PRINCE OF WALES PROVIDES PRESS WITH DAILY "STORY" { No Other Man in World. so Oon-| stantly in News--Gopd Story Teller 1 'The white light that beats upon' a throne" throws a, good deal of} its force in these days upon the heir to the throne in Britain, and | there is little that Prince Charming can say or do but what 18 recorded | in the daily press. How tremen-/ dous the strain must be upon him, | and how naturally honest, kindly and unaffected must his nature be is indicated in the following ex-| cerpts all taken from paper pub- | lishing within two or three day's | time. Can anyone envy him his| high position? . Few would agree ta change a comfortable obscurity for a place in the white light: -- "I expect the only reason why there were no doctors in the Gar- den of Eden was that Eve obviously knew the familiar prescription, 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away." " With this apt reference to the antiquity of medical ' science the Prince of Wales began his response to the toast of his health at the annual banquet recently of the Medical Society. "The Press and journalists have always been very good friends to me," declared the Prince of Wales in the course of a characteristically happy speech whea presiding at the Diamond Jubilee Dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund. 'Modern science, working hand in hand with modern journalism, has, in truth, put a girdle round the earth. We get to know immediately every- thing that has taken place, and I beileve it has happened--Iin very reméte times, of course--that we have been fully informed about things which never occurred at all. The best example of--shall I call it 'intelligent anticipation'?----that I have experienced.was on an oc- casion when I was travelling in one of our Dominions and an aeroplane was specially sent out to meet me on my way and bombarded the sta- tion with very heavy bfmdles of the local newspaper giving the fullest account of my visit to, my de- meanor in, and my departure from a certain town three-quarters of an our before I arrived there." Is Romance Budding Clubland has lately occupied it- self, quite needlessly, with anxiety about the Prince of Wales' health. As a matter of fact H.R.H. has, to use his own words on a recent social occasion, never felt fitter in his life. It is also permissible to contradict other prevalent rumors. The Prince has no intention of re- maining a bachelor, but it is not likely that any announcement will be made for some time; certainly not till after his South African trip. Gospel of Energy The Prince's energy is remark- able. For instance, aftér he hae driven through London in connec- tion with Lifeboat Day he attended a concert at the Queen's Hall in the evening, and then danced until the small hours with the Duchess of Sutherland's party at the Hyde Park Hotel. It hag been quite a common thing for film during the winter season to through the programme at a ball and to leave St. James' Palace before 8 a.m. for Easton Grey or some other access- ible hunting centre. 3 Great . The Prince is a great smoker. He was the first to light up after the toast of "The King" at a recent banquet, and from that moment went from cigarette to cigar and cigar to cigarette throughout the evening. His cigarettes he carries in & heavy silver casé, which would hold, 'I should think, at least twenty. ' Evening Clothes The fashion in evening clothes for men, usually so rigid, seems aow to differ in 'details with in- dividual taste. The Prince of Wales wears a very narrow "V" shaped white waistcoat, with one small pearl stud in his shirt-front. His uncle, the Earl of Athlone, adopts a similar style. Lord Wil- loughby de Broke wears two studs in his shirt-front, hut Mr. Winston Churchill has three, with a collar and tie which belong to a past sar- torial age. The Prince at Polo The Prince of Wales had some {ulet polo practice in' Richmond NELSON AT WHITE LODGE White Lodge, Richmond Park, the Duke and Duchess of York's new home, was built by George I. It is approached by a magui- ficent avenue, the Queen's Walk, where Queen Caroline delighted to promenade. It is, too, the birthplate of the Frince of Wales. In it thcre is a little table. On it, while sipping wine with Lord © Sidmouth, Nelson sketched with a forefinger the plan of attack which