The Washington times., 1919-11-11
British 'sCroWn Prince'
Sure of Big Welcome
From Capital Society

our war with England in 1912, when
Dolly Payne Madison saved the Dec
laration of Independence.
In the DAYS of President Buchanan
the country was straight-laced to
such a degree that, though the young
Prince of Wales wished to dance in
the White House, the Chief Executive
saw fit to decline by explaining the
people of the United States would not
understand it. This is, indeed. worthy
OF note in the light of the two steps,
fox-trots, jazz waltzing of Young
America today. His grandson, how
ever. has danced to his delight in
Canada, his favorite tune being 81
Hate to Get Up: I Hate to Get Up in
the Morning"
Visits Brandon.
Yet II restrictions held sway in the
Executive Mansion, regulations were
not so PuritanicaI in Virginia, settled
by Cavaliers whose progeny still de-
light in riding to hounds; and so at
Brandon, the historic home of the
Harrisons, on the James. a fox hunt
was arranged for Edward VII. Here
again historic bygones intruded the
memory of Old Mortality, for Bran
don. the handsomest manor in the Old
Dominion, was none other than the
rugged and patriotic Benjamin Har-
| rison who affixed his signature to
the Declaration of independence,
| around which cluster some of the
grim puns Of that epoch. Ben Frank
| lin had already remarked: I'VE must
all hang together, or we will all hang
| separately" and as Carroll, of Mary
land, and Harrison, of Virginia, came
| forth to sign some wit remarked on
the relative leapness of Carroll and
| weight of Harrison. CAROLS agony
would be the longestr and suggested
| a probable confusion as to which Car
roll would be called upon to pay the
penalty; so, nothing daunted, the
patriot of Maryland added to his sig
nature "of Carrollton." Other Har-
| risons have also written their names
in history, as two Presidents OF this
distinguished family. have ruled in
the White House.
Edwards Grandson.
Unlike his genial grandfather who
as youth was an all-around good
| sport, the life of the present Prince of
| Wales is simply a parellel to that of
any other English gentleman of the
realm today. There is nothingto tell,
| and the British public is very pleased
at the fact. The press has been full
| OF him since his arrival in Canada
All know the record OF '1The Prin-
| cess Pat" and those other regiments
from Toronto, Winnipeg, Montreal.
and Quebec. that added the Maple
Leaf to the strength of the shamrock,
rose and thistle of Great Britain. The
Prince of Wales knew many of these
fellows in the trenches, and his uni
versal courtesy and comradeship has
! n
subjects, who, however. tinged with
Western ideas, still hold allegiance to
the King, God Save Him.
His Personality.
] The Prince of Wales is twenty-five
| and still single, which has caused no
end of speculation by the emissaries
] of Cupid, as to whom he might select
as wife. 1t is believed that, like
Princess Patricia, he will likely fol-
low the bent of his own preferences
and wed where his heart leads, since
British ideals have greatly changed
| since the war, and Cecil Rhoades'
motto, England, All England" is
very pleasing to the democratitc
| views of the realm. The worlds war
| forever eliminated some of the alli-
ances which might have been possible
before Sarojevo. Princess Helena of
Greece is now no longer a possibility.
Gone are the Romanoffs. Princess Yo-
landa Of Italy is Roman Catholic
and an especial act of Parliament
would have to be passed ere he could
go wooing on the Tiber. So that the
belief holds, there will be no foreign
alliances to complicate conditions al
ready profound in their perplexities to
English diplomacy.
No one to see the prince walking
! briskly in Bond street or Picadilly,
in his blue overcoat and derby, would
recognize him as royalty unless SO
informed, so typical is he of the nor
NAL Briton, with his open coupte-
nance and steady eyes.
University Life.
| At his fathers coronation he was
rated as midshipman; and his edu
cation ipctudes terms at Osborne