Evening star., 1902-02-07
Mrs. Proal Declines to Give On Her
Home to Prince.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR His RECEPTION
Gossip Concerning VIM. c. Whit
ney's Retirement From Business.
YACHT BUILDING
FIN Z
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.


Henry have been looking iongingly on the
apartments on the fifth floor Of sherry's
occupied by Mr.. Arthur b. Proal and his
wife, for the reason that these apartments
are said to be the finest OF the sort In town.
An attempt was made to get the Proals to
give up the rooms to Prince Henry, but IL
failed. Mrs. Proal refused. and I'm her re-
fusal she is seconded by her husband.
my home is my castle" says Mrs. Proai.
and do not wish to be turned out for any
prince. These apartments are the incest
ones of the sort I'm town, and I've never
seen any nicer ones i'm Europe: but they are
ours, and neither Mr.. Proal nor myself
want them turned over to a lot OF men We
don't know. am just patriotic as any
body. | have a son who is in the army and
who has served in the Philippines. and who
is over on Governors Island now waiting
to go out there TO see more service. think
the kaiser has done a great honor In al
lowing his brother to visit us and in al
lowing Miss Roosevelt To name his new
yacht, but for all that my hon.e Is my
home, and don't see why / should GET OUT
of II TO make quarters for the prince"
With the royal box incident just ended
this comes as a Jar" and Is best disposed
of by William Il. Ming, former president OF
the Merchants Association and a member
OF the committee OF arrangements. who
says:
so many notoriety seekers are coming
forward in connection with the arrange
ments for Prince Henry's reception that 1t
is time common sense prevailed. All this
stir about opera boxes for the prince and a
place for the prince 10 stop is ridiculous
and does harm. The sensible people OF the
city 90 not approve OF such stuff. Prince
Henry will be taken care of and be enter
tained in the proper way. The kickers do
not represent New York or the good opin-
-anN A..
mind that Prince Henry is not New York's
guest-he is the guest of the nation. wher-
ever he goes he will be treated with the
highest courtesy. He represents a great
country, country which is on friendly
terms with ours, and with which We do a
large business. All the laws OF hospitality
and OF common sense dictate a proper re-
ception for Prince Henry. It's time to stop
all this foolishness and sensationalism. Ii
is discourteous to our guest and IL is not
representative of our hospitable and innate
ly courteous nation"
Prince VIII Reside on His Yacht
1t has been announced that Prince Henry
will reside on the yacht Hohenzollern while
here. Some time ago something was said
informally to the management OF the Man
haitian Hotel about securing the grand state
apartment just finished in the new portion
of the hotel
Nothing has been decided about that vet.
Washington have been engaged at the Wal
dorf-Astoria.
The finest pier that New York has ever
seen is to be made of the pier at the foot
Of West Bath street. which Mayor Low has
rendered to Prince Henry for his yacht
while he is in the city. Gustav II. Schwab
of the North German line has given orders
for the decoration of the pier 1t is to be
transformed into a royal landing stage.
blazing with electric lights and adorned I'm
most artistic manner. The interior Of
the big shed on the pier is to be turned into
a verltable flower garden, and telephones
and steam heat are to be put in. Thirty
four arc electric lights. six four clusters
and fifteen drop lights will be placed on the
pier. The offices are to be fitted up in hand
some style. The North German lloyd line
will bear the expense. Prince Henry will
land at this pier on his arrival
Prince Henry will receive the freedom of
the city at the hands of the board of alder
men when he appears at the city hall. on
February -, to make a visit of ceremony
to Mayor Low. This courtesy has not been
extended to any one for years. At "A con-
ference with Mayor Low the aldermanlc
committee of fifteen, which includes the
presidents of the five bOroughs accepted
the mayors suggestion to make the princes
visit at the center of municipal authority a
memorable one by presenting him en-
crossed resolutions offering him the free
dom of the city. The presentation will
take place In the aldermanic chamber be-
fore the entire board and official guests OF
Inc mayor. Inc details OF the affair were
left to a subcommittee of three. In ten
tative way the mayor and the committee
of aldermen have agreed that after Prince
Henry has paid his respects to the mayor
the committee shall wait upon him and in
vite him to the chamber. Then a process
sion will be formed. in which the prince.
escorted by the mayor, will walk through
the corridor and up the grand staircase to
the chamber. where he will be welcomed
to the city and the resolutions presented
to him.
The board of education has decided to in
vite Prince Henry to visit the public
been appointed, consisting of Richard III.
Adams. former Senator Charles L. Guy.
Gen. George w. WIngate and Commits
sioner Connery. One Of the ideas is TO take
the prince aboard the school ship ST.
Mary's
William c. Whitney's Retirement.
The report that ex-Secretary of the Navy
William c. Whitney was to retire from
business is a general subject of conversa-
ton in downtown financial circles. where
his wealth is variously rated at from s25.-
100000 to s40.000,000. Many professed to be
In the first place. If any one !
were asked TO say what business" Mr..
Whitney was engaged In 1t would be rather
difficult 20 answer. BY profession MIR.
Whitney is a lawyer He was once corpo-
ration counsel of this city. and then Presi-
dent Cleveland made him Secretary OF the
",
Of the best known men in this country, 10
say nothing of England, where his race
horses and his love for sport on the turf
helped to make him partly well known over
there But for many years Mr.. Whitney has
been deeply interested In politics-he has
pulled the political strings on more than n.
one occasion in national. state and mu-
licipaI politics-and a man who knows him
we'll said today that he believed that the d,
of Mr. Whtney's retirement %
rom business at this time was simply pre-
,aratory to his going into training for the
nomination for the presidency
n 1901. close friend OF Mr. whitney =
,ays: Mr.. Whitney is not going to retire
u once, and probably never will be able TO
'etire absolutely from active business life
His interests are too numerous and VARIED Z
o permit such a course. even IL ne were
Wiling to do so. AS understand his plans
he simply wishes to lessen his business
ares. and to be able to devote more time
O his racing stables and other pursuits
He has already taken steps to bring about
such an arrangement just how far he
will be able to carry out his plans depends
II course, on circumstances"
What Will be the fastest ocean-going
racht IN the world is now being built at the
works of the Burlee Dry Dock Company.
Port Richmond. She In for w. b. Leeds.
he preSident of the CHICAGO and Rock