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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1919 PART VII TWELVE PAGES

When the Prince of Wales Comes to TownNew York Will See a Shy

Youth With a MostEngaging Smile

MORE than a passing re¬

semblance there is be¬tween the Prince of 1860(who carao incognito ns

& Baron) and the Prince of 1919,who comes under his own title. Thepersonal charm of King Edward was

unquestioned. It made itself felt inAmerica when he was a youth ofeighteen. It was never to fail him.Of the same line, plainly, is ^PrinceEdward, who has captured the af¬fections of Canada with his engag¬ing smile and shy, boyish friendli¬ness toward every one.

''Bookish he will never be, not a

Heauclerc, still less a British Solo¬mon," said Dr. T. H. Warren, presi¬dent of Magdalen College, about him.* But he will not want for power ofready and forcible presentation,either in speech or writing. Hestudied French, German, English,history, political economy, politicaloience and constitutional law whilewith us. He made a special studyof civics. It was necessary for him,

o, to acquire a command of liter-;. expression."

hi CollegeBut the truth of the matter iswas not a bit good at passing

xaminations and plugged quite«ird, even in the open, which is.ntrary to the unwritten lawrnoag the Oxford undergraduates,hat he who studies must hide hisiustry under a bushel and never

any chance appear to be doingything. He always preferredishy reading at college and is.ojted as having said that poetryive him a headache.even Shake¬

speare.Whether this particular yarn Is

rue or not, it indicates what is un-

jestionabiy the truth, that the-ince is anything but a prig andery much resembles the averageritish youth of his age.The Prince was born at White

: Ige, Sheen, on June 23, 1894..spent a happy and un-

fiitful childhood with his brothersnd sister and was a great favoritethe late King Edward, of whomwas very fond.Edward's education began under

he tutelage of H. P. Hansell. Hepassed the qualifying examination

The Prince in "cuwiea"

for the navy in 1907 and enteredOsborne College in the same year.In 1909 he went to Dartmouth Col-lege and was gazetted to H. M. S.Hindustan as midshipman in 1911.In the following year he went toOxford. He entered Magdalen freedfrom the gold tassel of the noble-man. He chose his friends promis-cuously and had no special privi¬leges. He was educated with an eyeto "becoming a typical product of theEnglish school system. His rooms

overlooked the shaded beauties ofAddison's Walk and the ciassic Cher-

| well.

Likes SportsIf he was a plugger at school lie

was also a fine sport. Like hisfather, he is one of the best shots inEngland. He could ride a ponywhen he was five, and he playscricket and football well. He is a

noted 'cross-country runner, andwhen in Western Canada surprised

I every one one morning by hikingten miles before breakfast.As soon as war was declared, he

wanted to be at the front. TheQueen was opposed to this at firstand the Prince sulked. He is said tchave run away from school and madea personal appeal to Kitchener,which was turned down. Later theimplacable "K" relented, and thePrince was gazetted a lieutenant oithe Grenadier Guards and allowed tcgo to France as aide-de-camp to SiiJohn French. He waa made captairin 1916 and joined the staff of General Sir J. A. Murray, K. C. B., iithe Eastern Mediterranean. Wheihe left his old regiment and saw th»men march past before he went, h«burst into tears and said: "I knovwho is responsible for this. It';Kitchener."

Keen as Mustard"As a young officer," wrote a cap

tain in a Scottish regiment, "he igenerally knocking about the fronline trenches and is as keen as mus

tard. The men were delighted v/itlhim. . . . No, he isn't kept iicotton wool."He was forever being squelchei

for desiring to get into hot spotsHis passion for getting in the wa;was such that Sir Douglas Haig iquoted as preceding an engagemenwith the following catechism:

"Is the artillery ready? Good.""Are the infantrymen in.position

Good.""Have the Hun fliers been drivei

out of the air? Good.""Has the Prince been caught am

penned up? -*No? Well, then, wh;not? Confound that boy."'

It was at the front that Edwar«first made his mark and got the mtof the British ^dominions talkinabout him. Canadian soldiers returned home, full of stories of hipluck and camaraderie. Hundredof the returned men who cheere«him during his tour through Canadhad personal recollection of him ache f-ont. When a shell fell besidhim at the Battle of Loos andstaff officer told him to get out othe way, he remarked quite casually: "Supposing I do get sniped!have plenty of brothers."

