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precedent is followed there will be one
touch which will go to the hearts of the
people as nothing in the coronation of
the king will do; there will be the mo-
ment when the king, rising from his
throne, will kiss his son and bless him
before the multitude, and there will be
no father in that crowd who at such Il
solemn moment will not feel with the
kinsly father and wish Gods help to the
lad.
I'VE have more or less record of the
ceremonial of investiture in old days,
but for what it was in the days of the
native princes, the two Llywelyns. and
their ancestors, we must be content
TO reconstruct it from the answer Of
Edward | to the Scots. when they
claimed that the solemn coronations OF
their kings showed they had never
been vassals. Edwards retort was
crushing when he said that those
solemn splendor with the investiture
of the princes Of Wales.
Upon the betrayal and death of Lily
welyn the Last. at the hands of his
cousins, the Mortimers, and of John
Giffard, husband of another cousin, his
SnowdOnia. came into the hands of his
brother David, vino kept up the strug-
gle for some months. But whereas
Llywelyn had been winning all along
~
betrayal and death. David was no such
leader. When he in turn was betrayed
the regalia fell into the hands of Ed
ward, who presented it to Westminster
Abbey. his eldest son. Alphonso, hand
ing over the golden tongues. which
were the most peculiarly Celtic symbol
in the list.
"Llewelyn the Last was killed i'm De-
cember. 1852. In February. 1901, Edward
decided to make his son Prince of Wales
in succession to the dead princes of the
native line. Many things may have
moved him to this. The lad had been
born at Carnarvon in 1884. He had been
fostered by a Welsh chief and his wife
and baptized by Welsh bishop. He
loved the Welsh, and many of them
in Welsh. and he would never be with
out Welshmen in his retinue. If he were
made Prince of Wales ii might prevent
the attempt of any nati-e chief Of the
old blood to win that title. And, for
whatever reason. Howard of Carnarvon
was made Prince of Wales by ,.ing Ed
ward, his father, at Lincoln, and after
ward came to Chester to receive the
homage of the chiefs and barons OF
North Wales. We may be sure that no
jot of the ancient spIendor was missing
Another Edward, the Black Prince
was created Prince of Wales at Westmfn-
ser, for it is to be noted that whereas
the eldest son of the king becomes Duke
of Cornwall by hereditary right. he does
not become Prince of Wales and Earl of
Chester except and until SO created by
the reigning monarch
The greatest of all the Princes of
Wales of what may call the new line
was also born in Wales. namely, Henry
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the infant out ana presented him to the
assembled chiefs. saying, Here. / give
YOU "a Prince of Wales. who was bora
in Wales, ard who can speak no Eng
fish. The king ready wit pleased
the chiefs that they swore allegiance on
the spot to the young prince and became
his loyal sub jecis. 1T has been decided
that the investiture of the present prince
shall take place in the same courtyard
in which tradition fixes the venue of this
incident.
II Is now being urged that the old rites
by which the rulers of Wales were in
Quoted into office before the conquest by
The English he revived. and the argI-
ment for this is based on the ciaim-his-
torically accurate-that the present prince
rules over Wales, not only by right of
conquest, but BY right of blood, being the
descendant OF the old Welsh princes
through the house of Tudor. Here is
Capt. Naughan's argument and his own
description of the ceremony:
Just as the king at his coronation.
he said. lis invested with the visible
token OF his kingship of Great Britain
and Ireland. in crown and scepter, Orb
and ring. 80 at the investiture the prince
VIII be tremendously invested with
the symbols of his; prnceship of
Wales, in torques AMI wand of gold
ring and belted sword. besides the coro-
net, which has been added within the
las; r2ar centuries Eut II the ancient
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A Striking Smile.

- GORGE Won T.. MEYER, the Secre-
~ tary of the Navy. praised, at ma
val dinner in Washington. the old sea
dog
lone of these typical old sea dogs" he
ended. was persuaded, one day in Phila-
delphia to attend a tea. | met him
short time afterward and said:
well, Marlinspike. i hear you've
been doing tea parties in Philadel-
phia?'
Yes sir the old salt replied. Il
did go to one tea party, sir
And how did you feel there among
all those ladies'? / asked.
