The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05
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! There is one curious difference between
King George and Prince Henry of Batten-
| berg. His majesty is, of course, a great
sportsman. His bags are famous Prince
Henry, on the other hand. has never set
| up as being great with the gun And his
appearance at Sandringham in the shoot
ing season recalls his reply to Queen
Victoria's question as to What luck he
had when out deer stalking well
| grandma" replied Prince Henry proudly.
Il did not succeed in killing a stag. but
| hit quite a number. The painful 81
lence which followed this remark must
have been of the Kind that is felt.
1t is being said in the encourage that
| Queen Mary desired to postpone the con
Nrmation of the Princess Mary until the
spring of 1914, and that her royal highness
may not join the royal circle at their
maJestles evening courts until after her
| 18th birthday, more than two years
hence. Neither point has been really set
tied. but there is good reason for antict-
pating that In any event the princess will
not come out" next season. whatever
may happen in the following sur.mer.
Her royal highness will be her mother $
companion on at least one European trim
within in the next - months But slie
will still be In the stage which with
other girls of her age Is called "in tho
schoolroom. and there will be no oues-
tion of her being shown around or OF
her being brought into contact with the
royal and imperial courts of the cont-
nent.
More Monacle
Some amusement was created In the
paddock at GatwiclS recently as an anna :
teur rlder-how readily you can distin-
guish the difference-left the weighing
room with .colors on. but wearing an
eyeglass. II really did seem rather ludj-
crous for man who was about to en-
gage in a steeplechase to be walking
about in search Of his horse with a mon
ocle stuck jauntily in its appointed
place. Who's that?' some one asked
and some one else replied: "Oh, he's Col
wyn Phillips, son of Lord st. Davids =
Few people thought of him again until
he was seen going well on his horse.
Temple Belle, for the Stayers' Selling
Handicap Steeplechase. and, at any rate,
he very soon had the pleasure of being
weighed In as the winning jockey. 7 no.
ticed then that the monocle had disap-
peared having given place to pair of
regulation spectaces which he wore
throughout the race.
All fashicna BILE London was eu fete re-
Gently. when the pantomine ball gath
cred 1000 dancers. and many more specta :
torsSto a glorified and decorated Albert
Han. which was changed by multiple
ity of white and gold hangings and cano-
pies into an appropriate setting for a
wonderful scene.
Shortly before midnight the vast hall he
gan to present marvellous spectacle.
Everybody in society was either looking
on or joining in the dance
Princess Henry of Battenberg with bar
three sons. and Princess Victoria and
Marie Louise of Schleswig- HoJstein
looked down on 1t all with evident en-.
joyment from the royal box. Hair an
hour after midnight the procession took
place, and the gorgeous tableau made n
pageant, as they marched round the hall
never to be forgotten.
Much has been said concerning the So
cial relations of the Prince of Wales
during his first university term. AS re-
CARDS his academic work, it has been
said that he has turned his first few
weeks at Magdalen to good account by his
readings in history and modern Ian
guases. One point Is worth nothing. be-
cause 1t runs counter to the views aired
by some of the gossips. His royal high
ness has no fancy for perusine books
which contains narratives of the late
Kings career as a student, and il has
been said that he has not even glanced
at the chapters in the life of the late
Prince Christian Victor. which describes
his procedure as a student of Magdalen
In other words, he has no idea of FORM
ing himself upon the model of previous
royal Oxonians.