The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-28
The Bachelor Prince
Who Became King
BY FRAZIER HUNT.

walk and entered the long room.
1t was the Prince-the King of
today
Al il. a flutter, the head of the
club hurried toward the Prince.
She shook hands with him and
thanked him for coming. He
spoke q moment or two with her
and then moved directly on to the
various small groups.
LIE handed out cigarets from his
i i own case. With many he
stopped for a friendly, easy chat.
How are things with you?" he
asked
How long have you been out of
work."
How many children have you
and are they all well?"
How are things going with the
club? Are the dues still q penny a
week?"
They were commonplace little
questions that any American
baby-kissing politician might ask
toward election time. But this
was the heir to the throne of Eng
land speaking. For the first time
in history there was no barrier
here.
He is the soul of the British
Legion" Earl Haig. wartime COM
mander -in-chief of the British
Army, said shortly before he died.
Millions of families living In
squalor and filth know that he has
broadcast over all England the
statement: II am appalled, that
such conditions can exist in civ
ilized country such as ours"
TT is undeniable that this new
i attitude of the Prince of Wales
had profound influence in
checking radical revolution and
physical revolt in England.
Things will be different when
1 am King" he has said repeated
ly.
How different, no one knows.
Certainly he will break through
many of the high barbados that
have shut off the rulers of the
past from simple and ordinary
contact with their subjects.
He made with his own hands
new position for the Prince of
Wales that dovetails into the con-
ditions and problems of the mo-
ment.
Edward. Prince of Wales, as
Edward VIII may easily WELD
even a greater influence than did
his illustrious grandfather, Ed
ward VII. 1t is not at all impos-
sible that he may regain some of
the lost powers of kingship.
His interest in the plight of
England,s unfortunate has touched
the depths of his compassion.
At al, he approaches middle age
with a new calmness and fresh as
surance. He knows now what it
is all about. know of no man who
has such marvellous memories,
such fascinating souvenirs" of
life.
He has seen all the beautiful,
romantic, and dizzy world.
LIE has been going to London
Il Il night clubs. He still has
numberless friends whom his eld-
ers might prefer him not to have.
He still likes to dance and be gay
and convivial. But what bachelor
of his age, blessed with independ-
ent means, does not? Certainly he
has kept himself in far better
physical shape than the majority
Of his contemporaries. He has no
tell-tale waistline.
He has found that by watching
his diet and taking moderate ex-
ercise, with an occasional Turkish
bath, he can keep his weight down
and his general health in good
condition.
when you get into middle age
it's time to let up on really vio-
lent exercise" he says.
So it is that in place of hard
riding he now plays golf. Elk
cept for certain formal military
reviews he has not been on a horse
for more than three years.
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TIE has even given up his be-
i i loved squash racquets. In its
place he has taken up gardening.
He has gone about this with all
the drive and enthusiasm that he
manifested some Is years ago
when he first took up fox hunt
ing.
1t is no exaggeration to call him
the most interesting man of his
years in the world today.
He has overcome much of the
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