The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-27

Lords OF the Bedchamber. a Comptroller
and Treasurer. a lot OF eQuerr1es in ordinary
and all the rest OF il. and now he is prepar-
great red mansion where he was born
thirty-seyen years ago, and where his father
lived until he became King-an establish
ment that viii play hob with his income
OF about half a million dollars q year.
As Prince Of Wales he has had to take
fell TO the lot of the present King when
he had that title-all sorts OF solemn fune-
never for a moment relax the appearance
OF having the time of its life He has to
! get up speeches appropriate for the opening
OF new Institutions. make "w~ell-chosen re-
marks appropriate TO the laying Of .nnum-
cradle corner stones. and prepare set
speeches to lie delivered at public banduetS
with the uneasy consciousness that every
word will be printed in every newspaper.
Required TO He Conservative.
As the Kings representative, and being,
therefore. necessarily aloof from politics
and unable TO originate policies. he is ex-
pected to avoid saying anything more dar-
ing than that consumption il q plague and
mist be- suppressed. or that IL Is the firm
royal conviction that the fine arts should
be promoted. or that II the distinguished
company there assembled would permit the
; observation, the speaker would beg TO say
that he firmly believed education to be a
: good thing.
notwithstanding all these limitations. the
| Prince made a speech at the Guildhal just
after his return from the Colonial tour IN
which ne Informed the country that IL was
time for IL TO wake up as he expressed
it. Others had made The same discovery
some time before. but. coming from the
Prince of Wales. this statement was deemed
quite startling. apd he has been looked
upon since then as a man who might at any
moment have another lightning hash OF in
After a comparison of their public utter
ances II seems that the Prince has some
what more originality tnan his father. But
his manner OF speaking doesn't compare
well with that OF the King. be haIts and
hazlFnFAG vEgfh all The nRFT0uEnGla Of a
commencement orator. His voice lacks tbs
ring of assurance
Follows Manuscript Closely.
lie keeps close to his manuscript usually,
anu gives one the impression thai he would
like TO preface him remarks by Observing:
r. ally. GU know. 1 expect you'll be bored;
but il isn't my fault. l wouldn't be taking
your time IL 1 could help IL. but there are
csrfain things that am eS S e G 70 s1y.
somehow; You can trust me TO De as BRIEF
as possible"
Oxen the correspondence leaves him JUST
time to dress for some luncheon or oIher
function at which his attendance is re
ssGest has 10 pesin dressing for dinner al
most as soOa as ne gets tack to his wing
in dingy old 81. JameSs Palace
shadow OF responsibilities.
+ His share OF public work in the past year
and the heavy shadow OF future response
bIiit!es has added dignity to the Princes
figure. An English novelist. whose name
You know almost as well as that OF Kiplins.
once said that she never saw the Prince
without thinking OF the funny man in sse
circus who pops into the ring saying.
.'WhoOp. Here We are again. But that is
all changed now; and the pale prominent
blue eye OF IL r II. doesn't twinkle so
often with that same light that always
dawns ON Senator Chauncey Depew's face
lust US he is about TO tell a funny story.
He entered the navy when he was y
years old. anG followed the sea pretty
steadily for some fifteen years. rising step
L~ GFar. fhwrmwh tho various grades IN ID
Captain. learning the business more thor
OuGhly than yoH might expect in the cir
among his messmates as Jolly Prince
There never was a man on record in the
navy who took so keen and unwearied a
delight in funny stories as the sailor
Prince. or who put on SO few airs in pro-
portion to the number that he might have
put on II he had been so inclined
Strive as he will. the Prince cannot
CLONES. He hasn't the figure for IT. or the
instructive taste in sartorial matters. The
King is TO some extent a leader Of fashions
seems likely that when Prince George
comes to the throne. fashions will have 20
look for a model. and society will
mud itself mostly in the hands OF the ener-
getic. forceful Princess. who will then La
Queen in place of the gentle. retiring and
But when II comes 20 good-natured COM
mon sense. a bread experience of the word.
End its ways. a fixed disposition to attend
to duty without fuss and feathers, a soiid
TeUtonic carsfulneSs IN details. a philoso-
phic calm with more thought and reading
behind IL than is generally supposed-for
all these highly desirable Qualities In a
King whose work II Is to reign and not to
rule. one can look 10 the present Prince OK
Wales With complete confidence. The
crowds that wandered forlornly I'D and
down the Strand for a few DAYS after the
coronation collapsed so dramatically, NAV
not manifest as much enthusiasm for him
when the time comes as they always nave
Tor MS rather, but they Will have nothing
70 say against him. and in all probability
VIII come to be fond Of him when ths
years increase his dignity and his sssur-