His coming to this continent oan extended tour has given th<people o^ Canada a very intimâtknowledge of their future King anhas won for him a solid place itheir affections. People turned ovto see him, mildly curious. But thboy literally walked into theihearts, quite naturally and withoieven trying to get there. OnLady of the Snowa was roused topitch of enthusiasm unequaled sinethe visit of his grandfather. Bwas just himself, and that Wîenough. It didn't matter that 1was a prince and their future ruleHe smiled.and did the trick.

In the course of his tour he tritall the national stunts, saw Canadamost advertised sights, shot, fishtr.nd hunted, met everybodyimportance and thousands of othe¡besides. He broke bis official e:

The Prince waving fare-well to Toronto.his favo¬rite among the photo¬graphs taken since arriv¬

ing from overseas

gagements quite recklessly, can¬celed banquets and balls because hewanted to go out and meet thepeople and shake hands with everyone. He rode on the hood of hiscar on some occasions and was near¬

ly dragged off his horse in others;so wild was the rush to see him.When a child threw him a grimy

little flag or a bedraggled flower, hecarried it around as if it were theonly thing he wanted to possess inthe world. If an old woman couldnot get near enough to shake handswith him, he jumped out of his carand went straight to her. Whatsurprised a good many people wasthat they left him whole. At the To-ronto Exhibition there was momen-tary panic when his horse was

wedged in with a close pack of hu-man beings. In the Canadian Mid«die West he had actually to stop

t shaking hands, for he developedneuritis in his arm from being greet«ed by thousands of husky Canadians.He has worn a uniform most of

the time since landing in America.When he gets into "civvies" he has

! a weakness for turned down collarsand soft shirts. He likes gay socks,and his favorite attire is a knicker-bocker suit with soft collar andshirt. He has one of his grand-'ather's pronounced hobbies.col-ecting walking sticks. Already heowns about fifty of varying shapesand sizes.

When Grandfather CameThe coming of the Prince to the

United States recalls the triumphal"our of his grandfather, the lateKing Edward, in 1890. Travelingincognito as Baron Renfrew, hecame over in the Hero. He was

only eighteen years of age at thetime. W:hilo the present princecame in a warship, his grandfatherarrived in a sailing ship and was

greeted by Micmac Indians sailingdown to Halifax in a long line ofbirch bark canoes. He was welcomedto this country with great enthu¬siasm. He visited Detroit, Chicago,St. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh,Baltimore, Washington and NewYork. James Buchanan was Presi¬dent at the time. Baron Renfrewspent a month in the States alto¬gether. In Detroit he had to slip inp.nd out of side doors, so packed werethe streets. In Chicago 50.000 peopleturned out to see him. He was soexhausted with the vigor of his tourthat on his way to St. Lo'uis he hada temporary nervous break-down. !He stopped off at Dwight and didsome shooting. He managed to bagn quantity of quail and rabbits.From St. Louis he went to Cincin¬nati, where he attended a great ball.While in the capital he visited thetomb of Washington at Mount Ver-non. From there he proceeded toBaltimore and then to Philadelphia,where he heard Adelina Patti sing.He reached New York on October

11. ^Fernando Wood was Mayor atthe time He was met at CastleGarden by the 12th Regiment. Hedrove to his quarters in the FifthAvenue Hotel through a crowd of.500,000 persons. "Then ensued astrenuous period during which hevisited New York University, theAstor Library, Cooper Union, Cen¬tral Park.where he planted an oaktree.and the Deaf and Dumb Asy¬lum. The climax of his visit wasreached in the ball given at theAcademy of Music. On the next

night he attended a firemen's torch-1light parade and on Sunday he wentto a service in Trinity Church. Ac¬cording to the records of 1860, sev-!eral accidents were reported on theday of the great parade and the"breakage of crinoline was, ofcourse, inestimable." \

There still are a few persons inNew York and vicinity who havevivid recollections of the night ofOctober 12, 1860.the occasion ofthe brilliant ball given in the Aca¬demy of Music to the Prince ofWales, later to become King EdwardVII. From contemporary accountsof the magnificent affair there is no

doubt that the ball was the mostelaborate given up to that time byresidents of this city in honor of, a

distinguished guest, and the prepa¬rations set the peoplo agog forweeks in advance.

The BallMemories of New York's welcome

to the heir to the British crown areabout to be rekindled for any whowere, at the ball fifty-nine yearsvgo, for the present Prince of Waleshas accepted an invitation to be theguest of hgnor at a reception in thehistoric building, at two o'clock,next Wednesday afternoon. Theinvitation goes to him fromWilliam Fox, president of the FoxFilm Corporation and owner of thetheater. All the men and womenstill living who attended the affairin lSiiO have been invited to bepresent and make the acquaintanceof the grandson of the man theyhonored more than half a centuryago.

