Evening journal., 1911-11-10
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
An Incident Of the Prince
Of WaIeS'S Visit to
America
By Holland.

Il had good opportunity. when
was a lad Of about IA years of age not
only TO see, but to hear, the Prince Of
Wales. who afterward became Edward
VII. and under circumstances when
had a very humorous side,' said re-
Gently Captain John S. Wise, who was
at one time Republican candidate for
governor of Virginia, and whose
father, Henry A. Wise, besides serv-
ing as a general in the Confederate
army, as Governor Of Virginia, signed
John Browns death warrant.
THE Prince of Wales came TO
Richmond in the spring Of 1860, just
after my father had retired from tnc
office Of Governor" continued Captain
Wise "Ofhcially, he was known as
Baron Renfrew, but that disguise did
deceive anybody He was entertained
at the armory of the Richmond Blues.
then the crack military company Of
the South. In honor of the occasion,
an old darkey, who had an unsurpass-
ed reputation as a mixer of mint Ju-
| leps, concocted a large one, which was
put i'm the military company's loving
cup. The Prince, after taking one sip
Of the beverage, declared that 1t was
the most delicious that he had ever
! tasted and he and his party, among
whom was Earl Gray had no COM
Functions about absorbing the entire
lulep.
After that had been done. the sus-
gestion was made that the party yisit
the great public square of the city,
look i'm upon the State Capitol, frolic a
little with the gray squirrels, whicn
we're very tame and plentiful aud
then inspect the statues. Among the
other statues In the park is the famous
equestrian statue Of Washington.
which many men Of artistic capacity
have pronounced the finest statue OF
Washington ever made.
"ln the most unaffected and simple
manner the Prince strolled through
the park | was very near him all tne
time He had met my father but did
not know who was. I thought he was
a handsome, fair-haired rather stock
ily-built young man, and / was very
much taken with the manner in which
he looked at the trees. watched the
squirrels. inspected the State House
and at last started along toward tue
Washington statue. I was so near hin
when he reached the statue that [
could have shaken hands with him add
he offered me his hand.
"ro my dsmay and humiliation, as
ne Prince stood before Washington 5
statue. looking admiringly at II, a man
Of middle age whom I knew, a reth-
less. daredevil sort of fellow. step
ped up, edged his way to the Prince,
and. clapping him heartily on tie
shoulder. said:
"'Prince, that's the statue of tue
man who licked your grandfather III
the Revolutionary War
THE Prince jerkod away from the
mans familiar placing OF mis- hahGs
upon the princely shoulders, and !
edged In between the man and the
Prince giving the intruder a look =
stern reproach. He went off very cock
lily. as though he had done a grea'
thing wondered what the Prince
would do or say I saw him look quick
ly around, giving the retreating mar
sharp glance, and apparently IN
stantly realizing that the whole thinE
was done in a spirit of not unknGb
bravado. Then he turned to Earl Gay
and some Of the others who were witt
him. and / heard him say:
Lads, come close. Come clos'
round me, lads.
"And they did come closer. com
pletely surrounding him. and yet Io
permitting the incident TO interrupt
the survey of the park I think the
whole party was more amused thar
annoyed by the bad manners Of til.
man But I was greatly impressed b!
the facts and gentleness with which tue
Prince Of Wales made light of preb
aulv the single time in his entire Wis
II when a plain citizen daed TO put !
broad hand upon his shoulder"
/ Copyright. 1911. by Z. J. Edwards
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