The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-18
GREATEST BABY ON EARTH.
VOW A YEAR OLD, CUTTING HIS
TEETH WHILE THE WORLD
LOOKS ON.
II. n. II. Prince Edward of YOrk-He
Has Equerries, Ladies in waiting,
special Trains and Gold Crowns.


Every man, woman and child on earth
mas heard of his existence. but very
few. indeed, there are who know what
he looks like or how he is being cared
Tor. The name of this baby is Edward.
He is his royal highness. the Prince Ed
ward Of York, heir to the throne of an
empire on which the sun never sets,
and he is now cutting his teeth.
His royal highness lives either at
York House, st. James, London, or at
White Lodge, seat of the Ticks. A de-
scription of his personal appearance is
now on file in the royal archives of the
Tower of London, and he has been pho
tographed 1903 times. These details are
not triies. They are a part of the his
tory of the British empire. On June
% the Court Circular of England an
nounced that his royal highness had
said bahia" distinctly three consecu-
tive times on June 10.
The prince has blue eyes. His hair
is not scanty by any means, and he is
rather fat. He has a nursery of the most
severely plain character, and although his
little life is one long uninterrupted cere-
mony etiquette requires that the plain
He is under the tutlage of one Mile. Bull
ka whom all England knows as the conf1-
Dental companion of the Princess May
before her marriage. This Mile. BuilSa
has naturally an enormous responsibility.
His royal highness is already a general,
a colonel, a high sheriff and a patron.
He is a keeper of the seals, and an inn
perial usher. He is already entitled 70
put G. c. NJ. J., &C. l., S. l. and ever so
many other letters after his name, and he
is a member of the House of Lords.
His visitors are among the greatest
ones of the earth. A few weeks ago Mr.
and Mrs. Gladstone, when on the eve
of leaving London for Hawarden Castle,
called at York house TO see the little
prince, and expressed their great delight
at finding HIM such a fine specimen of
chubby childhood Mrs Gladstone was
accorded the rare honor of kissing his
royal hand chad she been a peerless she
could have kissed his right hand; being
merely Mrs" she had to put up with
his lefO and pronounced him a fine and
beautiful boy. and Mrs. Gladstone ought
to be a competent judge, having brought
up a large family of her own.
Well, when the baby awakes in the
morning, he hods a levee. The royal code
says so. His highness will be attended
by the lady in waiting, who takes his
commands. This means that she will
wash him and dress him. He must never
have anything on that is red--anything
that is, in the shape of clothing. His at
tire must be invariably white. This is
because he is q. Prince of York, and there
is a royal rule connected with the wars of
the roses that forbds his assumption of
the red until he is 5 years old. He may
not wear black shoes until he is 3, and in
public a sash must invariably be around
his waist Under no circumstances is he
addressed, even playfully. by anyone ex-
cept his parents. Queen Victoria herself
A. Id .
must always be His Highness seems
WELL" or His Highness sleeps" In fact,
it is his highness this and his highness
that all the time.
Only a blood relative may hold him
in her hands, with the exception of Mad
emoiselle Buika, who has received royal
patent for the purpose. Even the physi-
clan who attends him must receive royal
patent before beginning to physic this
babe. Every article of attire he wears
must bear the royal arms worked by hand
in silk, and he may not wear the same ar
ticle twice in succession. 1t must be wash
ed before it goes on again.
His highness travels by special train.
He has six equerries and a gentleman
usher of the black rod. He receives in
vitations to all royal and state functions
and is always represented at them by one
OF these equerries.
So far he has been pretty healthy, but
at present the royal gums are not fully
supplied with teeth. Therefore, anxiety
IS still felt on this subject of his physical
condition. His hair is likewise deemed
uncommonly thick for a Prince of York
at one year of age They had it cut by
royal patent on June last, but unfortu-
nately 1t only gets thicker. There is also
red spot on the nape of the royal neck
which is understood to be a birth mark
But the baby does not cry a bit. He
laughs and crows, on the contrary, and
kicked Queen Victoria in the face at York
House on May 20, 1885, being the only menu
per or the human race ever known to
nave perpetrated such deed For de-
tails see the court calendar, which is
very good history of this princes life
ana prints columns about him constantly.
lie is always alluded to in that publica-
uon as His Royal Highness, Prince Ed
ward of York
II would amaze the average mind to be
made aware of the army of dealers in
infants food, who claim to be purveyors
10 H. X. H. One would suppose he never
could put so many different brands into
MS royal stomach. Yet every one of the
dealers asserts that he is purveyor by
royal patent. 1t may be mentioned that
Frlhce Edward has already a signature
OF his own 1t was traced by his own roy
al digits, guided by the hand of an
equerry.
On state occasions the prince is arrayed
IN cloth of gold. His head is covered by
SAONh VI StdTCneQ anu SilueH Hhchi
Just as Pope Leo has a pasteboard tiara
TO give his head a rest from the gold
ana gem-studded one. He is then carried
by a royal lady in waiting. That means
that whoever carries this babe must have
royal blood in her veins. Another curious
thlng about the prince is that no more
IMAM four persons may be in his nursery
al any one time. When he is attired in
royal robes the peers must kneel TO kiss
MS hand on entering his presence. Oh
course, no hats may be worn in his pres
ence. In York house Mrs. Gladstone had
10 take Off her bonnet before entering his
nursery
when H. r. II. is asleep a flag floats
from his residence. When he Is awake the
nag u taken down. When he leaves his
nome the flag Is hung out Of the window
OF his nursery.
Another unexpected thing IN the life
OF The prince Is the extreme publicity 81
d. lie Is perpetuaiiy being photographed
ana the photographs are thrown broadcasi
an over England. Wherever be gofe The
TACT ~ bis coming 81 proclaimed Lots
~ people conFrneate about Bis tNo hplnfr