Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-07
PRINCE OF WALES .
LEADS MANS LIFE
No Longer Is He Led Around by
Apron Strings of =
Mother. #
HE EVEN SIN OKES PIPE
Improves Wonderfully. and Is
Popular With Men and 3.
Officers.

N.
LONDON March 6.-Evcry new snap
shot OF the Prince of Wales tiat ar
rives here shows how we'll life ut the
front agrees with him. and his facial
expression leaves no doubt how rreatly
he enjoys leading "a mans life after
having been led around by the anron
strings Of his wcll-meanirg mother far
100 long. lie left London a pale amaze
mic ana bashful boy, but everybody who
has met him lately agrees that he will
return "a man I'm the best sense OF tho
word
lie drives his own car everywhere
and Acts 1t 20. too. and though the
Queen would probably have a lit III
she knew it, he is rarely seon without
his pipe in Ais mouth He was never
allowed TO have one before he left
England.
At the front he takes his duty as an
officer very seriously, and is ever on the
alert for a chance to sec life in the
firing line with his own eyes often
taking risks that General French never
hears about until too late to stop him.
He is equally popular with men and
officers. and all agree that his war cx-
periences will make him better fit for
his future duties than anything else
could possibly have done
QUEEN ALENANDnA's
HEALTH Is NOT GOOD
From very reliable source I hear
that Queen AleXandra's health has not
been good lately. Not that her condfs
lion gives any course OF anxiety or that
she is suffering from any particular
ailmcnt. but she has been in London
IN, al In
FOR one short visit to Sandringh am),
and London air never agreed with her
Until quite recently she had hoped TO
be able to take her usual cruise In tho
Mtditcrrancan this year, but she has
now been forced to give up this idea
ana has made 1t known she intends to
stay at Marlborough House until the
war is over. There will be no entcr-
tanning at Queen AleXandra's town
residence. principally because the
Queen has induced every man OF mill
! tary age in her service to enlist and
as result her present staff of SER
wants is very small
one OF the most frequent visitors to
Queen Alexandra is her young niece,
Princess Marguerite or Denmark, who
is working as an ordinary nurse at n
military hospital. but who spends prac-
t..
Americans will regret TO hear that
IL is almost certain that no courts will
be held ut buckingham Palace this
year. and certainly none before Easter
To stimulate the drcsSnaking trade
draWinS-roomS, as London knew them
during the Victorian era. may be held
later on. but At best these will toMy
be sorry substitute for the far more
brilliant evening functions instituted
by King Edward and Queen Alexandra.
FEAR or AERIAL ATTACKS
Is running RESORTS
The fear OF aerial attacks has hal
an almost fatal effect on our seaside
resorts. | was told by the manager OF
one OF tho largest hotels at Margate
the other day that since the first Ger
man attack or the English coast. hum
drcds OF people have moved inland,
and there was a further general exodus
from the town the day before the
kaiser's birthday. which. II was
thought, would be celebrated by a Yep
pclin raid.
Nearly all tho large hotels arc closed.
rs I.ondoncrs refuse to spend their
week ends In places which are even
darker than London. At Margate
found that not a single street lamp la
lit IN the evening. and no lights arc
TO be seen through the black shades
which private house owners have been
required 10 put up. But, in order that
Germans might not he robbed of every
sporting chance to hit the town, three
liGhtships. the lights OF which were
plainly visible from the promenade.
sufficiently indicated the town'st posi-
ton to any one approaching it from the
sea.
The war has brought new era OF
prosperity to Ireland Irish agricul-
ture Is enjoying to the full the bene-
Tits of its unique advantages in the
English markets. Huttcr and eggs are
easily disposed OF at prices hitherto
unhcard of, and the presence of Ger
man ubmarincs in the Irish Channel
has not intcrfcrcd much with the trans
port of meat and cattle to England.
Irish industries. too, are doing ex-
cccdngly we'll, with the exception OF
the linen trade, which is suffering be-
cause the usual great supplies OF flax
from Belgium and Holland have been
cnt OFF, On the other side. practically
every 'woolcn mill Is working night
rnd day. turning out Khaki for the
War Department.:
Under this wave Of prosperity crime
has almost disappeared in Ireland, and
the consumption OF whisky has de-
creased very materially
The lines OF political parties have
been ohliteratcd. and II is doubtful IL
the controvcrsy about Ulster Will re-
appear after the war. II II does. IL
VIII be entirely due to the professional