The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-21

flung British Dominions, Emperor
of India and ruler of 486, 900, 00(
souls, succeeded to the thren,
May 6, 1910. He was the onIs
surviving son of Edward VII.
He was a wise and beloved
monarch. The silver jubilee OF
his reign was celebrated through
out his empire last year in a vas
outpouring of pageants and cere
monies. His life marked a new
era in world affairs, the changing
of the western world into the
modernity of the twentieth cen.
fury. 1t was marked by great
discoveries in science and inven,
ton, but was marred by the
greatest war the world had ever
known.
George was Enthusiastically
shy. He did not make friends
easily but chung to those he made
and supported them firmly and
unfailingly. His shyness was an
evidence of British reserve, but
endeared him to his subjects.
He was schooled in the tradi-
ton of his grandmother, Victoria,
that royalty is a thing apart, to
be secluded from the people, pre-
served as a relic of the right of
kings of the middle ages. But
for all this, his people knew him
as a kindly gentleman. His life
was not familiar to them as that
of an ordinary human being but
they recognized his desires to
benefit his empire.
In all the years of his reign,
there were none of the sometimes
scandalous stories of gay doings
among the bright lights that sur
rounded Edward, his predecessor.
George attended strictly to BUSH
ness, his business being the
guardianship and welfare of the
empire. Queen Victoria's court
was severe with all the narrow
mindedness of tn e 'nineties.
Georges court was decorous but
recognized the modern trend of
civilization.
Until his serious illness in 1928,
the King was the King, in capital
letters, to his people. When bron-
chial pneumonia almost killed him
at Christmas time of that year.
There was an unprecedented out
bust of affection which surpris-
ed even the royal family, long
| accustomed to cheering and flag
waving. a., :,
This affection has been stead
ily and increasingly apparent ever
since and grew into remarkable
demonstration for the silver jubl-
lee last year. Since 1928, the
people have thought of him as a
kindly old gentleman rather than
an,afoof king-emperor. g..
A bad cold, whcih resulted
| fatally, put King George on the
throne. A bad cold, also fatal
was responsible for his. death
One bleak week in January az
years ago brought him from the
comparative obscurity of a sec,
ond son to the binding imeligh'
of ruler. 80,
In 1892, Queen Victoria still
was on the throne with firm
grin on the reins despite heI
Years. Edward, then Prince OF
WALES, was next in line and al
ter him, the Duke of Clarence
his first born. There seemed but
the rem otest possibility of Prince
George ever becoming king. :,
But Clarence caught colo
while hunting and was dead WITH
lin a week. Victoria died in 1901
Edward was crowned and George
became direct heir. He ascendeo
Nav 6, 1910, at As, sailor
king" better known through ms
voyages as naval officer, to the
peoples of the dominions, thar
to Englishmen. 49,,
Actually Georges life story
Imay be said then to have starteH
with the death of his brother, II
brought him a wife in addition
He was born June 3, 1865, al
marlborough House in London
HE was christened Frederlcf
Ernest Albert George ana wa wa
known to the immediate fanny
Not over-strong, his CHILDHOOD
was the strict one of the times
He and his brothers and sisters
were not allowed to read or play
on Sundays. couuo vo,
fond of the sea, a fondness nj
retained to the end Of his NE
Eventually he went to osborne
college, the Annapolis of Eng
land and from there entered the
r~ first as a "middy" and later
% he served Is years, visited the
west. Indies, learned much Of
| America, Fiji, Japan, Ceylon
Egypt, Palestine and Greece,
The broad. facts of. George
marriage are history but ,behin'
them lis more romantic coincidence
han many Q film director :woul'
dare use. Princess Mary, daughte
lofp thei Duke and Duchess of .Teck
had been: engaged to the Duke. o
Clarence. But when the ,Duk