Evening star., 1924-09-06
American Press Welcomes
The Prince of Wales

A hearty welcome and a little sur
reptitious sympathy for the elusive
ness of his sought-for seclusion-
these are the offerings of American
editors to the Prince of Wales
There is genuine feeling of
friendliness toward the prince him
self, and also d natural desire to well
come the heir to the throne of a
friendly nation" declares the Albany
Evening News. The extent of Ameri
can regard for the prince is indicated,
the Rochester Times Union explains,
by the fact that down in the Canal
Zone, in the principal club of Colon.
whose membership is Overwhelmingly
American, hang the photographs of
two men: on one side of Il big room
hangs the camera portrait of the
Prince of Wales and on the other side
that of Theodore Roosevelt"
But aside from American good will
toward Edward z. himself, the Brook
lyn Daily Eagle believes "a visit of
this kind is productive of more good
feeling than all the solemn speeches
ever gushed at a Pilgrims dinner,
than all the cablegrams of greeting
ever exchanged between the White
House and buckingham Palace"
The Prince of Wales came here TO
rest" the Seattle Daily Times recalls,
and probably no royal parsonage dis
likes so thoroughly the fuss and cere-
mony and red tape which go with
the position he occupies But sit is
one of Fate's little ironies that the
rare treat for the occupant of pal
aces and the poSSeSsor of wealth is
to be let alone and to be permitted
the simple, inexpensive amusements
of those who have no title, and that
is so consistently denied him. accord
ing to the Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
The prince is a democrat, the New
Orleans imes-Picayune points out,
land probably he planned his voyage
on the Berengaria along that demo-
cratic line, but unfortunately the
democrats who travelled with him
would not have it so, and the Beren-
garia press agent has chronicled all
too faithfully the snobbish adulations
which held the prince in siege" And
now that America has the privilege of
entertaining the prince. the Cleve-
land News suggests, 1T might be
suspected that millions of Americans
wish their fellow citizens could see
the worlds most pursued bachelor
come and go without frankly acting
as if they were plumb crazy over
princes" "It is certainly to be
hoped adds the Fort Worth Star
Telegram, that "in view of his evident
desire for it, the American public
will be courteous enough to give him
time for little of the rest he wants,
but it is more likely that he will
need another vacation when he is
through with this one" For a prince
d
Canada" but in this country he must
be the Prince of Wales, the Illinois
State Journal maintains.
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To any who have "the impression
that all the prince is concerned with
is having good time, since he
seems forever to be merely playing
and going on junkets," the Newark
Ledger answers 1.-The fact is, however,
that what seems to be play is really
his work." for "he promotes good
feeling" 1t never seems to have oc-
Cured to Yankees, the Rochester
Herald believes, that the prince,
who is heir to the British throne, is
largely responsible for the safety
and continuity of his own job" for,
with the world tendency all toward
democracy. it behooves a prince to
step carefully lest he tread on demo-
cratic corns." With all this in view,
the indianapolis News does not, re-
gard it as strange that the Prince
Of Wales is from time to time repre-
sented as firing of his job" since
there is never any forgetting his
real identity and he has to belong
more to others than to himself"
OF the mothers and daughters who,
it is reported, have carefully followed
in the princes trail on ShipbOar I'd
and on land, the editors say much.
The question, why did his royal
highness single out Miss Lenore
Cahill Of st. Louis, Mo-, and have
three long dances with herr isseasily
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