The San Francisco call., 1906-05-14
.DRUCCED TIGERS
SHOT BY PRINCE
How King Edwards Eldest Son
BaggCd Big Game in
India.
Semi-Dazed Animals Are Placed
Where They Would Be at
His Mercy.


the Prince OF Wales has returned from
India While he and the Princes
have been in the great Eastern En-
pire he has had his pet weakness-the
shooting Of big game-hattered for all
Il is worth. He is convinced he Is the
greatest shot inside or outside Of Eu-
rope, for z hundred tigers, not 70 speak
OF leopards and bears. have fallen 10
his gun. and he is going to distribute
their skins as souvenirs among his
friends I have learned Just how the
Princes shooting expeditions were or
ganized. For weeks before each took
place plenty Of tigers and other wild
animals were trapped. Shortly before
the ROYAL party set out these were ju-
diciously drugged and placed about In
the Jungle for the Prince and his friends
10 encounter which they invariably
dsd. The more than seni-daZed ami
mails rnooned around in the most anaia-
BE moods, the Prince fred and If he
did not hit one he did another. his
friends said "Bravoi" and the dead
were carried off IN triumph and the
future King felt & hero.
Insia at the Durbar this same game
vas tried on with him The Duke is,
however, q man of sense. He saw
through It directly and was most
irate.
No nonsense for me-" he said.
ssTomfoolery I detest and hattery is
irnpertinence. I shall never again han
ole g gun TO shoot big or little game
while I am IN India" And he did not.
But the Prince OF Wales is a man OF
utterly different caliber from his un-
Gle. The many toadies who surround
60 the Prince during his mission In
India soon became cogniEant Of the
type they had to deal with and they
tumbugged and hattered him right,
left and center.
Those who are responsible for max
fng King Edwards sleeping hours as
comfortable as possible are no longer
confronted with the quaint rules and
reEulations with regard to the making
Of his bed which have been handed
down from Tudor time. Every one
knows how steadfastly Queen Victoria
respected tradition in matters Of court
etiquette and state observances. While
she lived she insisted that the elabo-
rately mounted rules to be observed In
the making OF the sovereign's bed
should occupy a conspicuous position
n that portion OF the palace set apart
for ladies OF the bedchamber. They
have now been removed and there Is
much speculation as to what has be-
come of them.
few extracts from this awe-inspir-
ing document viii give some idea OF
the time that must have been occupied
sn making the Kings bed:
A yoeman or groone Of ye ward
robe viii holde ye syde curtens and ye
foote curtens. A yoeman OF ye crowne
to leape upon ye bedde and roll hym
up and assaye ye litter. Then laye It
upon ye fether bedde and bette It well
and make It even and smoothe.. Then
shall yoemen OF ye stuffe take ye fus-
tian and cast Il on ye bedde. Then
shall souyers Of ye bodye laye handles
thereon and leye II straight upon ye
bedde without any wrinkles and ye
sheete In ssmeWiEe. Then take bottle
sheetes and tustian by ye borduTe and
put them in under ye fether bedde at
both ye sydes and at ye feete also.
Then laye on ye over sheetes and go
80 We bedde's head and shake down
ye bedde. Then laye on tother stuffe.
Then role down ye bedde ye space OF
an elle. Then let yoemen take ye Pill
lows and bette them well and cast
them UP to ye squyers and lette them
laye them on ye bedde es It pleaeeth
the Kings Grace"
After a considerable amount OF ad-
ditionai labor is to be expended on
placing more sheets and fixing cur
tains "a sQuyer is to caste holye water
on ye bedde" and then, as q grand
D. finale, "alle that were at ye making
Of ye bedde must have bred and ale
and Wyn"-the most pleasant part OF
the performance, one would imagine.
Who would dare TO maintain after this
that uneasy lies the head that wears
g. crown"
Optimistic as we are by nature. we
90 not expect e really gay season. The
King may be counted upon 20 do his
best, but there are some curious oif11-
cIIities IN the way which are beyond
even his control. For instance, the
Queens mourning must not be inter
tered WITH by earth or heaven, not 20
gay the King. When II Is q question
of mourning for her dead. there IS no
such sticder under the sun as Queen
Alexandra n doing what she considers
the correct thing. Although she has
promised, AFTER considerable pressure
70 be present with the King at two
courts. she insists on taking no further
part IN social functions during the
-eeason. This decision VIII not prevent
Der from attending the opera per
foFnAnce 10 which every ore goea
however deep HIS or her nourn4na.
Again. CcnEueio, Duchess OF Man
chester. the leader par excellence os
The American set. does not, owtns
partly to her health (Which Is stfli fsr
from satisfactory, mean 30 spend
much time ar her house IN Grosvenor
square this year. The doctors WON'T
hear Of her being much IN London. and
learn this new mansion Of hers, over
which she has spent e mint Of money,
IS great sappointment-a tact
which has also helped her decision &c
?. stay out Of London as much ae possi-
ble for the moment. I may remark
paranthetioally that every one Is syn
pathiaing with the Duchess over the
mansion N orosvenor square II is q
curious thing that woman who
knows shout &C much art as she does
could have been taken IN so. The dec
orstions were done by a man who has
e great reputation among society wo-
men, but this he gets because OF the
enormous prices he charges.
The name Of Andrew Carnegie is 90
prominently identified with free libra
sies end the endowment OF universities
that other instances Of his generosity
are almost ertf-Nfv oyerioo1eS nv Fn0-