Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-01-17

hood as the "enfant terrible" OF the
royal family OF Great Britain, and the
stories of his wicked practical jokes, OF
his merry quips and of his everlasting
| scrapes would FIJI volumes.
Not even the warmeSt admirers OF
! Prince George, aid he has many, would
ever dream of holding him up as
model Of propriety, or as pattern OF
| responsibility. But he is an honest,
warm-hearted, generous-minded and
CHEEKY, English lad, possessed OF all the
| endearing qualities as well as the de-
fects OF the English boy. Indeed, his
very faults have contributed to win 9
warm spot for him in the hearts Of hi;
countrymen. For 1t helps them TO real
ize that be is just as human, just as
fallible, and subject to the same temp
tations as themselves, and IL to-day he
is, without exception, the most popular
member of the royal family, it is not be-
cause his conduct is irreproachable, but
because it just happens to be the con-
trary.
That Prince George has a very de-
cided will of his own has been mani
tested on numerous occasions, and he
possesses an amount of initiative as
well as OF independence OF thought and
speech which was conspicuously absent
in his elder brother. While Prince AL
bert Victor used to think so long before
he spoke that he somtimeS permitted
his meditations to relapse into oblivion
without having given utterance there
to, Prince George generally speaks be-
fore he thinks. Just as to how far this
regularity will contribute to the facil-
ity Of administering government when
he aScends the throne as George V. re-
mains TO be seen; and IL is probable
that the difference Of opinion between
himself and ministerial advisers will be
as frequent and as plainspoken as those
which marked the reigns OF George ~.
and William ~.
While he has all the obstlnacy of the
two kings just named he possesses an
infinitely greater degree OF eniighten-
ment.
Born in 1865, on June 3, Prince
George was educated along with his ell
der brother at home under the charge
OF the Rev. Mr.. Dalton until the time
came for sending them TO school on
board the training ship Britannia,
where they remained for two years be-
fore being appointed midShipmen on
board the corvette Bacchante. They
formed part of the latter's complement
Of officers and crew during her trip
around the world, and visited in turn
each of the British colonies, as well as
a large number Of foreign ports. Prince
George will therefore, when he ascends
the throne, be the first sovereign OF
Great Britain who can pride himself on
having visited every corner OF his vast
empire, upon which, like that OF Charles
V. OF Germany and Spain, "the sun
never sets"
Two incidents occurred during this
prolonged cruise which served TO at
tract the attention OF the people at
home TO their young sailor Princes. In
the first place excitement was caused
throughout the length and breadth OF
the land by q rumor that the two royal
midshipmen had been tattooed by their
misunderstanding messmates with the sign
OF the broad arrow on their illustrious
noses. Now, the arrow is sign used
by the Government in branding, stamp
ing and stencilling all property pertain
ing TO the Government. All the clothes
worn by the convicts in English prisons
are covered with the sign OF the broad
arrow, and the idea that
each young Prince, both in the
line Of succession TO the
throne peing marked indelibly and for
life, with broad arrow on his nose, was
sufficient to cause even the stoutest OF
English hearts to quail. The question
as to the condition of these two royal
noses gradually developed into the all
absorbing topic Of the day, and 1t was
not until the Governor OF the Australian
colony Of Victoria cabled an official re-
ply to the inquiries OF the Cabinet In
London conveying assurances concern
ing the immaculate condition OF the
royal noses, and that news to this effect
was solemnly announced in the columns