Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-16
(By HERBERT TEMPLE)

Wales who is still at Magdolen Coll lege, Oxford, where by the way he goes under the nickname of Pragger Wager, is said to be happy that since the KaiserS daughter became betrothed his younger brother Albert has one princess less to tease him with, and will undoubtedly heartily enjoy being present at her wedding tion of having to play one of the prin- cipal parts.
 1 think, that l have said before that his mother, Queen Mary is afraid that he might on that occasion, fall an easy victim to some bewitching and enterprising practical German prin- cess, but aside from the fact that the Queen will undoubtedly guard him as well as any Gerberus could, I do not think that the risks he will be run ming will be very formidable. I know something of German maidens. l will not say German princesses, but now adays the difference is not so very great, and l feel certain that our future king will not appeal to their tastes. The girls of Germany adore manly, masterfal men, they easily fall madiy in love with "schneidig," broad shouldered fierce moustached officers. To them the bashful Prince of Wales will have no charms, for though he will of course appear among them in uniform, they will feel convinced that his tastes are rather for dolls than for swords and spurs, and it would take the eXertion of strong parental au- thority to make any of them consent though he will be in time.
 Even our snobbish English papers admit that the Prince of Wales looks ridicously boyish and one | saw re- gently wondered why his college mates at Oxford did mt call him Peter i Pan as it is evident that he will never grow up And the same paper adds that he will undoubtedly remain as he is for at least another thirty years, by which time he will probably be q grandfather.
 Most appropriately the Queen has graciously given the Prince of Wales a bagpipe to play with, and the great est sorrow of the young fellows life
 so far, is that some exasperated fellow
 student recently maliciously punctur-
 ed and thus effectively silences the
 instrument. whose mournful sounds
 during the last two months had driven half of the people away from Oxford i and driven the other half nearly crazy There was some thought I was told
 of starting a fund for the erection oi a monument to immortalize the public
 benefactOr who punctured the wind. bag, but as the Prince would mt heal
 of any investigation to find out the eulprit, he will have to go unrewardet
 but for the inward satisfaction which
 his noble action must give him. That art and especially music il
 London might not look for much en
 ouragcment from King George an( Queen Mary, was of course a foregont
 conclusion, for it wuld be hard t( find royal couple with less artistic
 inclinations than the present Englisl . King and Queen, but nobody ha(
 thought that they would go so far a
 to abolish the scant support which tho
 court has been in the habit of lendin} music and musical artists in London. :. As a matter of fact this is just wha
 Queen Mary has done. for in tho
 future there are to be more Stat Concerts at Buckingham Palace Th' , functions were unnecessarily eXpen '' sive and that the first class artists who were commanded" to appear
 did not hesitate to show that they car
 cd moro for the high salary than fo the "honor.'
 And here we have the real thougl
 unofficial reason: The Queens utte
 lack of social taste and her unwilling
 ness to meet artists whom it wa \ customary to invite to these concerts r. though they were never OthCrWiS e seen at any court functions.
 ,- In view of the fact that the Royal Il Opera at Covcnt Garden is preparin o to celebrate tho centenary of tn e birth of Richard Wagner this spring e one rather pities the Queen who vii c undoubtedly have to be present at on l. of the King" performances
 > London may never be able to la ,c claim to being a musical city, thoug
 the number of concerts given here ' TT