Elaborate preparations to re¬create so far as possible the appear-unce of the Academy, at FourteenthStreet and. Irving Place, as It wason October 12^ 1860, have been

made. The decorations will closelyfollow the descriptions of the in¬terior of the Academy as recordedby newspaper and magazine writersof that day and accounts given byguests at the ball who have writtenin their recollections. Even thechair in which the then Prince sathas been refurbished and will beplaced beneath a canopy and oc¬

cupied by George V's son. Officersof the army and navy and otherAmerican and British veterans ofthe war. government officials andmany well known society folk havebeen invited.The 7th Regiment Band will

play, and the Prince will addressthe veterans. The guests will bepresented to him, and then the royalvisitor will see thrown on the screenviews of his trip through Canadaand the United States.

Investigations have brought fortha considerable amount of informa¬tion regarding the I860 ball frompersons or children of persons whoattended. John B. Faunce, an in¬vestment broker, with offices in ParkRow, has written that his father,Captain John Faunce, was desig¬nated by the government to receiveand entertain the Prince.

Peter Conklin, a Shakespeareanclown and jester, of 1776 WestEighth Street, Brooklyn, attendedthe 1860 reception and also per¬formed before the Prince in Pike'sOpera House. Cincinnati. Mrs.Esther Wittgenstein, eighty-liveyears old, of 486 West 136th Street,was present at the Academy. Mrs.Wittgenstein's maiden name was

Phillips, and her great-grandfather,¿he proudly adds, fought in theRevolution.

Mrs. Anna B. Moore, of Pleasant-ville, N. Y., doubtless has not yetlived down her disappointment at

having been unable to greet thethen Prince. Mrs. Moore, whosemaiden name was Whiley, is a

great-granddaughter of GovernorClinton. She had her dress al1ready to attend, but was taken illwith bronchitis. However, she de¬rives some satisfaction from theknowledge that she saw the Princearrive in New York before she wasattacked by illness.Among the proudest possessions

of Miss M. J. Cuthbertson, of Rose-bank, Staten Island, is an invita¬tion to the ball. Her father, mother,three sisters and a brother werethere. Her father at one time waspresident of the St. George's So¬ciety, New York.

The Same QuadrilleMrs. William Muir, of 439 Man¬

hattan Avenue, enjoys the distinc¬tion of having danced in the samequadrille with his royal highness.later his majesty. She was onthe left of the Prince, whose part¬ner, she says, was Miss Morgan,daughter of Governor E. D. Mor¬gan of New York. On the Prince'sright were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A.4Seward.the former being nephewand adopted son of William H.Seward, who later was Secretary ofState in President Lincoln's Cabinet.Clarence Seward Muir, who givesthis information for his mother, addsthat he is uncertain as to whodanced opposite the royal guest,but .believes his" late father told himthe couple were Governor and Mrs.Morgan, while his mother believesthey were Mr. and Mrs. "Ned"Thompson.Mr. Thompson being alawyer of prominence in that day.Another informant advises thaiMrs. Morgan did not dance, becaustshe was ill and could not attend.

MJ5. Muir still has the canary col

All Canada Took to Him onHis Crowded Trip From

Coast to Coastored moire antique dress and the Ialipper3 she wore at the ball.Mrs. J. Mack, of 564 Riverside

Drive, a poetess, occupied a frontproscenium box. Mrs. Hannah E.Shields, seventy-seven years old, of2126 Globe Avenue, Westchester, N.Y., was the guest of her uncle, thelate Matthew E. Brennan, thenComptroller and later Sheriff ofNew York. John E. Barrett, of 43Fulton Street, Brooklyn, who is sev¬

enty-four years old, was a guest atthe ball. Twenty years ago he wentto South Africa on the ship Mrs.Whitelaw Reid fitted out to aid thesick and wounded of the Britisharmy. In the recent war nine of hisnephews and four nieces were in theservice of England.

Mrs. William Healy, of 525 Chest¬nut Street, Arlington, N. J., had an

exceptionally good opportunity tomeet the Prince. Her late husbandwas a partner of M. B. Brady, thenoted photographer and artist, andtogether tl.ey occupied as a studio a

building at the corner of Broadwayand Tenth Street. The Prince cameto their studio to be photographed,the only other persons present beingMr. and Mrs. Brady, Mr. and Mrs.Healy and the photographer whoposed the Prince. A copy of theportrait was sent to Queen Victoria,who returned her thanks. The part¬ners and their wives attended theball.

