The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-03
ENGLISH KING, AT 49 HAS
 REDEEMED THE NAME OF GEORGE

KN. EAL1 ENTHUSIASM will marksthe celebra-s N ton of the birthday of King George VI, for he has recently passed through crltl- cal and trying situation with flying colors, and the Ulster incident, which for moment threat ened to alienate from the throne a large num-. bef of Englishmen, has terminated--if one may use that word in connection with anything Irish-in an increased popularity for the mon arch. The fifth George has just begun his 50th year. having been born on June 3, 1S65, and he has worn the royal and imperial crown for a little over four years. His sane and temperate tastes, the simplicity of his life and habits, and his devotion as a husband and father, won the respect and admiration of his future subjects long before he acceded to the throne.
 Recent accusations against the King, based onthis alleged interference in the Ulster matter, proved to be without foundation in fact, but they caused many of his subjects to ask Have we another blundering George upon the throne2" It must be admitted that the name of George for an English ruler has been what an American baseball fan would call jinx,n but so far the present King has avoided the hoo doo"
 The first George, who was also the first monarch of the House of Hanover, reigned for thirteen years. This scion of foreign royal tyH was f1fty-four when he succeeded Queen Anne the last of the House of Stuart, the throne of England. Tlie bi-centenary of the be- ginning of the Hanoverian dynasty VIII be cel- ebrated two months hense, as George I, acceded
 
 truth to say that the first George attained any wide popularity among his adopted subjects He divorced his wife who was charged with in frigue and imprisoned her in a castle, where she died after a confinement of thirty-two years George l. mastered but few English words, and was 50 utterly lacking in tact that on every possible and impossible occasion he praised Hanover and disparaged his new coun7 try
 George II, reigned thirty three years and was the last English king to lead an army in the field. He had his excellent points, but his am bition was to make himself an absolute ruler, which was not at all pleasing to Englishmen.
 The third George reigned nearly sixty years, although during part of his life he was afflicted with madness, and during these pc riods his son ruled as regent. During his rule the United States was born and Parliamentary government was finally established in England the two things he tried hardest to prevent. He had the bad habit, in his later years, of chalking obscene and indecent phrases on the walls whenever he went walking, and servants had to follow him to erase the evidences of the royal progress. Many aristocrats considered this bally amusing habit, don't you know, but the common people didn't like it.
 George ", reigned from the death of his insane father in 1920 to 183O After morgan atic marriage with Mrs Fitzherbert, he married Caroline of Brunswick, but repeatedly tried to divorce her. The Princess was first subjected to s'deIicate investigation" in 4SO6, but was acquitted of the charges of immortality made against her by her royal spouse. The King revived the charges in 1S13, but they were again disproyed. In 1890 the Queen was tried for adultery, and all England rung with denuncia- lions of the King and praise of the Queen, who died soon afterward
 GRANT AGAINST LEE HALF CENTURY AGO