The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-06
MHEN ENGLAND'S
KING WAS A PRINCE
GYMS. Handy, in Washington STAR
Hurrahl We've a little prince at last
A roaring royal boy;
And all day long the booming bcls
Have nm fhafr nanil nf iGE.

(By N. S. Handy, in Washington STAR
Hurrah! We've a. little prince at last,
A roaring royal boy;
And all day long the booming ocls
Have rung their peals OF joy.
These wards told of the rejoicing In
London town when King Edward was born.
Az England was glad that they would
some day nave a king, the son of Queen
Victoria. whom they dearly loved. There
lad been a little girl born to the queen
two years before. and unless this little
boy had come along she would have been
queen TO succeed her mother. If You mad
been in London on that November J, lS4i,
YOU would have known that some extraor-
binary event had occurred. Every one
joined in singing the national hymn, and II
all the streets and theatres the excitement
was SO great that all play and business,
too. had to be stopped until the people
had shouted and sung themselves hoarse.
And what was the lutte prince named"
Can any of you guess? l am afraid not,
for his titles were long and. so many.
Amidst the greatest scenes OF ~splendor,
surrounded by officials In bright uniforms,
with ribbons and decorations shining from
their coats, with princes from other coun-
titles were his. but we know nim only by
his simple name of Albert Edward, and
his first title the Prince of Wales.
As the people were so happy to have a
prince, It was but right that they should
see him once in a while. His first public
appearance was when he was four months
old, when his mother was inspecting some
troops near Windsor Castle. The baby was
held up by his nurse from a window OF
the castle so that the crowd could see him.
He was an active little chap, and on this
occasion so raised his arms and legs that
the people shouted with glee. The princes
baby antics called forth as much applause
as the drilling of a regiment of soldiers.
Again. In September of the next year,
the royal children were taken to Brighton,
a seaside place. The people used to take
great delight in waiting for the daily out
ing on the beach of the little prince and
his sister. Every day a loyal salute was
Ing Of handkerchiefs The little boy had
been taught to raise his chubby fist to his
forehead in reply to these %salutes. A little
later a party of nine Indians from America
were presented to the queen at Windsor
Castle. Prince Edward was toddling
around the floor not at all afraid of the
red men. The chief looked at the baby
prince very gravely, and later spoke of
him in his speech as The very big little
white father whose eyes are like the sky
that sees all things and who is fat with
goodness like a winter bear" s
Once when Tom Thumb, the famous
dwarf, who. was less thar three feet tall,
visited England he was invited to the
palace, and greatly entertained the baby
greatest pleasures that n boy can have.
Can you guess what it was? 1t was a
chance to go to the circus. How he
clapped his hands when the clown went
through his funny FRANKS! After the circus
the clown was brought to the royal box
and the little prince shook hands with him
and thanked him, for making me laugh
so much"
When eight years old a great reception
was given for him in Westminster, and he
Travelled With all pomp and splendor to
and his sister, who was called the Princess
Royal. Miss Louisa Alcott, who is the
author of Little Women which every
boy and girl should read, saw this wonder
full procession and wrote home: THE prince
was a yellow-haired laddie very much like
his mother. Fanny and I nodded and
waved as he passed, and ne openly winkec
But you must be told of the happy tim
the children had at their home, or homes
for sometimes the prince was living a
Windsor or Osborne. Once during the wintel
the children were given a party where nj
wore masks. Prince "Bertie," as he wa,
sometimes called, was then twelve years o.
age. He was dressed to represent winter
and was clad in a coat covered with imita
ton icicles. Princess Alice, his sister. wal
spring, and his older sister. the Princes
brother, was autumn. You may be sur,
that the rooms of the castle echoed witt
fun and laughter as the four seasons playei
pranks and romped as merrily as boys am
girls less distinguished would have done.
through England, Ireland and Scotland
his teachers going with him. This wa
done that he might become better &C
quainted with the people he was to SOM
day rule, and also to know all about wha
hey were doing. He visited factories ans
railroads. and schools and hospitals an,
workshops, and his teachers told him al
they could about them. Later he wa
taken through Europe. where he travelei
not as the Prince of Wales, but by one o
his other ten titles. Thus you see the ad
vantage of having these titles. The peo
Pile were not allowed to stop their worl
because he was looking on, otherwise h
would not have been able to learn S
much.
Now something happened which wa
very sad for Prime Edward. When h
was 10 the first great sorrow of his lif
came to him. His father, whom every
body loved. died. From this time tn
young prince became n man. He wa
obliged to help his mother, and to lear
all she had to do. He proved to be a goo
son. and for many. many years after hi
fathers death helped her in all the way
HI could. This training was useful to him
although he was not called upon to &C
as king to the English people until sixt
years after that morning when through
out London was hard the glad tidings
"Hurrah, We've a little prince at las
A roaring royal boy.
And all day long the booming bells
Have rung their peals of joy"