resulted in the victory of Trafalgar. Park, and for half an hour knock- ed the ball about with a companion. The bleakness of the weather had kept most people away park, and only two, perhaps, saw a car drive up and two men in riding-breeches alight and go over to where half a dozen polo ponies were waiting. One of the two was the Prince, who discarded a trench-cpat with fleece lining to disclose a Sweater; yellow breeches and brown top- boots. Instead of the regulation polo cap he was wearing a chégk cap. A hallstorm finally drove him back to his car. 3 Bans Top Hats Top hats have been barred by the Prince of Wales. This an- gouncement was. made recently by Captain Storr, secretary of the Bath and West Show, which the Prince will visit, > Build Garden City On Famous Estate The Virginia Water district, of Surrey is to have a garden dty, on the large Wentworth estate, which lies between the station and the lake in Windsor Great Park, one of the largest artificial sheets of water in England. The neigh- borhood is very picturesque, one of bracken and pine woods, and the air is fresh and pine-scented. The estate comprises several hundred acres, and altgady the roads are being laid out. Wentworth's Owners The mansion, which is to be used as a school when the garden city is built, was the home of the Count and Countess de Morella. Countess was a Welshwoman, but the Count was the notortous Carlist general, Ramon Cabreru, whose ferocity and atrocities during the Carlist troubles in Spain horrified the whole civilized world. Finally seeking refuge in England, he mar- ried and settled down at Went- worth, where he died in 1877, high- ly respected by those wht forgot what his career had beén. FAMOUS AIRMAN RETIRES sn---- Until recently in command of the R.A.F. in the Mediterranean, Afr- Commodore C. R. Samson, C.M.G., D.8.0., A.F.C.,, has been placed on half-pay. -Air-Commodore Samson was the first man to make an aero- plane ascent from the deck of a moving battleship. During the war he served in Belgium, France, the Dardanelles, Egypt and the Red Sea, and commanded a brigade of French Territorials at the battle of Orchies. RETURNS TO CANADA Lord and Lady Minto, who have been making a long stay at Minto House, Roxburghshire, are off to Canada to see Lady Minto's people at Montreal, and thence on to their ranch in Alberta. The call' of Western "Canada has strongly ap- pealed to Lord and Lady Minto, and they delight in ranch life. There is a strong feeling among Par]iamentarians 'and social work- ers that Mr. T. P, O'Connor's gréat services should be recognized by making him a member of the Privy Council. He is the Father of the House of Commons, having been in Parliament for no less than 38 years. The Labor Party has challenged the Government to a cricket match. The challenge has been accepted, and the match will probably take place at Lord's. BAIN] J \ NCTHON| $i) Ff from the' The | Baker, who had reached his ninety- | | | | | | | | | English Girl Was | Sent To Eurasions Authorities Doreen Hawkes, the seven-year- | old English girl who was sent to] Madras in February to be adoptea by a family who turned out to be Eurasians, has been brought back to England. She reached Plymouth | recently on the British India liner | Euralia jin charge of Mr. Patrick | Hannyngton, Commissioner ;, of | Police at Madras. | The child, a shy little maid with | bobbed htir and pretty face, was on her way out to India last February when it became known among the passengers that her prospective foster-parents were Eurasians. Great indignation was expressed, and on reaching Madras the Cap- tain communicated with Mr. Han- nyngton, who had the girl taken from the Eurasians' house. While under their charge Doreen developed malaria from a mosquito bite and was sent to hospital. She, was well treated by the Eusasians, who are stated by Mr. Hannyngton to be a Very respectable couple. The child's mother and grand- mother will meet her when the liner reaches Tilbury. Arrange- ments are being made at the little house in Queen's road, Northlake, which is her home, to give Doreen a real weleome party. She was an inmate of the Prin- cess Louise Home, Kingston Hill, at the time she was sent to Ifdia, but new arrangements are now be- ing made for her future. Takes Own Life At Age of Ninety-two An old