Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10
eY John vAxDERCOoK.

Ser.-r.,E who has been for several yesrs t',.S S
o - - Io5So1 and has seen King Edward m
Or varyinE circustsnees- Prom AhoNlsos s 80
gained sud from various INSIDE SouItes - .,iete
rrrriou he has written one Of the most eStnt ,S'
- vivf5 character sketches Of the kngiisA
Irouarch which has ever spFeared--Edi'of-'
rONDoN.-The great secret of King
Edwards popularity was his strong M
man qualities. His subjects tet ina
they knew him as they might one d
their intimate friends. and whie ''i
not one OF his subjects, nave hNeu
six wears i'm his capital. have frequen'lE
seen him and have heard great oeal
about him from men who enlOSeu HIS
close personal acquaintance
The last time I saw King Edward ne
was driving from buckingham palace 70
the Liverpool station, in LONDON 10 taHe
a train for Newmarket. Eager peOple
massed in the streets. leaving ohiy MAJ
row lane for the kings carriage Along
:, c,r,a haunted policemen and couple
81 outriders. There was big cheer. ana
then the crowd began TO shout. almost
in unison. Good old Teddy. Good ola
Teddy
The king took off his hat and smiled
NOT a formal. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AZ
greetings sort Of smile, but uioaN'
happy grin
EDWARD. THE MAN.
r-s,-ard was about feet 10 inches IN
height and weighed well over 40 pouhIs-
pe was a far larger man tnah Ihe Pr
Ic realized or got any IDEA OF irohi i,-9
pictures. one reason for this was tlal '"e
court photographer always retoueheS "
fsOr inches OF the kings figures hls
-.l.,,,osS vas what made his operation
Cor appendicitis so particularly oahse.
- T-ba doctors had to cut through
.D annaIiing amount of tissue oeIoTS
they reached the appendix.
Esd the king beer smOoth-shaVen. ne
MA have exhibited several double chIi'5
which were concealed in his ~ pOlii'eu
ba.rd almost white. His eyes WeI.
1arva niue and very prominent with 1T
tie neshy bags under the lower iasn lS,
HIS nose was large, and both cheeAs aHe
r-,Sa were inclined to rudolhess O..e"
ic be observed in Wel-Ied' eIeeo s.
,.,shmeu. The general expression OF tle
- v-as one OF wise good humor. IL
~ II ever. expressed anger. Whea
,Ts sing was displeased, his eyes gia<eu
ove- with a look OF utter lnoi1IeFehSe' II
he saw anything at such uine' see',i-
g,rt,- il was at the back OF the person
hf.d to whom he was talking. IL was
disrorcerttng trick known only 10 rev
members OF the upper BRUSH ar az
s,d their studious imitators- TO man
-, had presumed on the kings COCO ha-
t.rt. it was whitening.
THE KINGS DAILYLIFE-
c7..,svsr NAV have been the habits
- the kings youth, they were 49,
y,ost temperate in all respects ne NaS
as a matter Of fact, on 1trict res SIN
prescribed by me phy slols,..s an
Sro,pht him through his coronation III
ness. -, ,ea
A. 7.zo in the morning a cup OF Tea
- cracker were brought 10 MIN III
ri after which he took warm Oo',-
A, $40 he sat down 10 breakfast Win
me oueen OF any members OF ms IaliiiIS
AZ the palace. Should he be Nisltlhs a.
a country house, he usually preaA So.
q, his own apartments. This breakfast
- the tvpical English meal, which is
SrDlicated N nine out OF every ten Eng
~ bonnes-tea. porrfdge with cream
b.ddoek or some otner fish, or bacon
and eggs. Very rarely did the king drink
coffee. -,..s ~.
-srretarv Lord Knollys, and ran l.lrough
such correspondence as was suomltteo 20
Rim. Seldom. If ever. did he dictate any
,eDIteS- To most letters he listened IN
= .;ieuca ON one or two OF greater i'm
,,ortance ne made a brief comment ana
dismissed the rest with a you khoM
0-hat to 90 with that lot To all hhol-
LIS was expected to make fltting re-
sizes. with very little help In the way Oh
srapestions Sometimes the KING lnlu-
,seJ correspondence on some particular
-,atter. but as a sule he preferred per-
s-,-zI interview 20 writing At least one
member of the cabinet was always WIN
An all The prime minister and the for
.fga minister were frequently IN attend
me. and In this way the king was as
weli or better Informed than anybody IN
his dominions as to what was going on
n. after KnoIlys had gone. there was
No specfaI duty to be performed, the king
s..,te5 an hour or more to reading
rawSnapers The 4ate Queen Victoria
read only one daily paper, the Lon
6on Morning Post. an uItra-royalist Con-
tervatiye organ. and such clippings
mostly fulsome as her attendants mace
for her. Consequently she lived more
CT less in a FOOLS paradise as TO the &C
tusI state OF public opinion.
80 king. on r. other hand, got all
.orts OF papers, and got them uncut he
read zrandmotherly lectures TO himselt
4, the Times on how he must not let his
willy nephew, Emperor William, FOOL
him. and on how he must be careful
not to work his royal prerogatives too
hard. In another paper he got bucket
f,,I OF sIushy Ilattery, INSPIRE, Dy the
,ronrietor. who hoped to get title. AS
ire other extreme he got Reynolds
weekly. a democratic organ, and the
London Socialist paper, Justice. in which
Re read how royalty is fattening on the
toll Of the poor.
lie frequently got American papers
enI recently was so pleased with an ap-
p.sciatIve horsepower article IN one
~ them about himself that he wrote the
rsitor a letter OF thanks. The editor, by
the way. had the unusual modesty and
fsFcretion not to publish this valuable and
unusual piece OF copy
LIKED SPORTS AND HUMOR-
Efrd Edward always had a special ltk-
fnF for sporting and humorous papers.
Kew York Life was one OF his favorites
among the latter. while the London sport
ing rrints enabled him to keep especially
well informed about all racing matters.
He refused the tips" carefully. and, II
Is said. occasionally followed them.
Lunch at Buckingham palace was "a
co--paratfveIy simple affair OF four
courses. and the afternoon was usually
given I'D 70 some special business or Ger
erl0nisI OF there the most tedious were
LAYING corueTssoncs CT launching war
ships II was useful family peculiar
itv OF the Guelphs. however, that the
re-Wv e7foyed heavy. StO,id cerenonials
Or.ren Victoria Cell-hted IN them. ard-
whUa he King Was enough OF man