The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-09
SOME ROYAL PROPOSALS.
POPPING THE avs6TloN ~ THE
HIGHEST OF HIGH LiFC.
How Prince Albert Managed WIN the
Queen-The Prince of wales tci Ia
Love Mt First Sight-The Cars FRO
posal to the PrInces- AIi,.

| The prince. like the pcaSIut. has 10
| take advantage OF the most favorable
! opportunity that presents itself Tor tell
! ing the princess low much hr loves
/ her. says the Chicago Times Herald.
and he finds n lonely moor oI quiet
| sequestered dell in wide park as
useful an adjunct 10 tho process as
does any factory girl of with James
| William for the afternoon.
How did the Prince Consort OF Eng
land manage with the Queen. The
| story has oft been told, and it is prob
ably correct in its outline. that it was
not he in this case who had to manage.
but she. For it appears Ia Ice court
| etiquette for the Queen TO do the pro-
| posing in such n case. 1t is said that
/ while AT dance with the Prince at
! Windsor Castle i'm 1910 her majesty
! took from her dress II spray of white
| lilac AMI gave il TO him. He had no
| buttonhole in his uniform rs a soldier.
hut taking out his penknifc he made
slit in his coat and placed the spray
/ tenderly in it, What happened next
| during the quiet talk in ono of the
/ adjoining apartments we may leave
! 10 conjecture, but the fact of the en-
| Eagement was soon made known 10y
/ the Queen TO her council
The Priucc of Wales had met his
/ future wife at q continental town ana
| had first set eyes OH her willie visiting
Il cathedral there some time before he
| went to Denmark 10 visit her parents
and made his proposal. His was q case
| of love at first sight He was so
struck with the beauty and grace of
| the princely maiden whom he saw i'm
| That cathedral that he made many in
| quirtes about her and sought an intro
duction. Then the later steps came in
| due course. II 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
sen kings" and proposed gladly To find
/ her an English home and happiness
for the remainder of her life And
here she accepted him. This was I'm
private room which is one of the
suite of rooms in the Rosenberg castle
where the proposal was made Either
here or in an adjoining room his ROYAL
llighncss went through the same
trembling few minutes that all "nro-
posers" know so well and remember
so wildly, often 10 their future dis
comfort There never seems to have
been any doubt of the answer to he
given 10y Princess Alexandria, how
ever, for she was as much i'm love with
the ine-looking heir 10 the British
throne rs lie was with her. And so.
after this suspicious day, "all went
merry as marriage bell" and Eng
land welcomed the Danish conqueror
| once more TO her domains with wei
come very different TO that of Canute
in 1910
When in 1874 the Duke Of Edinburgh
| took to England his Russian bride il
was considered n good omen by the
| many BritOns who still recollccted the
terrible days of the Crimcan War And
the omen has so far indeed been good:
| there has been peace with that great
nation for the past quarter of cen
| tury. No more splendid surroundings
could possibly be imagined for pro
posing" than the precincts and salons
of the grand palace at St Petersburg.
where the imperial family resides And
here it was that the Russian Princess
first received the proposal of the En-
glish Prince for her hand and heart.
she accepted the sailor prince"
whether with or without hesitation we
are not told. But probably. like even
more lowly maidens. the daughter of
Car would like being asked more
than once. ana would not be aversc
TO little pleading upon the part of
her royal lover. And we know that
the Romanoff princcsses are not light
~ Won
1t was in 1857 that two lovers might
have been seen OF u Scotch moor i'm
the district Of Balmoral They had
gone out for the day with n party OF
friends, and. like many other lovers.
from time immcmorial. they had man
aged very beautifully to lose the party
and lose themselves and the nearest
way. Nevertheless they walked gay
~ along toward Balmoral over the
springy turf. evidently anything hut
cast down ut the loss. Suddenly the
gentleman spied piece Of white
heather growing close by He gath.
cred 1t and presented il to the girl he.
side him. For she was n true girl.
barely eighteen nj the time. But she
knew the meaning Of such gift from
such q person. ana she clearly wins
pcrcd, "Ncs,' loud enough for the hap
by lover to hear For when they
reached home there had 10 bc o telling
to papa aud mamma" Of something
that had happened. And Inc next news
heard was that the Crown Prince of
Germany was bctroihcd TO the English
Princess Royal
White Lodge. Richmond Park. was
the place where the Duke OF York did
his counting Of the Princess MAY.
and IL Is generally stated that 10 was
in the small but wellkcpt gardens
round tho pretty mansion that ne
went through the ceremony which
as the old man said long ago. comes
TO al Of us who want 10 bc married
sooner or later" Prince George meant
business from the first. as every sailor
does IN all that ne undertakes. Tho
Prince went TO stay for u fcw weeks
with his sister the Duchess Of Fife
at Sheen House. not far from the park
gates and ne could be seen each day
strollinR iauutily up the pretty road
Sheen Lane, that led from that resi-
dence to White Lodge Sometimes hc