Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-13

| Ni;ed ltsha!l not attend myself" And
! FRINGE Charming opened the bail by
| dancing with this unknown Cindcrcl-
! Ia himself
called him "Diggcr.' There was nc
Royal HighneSs" about it ut all
Digger" was Australian for chum
| And he was digger" as the thou
| sands OF men who met him in Franc,
know-men. whom he met on equal
| terms as chnms in the cause of tn.
worlds freedom.
oh. yes. Ana when he entered the
| Royal Albert Hall for the Wilde fight
| was he surrounded bv nunkeys? No,
Louis Craig. the great Scottish inter-
national and his intimate friend. And
in his party were Harry Preston. Il
Brighton hotel proprietor; T.. V l.u-
cas-. Il mere author. ana Thomas Mar
lowe. the editor OF the Daily Mail.
Snccrcd at Icy many rs a yellow
journal" Two seats away from him
sat boxing promoter: next To him
was .puriiist. ana when the Prince
arrived he shook hands with all
around him and spoke "a the boxers.
whom he knew personally. listened
c0mcdian-ant, Yet retained that mix
turc ut dignity and OoviSh charm
which is the creates, asset.
When h" goes 10 the thcatcr what
does ne do There Is no royai box
H''It I4I'. re S4NS IN row ID III gnr
stalls. with the rest ot the peoIe who
have paid. and when he sees - NiGht
ou;" he goes around hchird the
scenes 10 speak TO Leslie Henson.
Md a: the AlhamNra. during the in
terval OF Johnny Jones" George
Robry becomes his friend Round To
IN" dresslrE-r room nc goes. ana there
George ana II. exchange jokes and
tell stories 20 each other.
AZ the Printers Pension Fund din
ner he takes the chair. and. wanting
To know something from the secrc-
,ary does h" send IN enucrry 10 sc.
bold capitals How many years have
you been secretary" on a sheet OF
paper and holds it up. Then. seeing
George EobeE arrive. he writes on a
next" ana throws it across. No gold
pushed nuukey hands the message
on silver salvcr. He toss"s it
across tho tabI" just with a smile
As an old soldier himself. when he
stood on the stage OF nrury Lane
tho other day. pleading the cause of
other old soldiers. what did the great
actors and actresses say What =
leading man he would make" That
WAS their Whispered chorus. they
envy his poiSc OF manner, his hand
some face mis- huoyant youthfnlncss,
uud-ycs, most OF all-that modest
smile of his les. what a leadins;
man lie would make! lie is destined
| to play TN" greatest part ever played
by royal p"rsonac" IN the history
of the world-thc par, OF unifying
orr disun!tics Of harmoni2inG our
disCorhanCcs. of binding Us together.
when ne leaves New Zealand what
IS the message he sends? Nothing OF
great royal import ana importance.
hut 10 the school children Il homcly.
horse sense message.
Nri his brothers. the Duke of York
ana Prince Hcnry. have learned the
same lcSfJu. At tho first night a..
Tho LcaEUr OF Notions they sat.
un""rCricd IN the stalls, and Scram .
hlcd for tamhourines Ike cvcrybody'
else when the tambourincs came
around: and lp the song. "Rat- Tat-a-
Tat" hanged them with boyish, Hcsl-
fUl laughter.
In tn" Rockies tho prince rode
hronchOs with the cowboys. NJ Homo
lulu he rode surf board across the
breakers in Australia he rode a
horS" in 4 raC"-just like ever yothcr
traveller would do, If nc took tho
chances.