age pensioner, George second year, has hanged himself at Lockington, East Riding. Baker ate a hearty tea, and was after- wards found hanging by a strap in his bedroom. He was on his bend- ed knees when his daughter made the discovery. BLACK-AND-WHITE MINISTRY One of Lord Rosebery's favorite preachers arrived'recently in Eng- land' in the person of Professor Hugh Black, who shared with the late Rev. Dr. Alexander Whyte the pastorate of Free St. George's, Edinburgh, for several years. This "Black-and-Whyte" istry re- sulted in queues-of ple outside the church every Sunday. Profes- sor Black's brother, James, is now the minister. SAILORS PAID IN GOLD Questioned as to the possibility of gold coins being reintroduced, an official of the Royal Mint stated that it would be many years before any sovereigns could be minted and issued for currency. Shipping companies, he added, pay their sea- men in gold, as Treasury notes, when carried by a stoker or deck- hand, become saturated and go to pulp. £ - ¥ ATTACKED BY OWL While a woman was hanging out clothes at Ampthill, Bedfordshire, a brown owl flew from a neigboring tree and savagely at- tacked her. The bird flew a the woman's pulling out sev: strands of hair, ¥hd so injuring one are hat an operation wes necessi- tal 3 ; '| his visiting eards. "And it is, it is a glorious thing To bow and scrape to a Pirate King!" --From the Weekly Despatch. "Victory" Is Symbol Of World's Freedom v . ~~ | Seven-year-old Child &ént \ Back | U.S. Citizen Pays Unique Tribute From Madras by to Anglo-Saxon People \A remarkable tribute to Britain is" contained in a letter which Mr. John R. Rathom, of Providence! Rhode I:'and, has sent to the Lord Mayor of London with a contri- bution of £10 for the fund to save Nelson's flagship, the Victory. Mr. Rathom writes;-- "The old ship stands as a symbol not of British might on the sea-- but of the spirit of civilization, of burdens.undertaken for the destruc- tio of tyranny, and the freedom of mankind. "To help save the Victory is not alone to perpetuate the deeds and fame of Nelson. But it is an act | of homage by Anglo-Saxon people to the memory of the men who, long generations before Nelson, killed the menace of the Armada, who opened up new worlds, whos: successors 'Broke the fettérs forg by Napoleon on the wrists of hum- anity and who, beyond all, in that terrible North- Sea vigil of our own recent day saved us all from slavery worse than death. g ' 'Here and here did England help me.' It is well for the British public to look for a moment away from the mists' and gloom of in- ternational complications and to realize that millions of Americans fully understand the extent of that obligation." KING'S VISITING CARDS , a . h ' In connection with the royal visit to Rome, it is interesting to know that the King, like his subjects, hos It is etiquette whqn he is abroad for him to leave his 'card on minor members of the Royal Family with whom he fs staying, and also at the Enibassies. King Edward had inscribed on his visiting card all his principal titles, such as King of the United King- dom of Great Britain and Ireland, ete. But King George prefers some- thing shorter, and on his card are, I believe, merely the words, "King George the Fifth." EN ------------ WORDSWORTH'S DAUGHTER The world was: astonished to learn, a little while ago, that Wordsworth had a French daugh- ter. Another literary discovery, just made, and equally surprising, Is that Chateaubriand had an Eng- lish son. The fact has been brought to light by the turning up of an old memorandum, from which it appears that the {illustrious author was paying for the boy's education at Amiens. It is now up to the biographers to find out what became Of him. ORPEN 18 ILL ein Sir William Orpen, whose *'Brit- ish Warrior" canvas at the Royal Academy is, by common consent, the picture 'of the year, is at pres- ent confined to his bed in his house at Chelsea, suffering from a form of blood-polsoning. Sir William Ancient Abbeys and Castles mbling Scientists Seeking Means of Arrest- ing Hand of Time--Even London Tower Affected Many famous castles and abbeys around which cluster historical as- Sociations, are crumbling away, and the Government has appointed a committee of scientific experts to discover means of arresting their decay. Even the Tower