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SOME ROYAL PROF AIS.

question In the Highest Life.
The prince. like the peasant. has to
take advantage OF the most favorab e
opportunity that presents itself for tell
ing the princess how much he loves her.
and he finds a lonely moor or a quiet.
sequestered dell in vide park as use
ful an adjunct To the process as does
any factory girl off with James Will
liam" for the afternoon.
How did the Prince Consort of Eng
land manage with the Queen2 Tine
story has oft been tod, and Il is prob
AMY correct In its outline. that II was
not he In the case who had 10 manage.
but soc. For IL appears To be court etI-
quette for the Queen To 20 the propos
ing I'm such a case. 10 Is said that whale
at a dance with the Prince at Windsor
Castle In 1870 her majesty took from
her dress a spray OF white nlac and
gave IL TO him. He had no buttonhole
In his uniform as a soldier. but taking
out his knife he made a slit in his coat
and placed the spray tenderly In It.
What happened next in the quiet talk
In one OF the adjoining apartments we
may leave % conjecture. but the fact
Of the engagement was soon made
known by the Queen to her council.
i The Prince OF Wales had met his flu
ture wife at "a continental town. and
had first set eyes on her while visiting
"A cathedral there some time before he
went 20 Denmark TO visit her parents
and make his proposal. His was a e1se
Of love at first sight. lie was so struck
with the beauty and grace OF the prin se-
~ maiden whom he saw In the cathe-
dral that he made many inquiries about
her and sought an Introduction. TIE a
the later steps came IN due course. 1t
was at the castle OF the Danish royal
family at Rosenberg that the Prince OF
Wales had his private interview with
the daughter Of the Sea Kings" and
proposed gladly TO hnd her an English
home and happiness for the remainder
OF her life. And here she accepted him.
This was I'm n private room which -
one Of ...e suite OF rooms In the Rosen-
berg castle. where the proposal was
made. Either here or In an adjoining
room his royal highness went tarougn
the same trembling few minutes tfat all
'proposers'' know so well and reme.n-
Der SO wildly. often to their future dis
comfort. There never seems to have
been any doubt OF the answer To b.
Z given by Princess Alexandra. however,
for she was ms much In love with the
nne-looking heir to the British throne
as he was with her. And Sd after this
suspicious day Fall went merry as n
marriage bell" and England welcomed
the Danish conqueror once more to her
/, domains, with n welcome very different
20 that OF Canute In t040.
When In 1874 the Duke Of Edinburgh
? took Co England his Russian bride IL
7 was considered a good omen by IL
many Britons who still recOllected Nh
terrible days Of the Crimean war. Aud
the omen has so far indeed been goo'l;
there has been peace with that natlOu
for the past quarter OF n century. No
more splendid surroundings could D =
Z slbly be imagined for proposing" thar
a. -.
q palace at 81. Petersburg. where the I'm.
pcrial family resides. And here IL wal
that the Russian princess FIRST receivec
the proposal Of the English prince 70
q her hand and heart. She accepted n,
n sailor prince" whether with or with
/. out hesitation We are not told. Bu
probably. like even more lowly maid
= ems. the daughter Of Gar would Tx
= being asked more than once. and woul,
q not BE- 0versc To- n little pleading o
d, the part OF her royal lover. And w
I. know that the Romanoff Processes ar
= not lightly won.
- II was In 1857 that two lovers nigh
u have been seen on n Scotch moor in tn
J.. district % Balmoral. They had gOn
a out for the day with n party OF friend
and like many other lovers from tim
~ irnmemorial. they had managed yer
x beautifully TO lose their party an
A themselves and their nearest way
~ back toward Balmoral over the spriu &
turf. evidently anything but cast dow
n NJ the loss. Suddenly the gentlem /.
,e spied n piece Of white heather CROWN
- near by. lie gathered II and presente
n II 20 the Girl beside him. for she wa
~ true girl. barely IS at the tlnel Br
'r she knew the meaning OF such n gi
"a from such person. and she elesrI
10 whispered Yes" loud enough for N
!. happy lover TO hear. f'or when the
~ reached home there had TO b. a tellin
20 papa" and mamma" OF somethir
that had happened Ard the neyi new
heard was that the Crown Prince
Princess Royal.
~ White Lodge. Richmond Park, WI
\. the place where the Duke Of York d
his "courtlng'' Of the Princess May. N
IN n In generally stated that u was In n
OF small but well kept gardens round a
ar pretty mansion that he went throur
n the ceremony which as the old ina
!, said long ago. comes TO all OF US WI
~" want 20 b. married sooner or later
o. Prince George meant business from q
to FIRST. as every sailor .oes In all that
vo undertakes. The prince went To sti
=. for n few weeks with his sister. Il
az Duchess OF Fife. ut Sheen House. n
W far from the park gates. and he eou
OF be seen each day strolling tauntily
I'm the pretty road. Sheen lane. that 4
- from the residence TO White Lode
~ Sometimes he was not alone. for q
sn lady Of his choice accom- paniei him
he his moonlight walks. But those tou
in neys, whose object even the dulis
,nt observer seemed 20 guess beforehar
ended lust as expected. and Engla
"a learned OF the true Identity Of her Z
~ ture Queen. and saw with pleasure IN
In n was 10 be an English maiden who W
ar 20 be raised 20 that honor.
~. The Queen herself has. In her Boo
NJ Leaves From the Journal OF n Life
ish the Highlands" told the story OF {
engagement Of the Princess Louise
the Marquis Of Lorne. now Duke
Argyll she says. under date Of {
tober .. 1870:
This was an eventful day. Our Do
Ia Louise was engaged 20 Lord Lorne. 7
event took place during walk fr'
49, the Giassait shiel TO Loeb Dhu.
-. had gone there with jamie py. the Ii
no' Chancellor and Lorne. had driven
Pannanich Wells, on the south side