The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-28

TINE NEXT KING OF ENGLAND
An INTEREST," View BY an Enallsa
man.
intellectually he Is typical Guelph:
he has moi inherited his fathers quick
moving mind His speeches are rath
CT terrible performances lo read o.
listen q. He has never quite founs
his platform legs AZ Do him justice
#he has nc desire 10 fnd them d
Would iarrather be on i quarter eek
But he cannot escape tie penalties q
his position: Hardly week goes pS
Wlthouthls being Obliged to deliver y
public speech on some subject q
which lie probably knows nothing, q
which, al any rate. he cannot possibly
know more than the alphabet, a
clover man would get used to such or
deals, would even learn how to enietgt
from them triumphantly But Is Year,
at sea are not a good preparation foI
this kind 81 work. and the prince get
no further than a few amiable com.
monplaces awllwardly expressed.
Very possibly the English public
would prefer not to have Il otherwise.
a brilliant prince would strike 2 great
many Engllshmen as improper, And
after all, tho possession Of comfort.
able, u1exclting intellect saves the
prince Of Wales from great many
dangers, among others from the dan
ger Of being misunderstood. His face
II is generally agreed, IS the tniageso Of
his mind, stupid wouh be an exag.
gerated as well as an unkindly adjec;
tive 10 apply to 1t, but in the heavy
eyes. and their wonderful power Of
warding Off expression Of sound Brit,
ish stolldIty. There isno scandal
1t would be difficult to imagine any
mountaineering to his private life;
and the gossip that he inclined to In
Temperance ls-let me say It with all
possible emphasis-the ldlest of ca
lumnfes In none of his actions does
he give any. opening for criticism; In
none, too, does he inspire any. great
enthusiasm. An uninteresting man!
One hears that comment passed. and
on the whole It is not perhaps, with
out some share Of truth. II he has
not inherited his fathers swiftness Of
apprehension, neither has he inherited
his tact; and perhaps the most inter-
esting thing about him is his reck-
lessness Of speech in private, the way
he blurts out anything that may be
IN his head Moreover he has some
rather strong political views, views
which Inclined toward decidedly
Etiff-necked toryism; and in addition
he is fond of getting up cases in con-
nection with the leading questions Of
he day. The combination OF these
qualities leads at times to some anus
illg developments, andthe spectacle Of
The prince Of Wales trying to convert
4 leading free=trade publlc'st to tariff
reform, and lecturing cabinet minis,
lers on their fniquities, Is by no means
uncommon. In another age one can
easily conceive the prince enacting
tho part Of George Ill He holds
forth at any rate on the misdeeds Of
these damned radicals in quite the
Did autocratic style. But prince and
, king are two very different person.
sges;. and as the supreme head Of
,ffalrs he would, one imagtnes, be
everything that is decorous, solemn,
and tribe dull. At the same time he
would be free from embarrassing ties,
lie has no set and strongly disap-
proves Of his fathers set" and in
line, no doubt, he will make a most
manageable ruler-Harpers Weekly.