Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-07-26
ENGLAND'S NEXT KING.
The Prince Of Wales Is Very Differeo.
From His father.

from his Fithsr.
intellectually the Prince of Wales il
4 typical Guelph. He has not inneriletS
lis fathers quicE moving mind. lil.
speeches are rather terrible performs
ances to read or listen tn. He has new
er quite found his platform legs. 70
do him justice. he has no desire t. find
them. He would far rather be on Il
quarterback But he cannot escape
the penalties of his position. Hardly IL
week goes by without his being obig-
ed to deliver IL public speech on some
subject Of which he probably knows
nothing. Of which ut ANY rate he caN-
not possibly know more tAan the al
phahct. \ clever man would get used
to such OrdenlS. would even learn how
to emerge from them triumphantly.
But fifteen years ut sea are not Il good
preparation for this kind of work. ANA
the prince gets no farther than Il few
amiable commonplaccs. awkwardly rX-
pressed. Very possibly the En-.i4l
public would prefer not to have it DIN.
erwise. \ brilliant prince would strik"
Il great many EngliShmcn rs improper
And. after all. the poSSHSSion of com.
Portable. uncXciting intellect saves the
Prince of Wales from II great many
dangers. among others from the Tall
ger Of being misunderstood. His face
it is generally agreed. is the image of
his mind. Stupid would be IN eXag-
gerated as well as an unkindly ad
jective to apply to it. but in the heavy
eyes and their wonderful power OF
warding off expression one detects
the insignia Of sound British stolidity
There is no scandal-it would be diff
ficult to imagine any scandal-attach
ing to his private life. And the gossip
that he inclined to intemperance' is
let me say it with all possible empha-
sis--the idlest Of calumnies. In none
Of his actions does he give any open
ing for criticism. In none. too, does he
inspire any great enthusiasm An I'M
interesting man? One hears that COM
ment passed. and on the whole it Is not
perhaps without some share of truth.
If he has not inherited his fathers
swiftness of apprehension, neither
has he inherited his tact. And perhaps
the most interesting thing about him
Is his recklessness Of speech in pri-
yate. the way he blurts out anything
that may be In his head. Moreover.
he has some rather strong political
views-views which incline toward a
decidedly stiff necked Toryism. And in
addition he is fond of getting up cases
in connection with the leading ques-
tiOns OF the day.
The combination of these qualities
leads ut times to some amusing tlpvel-
opments. and the spectacle of III"
Prince Of Wales trying to convert II
leading free trade publirist to tariff
reform and lecturing cabinet minister's
on their iniquities is by no means I'M
common. In another age one can e;,s-
lily conceive the prince enacting the
part of George III. He holds forth. nj
any rate. on the misdeedS of "those
- Radicals" in quite the old au-
tocratic style. But the prince and Il
king are two very different person.
ages. and as the supreme head OF af-
fairs he would. one imagines. be every
thing that is decorous, solemn and a
trifle dull. At the same time he would
be free from embarrassing ties. he has
no "set" and strongly disapproves OF
his fathers "set." and in time no doubt
he will make a most manageable ruler.
-Harper's Weekly.