The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-19
PRINCE OF WALES LIMP
Leads to Some Reflections on Roy
aIty's and SOciety's Ways

London, Aug 1.-THE accident to the
Prince of Wales affected society in very
much the same disastrous way that a pin
prick does an inflated baloon-a complete
collapse in everything gay followed the
announcement that he would be unable
for weeks to be anything but an inva-
lid. I cannot help feeling that the in
action will be prolonged The Prince is
nearing his 9Th birthday and having led
an unusually active life this enforced mac
ton will mean more to his general health
than il would be to either younger or
less active man.
Whilst the Queen is enjoying most IN
usually good health, her mind is more
than usually disturbed by the conditions
of her family. Her anxiety about the
Prince of Wales is slightly mitigated by
nearness. In an emergency she could
reach him in few hours. This, unfortu-
nately, is not so with the Duke OF Edin-
burgh who is not improving. One nat
urally feels anxious when the members
of our royal family foregather. and in
the case of the Edinburgh Sack Coburg
clan the daughters are clustering about
their father. Princess Marie has let the
his people while she goes to her father.
The Langenbergs and the Hesses are.
or are to be. in Coburg, for the wedding
of Duke Ernst Gunther and Princess
Dorothea, it Is said. but one wonders If
It is not because their father is less we'll
than we know. And then the health, or
lack of it, of the Czarina is giving seri-
Gus anxiety. She is keeping up a brave
front, entertaining all the time at Peterof.
but she IS very i'll. The Queen hopes TO
have her and her children at Balmoral,
where it is to be hoped that she will find
health and rest. With truth we may
say Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown"
SO often 1t has been said that this
Prince of Wales will never be King OF
England that any accident. moro or less
painful than the present. makes the know
ing ones wag their heads. and ponder
And yet the Queen seems to almost en-
JOY raking up her heart and that Of
Cowes. theQueen with Princess Beatrice.
went on the Alberta alongside, and had
the officers come aboard. Ii was on the
Blonde that Prince Henry Of Battenberg
died on his way home from Africa Poor
Princess Beatrice must feel that even in
her grief she cannot be her very self.
but must be perpetually lust like NAM
ma" After the officers had visited Prince
Henry's grave they were lunched at
Osborne; caeerfully it IS to be hoped.
The accident 10 the Prince will sex a
new fashion and offer a new excuse 10
those VINO are wearing out by too con-
slant use of the old ones His ROYAL
H.ghness has found much amusement
in listening through che eleotrophone to
the performances at the various theatres
Were musical plays are being performed
Ard he listened 10 a church service trans
mitted by electDophone. And now the
temptation viii arise for many 70 go 10
church by phone making tie excuse:
"Oh. was 50 late had 70 attend church
through the eIect-ophoaei" OF course.
the world has no; stopped because one
man has broke MS kneecap but It grew
less brilliant Even the Friday night
before Goodwood failed 10 arouse US.