81 felt like a sperm whale doin'
crochet work, he replied"
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as Prince of Wales we possess
three accounts, two of which We're CO.
temporary. The account by Adam of Usk
leaves out any mention of the tongues,
but the account Of an actual eyewitness
mentions it, and that is the last time the
torques figure in the ceremony.
j: :.
I'm Wales, however, it is never forgot
ten that King George is king by virtue of
his descent from Harry Tudor the
Welsh-speaking Welsh. chief, who led a
Welsh army into the heart of England
and there fulfilled the old prophecies by
defeating and killing one of the finest
hshters VINO ever wore the English
crown From Hastings to Bosworth all
titles to the English crown were derived
from the sword of William the Con-
queror. From Bosworth down to our
own day all titles derive from the sword
OF Henry Tudor. the only man ever
crowned King of England on the field of
pattie. Henry's mother was doubtful
helress of the Lancastrian title to the
throne. but she was alive till the last
year of Henry's reign. and was, more
over. the wife of the strongest baron I'm
England, that Lord Stanley who re-
fused to strike a stroke for her son at
bosworth. And just as Henry refused
to marry the heiress of the Yorkists until
after his second coronation at West
munster. SO ne refused to plead his
mothers title in that significant act of
parliament in which he is king because
he is king-of his own might that is,
George Is king today by virtue of his
descent from Queen Victoria, who was
queen by virtue of her descent from
Sophia of Hanover. who carried the right
by virtue OF her descent from Margaret
Tudor, daughter of Henry VII, king by
r1ght OF the sword at Bosworth field.
And through Henry VII the King of
England and the Prince of Wales TODAY
are heirs of all the ancient high romance
of the Llywelyns and the rest of the
goodly princes of the land of Arthur and
OF the high history of the holy grail
And partly, it may be, it is the call of all
that moving story, unmatched by any
magic OF romance in all the world. which
is most justification in the eyes of the
world of today for this revival of the
stately ceremonial of the investiture. II
may be that even the king himself feels
some echo of it all in his blood, stirring
him to grant us this revival.
But in plain truth there is a broader
and more lnsistent reason TO move the
Wake up! England king to grant so
peculiarly happy desire of the Welsh
people. For the histody of Wales for the
last sixty years is the history of it's rous-
ing from the lethargy and neglect of three
centuries. In the face of the active hos
tility Of suspicious governments the spirit
of the people of Wales has mounted
higher and higher to bring the land TO
the front among the races of the en-
pire. until at last it is recognized that
Welsh nationalism cannot be stamped
out. that II can be Il most potent source
of strength to the empire If rightly en-
couraged, and that in fact it is the
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mereSt common sense to welcome it. The
day is long past since the English needed
to write:
Beware of Wales. Christ Jesu must keep.
That it make not chldrens child to weep
And so the king is to invest his son as
Prince of Wales. and to do it in Wales
the first time in history for the ceremony
to be in Wales. And Wales. 10 make the
ceremony more binding still on prince and
king, desires to add to the ceremony
something which is peculiarly Celtic and
which belongs to the oldest days. Since
the act of union between England and
Wales in 1886 the allegiance of the Welsh
people is to the king. their good will to
the prince. But now it is remembered
that in ancient Wales the tribesmen swore
no yassalage to their princes. What they
swore was -kinship. tie more bind
ing than mere blood kinship.
And so it is hoped that a mound of
Gorsedd' will be raised in Carnarvon
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The assembled druids viii reply. 1T 10
peace" and the chief druid will then
sheath the sword and the ceremony Will
go on.
The man who deserves all the credit
for reviving this picturesque ceremony
has had wonderful career Of adventure.
He began by running away from school
and going to sea. He has ranched In
western America: he has been shipwreck-
ed often that he is quite accustomed
TO il: he has fought i'm South America
and in South Africa, and he has been
mixed up i'm revolutionary intrigues all
over the globe. There is hardly a corner
of the world where danger and adven-
ture are to be found that the captain
has not been found likewise, and through
il all he has preserved his deep patriot
ism and keen sense of the historic dignity
and great traditions of his little country.
Copyright in the United States and Great RritaM
by Curtis Brown. All rights strictly reserved
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Useless Speculation.
sKH ETAPHYSICS."

<sKH ETAPHYSICS." said Mayor
AVA Crump at a democratic banquet
in Memphis, lis a subject that always
makes me think of an elderly couple
in Chattanooga.
