Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-20
AWAIT YOUNG PRINCE
| Wales Will Return to England
in Six Weeks.
DISAPPOINTMENT TO PARIS
French Capital Finds It's Visitor
Very Good and Shy.
WILL APPEAR BEFORE LORDS
To Be Admitted as Student at Mag
dalen College, Oxford, at
Michaelmas.
TO PARIS
WILL APPEAR BEFORE LORDS
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cabegram to The Star.
LONDON. May 20-Six weeks from
now the young Prince OF Wales will be
thought to have had enough Of the temp
tations Of the French capital, and all
sorts of arrangements are being made
here for his return.
Little Prince Edward is still rather q
disappointment to the Parisians. He il
so very shy and good. A grievance is
that he will drink nothing but water. He
gets up at o'clock and breakfasts ut
8. after which he rides in the Bots. He
is not allowed to ride far. fast or alone.
From o o'clock until IL French CONVEX
sation is the order of tho day, and The
cleverest professors try to make the shy
youth talk. but SO far they have had to
do most Of the parlay-vooing themselves.
II the weather IL fine an hours footing
In the Bots gives the boy an appetite
for lunch-a lunch at which all the
guests must be properly frock-coated.
At 3 o'clock. after having sampled
few, very few and very mild, Turkish
cigarettes. Prince Eddy Is supposed to
retire for a couple Of hours to read some
Of the best French authors! And he does
II. At 8 o'clock he goes out again, and
pays a few calls to various graybeards
and inoffensive people he is allowed to
his private room. and twice q week he
goes either to the Francois or the
Opera.
Reaches Majority June %.
June q the prince win reach his ma
jority and will become the legal heir to
the throne. entitled to reign in person
should his father die. One OF his first
official acts will be to make his appear
ance in the house of lords and work has
actually begun on the parliamentary
mantle he is to wear on that solemn occa-
sion, the principal ornament of which will
be five bars of ermine, with gold lace to
each. The queen will witness her oldest
sons first appearance in the upper house.
while state etiquette forbids the presence
Of the king. whose feelings might be hurt
by the official ceremony proving that he
is no longer quite Indispensable. sue
cessor being ready to step into his place.
The king, however. Is busy dealing with
the composition Of the young princes
household, which will be put on new
footing as soon as he becomes of age.
It is understood that Mr.. Hansell. who
is now with the prince in Paris. will on
that date retire from the formal charge
Of his studies. and will afterward concern
himself with the completion of the educa-
ton OF the younger princes. He will,
however, accompany his royal highness to
his own alma mater. Magdalen College.
when he Is admitted as q student Of the
University Of Oxford 1T Michaelmas.
There 10 to be q governor" who will
deal with the more important matters,
Of correspondence.
Will Have Tutor at College.
The private secretary will be establish
ed for some time to come at Buckingham
Palace. Here all accounts viii be kept,
and his revenues from the duchy of
Cornwall. which are not Controlled by
the council Of the duchy after they have
been paid over. will be administered on
the princes behalf. under the general
supervision Of the king. A tutor will be
allowed to him at Magdalen, and the
main duty Of this professor will be to
continue the princes studies In law and
general history. He Is to keep his terms
at the Inner Temple In due course and will
qualify for the bar. But this will go on
at the same time as the varsity course.
student to reside constantly in town while
he is doing his law grind"
These and other members of the
princes retinue will form q separate
staff. and will be under the general
as paymaster to the princes household.
In a certain sense the prince will have
his own latchkey, as apartments are
to be arranged for the convenience OF
himself and his suite in the royal
be no confusion between the two house.
hold establishments. At Buckingham
Palace he will have a separate dining
room. to which to invite his own en-
time to time. although when he ID in
town he uSuany will dine with the
royal family In the ordinary way.
No Plan for Separate House.
No preparation 10 being made as yet
for q separate house. either In town or
country. It 10 understood that q time
may come whom York House. which
was the separate residence Of tho pres
emit king after his marriage, once more
will be required for the heir-apparent.
House. which has been occupied by
Princess Christian during the past
winter, is being reserved for the prince
when convenient. For the present. how
in the upper ward Of the castle. and
some of the sweeping changes which
are now being made at Windsor. and
are being closely followed by the
provision for his royal highness.
Society, as Beau Brummel knew 1t, will
be revived ut the "hundred-year-ago''
ball to be held June at the Albert
Hall. Costume quadrilles. In which
duchesses and countesses will step light
ly in gorgeous brocades and empire
gowns. have been arranged to take place
at midnight.
Though Nelson died before 1912. the
Duchess of Somerset Is organizing a
Nelson quadrille, in which the present
Duke Of Bronte will wear the decora-
tons gloves and shoebuckles that his
illustrious granduncle wore at Trafalgar.
Quaint old dresses will be donned for
the Cries of London Quadrlle. while
the sporting figures will be frightened
by hunting apparel
Attendants wearing the uniform Of the
line regiments OF the time viii head
every group. carrying representative
standards
Engaging Russian Dancers.
Tho distinguishing feature Of So
ciety entertainments In the West End
this season will be the appearance at
many homes OF Anna PavIova with NJ.
Novikoff. Several hostesses are en-
gaging the famous Russian dancer as
leading attraction.
The Chevalier Bocchi % Ashton's
Royal Agency. Nine. Pavlovas agents
for private engagements during her
season at the Palace Theater, express
ed the opinion today that the effect OF
these Russian dances In the West End