The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-13
PRINCE OF WALES AT HONE
Lives Quietly-Reads and Pastes
Stamps in an Album.
He Does Nothing with Mastery In
hiles Away Golden Days.

What a contrast between the King and
the heir to his throne. the Prince Of Wales,
exclaims the London correspondent Of
Town and Country. The father, weighed
with the crown" rushes up and down
the land in motor cars and special trains.
attending christenings. race meetings. re-
ceptions garden parties. semi-State and
state functions. morning. noon. and night
The son. whose only trouble seems 10 be
the riddle of killing time. sits In his
room ar Marlborough House pasting
stamps into an album or reading book.
He does absolutely nothing and does it
with such mastery inactivity as TO
rouse one almost TO enthusiasm at the
idea Of how successfully this proud prince
manages to while away his golden DAYS.
Prince Prosper in Fairyland hadn't a
more delightful cycle Of years than his
royal highness the Prince OF Wales. I
viii give you a brief, authentic sketch
of the days doings at Marlborough House.
Those Of you who hug the ancient idea
that princes get uD in the morning TO
the fanfare Of trumpets, deck themselves
out in royal robes and pass down a gal
lery lined with bowling and obSequious
fiunkeys viii be disappointed at this re-
cital of the humdrum existence Of an ap-
parentiy middle class suburban home.
The prince, the princess, and the rest OF
the family are up betimes. which means
about o'clock in the morning. There is
the ordinary breakfast Of a well-to-do
English family, and the head Of It be-
guiles the intervals between bacon and
eggs with the morning papers. After
breakfast, there are charity letters TO die
tate 10 4 secretary, for even the Prince Of
Wales is not exempt from the incessant
stream of begging letters and appeals
from charitable institutions which weigh
down the postman's bag at every deliv-
cry.
Having completed this. the heaviest
task of the day. the prince goes for a
walk in st. James Park or Hyde Park
accompanied by one OF his equerries who
live in Marlborough House, and when
this constitutional is over Ii is time to go
back and prepare for luncheon. Some
times there is a guest, but more often the
meal is taken only in the company OF
one of the equerTies and lady of the
princess household. Luncheon over, there
must be some stamps to sort (the princes
stamp collection is the finest in the world
and is said TO be worth more than 9I00,-
COO
Then comes another walk in the park,
and then a book to read until tea time,
when there are generally one or two vis-
itors. Dinner. at $50 p. m, is quite In
formal with a guest or two only here ana
there. If the royal couple go to the thea
ter dinner is set for Z, but as they do
not often go to the theater the evening is
spent quietly at home. the prince reading
book and the princess doing some use
ful fancy work with the needle
Bed at 1890 p. m. Is this not truly a
picture Of beautiful domestic bliss? New
ertheless I am quite certain that when the
Prince Of Wales comes into his own he
will surprise the British people by his
mental grasp Of affairs his wide sym
patty with all classes Of the people, and
his inherited capacity for governing.