L often wonder the wife said sadly
one day to her husband. whether all
those vows and protestations you made
me during our courtship were really
true?"
We'll. my dear. the husband an
swered mildly, what's the difference
whether they were true or not, since
we both believed thena?" 4
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courtyard. and that the ceremony will be-
gin with a full Gorsedd of the bards.
And where. in the coronation of the king
the peers and prelates and the rest swear
their allegiance we hope to bring in the
whole people of Wales by their chosen
delegates, three men to represent each of
the masses and the classes and the trades
and the professions as we find them in
the Wales of today and these delegates.
beginning with the three shepherds and
ending with three ministers OF religion,
would come forward and swear foster
kinship with the prince
If this program is fulfilled Carnarvon
Castle will see one of the most gor-
geous ceremonies in history. The mound
of Gorsedd will be surrounded by the
Druids in their many colored gowns and
i'm the center the chief Druid. who. by
the way is a Baptist minister when he
isn't druiding-Will unsheath the great
Gorsedd sword and ask, lis ii peace?
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bodyguard iii France. and five OF them
saved his life in the hour that made him
world figure on the field Of Agncourt
Moreover, ii was Welsh squire of his
Dodyguard who gave western Europe its
supreme romance by marrying Henrys
widow, Catherine. Queen Of England. and
daughter of France. and so beginning the
fortunes of his grandson, that Henry
Tudor who conquered the crown OF Eng
land for himself.
Henry of Monmouth is never so clearly
understood as when looked at through
the Welsh atmosphere with which lie was
so saturated, and OF lis investiture
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of Monmouth. victor of Agincourt. 1t is
no idle phrase when Shakespeare makes
him say, L. too, am Welsh. good country
man.. Born at Monmouth, fOstered near
by, handled and made by the chiefs of
that district, it was at their head he won
his first victory against the party of his
great rival. Owen Glyndwr, who had been
proclaimed native Prince of Wales at
Corwen. 1t was with those chiefs of
northern Siluria for guides and trainers
that he at last wore Glyndwr down and
made himself Prince OF Wales in fact as
we'll as name Those chiefs we've his
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L was tie adven-
turous W elsh nov
elist, Capt Owen
Vaughan. W h o
used To write UNI
der the name Of
owen Rhoscomyl.
wno conceived the
gorgeous idea of a
coronation cere-
nCny by which
W aies should rival
for its prince the
affair in West
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ALL WALES REJOICING OVER INVESTING OF ITS OWN PRINCE

Vaughan, however. was unable to prevail
over Lloyd George, the Welshman. who
is chancellor of the British exchequer.
and the most powerful politician in the
kingdom. Lloyd George pumped for
Carnarvon Castle in his own constitu-
ency, and his influence prevailed with
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the Prince OF Wales j. To indicate the
forgotten fact that the Prince of Wales
actually is the prince Of that stHrdy sec
ton OF the British empire known as
Wales, and that the title isn't merely
complimentary.
The gallant captain first thought of it
in 1s~J, end has been at il ever since
because he is q kind Of Welsh Patrick
Henry. who thinks that Wales has been
shamefully misrepresented in English
history books. and has been looked down
upon generally by the English people He
has written new school books and has
poured forth eIoquence i'm all sorts of
channels TO the end that the glory of
Wales may he restored. and now that the
inVeStltuTe scheme las been adopted by
the king. the oniy fly i'll the captains
Jam is that the great ceremony is 10 take
place in CaTnarvon Instead of Cardiff.
For Capt. Vaughan, although a lover
of the ancient traditions of his country
is also an extremely modern person He
believes that the future of Wales lies in
industry. and he wishes the Industrial
and manufacturing youth to- dominate
The country and not the agricultural
fnd medieval north OF Wales. Capt.
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the king, who has fixed the ceremony
for July next.
Since Wales was conquered by the Eng
lish there has been no precedent for an
investiture ceremony. Capt. Vaughan
declares that the story of the presentation
of the first Prince of Wales to the Welsh
chieftains by his father, King Edward l,
is apocryphal out it is good enough to
tell again Edward although he had
conquered the chiefs. did not feel safe,
and the story goes that when his son
vas horn in Carnarvon Castle he carried
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DLANS for a Gorgeous
L Ceremony of Historic
Interest by Which the Heir
to the British Throne Shall
Become Prince of Wales in
More Than Name-Investi-
ture Scheme Matched in the
Brain Of a Welsh Novelist
Has Now Had Royal APP
proval-The Result Is Ex-
pected to Be a Pageant Rival
ing That of the Coronation at
Westminster Abbey.
