Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-27
APRoPos cFA ROYAL MARRIAGE.
Everyone is Interested in the Match
Fatal Trip of the Delhi


The royal marriage is deserVedly Top
ular, and the cables will keep YOU in
formed of the way II which that feel
ing is made manifest. Every wedding
of our royal house brings out the es-
sentially domestic character of the Ia
ticnal spirit. the moro so that until re-
cent years the inyariable practice mas
been tc have them celebrated here in
England. One remembers how Queen
Victoria fared up at the sug-
ces,ion that the princess royal
and the crown prince of Prus-
sia tthe late Kaiser Friedrich
should be married in Berlin "Wnatev-
cr may be the usual practice of Frus-
sion prin .es." she wrote to Lord Car
endon, the foreign secretary, 1t is not
every day tlat one marries the eldest
daughter Of the queen of England. The
question, therefore, must pe considered
rs settled and closed.
Now, the duchess cf Fife is not Of
course 9 princess royal by title, but she
is the eldest daughter of one, and tins
time, happily no question OF Venue
arises. Pubic rejoicing eenters in the
fact that she is marrying an English
prince. and their relationship by con
sanguinitv is no sufficient bar, Il we 80
by precedent and result in other quart
ers of the royal family Prince Arthur
of Connaught is the Black Prince OF
our time. and if his lines have been
cast in the ways Of peace he gives war
rant of 4 soldiers disposition, ltke hls
father. and is nowhere more popular
than among his brother officers. lie mas
Won golden opinions abroad he can de-
liver n capital speech in excellent voice.
and in the qualification of laying loah-
dation stones and inaugurating lnsti-
uitions he mas a grace and distinction
of his own which are worth untold eold
i'm davs like these when such functions
are, as Gilbert says, three penny.
If is another point to the god tbal
the prince brings joy and feasunS 10
a somber house. 1t cannot be sad tllat
the house ofthe Fifes was ever noted
tor its high spirits. for the princess
rayal has always been extremely re-
tirine in her disposition, and anxious
even in the reign of her father, the late
King Edward. 10 avofd the white light
mat beats" not on thrones alone put
tnclf DINCiilCtHs 'iiN i'NsH
preferred to occupy herself with her
fav5ritc pursuits cf driving ana punt
ing. and when forced to stay III 10" II
for certain portions of the court seasoi''
she was a vigorous home-keeptr "neh-
ever possible, and the house III foit-
man square was dearer to her then the
centers of loyal display, and served as
n eangenial urban offset to tue ii-C
palaces up north at Banft or bfaelilai'
But since the dukes lamented de,th
tho nrincess ROYALS seclusion mas be-
como douhlv secluded, and the tunc-
tiops she has attended with her uiush-
ters have oeen few indeed. IheS silaio
her dislike FOR the resorts OF itsAioi',
and there are probably no members VI
the royal circle whose faces are iess
familiar there. If it were not that nc
princess royal has always beeil hH'7
Georges faverite sister she would prop-
ably ask him to dispense her itoih
CONT attendance for good ana an
Judge for yourself, then, what q pih-
liort marriage means in saddened Ives
like these.
Those VINO have access to the roS"'
cntouraee are discussing a niue lo-
nance in connection with the piioe "
which Prince Arthur may some DAY pe
disnosed to supply a sequel You VIII
the wreck of the DEM on
the Moroccan coast halfway lhrousn
December of 1911, and the way IN winch
exnosure and aixiety for the pflhcesss
safety broke up the health Oh Hiii
,vbo ~ the time was little better thah I
an invalid The group of four were pro-
.oadina TO Egypt for the Inauguration
If the English cathedral at khartui',
and incidentally for a health Trip oi
tbe kind which has become OF iate
ra sbion in the winter season. you WIN
ra,namhcr also the desolate conditions
,,der which the Delni was cast away,
nd the RIVAL party We're at the peru
# their lives for many ANXIOUS houlo'
What is not generally known Is ina.
hoy owed the most remafkapie Vi
heir rescues to q man who is TOO mueh
n the background, and, unui ms Ser
,iaas have been acknowledged, II cam
,ot hn said that Justice has been done.
have. had the first hand story oil .he
yrec,, from passenger who sh'aleu
n the actual experiences of the r2yai
,arty and vou may rely upon the ae-
.uracy of this chronicle through ana
Trough.
one of the passengers aboard tne
Delhi was Mr.. Gilbert Mecam t}ell, Il
,oung Glasgow professional man. VINO
vas "A, his WAY To take III s,n aff,Oitt-