Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10

well. boss, whadaya think of the
forthcomin' visit of his royal high
ness the Prince of Wales?" asked
Lon of Dopey Dan, as he pulled out
the makin's.
"a classy movement" chirped back
Dopey Dan, with a twinkle in his
eye. Perfectly regular an abs'lute-
ly proper! Roast the Twin daylfghts
outa England any whichaway you
cares to. but the guy don't breathe
what can accuse her of not bein
diplomatic. An while this visit to
our sacred soil of Edward Albert
Christian George Andrew Patrick
David Isidore. Prince of Wales an
tleir apparent to the big hurrah,
might seem a wee bit out of the or
binary. if you'll buh-lieve me to be
tn skipper, it amt nothin' moren
poii,e!
"Ya see. lad. as far back as history
records. this here interchangin' o.
visits after wars between the oig
Settin' Bulls of all nations--that
didn't get licked-has been a regu:
lar pastime-ruther expensive. II!
admit, but dom whole mess . o
good-an' while. up to the present
scrapfest. the old world amt paid
much attention to our poor N
Union. they suddenly got hep to .ne
fact that we was located on the big
swing an startin' from now IL
wouldn't surprise me none TO see
every potentate on earth bein fea-
tu-ed in our midst!
o. course we amt been entirely
overlooked in the past. Once before
a Prince o. Wales, grandpap to the
present holder of the belt mean
title-an' corkin' good sport at
that, took a skid through our land
an had the time of his life! But IN
his day as Prince, Old King Ed had "a
mixed drink idea that we .,wasn't
nothin' more'n less than pack o
trimmins an travelled as plain Count
AS a rule, though, Dock. Lord. Earl
or Baron have been all that was
needed to set society bugs! But no
sooner did President Wilson take 1t
into his top-piece to hobnob with
crowned heads than royalty. who. by
the way, has saw some mighty
tough sieddin' of late. broke out all
over an commenced to get gay!
There amt no six ways about It.
when 1t comes right down to stel-
lar attractions these royal babes
sure win! Havin' such headliners as
Bill Hart, Charlie Chaplin an Mary
Pickford beat to batter. an be.
tween you'n me, as soon as the good
shin Renown is sighted near our
shores you'll find such outstandin
features as the Plumb Plan. old
III. c. of L. an what's to be did to
them turrible packers showed clean
off'n the front page to make room for
Ed. Pr
Excuse me, boss" interrupted Lon,
but does that stand for the Princes
last name?
1T does not! stands for Prince!
Royal folks never have no last names.
cause on the day they are christened
the lord high selector of names Is
generally SO wore out by the. time
he's got through affixin' couple o.
dozen. suitable front names to the 81
FAINT that he amt got the strength to
dope out a surname! So he bitches q
code letter to the end of the package,
an the job is completed. In the code
K stands for King; @ for Queen: p
for Prince; for Jack: C 8 for Cards
and Spades; an 10 for Big Casino
A exception to this rule, how
ever, was the sad case of old Kaiser
Willum The Woodchopper o. Amer
ongen. .bein. emperor, used tolwear
a 1 attached to his monica. which
stood for Insane, but rather than have
the poor Dascheund go skiddin'
throifgh history as Lunatic Bill his
folks dug up Hohenzollern an chop