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of the stationary wash tub ir
the MIDDLE of the night, was
conyersing with the Water Bug
The latter had started the talk
Well it's got to be handed TO your
tribe you sure do vindicatc yourselves
right along said the Water Bug.
Some more of your salva. ch?' said
the Cat. yawning. What q we thihh
you're alluding TO now?
mo salve at ALL replied the Water
Bug. slightly miffed. Gee, you're get
ting snippy, Teller tries to sly a good
word for your gang, and you nudge in
one of those peeved come-3ac KS.
'Oh, don't take it to heart. Buggy.
said the Cat, mollifyinsly. VIA did
you mean by that indicating s.uI, any
how?"
Il was talking about how that Weliman
airship cat justified the max.n: aoout you
CATS answered the Bug. appeased You
noticed that that Wellman cat came back.
Didn't your
Yep, l got that" replied the Cat. COM
PLEASANTLY rubbing his whiska"s with his
paws and purred self-Sa tiSfiedly I'VE
cats sure are there with that come-oa ok
thin riehr enough. That's our snecialty.
coming back. We wrote that stuff. words
music and wing cues. They've got to go
some 10 toke us SO far that we ,an't
come back
Guess that's right. said The Water
Eug. THAT little crack that the humans
use. They never come bacI. certainly
wasn't meant for cats, was ii 90
should say nix replied the Cat
.'Ysee, there's a good deal of sound sense
behind this coming-back instinct of ours.
T..
coming back. why. we end by making
hit. Take my own case. When [ was
only kid kitten these folks here that
I'm living with tried to lose ME, not once,
but three distinct times. They had one
of the youngsters of the family carry
me away off from here in a gunny-sack
and dumped in vacant lot. Each time.
just as soon as | looked around and got
my hearings, why. l just nicked m nv
moccasins. so to speak. and busted right
back here as quick as l could make it.
When ! got home the third time, why,
the family here were tckled over the
way I'd beat the game that they decided
to let me stick fer life. | heard 'em say
that a kid kitten that could get away with
the comeback gag three distinct times
the way I'd done. il was entitled to a
home for life and SO You see how the
comeback thing got me in good. I've
got a snap here, and they'll never try
to lose me again They know better
Bug, musirgly. Il wish US Water Bugs
had some kind of comeback system.
But. shucks. We have no chance al all.
The reason us Water Bugs are in Dutch
is that We have no way of making a hit
with the woman folks among the humans.
They're ag'in something pizenish. One
of ns'll be fiddling around in the sink.
doing the best he can. When vince! One
Of the woman humans turns on the hot or
cold water spigot, and before we can say
lack Robinson (whateyer that mea 1s),
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minister Abbey when George will be
crowned. Tie scheme OF reviving the
ancient ceremonial of the investiture OF
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why. were swimming around III a maei-
strom. and the first thing we know we've
gone through one Ct the SINK holes and
that settles us. The whole thing con-
sists in being able to make a hit with
the woman humans, and, of course, US
Water Bugs are not there with that KIND
of goods and the Water Bug looked
melancholy.
"Why don't you purr, then! inquired
the Cat. mischievously.
LAW. can that comedy said the Water
Bug. Its no joking affair Quit W kid
dim But that's just the trouble. liz we
could purr, and Aour-flush around playing
with spools of thread, the way you cats
and kittens do, why. we'd have some
show. You felines rig things sos the
woman humans'n say that you re cute
and cunnin and all that stuff. and you
get away with it and land f'ne MONIES
for yourselves IN short, YOU cats pull a
fine large young line of bunk. and maze
it stick / don't blame you, at that. The
bunk numbers all right. and l only WISH
us Water BUGS could play it,
Anyhow, this Wel'man airship cat tiat
Won mentioned was some kitten, WASH [
il % said the Cat. Gosh. what hery
little chance taking son of a sea cook he
must bel Did you get that stuff about
his jumping out of the airship before IT
had got flve miles away rom Atiai''i0
City,
"Yes, / heard about that" replied the
Water Bug. with a twinkle of the eye.