John Haldane Flagler, of 20CBroadway, met the Prince at a re-

ccption in Boston, and was pre-sented to hihi again in London.Charles W. Boye, of 220 West Forty-second Street, has a fancy ivorybutton from a vest worn by th*Prince. Miss Susannah Macaulayhas an invitation and a piece oímusic dedicated to the Prince whichhe gave to her aunt, Mrs. LymanDenison, since deceased, when hevisited Niagara Falls. Mrs. Deni¬son was at the ball. S. F. Tillis, oí547 Sheepshead Bay Roacf, ConesIsland, and A. E. Lahens, of 104West Eighty-fourth Street, also wert

guests. William Porter Jones, of 32Crown Street, Meriden, Conn., write:that his father, Henry Martin Joneswas at the reception, that he is a descendant of Charles I, and that hi;grandmother danced with the Marquis de Lafayette when he visitéethis country the second time.

IncogThe Prince approached New Yorl

by way of Washington and Philadelphia. He had previously toure<

(.añada, much in the same way higrandson has been following. OOctober 11 he left Philadelphia b;special train for this city. In ordeto enable its readers to identify thcity's guest on his arrival incog, on«of the daily newspapers of that datpublished the following description

"In person the young Prince harather a slim figure, which is alwaydisplayed to the best advantage iitrim-fitting garments of the latesstyle. He has his mother's profileand it has been said that in order tsee the contour of his face it is onl;necessary to look at the effigies othe Queen upon an English sixpenceHis pretty chestnut hair is won

modestly over a forehead which inot sufficiently high to give an intellectual cast to his countenance, buhis thorough training and naturaparts give his face an intelligent an«

prepossessing look. A well polishe«pair of English walking shoes an«

lofty crowned white hat, with faultless light brown kids and a daint;umbrella or Walking stick, completthe make-up of the young gentlemanThe manners of the Prince of Walewould form a good model for an;youth to follow. Modest, unassuming, courteous and agreeable to alhe makes a host of friends wherevehe goes."

Naturally the big event of Octobe12 was the ball. The Academy ws

lavishly decorated with flowers an

plants of all descriptions. At otend of the ballroom opposite trstage an addition several feet ilength, decorated in pink and whitwas built. At the extreme end wian «Uegorical painting, by H. \Cabrye, illustrative of the entenbetween the United States and Gnu

Britain, and there was another oathe ceiling.A newspaper reporter wrote with

evident awe the fact that 800 feetof gas pipe were laid and 300extra burners provided to furnishadditional light. The main entranceswas in Fourteenth Street, and thaIrving Place door was for the in-vited guests.A supper room was erected on 8

plot of ground between the Acad*emy and the Medical College. Inthe passageway beside the ballroort»were placed figures of knights inarmor, effigies of the Princes ofWales since the day of the "BlackPrince." The greenroom was fittedup as a dressing room for the guestof honor.

Slight AccidentsWhen Wales entered the band

played "God Save the Queen" and"Hail Columbia." The floor hadbeen boarded over for dancing, butthe crush of people was too muchfor the supports, and the boardssagged three times, two personsfalling into the cavity and being'slightly hurt. The police roped offthe hole and carpenters set to workto repair the damage. The flowervases fell from one of the tiers,but fortunately hit no one.

The following skit was written onthe accident at the time :

"Like queens arrayed in their regalguise,

Ttny charmed the Prince with dai-xling eyes,

Fair ladies of rank and station,Till the floor gave way and down

they sprawledIn a tableau style* the artists calledÁ 'floor-all' decoration.At the Prince's feet like flowers they

laid,In the brightest bouquet, ever made,For a Prince's choice to falter.Perplexed to find, where all were

rare,Which was the fairest of the fairTo cull for a queenly altar."

The New York belles youn^Ed-ward chose to dance with him wer«enumerated thus:"With Mrs. Kernochan he lanced,With Mrs. Edward Cooper danced,With Mrs. Helmont capered;With fair Miss Fish in fairy rigHe tripped a sort of royal jipAnd next Miss Butler favored.*'

It was said of him at the time:"There can be no relaxation of thoenergetic spirit which has borne thshearty English youth through toilsand extremities that might appall anAmerican sovereign fed on figure*}and exercised on railway stationpies."

[ The Prince in Naval Uniform