, with the symptoms of
paress. He had haluCiuatiOns, but they
were chiefly confined to the play for which
he had staked his all and lost. For hours
he would sit in his room gazing al picture
of himself in the costume of Baron Ru-
dOlph Even after he had become so insane
that he could not recognize his wife he
mum bled Of Baron Rudolph and watched
hat picture.