The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-31
PRINCE ARTHUR
IS VERY POPULAR
"MOnarchs Understudied at
Short Notice" Might be
Added on His Card.
RULERS OF OTHER NATIONS
LIKE THE YOUNG MAN
He Has Made, 1t Might Also Be
Said, a Specially of
Christening.
BY LADY MARY MANWARING.

BY LADY MARY MANWARING.
| Special Cable to The Tribune.
| LONDON, July 30.-When the Duke OF
Connaught takes up his official duties
as the kings representative in the Do
I minion OF Canada, one member OF his
| family Will remain In England Prince
Arthur OF Connaught cannot very well
| be spared. as 1t has been about decided
that he will. until the Prince Of Wales
reaches his majority, act as understudy
to the king, This is a most important
place In the official life OF Great Britain.
There are many functions, which require
the presence OF royalty and which the
King Is unable to attend in person. When
| King Edward was unable to attend
Junction he usually, sent the Prince Of
OF course, changed all that, as the
newly-created Prince Of Wales is thought
/ TO be still! rather young to be thrust In
to official life. Certainly no more popu-
lar prince could have been chosen for
| Prince Arthur has an almost extraordi-
nary way OF making friends wherever
he has inherited from his father; he has
no ''side-" He Is always dignified as be-
ITS kings representative. but he is
ly Interested in what is going on, and
always ready to make friends with
everybody.
| LIB Immensely Popular.
| This friendliness makes him immensely
appreciating this fact, King Edward % sent sent
| him on quite largo number Of foreign
missions, Indeed. King Edward once
SujSgGssed yjsifns that hs should add to his
on the short notice" He has made, one
may say, speciality of christenings.
He went to the christening of Prince of
the Asturias. and had tho honor of be-
| Ing chosen to reply at the state banquet
for all the assembled foreign princes
and he also attend the christenings of
| the son and heir of the German crown
prince. When he went to Japan to In
vest the mikado with the Order Of the
| Garter. the prevailing opinion was well
expressed by the little Japanese lady
who said to him. in quaint. broken Eng
lish: "You welly nice!'
What Baronets Cost.
In endeavoring to estimate how much
| 1T costs commoner to become a peer.
| several newspapers have fallen into the
error OF adding the cost OF the robes and
| coronet, AS n matter of fact, fully half
the peerage possess neither robes nor
coronet, and seeing that practically the
only times these are used is at a corona
| ton, II would be unnecessary expense to
| purchase them. At the coronation OF
Edward VII. 1t was asserted that great
number of the coronets then worn had
| been hired for the occasion, and there
is the authority of leading west end
| firm OF jewellers for stating that not one
| coronet year Is sold In London, Not
many years ago a well-known sporting
peer was asked one night what a coro-
net cost, .I am dashed If know" was
can always pawn the thing for a ten
| ner.'"
Princess Victoria's Hobby.
Princess Victoria, who recently cele
brated her th!rty-second birthday. has
| been her mothers closest companion for
| many years. She is fond OF country life,
and takes an active interest IN outdoor
sports. Like Queen Alexandra, photog-
| raphy has Il prominent place among her
hobbies. The health Of Princess Vic
| toria is once more causing considerable
anxiety to her family. and for this rea-
son Queen Alexandra will probably post
| had been Professionally fixed for July IL.
and stay for a time at Sandringham in
stead: Princess Victoria was devotedly
attached to the late king. and his death
! caused a great shock to her far from
robust system. There is nothing or
ganically the matter with the princess.
from n fit Of very severe depression,
from which II is apparently quite i'm
possible to rouse her. II had been hoped
that a yachting cruise In the bracins air
of northern Europe would have had
beneficial effect upon her, but 1t has just
been decided that 1t would be inadvis-
| able for her to risk this for some little
time to come. II Is expected that her
| royal highness will spend large amount
of her time abroad In the future, prin-
cipally with the King and Queen OF Nor
| way in Christiania,
Aged Flower Girls.
| The flower girls around the base of the
Shaftesbury Fountain. Picadilly circus,
are again threatened with removal,
Among them Is Mary Conpard, aged
| scventy-two years. She has sold flowers
| in the circus for over forty years. She
has two daughters working on the same
stand, one OF whom Is forty years or
| ,a1 @I,,
attends Covent Garden every morning at
Ave o'clock to purchase her flowers.
Password to London Tower.
The Lord Mayor has Just received the
first password to the Tower issued In
theonew reign. 1t bears the kings sign
manuel George r. I'' and 1t enables
the Lord Mayor at any time of the day
or night. even though the guard Is set.
TO pass through the gates to see the con-
stable. or for any other public duty
Every three months new password is
sent to the Mansion House Its period
icnl communication is a highly-przed
mayoral usage although there Is no rec
ord in recent times at least. of the Lord
Mayor having availed himself these priv
ileges Another new note at the Tower
stately and ancient ceremony OF locking
up the fortress.
Romantic Marriage
The marriage of the Duchess of West
Dlinster-to whom Il daughter was born
inc otner day-to tne present duke was
one Of the most romantic in the peerage.
Before her wedding the duchess was Miss
Constance Cornwallls West and the
duke. AS Lord Bclgrave, fell I'm love with
her when he was quite II boy. 1t is n
striking proof of the old motto that "cors
ing events cast their shadows before"
that the Duke and Miss West went
through playful marriage ceremony
when they were both children, the min
ister'' for the occasion being the Ouch
ess' sister Shcila. who donncd a table |
cloth for surplice.
Has Commercial Instinct.
Prince Henry OF Wales is credited with |
strong commercial Instincts. When an
article takes his fancy in ii shop he in |
quires the price. and then promptly offers |
the shopkeeper a sum which he considers |
more In keeping with the real value of
the article
Sir James Lamont who Is not the lcnst |