The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-02

! noh'eman next TO kinEship In the world.
! caused no little f=tterinE of hearts. and
| aroused the decpes; interest and en-
thusiasm.
A Committee OF Reception was made up
OF cftzerS by n sort Of natural selection,
and was not appointed by the Mayor. as
has been the custom OF later Yeas. OF
this Mr.. Maunsel b. Field was the sec
Rotary and managing member.
| The Prince reached New York by the
way of Philadelphia and took the Camden
ana Amboy. line from that city. which left
him at Amboy, TO come To the city on III.
revenue cutter Harriet Lane.
| He reached New York on October II. and
Lieutenant General Winfield l. Scott deiiv-
! cred the address of welcome on boar the
| cutter.
| The Prince was n tall. fine looking. stall
wart young gentleman of nineteen. said TO
be a little gray-so much salt was whiS-
pered, that the Duke of Newcastle, the
Earl of ST. German and General Bruce
We're sent with MIN as much to keep him
out of mischief as to do him honor by their
presence on his stan. General Bruce espe-
cially was regarded as his sternest mentor.
As for the others, they disliked their mis-
sion so much. and America at that time
was held in SO little esteem. that they could
not help showing their contempt for both
land and people. Wien they went up the
Hudson TO visit Albany or West Point they
kept themselves ostentatiousiy In the cabin
and would not even look at the scenery,
which In their opinion. was so much in
ferior to that of .the Thames as not TO be
worth the trouble of a regard.
Prince Albert Edward
Was a Royal Good Fellow"
But the Prince was altogether different.
and what. IL he were a less great parsonage.
might be described as a royal good fell
low appreciative of the kindness and
honor that were shown to him and possibly
not Indifferent to the future effect of his
amiabie graciousness. He already wore his
| proverbiai prince Albert frock coat. and
under that, across his breast, the broad blue
' ribbon of the Order of the Bath, and wher-
ever he went made himself friendly and at
( home almost as If he had been born a re-
publican instead Of the head of the worlds
ar.stocracy.
! He did this even under some very trying
circumstances. A public reception was given
at Castle Garden, where he was formally
welcomed by Mayor Fernando Wood, and
where he was introduced to the Common
Council. Mr.. Wood was imposing and car
ried the reception of in good style, but the
introduction to the then Common Council
must have surprised his Royal Highness,
who was not accustomed to our democratic
ways.
After the however, he reviewed
our troops. consisting mainly of our militia.
which. even then. was in pretty good train
ing. and was taken to the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. where he made his Headquarters
thereafter during his stay
Barber Who Cut His Hair
Made a Fortune.
OF course. our American girls went crazy
over him. The barber who cut his hair
made a small fortune by selling ALLEGED
locks for keepsakes. Even the water in
which he washed his hands was bottled
and sold to female worshiperA I remem-
Der one Of them remarkinG In my presence
that she had noticed little specks in II, and
she seemed to think either that nobility
came of in the washing or that the hands
Of Princes did not get soiled like common
place hands.