The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
PRESS ON PRINCES VISIT.

PRESS ON PRINCES VISIT.
 The Prince of Wales did not visit America. Baron Renfrew. came in his stead. To be sure, Baron Renfrew is the Princes double, but in all outward rela- tionships he is not the Prince. This is a distinction Americans find it difficult to comprehend. It has long been a royal prerogative, when for a period royalty wished to divest itself of royal state and trappings, to travel "incognito." That !, doesn't necessarily mean unknown" It means merely that for time royalty dis penses with ceremony, goes on cere- monial vacation, so to speak. But to American reporters and American sight seers, it was the Prince of Wales, him. self, in person, and no less, upon whom they gazed. Perhaps the Prince misun- derstood the American failure to respect his "incog.," just as Americans misunder- stood the capacity in which he travelled.
 Anyhow, it is probable that they re- main just as good friends as ever, and that Americans continue to like the Prince, just as the Prince has already remarked that he found American young women, at least, extremely fascinating. However, that merely corroborates an s impression already formed by numerous
 
 . City Star observes, when the interview CTS approached him the Prince hastily re- marked that he 'liked our country very much. sBless his heart, he needn't have felt compelled to say that, because there must be many things about this country he doesn't like. We imagine he doesn't , like being asked whom he is going to marry Probably he doesn't like prohibit tion. Being in the king business, he nat urally wouldn't like our Republican form of government. We could hardly ex- pect him to like our school histories and ', we are positive he doesn't like our pref erenee for baseball over cricket. But Wales is polite, traveller, a social diplo- mat if not political one, and well-bred man of the world. He won't mention his dislikes, and after all they probably far underweigh his likes"
 As to the Princes visit to the national capital the Washington Star remarks st.This Prince has been in Washington be- T fore and got along famously with all oWashingtonians who came in touch with him. His grandfather was here and old Washington kept open house for him. His father has always been an agreeable king, so far as Americans are concerned. The formalities of the princely visit were Il authorities could think of and there was no military display. It is likely that the Prince, if he could do as he likes, would, on reaching Union Station, have hopped in a cab and said: 'To the White House. Or he might have boarded street car and asked the conductor: Does this tramcar go near President Coolidge residence'?" It was-for the sake of some , such informality that the young man travelled as a baron.
 Perhaps the Princes personality has been somewhat. overdone by the enthusl- astic writers, but anyhow the American people have an impression of his whole someness that is probably near the truth Says the New York Evening Post: "The Prince has been called the best salesman in the world, on the ground that he has 'sold' the British Empire to the whole human race. But on his present visit, at least, the representative of Greater Britain will be lost in the smiling young man who on shipboard liked nothing bet ter than a pillow fight, and who will relish to the full every frolic his hosts arrange for him."
 With a spirit of lightness the Detroit Free Press discusses the visit; "We gather that quite a number of fond InduldS DTdNGu WdhS1uL ulBhSS oCHSlillils strategic moves into or near the Princes entourage. How thrilling! A flutter runs through the hearts of so many of our debs. Oh, the excitement, the very anticipation of it! Yes, the Princes visit is replete with historic, dynamic interest to quite number of Amercans, here and there, and we have just been informed what dire things will happen if our owr news room doesn't get it's daily dozer thousand words on the Prince without fail. But we haven't as yet stopped tc figure out just how much Americans dc care, after all." Which is quite disap pointing to those interested in figures.
 The Dallas News professes sympathy for the Princes reported annoyance al the persistence of reporters and photo graphers: "When he does run off ant gets to what he supposes is the end ol the earth and the keeper of the loca glass cage jams him back in again, it i' only natural that he should squirm anc get angry about it. But it is equally natural that everybody who never livec . in a glass cage should crane his neck anc strain his tiptoe tendons trying to get z glimpse of a man who doesn't have tc work for living or worry about job ol take thought for social standing, fol