The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-21
TIEWS OF PRINCE or WALES.
Very Busy Man-Hard Worker for
Charity Opposed to Betting.

| tharity-Opposedt to BETTING.
Especial Correspondence of the Associate,
Press.)
London, Friday, Jan. 1.-THE follow.
ing is the substance of an interview
with the Prince Of Wales which is t
| appear shortly in London magazine
There is every reason to believe it Is
perfectly genuine, and it is unders toot
to be the first interview in which his
royal highness has been directly quot
ed. A correspondent who has beer
privileged to meet the Prince of Wales
on more than one occasion had an in
terview with Englands future king al
Marlborough House, his royal highness
London residence, some days ago. The
| prince talked with great frankness con-
corning himself and his views on vari-
GUS subjects,
If any one ever deserved the appella-
ton of "a busy man." the prince does,
and there are few city merchants or
business men who work harder than he
| does, and even the London public has
no idea Of the quantity of work he gets
through in the course of day. 1t is
| only by following a most methodical ar
rangement that he is able to do so much
as he does in the time. AS matter of
fact, all his engagements are made
weeks and more times months ahead,
and every hour, almost every minute, is
mapped out for him.
When the correspondent was ushered
into his study at Marlborough House
the prince was seated at an old-fash-
toned PEDESTAL writing desk the fac-sim-
lie Of the one used by his father, the
late Prince Consort, which was piled
high with papers and documents of all
descriptions. He wore a black morning
coat and vest, dark gray trousers,
square fronted collar with White-spot-
ted black tie, and patent leather shoes,
and in his fingers he held the inevitable
cigar.
well, what do you want me to say?'
was his royal highness' query as soon
as the preliminary greetings were over.
The correspondent launched forth his
questions, beginning with inquiries
about the numerous public dinners
which the prince attended and abiding
to the published statement that the
prince held the record for obtaining the
largest sum of money ever collected at
one banquet.
Eyes, that's quite correct; certainly
hold the record in that respect" said
the prince "And presiding at dinners,
etc, for the benefit of charities, espe-
cially Masonic ones, is always pleas
ure to me. The only part which I do
not like about the proceedings is If the
dinner drags itself out to a considerable
length That I do not like, and when
dining in private at home the meal sell
dom lasts more than an hour"
st have read many times in reports of
dinners ETC., at which your royal high
ness has been present." said the core
spondent that you were continually
smiling during the proceedings and
seemed to be enjoying yourself very
much"
Yes" replied the prince, shade of
WEAKNESS creeping into his eyes, that
Is where I act, If only you knew how
terribly bored I am by the inordinate
length of some of these dinners and the
speeches, and how ] am all the time
longing to get away, you would be real
ly sorry for me. But, there-I mustn't
say too much on that subject"
with regard to horse racing and bet
ting, your royal highness:
"I think racing is the finest sport in
the world, and I only regret that 1t
should be harmed by the amount of bet
ting which goes on. Personally, l am
adverse to the practice, and l
always use what influence I possess to
discountenance it among my personal
friends, especially when it is made a
regular practice of and the stakes are
large.
"There are many people who think
that your royal highness has very
easy life of it, and that the hardest du-
ties which you have to perform are at
tending state functions, ETC."
''Now here is some information for
you" said the prince. do you know
that I myself see every letter which is
addressed to me and in the majority of
instances dictate the reply? When the
mail arrives in the morning it is open
ed by my secretarys staff and sorted |
into three groups-letters from personal |
friends and relatives those bearing on /
state affairs and, thirdly, begging let
ters and petitions, etc, and l make It |
my business to make myself aware of |
the contents Of each This of itself is |
no light task, when you take into con- !
sideration the fact that each mornings
mail consists of some hundreds of let