The Washington times., 1906-09-30
PRINCE EDDIE LIKE
OTHER BAD BOYS
Heir to British Throne Gives
His Ma a Dreadful
Scare.
CHEWS UP POISON PLANTS
And So He Was Dosed the Same as
Other Children Have
Been.

LONDON. Sept 29.-The Princess Of
Wales has just had a severe shock. but
nothing serious came of II. She and
Prince Eddie and the other children
we're paying a visit 10 one OF Lady Esh-
er's country places.
Running about the house the royal
children. including the future King OF
England hit upon a game which was
a sort OF touch" They had 10 run
10 something and pretend to eat what
they touched. All went well until they
ran into the garden 10 continue their
game
Lady Esher has a beautiful collection
of flowers and towering plants. some OF
them OF a deadly poisonous character.
To her horror. and the rest of the house
hold and The Princess OF Wales. they
found the children were so eager on
their game that out i'm the garden they
were actually running 20 the flowers
touching them and eating them.
The whole household ran out. pale
with fright. and petals of various flow
ers were snatched from the mouths OF
the Princess of Wales children. Prince
Eddie" the eldest son. seemed 90 have
had a special appetite for flowers. The
whole countryside was ransacked for a
doctor and emetlcs. and for some hours
everybody was i'm a state Of great alarm
wondering what the succession TO the
throne of Britain I'm the near future
would be. but next day the royal chill
dren were quite well and the alarm sub
sided
such incidents as this in the life OF the
future king. as he is fondly called, are
strenuously kept from the British pub
DE. who are surfeited with stories Of
his goodness. dociliU and capability at
lessons but are never allowed 10 hear
anything about his scrapes.
Socialist Wears a Monocle.
The presence of an extremely aristO-
cratic Young man with "A monocle M
his eve in the working mems clubs.
socialist rooms and labor organizations
Of BeIhual Green and the East End OF
London has caused a good deal Of sur
prise Just now.
He is Robert Hareourt son OF a
former chancellor of the exckequer, the
late Sir William HacouTt. the distin-
cuished descendant Of the Plantagenets.
This latest Plantagenet IS looking
through his eyeglass into the social con
dition of Loadon with a view of be-
coming a member of parliament, then
under secretary, then minister, then
prime minister. For some time he was
engaged to Dolly Gladstone, as she IS
called. the present wife of the Right
Honorable Herbert Gladstone. secre-
rsrv of state for the home department,
and eldest son Of the late Grand Ola
Man" She was very devoted 20 Rob
ert Harcourt for several wears, but al
last Mr.. Gladstone cut him out.
He is being taken round by Mrs. II.
I Tenant. a relative OF Dolly Asquith,
the wife OF the present chancellor OF
the exchequer. and by Miss Gertrude
TucxweU a relative OF the Earl OF Rib
blesdaIe. Society Is very much amused
and socialist leaders are wondering 70
what extent this latest student OF labor
life will betrav the masses TO the
classes"
The Adult Suffrage League.
Mrs Despard. sister OF General Sir
John French. The great British cavalry
leader. IS the despair. not only of her
onetime friends i'm her own class OF
ragandists ou whose platform she has
been cutting an interesting hgure-lU
Trafalgar Square and clsewhere-fOr
some time past
Mrs. Dcspard was one Of the very first
women to join the Adult Suffrage
{ League. This league aims at obtaining
by quiet preaching IN get votes for
every Brltisher over the age OF twenty
one years.
Ms Despard declared loudly that she
would never. never cOunteuance the
"suffra gettes" In fact the Adult Suf-
frage League look down With seem upon
any one who belongs TO the ''Woms rs
Social and Political Union" as the
shrieking. Parliament-disurbing 'suf-
fragettcs" officially style themselves
The su -agettes stoU1eC the house of
commons this summer by screa ming
through the grille, up above the speak
er's chair and waving a flag hearing the
inscription" Votes for Women"
Several of these female TIoOligans. %
as several of the London papers cal
them. have been sent to prison recently
for creating disturbances around the
houses Of members of the government.
Il shall never have anything to DO with
the suflragettes," said Mrs. pespsrd.
Sine also wrote 10 a friend the other
day TO the same effect
Within three days OF writing that let
ter. she Joined the sunrape,ges. Con
ID SF John French g. now living in
atT.Hfal state Of alarm Lest his sister
Should BE Ido liy put mto prison for
some heroic DuU unlawful set as "a SUIT
fragette