The evening times., 1895-12-06
|lDlUf BRITISH ROYALTY
Fist Appointment 10 DE DabJ Pfilss Ed.
ward Of Iafk Is 4 Dentist.
Queen Victoria Said to Be Growing
Exceedingly Queer.and She Quar-
rels with Her Physician.

1t ishardly pleasant omen for England q
future king. the baby Prince Edward OF
York. that the first appointment officially
made to the household of hts royal hfghne IS
should be a dentist. Yet such is the case.
The little fellow is having good deal of
trouble with his teething. and accordingly
one OF the latest issues OF the government
gazette announces the appointment of u
clever young dentist as dental surgeon
In ordinary to his royal highncss Prince Ed :
ward of York In course of time he will
be provided. tn rough the columns of the Of
ficiai gazette. with a governor. con-
troller. equerries, lords and gentlemen in
waiting. grooms OF the stole, and chap
lains. besides physicians and private sec
rctaries. But the dignitary whose ap-
pointncnt will outstrip all others in pri-
ority. il not in Importance and rank, is
that of the young dentist.
Teeth are becoming more and more an i'm
portant consideration i'll The rc1gning fam :
lies or Europe. Thus the royal house OF
| Sweden keeps a dentist busy all the time.
| owing to the fact OF all their teeth being
barred. while the molars of the reisning
house of Spain are excruciatingiy bad, bon
martyr with his teeth until lie had them
replaced by artificial grinders.
In fact. there is not a single royal hou Sc in
| Europe that can boast Of good teeth. and
for this reason dentists play so important
role in their existence that IL Is difficult
to realize that century ago even royal
| teeth were attended to by BARRIERS.
| There has been a ruction at Baimural be-
tween Queen Victoria and her medical
| attendant, Sir James Reid. who was
| knighted few months ago, and the attend
| ant has left the castle for good, his place
being temporarily filled by a young. doctor
! of the name Of Ellison. who has been sum-
moned from Windsor and who has hitherto
taken Sir James place when the latter ha >
| been off on leave.
1t seems that the queen had become very
I troublesome to manage from a meditll
point of view since she arrived at Balnoral.
| and she is guilty. OF all sorts OF extfava-
| gancies. which have been a source of great
concern To all those around her such FOR
! instance, as forcing her entire court and
I household to don mourning and to attend
| the funeral of young medical student
| whose only claim to her consideration had
been that he was the nephew OF her fayurite
personal attendant and gillie, the late
John Brown
At the solicitation Of Princess Beatrice
and Others around her, Sir James attempt-
cd to check come of these ecceBtricities,
fully realizing that il was most prcjutiiciai
| to her health OF body and mind TO humor
| these tendencies toward melancholia.
The queen, however, took his remon-
straDces very much amiss. She is very
imperious, and, being accustomed to ad-
| minister wiggiDgs even to such eminent
dignitaries as the Archbishops Of Canter-
spiritual advice not in accordance with her
views. is scarcely likely to tolerate any
remonstrance coming from relatively
young and obscure Scotch doctor who owes
his entire rise to the fact that he had
hong been attached to her household.
There is M doubt that Sir James has
done well for himself by leaving the queens
service at the present iuncturc. His title
and his hong association with the royal
household viii have the effect of bring.
ing him wealthy patients, and he will
be able to make in private practice as
many thousands Of pounds as he has hith-
erto received from the queen hundreds
He has nothing whatsoever to gain, either
in rank or fortune, by continuing TO re-
main with the queen, while the responsibility
is Increasing every day with the gro with
OF infirmity and age on the part of her
ma iesty.
1t is rather amusing to read in the Eng
lish newspapers of the splendid service rem
dered by the duke of Cambridge in the Cri-
ruea. matter offact. the ex generalissi-
mo of the British army cut very sorry
figure duriRg that conflict He was pres
ent only at two fights, Mt Alma and at
Inkermann, and in the latter combat he
fairly lost his head.
He landed his brigade of guards into a
terrible mess, and not only declined re-en-
forcements, but even cursed the general who
attempted to bring them up at moment
when they would have been of use.
Finally, when the duke saw too late. that
he could not manage unassisted, he coOlly
left his troops in the lurch and scuttle,i to
the rear In search of the re-enforcements
which he had shortly before declined. He
failed to return. and his troops had to be
brought out through heavy Russian col
umn by a surgeon general, bearing. curl
ously enough, the name of his sueeessor-a
DR.. WOlseley.
So denioralized was the duke by his fail
ure and by the comment that It created,
that two days later he went on board the
cruiser Retribution and sailed for home.
1t Is somewhat an exaegeration to talk
either of his mag nificent service in the Cri-
ntea or his t,lucE and ALA ptry on tho fell