Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-08-25

the king. He took up his residence
there in July, 1919, when 1t was con-
sidered that he should have an estab-
lishment of his own, but it had pre-
| viously been his home in childhood
until his parents moved to Marl-
borough House after Queen Victoria
death. In 1915, the king handed
York House over to Lord Kitchener.
who had no London residence, and 1t
was occupied by X. Of X. up to the
time of his death.
The main entrance to York House,
which is quite unpretentious in ap-
pearance, is in the quadrangle of the
palace known as Ambassadors Court.
AS one enters the hall. there is to
be seen in the north angle a collec-
ton of drums which was carried dur
ing the war by the drummers of the
first and third batallions of the
Grenadier Guards, units of the regi-
ment in which the prince served at
the front.
On the ground floor is a reception
room, and on entering this one no.
tees Immediately another of the
princes cherished souvenirs, this one
memento of his Canadian visit in
1919. This is a framed Canadian IS
bill issued by the Merchants Bank
of Canada, and carrying a portrait of
00000l, and dated Montreal. November
1st, 1919"
Comfort Is Chief Idea.
This reception room leads to a
larger apartment, which is used as an
office by the princes private secre-
tary, Sir Godfrey Thomas, who, by
the way, is not this time accompany
ing him across the Atlantic. There
are two spare bedrooms upstairs in
addition to the sleeping apartments
of the prince and his equerry. The
remainder of the house consists of a
study, writing room, drawing room
dining room and what is known as
| the "equerry's ROOM" Many hand
some paintings adorn the wallis. but
| the furniture quite evidently was
chosen with a view to solid comfort
rather than show.
Altogether the prevailing note of
the princes ablishment is SIM
plicity. There are many young men
about-town whose rooms are far
more luxurious. The prince now does
almost no entertaining, his principal
guests being men he knew while at
the front, with whom e'enjoys hav-
ing yarn. He hardly ever uses the
rather stodgy drawing room of York
House, preferring to sit with his
guests in the little writing room
which is his particular sanctum and
contains his vast and ever-growing
collection of pipes.
This, by the way, is the only room
in the house whose furniture is the
Princes own property. The remain
der of the rooms remain furnished as
they were for Lord Kitchener, a fact
which greatly interested Gen. Per-
shing, when he recently visited the
prince to offer his congratulations on
the occasion of the thirtieth birthday
of his royal highness.
Never Really CANDLES.
All the princes other expenditures
are on a comparatively modest scale.
He pays only about 200 pounds a year
for his small hunting lodge in Lei
cester. He never CANDLES in the true
sense of the term; he does not keep
yacht or a racing stable.
He is generous in his contributions
to charity, giving away at least f1O,-
600 a year to charitable enterprises
|sAnd he makes generous and costly
gifts in the way of wedding presents
birthday presents and SO forth to his
intimate friends. But his expendi-
lures in this direction would not
amount to more than $1,000 or $4,000
year.
His hunting costs him a few thou
sands a year, and this year he was
exceptionally unfortunate with his
hunters, three of which went wrong
and had to be disposed of at less than
fifth of what they had cost the
prince. But such expenses and losses
are really inconsiderable to SO
wealthy man as his royal highness
now must be. II he continues to live
as he is doing. and survives to ascend
the throne, he will probably be the
richest monarch who ever occupied it.
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