Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-12

kGy=z5sxj Duke OF Cornwall ant
iflnpdp1 York, Duke OF Roth
ntH- say, Great Steward o.
As-ss-'-------s Scotland. Lord OF th'
isles, Earl OF carrick, Earl Of Inver'
ness, Baron OF Renfrew Baron Killar.
ney, etc, they will have a king born q
true cockney--that is, within the sound
" Bow Bells.
He ia no longer youth. but Is in the
glorious prime Of early manhood, for he
was born at Marlborough House on the
vi OF June, 1866, and IL the happy father
Of four children. The late queen lived
to such an advanced age and kept her
eldest son In leading strings 20 long
that most Britishers have grown to
look upon King Edward Wis son
George as their real and truly SOW
srtlgn.
Look, Tommy" an American over
heard a poor workingman say to his
little son about three years ago; Took
ut the Dock and Duchess Of York, for
they are to be your next king and
queen"
II was In this light that the heir and
helress apparent to the throne after
King Edward were viewed by the Brit
lsh populace, for the queen had pro-
tracted her reign so long that Prince
Albert had himself become a pretty old
man before she let go the reins.
Popular acclaim is not far wrong
when spontaneously bestowed. "Vox
populI, vox Del" Is rather extreme
way Of stating It. but 1t hits pretty near
the mark, after all. And when as
Prince George and his elder brother
the Duke Of Clarence, grew up and the
people gave their preference to the Sec
ond son Of the Prince OF Wales, they
only voiced the opinion that their ma
turer judgment fully confirmed.
OF the two elder sons OF Prince Albert
Edward and the Princess Alexandra
the second was always the peoples ia
vorite. Eddie, as the Duke OF Clarence
was called was more given to display
and dress than George, who was full OF
fun and frolc and cared little for
tlothes or society. George had faults,
which developed as he grew to man.
hood, and they were In line with those
which have laid his august father open
to criticism. He loved women and
song and sometimes wine. but he never
went to excess with any except the first
Of the three. Like some OF his royal an
cestors and namesakes, he could be
swayed by fair woman and made TO
neglect the duties Of the hour; but that
Is another story, about which his con-
sort has some private memoirs stored
away for use at the right and proper
time.
Everybody knows that England's
royal navy Is It's pride and boast: 30 the
British prince who makes choice OF the
sailors career as q profession has set
upon his brow the seal Of popular APP
proval. This George elected to do at a
very early age. When he was twelve, he
entered the navy by going on board the
Britannia at Dartmouth, and two years
later, In 1879, he and his brother began
that three years voyage on the Bac-
chante which made them acquainted
with their grandmother's colonial pos
sessions.
They started on In September. and
before they returned home again they
had sailed through the Mediterranean
to Teneriffe, the West Indies, Bermudas,
st. Vincent, the Rio de la Plata, the
Falkland islands, Cape of Good Hope,
Australia, Fill islands, Japan, China,
Ceylon, Egypt, Palestine. etc. On Jan.
8. 1880. the elder princes birthday. both
princes were rated as midshipmen, and
from that time on the sailor prince