Evening star., 1924-08-24
Also Plans to Wed. Scrap
s.bOok of First U. S.
i Trip Priced.
Demands on Princes
sTinae Fill Epery Day
Il at Home.
BY HAYDEN CHURCH.

tnat II ne keeps on he is likely to
be the richest King of England.
Incidentally, he is going to marry.
You can dismiss as rubbish" de-
clared an important member of the
princes encourage. the current re-
port that his royal highness has de-
termlned to remain a bachelor per-
manently. and also those alleging
supposed reasons why he will not or
cannot marry. None of them has
the slightest foundation.
The prince does not feel ct lib
erty to marry until he has completed
his series of Dominion tours. But.
then he will do so-as soon as he
finds his ideal consort Meanwhile
he derives a good deal of amusement
from the continuous reports that this
or that lady is his destined bride. He
has kept a list of all his supposed
consorts-to-be and it is now grown
quite lengthy"
These highly interesting statements
were made in the course of an inter-
view given to me at York House,
the London home of the Prince of
Wales. by the member of his house
hold above quoted, who asked that
his name should not be mentioned.
Application had been made to him
for authoritative information regard
ing the details of the visit which
the prince is about to pay to his
Canadian RANCH and his program dur
Ing the brief stay which the all
conquering young ambassador of en-
pire of will make in the United States
in order to witness the play for the
interna tional polo cup.
Has American Scrapbook.
1t was curiously enough a scrap
book that brought up the much can
vassed subject of the princes mar
riage. This scrapbook, which is one
of the princes most cherished SOU
venirs, is no ordinary one. About the
size and weight of two family Bibles.
1t is made up entirely of articles and
pictures from American newspapers
describing the princes first visit to
the United States in 1919, of which
1t constitutes complete record. 1t
was compiled and presented to the
prince by the Department of State
at Washington. as the inscription in
gilt letters on the sumptuous leather
cover bears witness, and there are
few of his possessions, the writer
was told, that the prince prizes more
highly.
Glancing through it's pages. in
which every Journal of any impor-
tance in the United States and Can
ada must be represented, L found one
article after another in which the
possibility of the princes marrying
an American girl was gravely dis
cussed l inquired what the prince
himself thought of these articles and
the suggestion made therein, and
was told that they tickled him i'm
mensely. especially in view of the
fact that somewhat drastic change
in the law of England would have
to be made to enable the prince to
marry an American girl or any other
girl not of royal blood.
Emphasizes Visit Is Private.
The member of the princes staff
interviewed was anxious that the
private nature Of his royal highness'
flying visit to the United States
should be emphasized.
THE prince is anxious that it should
be realized in the United States that
the short stay he will make in Long
Island for the purpose of witnessing
the international polo matches is
merely incidental to his Canadian
holiday, and that it will not be pos
sible for him to make any public en-
gagements,' the official said. America
interests the prince very keenly and
he is anxious to make an extended
tour there whenever it becomes pos
sible. He would have liked to fulfill
his ambition really to see America
next year, and possibly would have
done 50 had it not been for the post
ponement of his visit to South Africa,
which is now to take place in 1925.
He could not, of course. have travelled
extensively in the United States this
year in any case, because of the
presidential election.
1T was only because the prince
suddenly realized that it would be
possible for him to take in the polo
matches on his way to Canada that
he decided to alter his original plan
of going direct to Calgary. Because
his visit is an absolutely private one.
he has virtually no plaES, except for
the trip to Washington.
Plans Today Stay.
'.As has been announced, he will oc-
cupy the country home at Syosset,
Long Island. Of James Abercrombie
and Mrs. Roger Winthrop, the former
Of whom is president of the Piping
Rock Club, will act as his hosts. The
princes stay will certainly not be of
more than about 10 days duration,
and he will not be able to accept any
public invitations, although these are
now pouring in at the rate of about so a
day. He will probably play little
polo while he is there, but he will not,
has been stated, take part in any
Of the practice games of the British
team He also hopes to get In little
golf which is really his favorite pas
time hunting coming second in his
estimation. At the conclusion of his
visit, the prince will cross from Long
Island to New London, Conn.,. and then
will travel direct to Alberta by way
of Montreal"
"The prince Is not visiting his
Canadian ranch because any particular
detail of its management requires his
attention" stated the official in reply to
question He is going there because
it Is the only place where he can get
a real holiday, which he now needs
rather badly. He has been in London
practically continuously for a year.
and he has had very heavy summer.
Mixes Work With Play.
Judging by what has been pub
1ished in the American press Of late
one might imagine that the prince
spent all his time in England falling
off horses, and that he was crossing
the Atlantic to fall off more horses.
The fact is that while the world
hears a lot about the princes play,
it hears comparatively little about
his work, and that work is very tax
ing. There is hardly a day in the
princes life when he is not called
upon to receive long line of visitors,
including distinguished foreigners
and representatives of the endless |
societies and organizations Of which
he Is either president or patron. |
These interviews take up hours of the |
princes time, but of course they are |
unmentioned in the newspapers.
"And scarcely week passes with |
out his royal highness having to
take part in q round Of important
functions. each and every one of them