Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-05-20

accompanied by q Of his equerries
who live in Marlborough House. and
when this constitutional Is owe 1t is
time to &c buck and prepare for lunch
con. Sometimes there is a guest, but
more often the meal is taken only In
the company of one of the equerries
and a lady Of the princess household
Luncheon over, there must be some
stamps to sort. The princes stamp
collection is the finest in the world and
Is said to be worth more than 100000.
'Then comes another walk in the
park and then a book to read until
tea time, when there are generally n
or two visitors. Dinner, at half past
s o'clock p. m.. is quite informal. with
a guest or two only here and there. If
the royal couple go to the theater. din
ner Is set for Z, but as they do not Of
ten go to the theater the evening is
spent quietly at home, the prince read
ing a book and the princess doing
some useful fancy work with the Lee
die.
BED at half past 10 o'clock p. m.
Is this not truly a picture of beautiful
domestic bliss? Nevertheless l am
quite certain that when the Prince of
Wales comes into his own he will sur
prise the British people by his mental
grasp of affairs, his wide sympathy
with all classes of the people and his
inherited capacity for governing"
Growth of Popularity.
Lately, however. the prince, at the
express command of his father, had
taken a more active part In public af-
fairs. With this increased activity
there came an increase-or perhaps a
more correct word would be a growth
of popularity, which probably pleased
no one more than King Edward.
Like his father, the new king is not
a good speaker. But he can say what
he wishes to say, and, If he speaks
tersely, it is always to the point, while
he Is an exceptionally able man of
business. So far as can be judged.
the new kings sympathies are not so
wide as those of his father. but his In
terests are m~ultifarious.
He Is a practical expert on airships,
and, of course, his naval knowledge is
profound. Probably no M knows as
much about hospital management as
he does, and his speech some years
ago about the Brussels exhibition won
marked notice not only in England,
but on the continent.
By inclination King Georges tastes
are sedentary, except that he is fond
Of shooting, but almost daily he rides
for an hour.
The Sailor King. ,
Since he was called 'the sailor
prince" George V. will doubtless be-
come known as 'the sailor king"
He Is a great lover of the sea. and he
has often said that had he no beer OF
royal blood /he would have entered the
navy and by hook or by crook have
risen to the post of admiral. When as
a youngster in 1877, a few days short
of twelve years of age. he stepped
aboard the Britannia at Dartmouth for
a naval training he undertook exactly
the same work as his fellow cadets.
T1Td later, when he PASSED INTO me
navy and served with various war
ships In the seven seas. he spared him.
self no tas'- that fell to the lot of
others. Inc ,ed, he frequently under
took duties which did not come within
his sphere. Il wanted to learn my
profession he said, ''and one doesn't
become a sailor by walking up and
down deck"
An English critic writing for an
American paper once penned a sketch
of the new king.
intellectually" the critic said. "he
is q typical Guelph. He has not inner
tied his fathers quick moving mind.
His speeches are rather terrible per-
formances to read or listen to-. He has
never quite found his platform legs.
To do him justice. he had no desire to
find them; he would far rather be on