Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05

| the dark passage, and found his way to
his box by way of the blazing entrance
| a hundred lifted hats and Il delighted
+ rumor of 1.-The king But when the poor
| woman on the stage door learned that
| she had rebuffed Frances august friend
| she resigned her place, took sick with
| iaundice, and was persuaded back to
work again only a kindly assurance,
| actually procured from his secretary at
Biarritz, that the king desired it,
I To understand the feeling of Parisians
! for him we must go back to the days
| when, as Prince OF Wales. his good nature
| and sense of freedom in Paris got him
! into scrapes that endear prince to the
pcpulace. For long he had a contemptu-
| GUS friendlineSS for a remarkable Paris
! Guide and commiSSionaire named Richard
| who took him about from novelty to
| novelty and executed undred shopping
! and other commissions for him But as
the Pm of Wales was not always in
Paris. and Richard had always his living
to make. one branch of his profession
was to persuade celebrities to sit for
photographer of the rue La titte
On this occasion he persuaded Edward
to 20 to the rue l-atitte without explain
ing too clearly what for. The Photograph
er had decorated his front with a red vel
vet canopy and ported ~reenery, obtained
a police service d'ordre and had the
street packed with gaping sightseers
| Driving the prince up in a muddy cab
'''""9''' +-''>@-ed Cnf hold +ha door open
waited till his arrust client had stepped
make WAY for his roval Richness, Place
| FOR the Prince of TaIesr' SURPRISED, de-
f"hted and half frightened the crowd
Solemnly uncovered. then cheered fran
tcaily and the prince, choking between
an"er and lau~h+er. found himself being
photo"raphed While recovering from the
excitement
When the Princess of Wales would he
with him in Paris, Albert Edward made il
| his duty and pleasure to spend part Of
his time with her in the great dressmak-
ing establishments. Usually royalty does
not go to the dressmaker: the dressmaker
comes TO royalty. The Princess of Wales,
however, even when she became queen,
made an exception In favor of certain es-
adjustments of the Rue de la Paix
From one Of these | know positively that
the high collar which she always wears
hides something very different from what
is vulgar'y believed. She always wished
to conceal certain white birthmarks
which do not much ,distigure an otherwise
beautiful neck. They are not scars in
any sense. but imperfections In the skin
with which girls of the far north often
pay for their transparent and snowy COM
pleXions.
The queens high collars always formed
style in England, where thy proved a
godsend to many scragsy neck: but
Alexandra suffered cruelty IN another de-
tail from this imitation weakness of cour-
tiers.
While still young princess she discov-
cred that she was more than hard of
hearing. Al the time of her marriage, alb
normally sensitive, she often pretended to
I hear when she did not Nobody dreamed
she was slightly deaf. and, as a matter of
fact. she has not grown worse. Now Ed
ward had the habit OF Inumb'ing his
words in low tone. This was the origin
of his so-ca'ied German accent-which he
had not. In semi-privacy his intima es
affected the same low-toned mu-nbling.