Evening star., 1923-09-22
Wales RANCH TRIP
STRICT STAG PARTY
Prince " Enjoys Rest From
Matchmaking Mothers and
Their Daughters.
special Dispatch to The Star.


HIGH RIVER, Alberta, Septem-
ber 22-Haunted by the memories
OF match making mothers and am
bilious daughters whom he has
successfully lodged since becoming
the worlds most eligible bachelor, the
Prince Of. Wales, incognito, is en-
joying strictly stag party at his
kHigh River ranch.
] Upon arriving at his ranch home,
after nervously lighting a cigarette.
| he timidly asked, Are there any
| ladies abont2"
mot one,ae assured his ranch
manager, Prof. W. L. Carlyle. The
prince appeared visibiy relieved at
this, and he smiled when told the
nearest unmarried women in that
section of the country were about
twenty miles distant and were two
maiden sisters. aged, respectively,
! fifty-five and sixty-two.
Jimmie Shimbasso, the regular
Japanese ranch cook, a naturalized
| British subject, having served with
/ war, is being assisted by Woo Ling,
newly recruited Chinese chef from
| High River.
Fourteen Men Servants
The staff of men servants who
accompa MED the Prince from Eng
land comprises the entirely male
household of Royal ranch. Alto
eethsF with the. farm help, there
are fourteen men.
| Recalling some of the angling meth
| ods used by socially prominent dowagers
! with attractive unmarried daughters
Is perhaps one of the reasons why
the prince cares less for fishing than
awning ha iS n
| take shooting trip, a few days of
roughing ii along Willow creek, stop
ping at ranch houses along the way,
! and bagging prairie chickens. part
ridges and wild ducks, as part of his
vacation program.
This is one reason the prince avoid :
ed meeting crowds and shaking
| hands. The only one who shook
hands with the prince on his arrival
at High river was Blackpaw chief of
the stoney Tribe of indians. On his
last visit here the prince shook hands
with so many that he suffered a tenn
porary paralysis of hand and was un-
| able to hold gun.
shows Need for Rest.
Comment is made by those who
| met and saw him here last upon his
changed appearance Tired and hag-
rest as lonely ranch life, twenty-five
miles from railroad affords
In the hundred pieces of baggage
unloaded from the princes special
train the only useful article missing
was an alarm clock.
Lord Renfrew does not need this.
his secretary says. He rises a little
after daybreak and takes a run or
walk of four to five miles before z
o'clock breakfast
Early to bed and early to rise is
his ranch motto anu contrary to
hopes of old-time ranchmen about
here and their ideas of showing
western hospitality and providing en-
tertainment by arranging poker
games the secretaries of the prince
have let it be understood that he
does not play cards-knows nothing
of them in fact.
He would not object to accepting
an invitation to witness such con-
tests among expert poker players
of the hills, but would take no part
in games.
High River is famous for such
games; they have been known to
last from Saturday night to Mon
day.
The prince may consent to receive
some old-time ranchmen at his home
during his stay here, but ladies, well
the prince is here specifically and
insistently for a much needed rest
and diversion from drawing rooms
and formal court duties.
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