Evening star., 1936-01-21

| he did not want TO be spared because
of his position from dangers others
were asked to face. 1t was only by
the exercise of tact and discretion on
the part of some generals, and stern
discipline on the part of others who
| ordered the Prince about as firmly as
his equals in military rank, that he
was, for the most part, kept, not out of
| danger, but. at least, away from the
| occasions of greatest danger most Of
the time.
Served Throughout War.
The war experiences of the Prince
of Wales began not long after the
war started, and ended only with the
Armistice. He was only few months
over 20 years of age when he put on
khaki and set out for France and he
was almost 25 before he returned to
civil life.
AS a junior officer. the prince
crossed the channel with his comrades
in arms when his battalion was Or
dered to the seat of war, after a
short, hard period of training in Eng
land His ardent wish was to share
in the dangers and hardships of his
fellow grenadiers, and, in a measure
this wish was gratifled.
The prince was given staff ap-
pointment in which he acquitted him
self most creditably and earned the
warm praise OF Gen. Sir John French,
the late Earl of Ypres, who was then
commander in chief of the British
Expeditionary Forces. Staff work was
all very necessary and good in its
place, but the prince often expressed
wish to get we'll up and to the front.
Often he succeeded in doing So Many
stories are told of his venturesome-
ness and his proves.
BY the time he was gazetted as aide
de camp to Sir John French he had
won complimentary opinions from
many sources for his devotion to duty.
Endeared by Everyday Things.
The British peoples are immensely
proud of the popularity the Prince Of
Wales has attained throughout the
world by his manner on all important
occasions and in his tremendous
travels. but it is the little everyday
things he does that endears him most
to all the populace.
Ever since the war ended he has
been one of the busiest men in the
world. There have been many long
journeys to be made overseas. Every
week when at home there have been
shorter journeys of almost equal for
mality to be taken to provincial places
in England, Scotland or Wales.
Almost every day when in London
there has been some function or cere-
mony that required, or, at least. OBJ
tained his presence. Yet he has found
time somehow for an enormous num-
ber Of minor activities that cut into
his. waking hours. his energy and his
patience. Yet always he has been
smiling and buoyant and seems to be
enjoying himself
The world outside England knows
of the many formal appearances of the
Prince, both at home and overseas.
It is perhaps only at home that there
is an understanding of the multi
farious though minor activities that
have kept him forever active.
How he has managed to do all the
things he has done, to get all the ex-
ercise and sport he does, to dance
until nearly dawn quite often, and yet
obtain enough sleep and rest to keep
At, is one of the things that have puz-
zled millions, who, through the print
and pictures of the press, have kept
tab on his more important appear
ances every day in the year.
The Prince of Wales has been kept
so busy at working and travelling that
he has had less time than his BROTH
ers to spend with his parents, yet he
somehow has managed to join in con-
siderably with the ordinary family life
which the House of Windsor has liked
to lead wherever there is an oppor-
tunity.
Once a week, at least, when he has
been in London, the court calendar
has reported that the Prince of Wales
visited Buckingham Palace "and re-
manned to luncheon" or dinner, as
the case may be. He made many SNORT,