The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-24
by LA MARQUIsE DE FONTEN0f.
> ING GEORGE has made II known
II that neither he nor Queen Mary
N has any intention OF sending
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that neither he nor Queen Mary
N has any intention OF sending
exhibits from the royal kennels
to the dog shows. He does not con-
4 ing In England calls for this sort OF en-
! enlargement on his part, in the same
! way as stock raising. Moreover the
] dogs which he himself, Queen Mary
4 and the royal children own are kept,
/. not for any eminence In their own
/ particular class but rather for their
| homely qualities. and as pets, from
/ which their royal masters and mis-
| trcsscs do not care to separate them
selves, TO have them placed upon OK
Inhibition. 1t is settled that the klns
! viii pass most of the mon thof Ian
uary At Windsor, while February and
the. ACCOMPLISHMENT OF the Queen Will
take place some time In March The
| Easter parliamentary recess Will &C.
cording TO present ARRANGEMENTS, be
the sake OF fishing, and for q much
needed rest, preparatory TO the fatigues
of the coronation ceremonies ana
festivities. Neither the King nor the
/ coronation. and then only for the pur-
pose Of paying the customary series
of state visits to foreign capitals,
| beginning with call upon the En-
age, ana in the length or his reign,
| Is the Nestor OF old World monarchs.
But there Will be no stays at Marien-
bad iomDurg or any otEer Cont
mental spa or thermal resort. as In
tthc days Of King Edward, and what
ever holidays the King and Queen
viii have in the fall, will be spent
at Bamoral.
owing to the frequent trips abroad
Of Edward VII, ana to his prolonged
sojourns at Sandrngham, where the
household was cut down 10 the small
est Dimensions his gentlemen in wait
ing had comparatively easy time of
1t, the main work falling upon. his
private secretary and three or four
favorite equerries. But under King
George things are different The lords
and. grooms in waiting have to take
their regular turns OF duty in att
tendance on the monarch. There are
no longer any dispensations OF SER
vice, and this had the advantage Of
relieving in measure the very arr
duous labors that fell to the share of
the principal cqucrries in the Ditc
reign.
Prince Hans of Holstein- Glucksb,ulrg
who has Just celebrated his eighty
sixth birthday at Copenhasen, IS q
Younger brother Of the late King
fore of queen Alexandra and OF the
widowed Empress OF Russia. and q
srandunclc of King George lie Is the
most kindly old bachelor that IT is
popular. not only ~itn all his rela-
tivcs but with the entire Danish peo-
pie. and was particularly warm
friend of his nephew BY marriage the
late King Edward
Prior to the accession Of Edward
VII. he was frequent guest at
Marlborough House. and on he occasion
Of his first visit there, his nephew ana
nieces' Prince George che present ..a,n
themselves to teaching him every con
ceiyablc Kind of English slang, Inn
bulng him with the impression. how
ever, that 1t was the choicest Lam
Suage,
his arrival he was invited to Windsor
to dine with Queen Victoria, was, to-
say the least startling. For with the
sublime INCONSISTENCIES of saying any
unsuited for the cars of Her Majesty
he treated her to all the London argot
which he had LEI learned from the young
gave utterance to music, hall gags and
slang of every conceivable nature
with an air Of profound Difference, ana
even so|emnity, that rendered the
scene irresstibly comic.
1t was only after Queen Victoria
had made ny her mind to ask him il.
German whore he had. picked up his
English, and learned who had been
his Instructors. that she, gave free rein
Joined, greatly to their relief, as they
had experienced the utmost difficulty in
suppressng their laughter,
tere looking and imperious In her
manner, had an extremely keen sense
of humor, and enjoyed q hearty laugh
as we'll as any OF her subjects, and
never forgot, when Prince Hans (whose.,
baptismal name Is john. visited her
on subsequent occasions, 10 remind
him OF the terrible solecisms OF which
he had rendered himself guilty when
he first attempted to air his English
at her dinner table.
Newspapers which have given cur
rency to reports, cabled and other
wise, of the possibility of morga
matte marriage between The Russian
Grand Duke Alexander MichaeoVitch
and Mrs George Lee Thompson, Jr, Of
Philadelphia, apparently foil 70 recall
the fact that although Mrs Thompson
is engaged IN divorce litigation with
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