Il reckon he must have seen sea ROBIN
in the wafer.
law. roll that noise elsewhither.' said
the Cat. He just wanted TO do a Brodle
out of the airship. that's all. He knew
that the Wellman airship thing didn't
have a chance to connect with dry land
again. and you know how we cats hate
to be i'm on dead one. So he took IL on
the run and jumped off the airship with
Tie idea of swimming back to land III
was the old comeback thing stirring in
MS blood. YOU see. AT that. he was pretty
lucky 10 be so well thought of by the
lirship crew that they stopped the airship
operator. Jack Irwin. let down rope
with bag at the end of it. and the cat,
having changed his mind about that
stuf-there was a
leaTy sea on at the tine I'm told-just
ook hold Of the bag and did hand
up the rope back to the air
hip. A lot of class to that. WHAT
kind o., replied the Water Bug. Il
on't blame that cat for not caring for
he salt water. I've never done any salt
water bathing myself. but i don't believe
d be nuts over it. Fresh water is good
nough for mine"
Maybe you notice." went on the Cat.
that the first dispatch of the skipper
If the steamer that picked up the
Fellman airship crew announced that
he cat had been saved along with the
rev. Shows that we're sort o COM
ng along in the world, doesn't it? Dis
atch didn't merely mention the cat
s among those present but men
toned him specifically"
Yes. but I noticed, too said the
Water Bug, from the story / read.
hat the cat after being taken on
oard the steamer. was so ratified that
e bit ard scratched ct the hands IT
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- HE Cat, squatting on the cover
of the stationary wash tub in
the MIDDLE of the night, was
conversing with the Water bug.
The latter had started the talk.
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Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON octaher 81, tp1n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-16

Seventh and avenu

Real Estate Exchange of Long Island last
week and discussed with them plans for
increasing the water supply of Queens
borough and extending the city's service
where needed.
The committee of the exchange consisted
of the president, John w. Paris; j. w.
Doolittle. c. H Rickert and the secretary,
NJ. p. Walsh. They pointed out to Com
missioner Thompson the difficulties that
they had to contend with. and received his
assurance OF hearty cooperation In meet
ing the needs of the borough.
The real estate representatives suggested
that If the Commissioner could obtain
funds for sufficient supply of large mains
they would agree to lay them at their own
expense on their properties. where there
were urgent immediate demands for ex-
tensions that would repay the city for it's
expenditures
Mr.. Thompson requested the exchange to
secure from its members estimate of the
amount OF pipe that each would require.
AS an alternative the representatives of
the exchange also suggested that If an ar
rangement could be made with the city
they were willing 10 guarantee a payment
OF per cent interest a year for three years
on the cost of the mains laid on properties
where they are carrying on building opera
lions.
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The construction department organized
by Garden City Estates reports the follow
ing recent sales A plot, 6Ox109 feet. on the
easterly side of Brompton Road, south of
Chester avenue; a plot. s0x100 feet. at the
lington Roads; a plot, SOxio0 feet. on the
easterly side of Wellington Road. north OF
Newmarket Road; plot. S0xl00 feet on the
easterly side of Kensington Road. north OF
Newmarket Road: plot. s0x100 feet. on
the westerly side of Kiburn Road. north
OF Stratford avenue: a plot. s0xlOO feet. at
the northeast corner of Wellington Road
and Chester avenue: plot. 60xl0O feet. on
the westerly side of Roxbury Road north
OF Stewart avenue: d plot. s0xlOo feet. on
the westerly side of Kilburn Road. north
OF Stratford avenue; a plot. S0xlO0 feet on
the westerly side of Wellington Road north
or Newmarket Road; a plot. s0xlO0 feet.
at the southwest corner of Newmarket
ROAD and Wellington Road; a plot IO0xiOO
Iee'' at the northeast corner OF New
market Road and Wellington Road: a plot
sinston Road and Newmarket Road; a plo,
looNloo feet. at the southwest corner or
somerset avenue and Euston Road a nlot
eoAloo Feet. on the westerly side OF Ktlburn
ROAD south of Somerset avenue; a nto,
ooNloo feet, at the northwest corner .,
briNton Road and Newmarket Road. =
pi"t' l"oAloo feet. on the westerly side -,
nassau Boulevard, south of Salisbury a,,.
nue. piot. looXeO feet. on tho southuas,