The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20

the ridicule of the gods by going out and
directing under the pretense that it was a
hazardous feat. And in putting the life.
boat crew TO all that trouble and exposing
it to the danger, if danger there was,
simply to furnish stage settling for him
to pose,in, like boy strutting around the
nursery in 10Y uniform, the Prince acted
ignobly, whether there was storm on or
not, or whether ne went out in it or stayed
ashore.
Contemplate for a moment this syndi-
cate view Of it:
1t was almost like play, but very realistic
one. After ,circling about little, es If in
search Of vessel in distress, the Prince was
seen TO shade his eyes with his hand. Then
he gave d quick order and the boat turned in
new direction as readily as the dainty half
rater answers the helm when her ski pper is
sailing her. The crew OF the iIeboat pulled
like madmen. Had they been rowing 10 save
a hundred lives they could have done no
better The Prince encouraged them win
voice and gesture.
Those were watching the maneuvers
through feldglasses say the muscles stand
out ON the rowers' arms like the rigging OF u
ship in a gale OF wind. Fas ter and faster
moved the big boat until apparently the yes
Sc! IN distress was near at hand. Then with
skill that only sailors can appreciate she
rounded 10 beside or within easy dlstance of
the imaginary craft TO whose succor she had
gone. Win gesture full OF nautical grace
the Prince modoned 10 the crew he
seen to speak to them. Reaching down in the
stern sheets he pulled into view a coil OF light
| line, which in turn was attached to a coil of
rope. Giving it wave about his mead after
the fashion OF the American cattIeman who IS
seeking to throw Issso over a refractory
beast he gave the line a skillful throw with
tremendous force
This sort of thing is becoming fatiguing
Royalty may nurture in its soul the unc-
tuous notion that the freaks which It in
dulges in will always interest the lay
world just because royalty Is the actor.
The lay world Graves something to wor-
ship, something TO admire, something to
marvel at and talk about. But in one or
two directions the laymen of the world
are not the fools they seem, and in the
direction OF royalty's ostentatious antics
they do not always gaze with blinded eyes.
Quite commonly the faIiacies OF great pre-
tensions are seen through by them, even
when their admiration OF the airs which
the great ones put on seems the most
ELUSIVE and the talk about them runs the
loudest. For the world often pre-.
IenQS 10 d0mlFe Wnen II UOtSn I,
and chatters words which it doesn't
mean. 1t does this not so much
to please the ones admired or the ones
talked about as to en- Joy the sensation
of unison with chorus of kindred ad-
mirers and takers. The world moves in
concerts aud by periods of fashion, and it
will sacrifice everything tor the sake of
''doing as others do"
And the world as a concerted whole is
growing weary of pretending to applaud
the attitudinizings of its eminent men,
Long ago it ceased to applaud them
genuinely. The time is coming. praise
God when the world will laugh when
prince strikes an attitude or poses before
the lens of a newspaper press that is
aEhirst for freaks.
CARROLL CARRINGToN.