The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-05-31
TECK DIED GARTERLESS.
BECAUSE He Once Annoyed Her
Majesty with His Tobacco
Smoke.

The duke of TeclS was great
smoker, and seems to have been priv
ilged to smoke on all occasions. and
even in the houses of all his illus
trious relations. when other guests
had to be most strict in their conform
ity to the rules of tobacco says a
correspondents of the Washington
| Post.
/ myself have seen the duke Of Teclr
| driving through the Strand, accom-
! panied by the princess, his wife, and
by the grand duchess Of Mecklenbury-
Schwerin, putting furious clouds from
a huge cigar between his teeth. I
have also seen him. on the terrace OF
Marlborough house, standing amid
group Of his royal highness relations
of both sexes, not only smoking, but
the only one smoking. Indeed, it is
said that this habit of his for cigar
lost him the Order of the Garter,
which he had very nearly received at
the time of his daughters wedding.
There had been family dinner at
Windsor, and the Tecks were present
and had also been invited to sleep al
the castle. The rooms assigned to the
duke and duchess were in close vicin-
ity to those of her majesty. Now, the
queen never was lover of tobacco.
Her late husband was not much of
smoker. She was brought up in nm
age when tobacco never came near a
laey's drawing room, and certainly re-
manned very far from her boudoir. |
Her sons, the prince of Wales and his
brothers, are all smokers, but it is
stated they never smoke in their
mothers presence, except in the open
air
On the particular night of the fam
lily dinner mentioned above, after the
queen had retired to bed, and when
presumably she had made up her mind
that Francis of Teck should be told
the following morning at breakfast
that he should have the garter, she
suddenly detected the smell of smoke.
Her majesty at once touched the bell
beside her couch.
" III 0dANc ~ GA4OhC Al Inc NtAHbAC
exclaimed the queen.
The two bedchamber women gazed
at the great old lady with fear and
but they were soon or
dered to find out, and for the next
few minutes there was a dreadful
commotion in that particular corner
of Windsor castle.
There was ringing of bells. tramp
ing of sentries. rousing of deputy as
sistant chamberlains from their beds,
a hasty summoning Of the lord high
of the household, and (
scurry into garments on the part Of |
equerries and deputy gold and silver
sticks in waiting. The queen smells :
smokei- was banded from mouth to
mouth. Tobacco smokei7 At last
the smell was traced-and definitely
the apartment occupied by !,
his highness the duke and her royal
highness the duchess of Teck. The
lower court officials, such as equer-
Hes and chamberlains. scarcely ven
tured 10 hammer on the dueal door.
1lt Inc kIdhu coAt4 oitCA u lHt Hru~C
hold did venture TO knock. and he
hammered with such effect on the
panels that the duke Of Teck himself :
opened the door. sttired in pajamas r
short in the anlle. and aw-
'ul to relate. a short briarwood pipe .
n full operation eienehed between his
eeth.
his hlghness looked surprised nat
rally. Then be asked what was the
natter. and the chorus Of royal myr- =
nidons yelled: 'Tis the pipe. your
iighness. the pipe. Her majesty
meils smokei"
But the next morning. when the 4
rince of Wales rentured fo remind J
is royal mother 81 the duke 81 Teck