Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-23
WALES TO DANISH
ANCESTRAL RELICS
King Edwards Marlborough
Picture Gallery Doomed
When Prince Moves In.
by HAYDEN CHURCH.

ward turns over in his grave when
his grandson. the Prince OF Wales
moves into Marlborough House, his
new home. For then a lot OF royal
relics. including one in which Ed
ward VII took immense pride, will be
summarily cleared out.
This particular relic Is an immense
six fold screen covered with auto
graphed portraits of friends and &C
quaintances of the Princes illustrious
grandsire. Pictures Of an American
| President, Of famous American and
British authors and beauties and
! notahles Of a bygone age will be ban.
ished by the back door when the
modern Charlestoning. ukelele-strum-
ming her to the throne enters at the
front.
Marlborough House was the Lon
don home OF King Edward when he
was Prince Of Wales. When he died
Quesn Alexandra arranged all the
they were when occupied by her hus-
hand. cherishing his memory in every
detail.
But the present Prince Of Wales
proposes to retain none Of these
royal souvenirs in his rooms. The
residence has been modernized and
the Princes own furniture will be
moved from York House TO his new
home in the shadow Of st. James
Palace. Consequently one Of the
most cherished possessions Of his
| grandfather. representing the work
Of almost a lifetime, and composed
of about l 400 photographs, will be
taken to Sandrinsham, where 1t once
occupied position Of honor.
Screen Covers Lifetime.
King Edward when about IS years
of age conceived the idea Of covering
the screen as time went on with
autographed photographs of personal
friends or of distinguished people
whom he might meet in his travels.
1t took him nearly lifetime to
cover the screen completely. for the
last picture. one of the late Duke Of
| Devonshire, was put on it only five
years before King Edwards death.
Some Of the first photographs to
/ be placed on the screen were those
of distinguished Americans whom
| King Edward. then Prince Of Wales.
met when he visited the United
| States in 1860.
Among the photographs he brought
| back with him were those Of Presi.
| dent Buchanan and his niece Har-
riet. and of Longfellow. Emerson and
| Oliver Wendell Holmes. and these ne
put on the screen. There were only
| about a dozen others-mainly of rela.
| tives-on it at the time.
Later. in his daily journal. King
| Edward made the following note con.
corning the works Of the authors
mentioned:
II can be amused with Holmes
Emerson interests me-Longfellow
| bores me to death"
1t was the then young Prince of
Wales intention to collect the auto
| graphed photographs of each newly
elected President. but the American
Civil War put stop to that project.
The sympathies of the governing
classes in England. it is we'll known
were with the South in the Civil War
and, rightly or wrongly, the Their
Prince of Wales was supposed tt
have the same sympathies.
Lincoln Photo Omitted.
Anyway, it was not considered dis
Greet for him to ask President Lin
coin for his photograph. 1t was just
possible the request might not have
been granted.
An early photograph to go on thu
screen was that of Charles Dickens
who was at the wedding of Kins
Edward. 1t was rumored at the time
that Dickens, who had little interest
in big royal functions. did not intend
to be present at the wedding. tt
which he had been invited by Queer
Victoria,
Dickens. however, was present, anC
a little while later he was asked by
the then Prince Of Wales for his
photograph for the screen.
When the former Kaiser. as Crown
Prince Of Germany gave his photo
graph to King Edward the prince
suggested to his majesty that hi
should place all his photographs Of
royalties on a separate fold Of the
screen.
King Edward laughed at this no
ton and the then Crown Prince.
photograph was placed on the screer
next to that Of Henry Irving, wht
had not then been knighted. Wher
later the Kaiser, after he had become
Emperor, gave his photograph tt
King Edward, he stipulated that /
should not be put on the screen.
Beauties of the Court in List.
Photographs Of all the most famou.
beauties Of the court and stage o
King Edwards day duly decorated
the screen. Melba. Patti, Mary An
derson, Lily Langtry and crowds o.
others are there. But there is on
lady whose photograph is not there
AS she is still living one may no
mention her name. very livel!
lady she was in the 70s. and sh'
was a guest at a house party q
Sandringharn, where the screen wa
then kept.
She brought a new photograph o
herself, thinking the then Prince o
Wales would ask for 1t for hi
screen, but he did not. The nigh
after dinner to the Princes writin,
room, where the screen was. an,
screened" the picture herself. Tha
was the last she ever saw OF San
4 dringham, and her photograph wa
removed that night.
There are altogether fourteen hur
bred photographs on the screen
which will go back to its old hom
at Scandinavian. 1t stands in
room at Marlborough House tina
/ King Edward used as writing room
and in which the Prince Of Vale
will now do his writing.
VIII Discard Old Furniture.
All the old furniture in the writin
room will be cleared out and replace
by that which the prince has in hi
writing room at York House an
which is the same as he had at o,
ford King Edwards books also wi
be removed from the writing room
King Edward had an extensiv
library, but the books in the writin
room were those he liked hest an
n chiefly read.
There is no need to dwell on tn
literary tastes Of King Edward. H
had not much time for reading, BIT
he read a fair amount in a sporad
kind of way. and he read a gres
deal in French. Voltaire's WORK
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