Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04
Wales Becomes Graver and More Devoted Duties

fetal tasks in the number of duty
dances he engaged In on this trip. In
spite of all the functions he had to at
tend he managed to sandwich in con-
siderable amount of dancing and
wound up each day to the tune of his
favorite jazz melodies. He selected his
partners meticulously from the official
set and was more frequently seen
shepherding mature hostesses and
cabinet ministers wives around the
ballroom floor than members Of the
younger set.
The Prince of Wales danced the
Charleston or Black Bottom almost
continuously and it took more than
average skill to be graceful second
to him. His dancing was animated.
He dipped and glided, while Prince
George swung smoothly around the
ballroom floor with less intricacy of
step. Wales danced with concentra-
ton, talking little to his partners and
apparently devoting much thought to
his steps, which he modified to suit
some of his older and less experienced
partners.
Prince George sat out an occasional
dance, but his brother was on the floor
as long as the music lasted. While
he was dancing at the Country Club
in Ottawa a rainstorm came on, flood
ing the Chinese open-air dancing
pavilion and whiting the colored lam
terms strung through the trees. The
prince was the last to surrender and
come indoors. although his hair was
tousled and his shirt front was soften
ing from the downpour.
In spite Of his marked Formally on
this trip to Canada, he introduced
some new and unconventional sar-
torial effects. Both princes dressed
alike at most Of the functions they
attended and succeeded in shattering
tradition or two. They appeared at
the garden party given by Senator w.
L. McDougald, in Montreal, clad in
gray flannels with plain American
straw hats.
They were surrounded by guests in
formal attire with toppers, but they
moved about in their lounge suits, un-
concerned and cool. They adopted the
same fashion at succeeding garden
parties, but the guests were not able
to adjust themselves so hastily to the
change and continued to arrive in
morning coats and top hats.
The appearance of the two princes
in lounge attire at the garden party
was the second shock of it's kind that
| Montreal had had in one day. Mr..
Baldwin had taken off his coat and
addressed the members of the Cana
| dian Club at luncheon in his shirt
| sleeves.
The princes Stunned plus tours and
golfed in flannel trousers. Prince
George sporting wildly striped sweat
ers. His brother was more conserva.
| tive in this respect. He wore a bat
| tered Panama which he kept rolled
| up in his golf bag He discarded his
| tie and opened his collar when the
| heat became oppressive. Ills golf
game has improved since he was here
| before and he seized on every oppor-
| tunity for a round on the links.
When the heir to the throne of
Britain stepped on to American terri
tory at the Peace Bridge he was shat
| tering another tradition and was
wearing formal clothes without that
bulwalk of British respectability--the
waistcoat. His coat was buttoned and
| at first it was not apparent that the
vest was missing. Prince George had
| followed suit.
Although he may have shocked the
grandees of Spain by his failure TO
appear at formal functions in uni
form, the prince brought a variety
| with him to Canada and appeared re-
| peatedly in the uniform of the Welsh
| Guards or as colonel of the Seaforth
| fIighlanders. There Is no attire in
which his slim figure appears to bet
| ter advantage than in the khaki
! tunic. tartan trews and Glengarry of
| the Seaforths.
This was the uniform he wore when
he visited the wounded soldiers in To-
ronto--the ceremony for which he
seemed to care most of all He cut his
| other engagements to linger with the
men and he listened sympathetically
to the stories of the veterans, who
said they remembered him on such
and such an occasion in France. He
was interested In their disqualification
/ and shoyuad an accliratA knnwladga