The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-04
or WALES
IS GOOb MIXER
Heir to Throne Wins Hearts
of Canadians in Tour
Through Northwest.

ttrom the Christian Science Monitor !
In the front lines a Canadian soldier /
was building "A fire one cold night 81 /
late autumn. Out Of the night behind |
hm came 2 footstep. He turned and !
became douhly alert when he saw that |
the man was not an officer OF his regl- |
rent. The visitor approached the blaze, |
held his hands out over II and said:
me. "
The tone was pleasant enough and
suspicion was almost unarmed when the |
voice went on: 1
Have you wood enough? II you |
haven't, I'll get you some more"
The fire builder felt some regret that |
any suspicion whatever remained, but
against strangers not Of ones own
regiment In response to II he was
about To question the newcomer closely, |
when an officer whom he did know
came within the firelit circle and ad-
dressed the stranger
Your royal highness, II Is best that
You return to the automobile at once"
And the prince of Wales reluctantly
lett the fire and returned TO the place
where he officially belonged. 1t was
not the first time he had left that place
Of his own accord and gone forward
among the men The Canadian Who
tells the story learned afterward that
the princes staff had lis hands full to
keep him from breaking away from
the official circle prescribed for him,
and mingiing with the men or their
own ground.
A Prince Who Mikes"
The truth Of this story Is obvious
70 anyone who watched the prince
| during his trips around New York
| city recently ON the street at the
banquet table, before" the film screen,
az the horse show or In the ballroom
| the royal visitor proved his keen relish
Of the privilege Of mixing with, of liking
people, One day he shouted greeting
| to an imnromptu group Of newsboyS
at crossing. Az all times he seemed
| Just on the point Of bursting away
from the official bonds that tied him
to this place or that At the old Acad-
emu. OF Music, where his grandfather
had been entertained 90 years before, he
| sat only for a moment In the chair
| Prince Edward had occupied, and then
changed to an ordinary seat, while the
pressed preference, were shown Later
q news film depicting some of the
| scenes in which he had been II central
figure seemed to amuse him,
Not that the comic pictures didn't
for he showed a distinct liking for the
grotesque both In film fun and Ameri@
can jn2z music, When a half dozen
| British American societies dined him
at the Waldorf, the orchestras first
number was n group Of "hits' from
1.-THE Royal Vagabond," written by
| that well-known BrltIsher, George Nj
Conan "Pinafore'' came next, with
every, one singing Tile Is an English
man." and then came jazz. The prince
| bounded on the west by Judge Alton
l y, Parker, surrounded on the east by
| William Howard Taft, and faced by
the proverhial sea OF faces that always
| 9turp thn ~ hpnnr M ana In
| clination TO be natural, was obviously
4 in no position to respond to the influs'
ence OF jazz, But later, on the ballroom
| floor at Mrs. Whiteaw Reids, he
Edanced TN early morning,
The Impression He Made.
| i wasyno easy task to thread his way
around the ballroom floor. At receP-
| ton given by Mr.. and Mrs, Rodman
| Wanamaker, crowds Of people tlocked
after him and his partner, much to the
ohagrin Of an admiral on his staff, but
evidently much to the princes own
amusement II was during that reCep~
| tion that y lady Of enough years to be
| his mother said of the prince; "Oh,
| the dear I'd like to hug him, Ill
he won, without any difficulty, wher-
ever he went The lady probably
lad 4 long way from home doing his
| best to live up to I'm exceedingly diff
| cult role. BY that time, the night be-
fore he sailed, he seemed to show the
effects Of many weeks OF fastening
| from function to function, during which,
| RI he had Just told the Pilgrims soeie-
| ~ he had never had so much as sing
ge night off Ills grandfather before
him, SO the West Point tradition goes,
did manage to wedge in u night Off
with the West Point boys. Not so Al
bert Edward Every moment of his
time was filled to overlooking. Even
when mn empty moment fell to him by
chance, he FASTENED down to tho
RACQUET club and played for an hour
The ono night the official program ilr
New York left free, he filled with a
| visit to "a theater. lie could not have
gone away without seeing the white
lights of Broadway
But II WIS as speochmaker that the
prince was, perhaps. most interesting.
Usually what he had TO say was pre-
pared In advance, but apparently he had
ne time to momori8e 1t. He would hold
the paper IN hts LETT hand, at waist
level and his right would travel from
the paper, into his trousers pocket, be-
hind his heck and again to the paper,
now and then varying the journey with
il side trip 20 his cravat The voice was
always clearly heard without being eS-
artly loud, the enunCiation distinct and
, the emphasis gentle but Invariably ef-
fectivelw placed He was a prince, OF
course, and as such expected to express
wise opinions about weighty matters
But whenever he got to the serious
part of his speeches, the youth Of him
. shone through, and he delivered, then
d as very young man should, with evil
dent relief when thai job was done
Q Everywhere the prince attracted az
= fectionate personal interest, rather thar
mere vulgar curiosity II was Ms though
the crowds, anywhere they found him
y wished to say by their cheers !,
+ you've a great burden on your shoul
ders, hoy, and we know the youth o
you Ii bearing II in n manlN fashion
r nout let us make II harder for you
r You've n great job ahead Of you, Sou'V,
! begun Il we'll We're with you. Go t.
!. H. son"
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