The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-20
PRINCE OF WALES

AotE sAHu hC Will oC ucINa
about from country house to city
house. Those who have really ar
rived in society will tight over him
like dogs ever bone. and the climb
ers will be yapping on the outside.
ready to dash in and get away with
the prize. And the Prince Of Wales
Is just as fond OF all that as he Is OF
falling off a horse.
And between times he will have TO
listen to orators crate and when they
run completely out of platitudes he
will be forced to make one Of the
brief and modest little addresses he
bitterly. And he will be accompanied
by ornate and elegant officers who
will be publicly referred to as mem
bers of his suite. but who are in
fact. his keepers. And he will not
be able to get away from them. And
II he does get away from them they
will talk to him upon his return as
though the entire British empire Is
falling down because of his fault
And he will know better, but can't
talk back.
Those who know the youngster like
him. More than that They have a
real respect for him. He Is outward
~ quiet. nice-looking, blondish boy
who would not be noticed in crowd.
Inwardly he ia different. but with
plenty of spirit--if you get what l
mean. He abominates functions and
he loathes the formal Dime. parties
he is forced 10 attend. and his soul
writhes within him when he IL forced
to make a speech, and he wants more
than anything else to be treated like
a regular fellow ana not like prince.
But he never gets that sort Of treat
mem.
Aren't you the Prince Of Wales"
he uas asked by a bright subaltern
during an incognito visit to camp.
''Aw-forget it, said the Prince OF
Wales.
/. That may sound apocryphai, but it
ia not at all. One night in Paris I
was wandering down the rue de Valos
looking for the famous old restaurant.
the Boeuf la Mode, when passed
pair OF youngsters in the uniform OF
the British army, They were giggling
as boys will-even il they are soldiers
and princes--as they hurried on. A
moment later an elderly British Of
ficer painted along. do not know
that he was chasing the prince and If
he was do not know whether he
caught him. but the next morning
heard some gossip:
The prince beat IL last night said
my informant Got clear away
Didn't come back until after mid
night They're raising heck with him
now"
That afternoon there was some sort
OF formal function and at the head
OF the formal line in the formal room
stood the blond kid had seen the
previous night in the rue de Velas,
And II evA' there was a bored prince
he was It, Later he made a nice little
speech and everyone shook hands with
him and he amiled nicely and every
one went away giving THEE cheers
for tie young heir. And he proUa bly,
made the comment after It was over
that he 10 known to have made on u
similar occasion:
Rot, what?"
He waa a problem, no less, to the
British g. H. 9. II was thought Sest
that he live with the army Queen
Mary didn't think that way At all at
the beginning OF the war. She said
that he could not 60. and the prince
Is said to have been just - sulky and
unflial as any other Md Of his age
would have been under similar cir
eumstances
Once he ran away from the school
got to London. He made a personal
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