Evening star., 1936-01-27

creetly at the door OF. tne Iooan IA
york House where he was playing
"Come in, come in," called Davy.
tThere's nobody here-onlys grandpa.
I Grandpa (Ying Edward V1D was
.hobody--that is to say, he was nooooy
at whom one needed to be afraid.
stand In awe. He was the stout neaIo-
ed man who played and romped WIN
the lonely lad In his nursery ana toio
him endless stories.
He was the only member OF the
family who never tried to teacn nlm
ANYTHING. He was the dear old boy
who. when David was being severely
reprimanded for having demolisneo
flower bed with his bicycle, cleared
the atmosphere with:
{. my word. If he can't do nttie
thing like that. what's the good OF MS
being the heir to the ttrone?"
.~f Boy Knew Grandpa.
Grandpa was full of fun, and MS
grandson knew it. Grandpa had little
sense of responsibility, and his grand"
son knew it. Grandpa occasionally re-
belled inwardly against the restr'c-
tions on the whole stuffy King ousi-
ness and with sharp, sure insignt OF
q child, his grandson knew even that.
Wales was devoted to his grand
father. Instinctively he felt that there
was a strong spiritual kinship between
him and the elder Edward.
Nor was the world long IN dlScoV-
.ering it. Time and again the two
have been compared, their striking
tempermental resemblances stressed
He has been called the reincarna-
tion of his grandfather, and with a
good deal Of justice. He is the coun-
terpart of Edward VII in his casual
ness, his love of pleasure, his social
Rraces, his genius for inspiring af1ec-
htion, his fondness for pretty feminine
faces, dancing, night life. good. stln
tirink-his keen delight in all the
sports of commoners and kings.
II Like his grandfather. he has been
compared, now to Prince Hal, who
heard the chimes O. midnight while
he ouaffed sack with FalStaft and
his ragamuffin band now to Charles,
the Merrie Monarch. Unlike his grand
father. he has also been compared to
that other Charles-Charles Edward
Stuart, grandson Of Charles II. the
Bonnie Prince Charlie Of Highland
song and story.
Eras Conflict.
Carefree, fun-loving, debonatr-but
there the resemblance between the
two Edwards ceases. The grandfather
was worldly In his tastes, but he
eratified them In and out Of season.
The grandfather vas catholic in his
choice of friends, But there was moth
ing truly democratic about him.
Edward VII, despite all his frivolous
fancies, was the perfect Victorian.
Edward VIII, though born in the COS,
Is a product of the twentieth century.
The grandfather at no time lost his
innate sense of royalty. As a youth
at Oxford he dressed in a manner
that set him apart from his fellow
students. Few ever penetrated his
timer circle Of cronies.
The grandson. in this respect fur
nisfes q complete contrast. In large
measure, his worldwide popularity
may be attributed to genuine demo-
cratic spirit.
This, incidentally, has long been
q thorn in the sides Of the conser-
yatives who constitute the majority
in British court circles. A few years
ago some one remarked to the prince
that the Earl of Harewood (then
Viscount Lascelles), Princess Mary's
husband, seemed to fit perfectly into
the royal environment.
"Yes," said Wales. "The difference
between Lascelles and me is that
Lascelles every day gets royaler and
royaler and I get commoner and
commoner."
Greatest Of all contrasts between
Edward VIII and his grandfather
and the most important-is that the
new King is possessed Of we'll
developed social consciousness,
quality in which his ancestor was
largely lacking.
Tycoons Fretful.
It's safe to say that. as these lines
ore written, scores of British con-
servatives. industrialists, bankers, cap
italists are doing quite a bit Of worry
ing about their new King.
=, Often British tycoons have made
the prediction that the Prince of Wales
would turn out to be "the first So
cialist King Of England" In their
anxiety to see things remain as they
are they were guilty of fanciful exag-
geration. But there's little doubt that
= Edward vii. prove liberal King, with
leaning~ toward labor.
The vested-interest lads had ample
reason for wondering about the in
duence their new sovereign might
WELD over British socio-political af-
fairs. From the princes own lips they
had heard that he, for one, was by no
means satisfied with things as they
were.
H. Not long ago Wales addressed .
gathering in Guild Hall, London. The