Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-01-31

| Sltion OF 1890. A year later he was
raised to the rank of commander anC
might have seen active service haC
not the death Of his brother, Albert
Victor, given him Importance as the
heir presumptive. This put an end tc
his naval career and however ambi
tious he may have been for honors
during the boer war he was not given
the opportunity to earn them. He
urged in vain to be put in command
of warship in south African waters
the war office never had a ship which
needed commanding by prince OF
| the blood.
In 1898 Prince George was be
throthed to the princess of Teck. The
marriage was celebrated with great
pomp, although the world, and the
English people generally, gossiped
about previous marriage which the
prince was supposed to have contrac-
ted with the daughter OF British
admiral. However, the marriage be-
tween the Princess May and Prince
George was pleasing to the queen, to
the prince of Wales and to the Eng
| iish public generally. Princess Nav
is very popular, since she follows
closely the example set by the prin-
cess Of Wales, and is most generous
in her benefcence. She has a number
OF fads, among them a fond2css for
lap dogs, which have, however. lost
interest for her since the arrival of
her three babies, whom she feared the
dogs might bite
The duke of York is one of the most
enthusiastic stamp collectors and he
has collected to such good purpose
that he now possesses one of the
finest private collections in the world,
and its value is estimated 1T over
$l50,000 at present "philatelic" prices.
The poet laureate, Alfred Austin, is
another stamp enthusiast"
Princess Popular.
If the former prince of Wales is q
popular and busy man he is not one
half SO popular nor one-half so busy
as is Princess Alexandria. She will be
and in many respects a far more
splendid queen than Queen Victoria.
She is proud and uueenly woman,
who regards it her duty to play her
role with the splendOr BETTING her
title. A woman of naturally simple
and thoughtful habits, her Danish
childhood impressed her with the du-
ties of a queen toward her people and
in her after life she has never failed to
acknowledge them. a simple incident
is sufficient to show what reputation
this habit has given her. All Ameri-
can woman was one day walking in
Hyde Park and there was an unusual
crowd of ladies along the pathway.
She asked one Of the number if any
thing was going on.
Eyes," was the polite reply. THE
princess rides today"
She waited some little time, hoping
to see her, and the royal turnout did
not appear. Then with true American
Impotence she approached the lady
and suggested that perhaps she would
not come. The English Tonan'8
manner changed. She turned and in.
quite an indignant tone said:
''You are mistaken. The princess
never fails us
When the princess was married and
became an EnglishWoman, as she
soon did, she at once became popular.
Among the wOrkingWomen OF Great,
Britain the princess of Wales was
speedily made a popular favorite OW-
ing to the interest she manifested in
developing and stimulating the home
industries This was particularly the
case in the manufacture Of lace, which
was in a condition of collapse cOnse-
quent upon continental competition,
when the princess took English lace
under her fostering care and Ivy max
ing the wearing of it a fashion revived
this industry and placed It upon it's
present stable basis. The princess
collection of English point lace is said
to be the finest and most valuable of
it's kind and a sure approach to her
royal highness' favor is gift of a
dainty piece Of lace.
Collector of China,