of London, which was thought immune from the ravages of time, is: decaying; while Edinburgh Castle is also causing anxiety. Mr. A. W. Heas- man, a member of the committee, gave the following list of ancient buildings affected: --- Tintern Abbey, Monmouth; Rievaux Abbey, Yorks; Netley Ab- bey, Hants; Roch Abbey, Yorks; Whitby Abbey, Yorks; Dryburgh Abbey, Berwick; Furness Abbey, Lancs; Melrose Abbey, Roxburgh; Stirling Castle; Carnarvon Castle; Norham Castle, Northumberland; Denbigh Castle; Harlech Castle, Merioneth; Goodrich Castle, Here- ford; Carisbrooke Castle, Isle 6. Wight; Chester Castle; Dover Castle; Monmouth ° Castle; Scar- borough Castle. "Every one of these ancient places is attacked by decay," ex- plained Mr. Heasman, "and even then they do not exhaust the list, but 'are only a .few and the best known. The task to which we have to direct our attention, in addition to the preservation of the fabric, is the safeguarding of the stone carvings and other old work to be found in all these places." British Air Force ~ Must Be Increased The Cabinet has come to the con- clusion that a considerable increage in the Air Force will be necessary. So stated Lord Salisbury in the House of Lords, adding that when the Committee which is .consider- ing the position of air strength had concluded they would ask (Parlia- ment to support them in making good any deficiencies. IW aia Lord Birkenhead, who Falsed the question, asserted that our Afr Force, which was then unsurpassed by any similar force, disappeared after the Armistice. So alarming was the disproportion between the air forces of this country and France that no government could avold considering it. He urged that a one-Power standard was essential. JOINS EXCLUSIVE CLUB By becoming a member of the Jockey Club, Prince Henry has Joined what is probably the most exclusive club in the world. It was in 1750 that the club first 'took authoritative action in racing mat- ters, but it was not until 1821 that the club exercised the power of "warning off." Nobody elects the Jockey Club, and all its power and influence has been arrogated to it- self by itself, A memorial to the late Lord Northcliffe has been placed in the grounds of. the '"'Natsopa' Home, Wellsborough, Leicestershire, by members of the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants desirous of recording their recogni- tion of his broad-mindedness and humanity as an employer. The memorial is a bronze plate with a medallion portrait affixed to a granite cairn. EARL'S DAUGHTER MARRIES SON OF POOR WORKING-MAN THEY KNEW THERE WAS A CATCH IN IT At the conclusion 'of a dinner given by him at Doorn, the ex- Kaiser made a speech and pre- sented each of his guests with a signed portrait of himself. We hear that more than one guest was heard to observe that he thought there would be a catch in it somewhere.--The Passing Lady Mountbatten Appears In Court Contested Case to Save Chauffeur Who Was Accused of Carelessness Lady "Louis Mountbatten was a witness in Westminster County Court recently, Miss 'Ada Kerslake, a young dressmaker, sought damages against Lord Louis Mountbatten for injuries caused through the al- leged negligence of his chauffeur, |Y She was struck by the rear mud- guard of his car. "I was sitting beside the chauf- feur," said Lady Mountbatten. "Near the Plock Tower, Westmin- ster, I saw' Miss Kerslake running towards a refuge. I thought she could have passed the car without any accident." The Judge found there had been no negligence, and it was then an- nounced that, as Lord Louls had only contested the case to clear the chauffeur, he would pay Miss Kers- lake £25. THE ROYAL PAVILION When the King and Queen re- turned from Rome they went to Aldershot to spend a week at the Royal Pavilion. This is the most modish royal residence in the coun- try, and is built of brightly-painted wood. It has stood in deep shrub- beries, entirely hidden from sight, though not far from the officers' club and Government House, since the early days of Queen Victoria, and is still referred to someti es as the Queen's Pavilion, THRY SMOKED MATCHES Marshal Foch and the late Sir Willlam Robertson Nicoll ran each other close in the use of matches. On the average they relit their pipes every five minutes, so that the whole place was strewn witn dead matches. Offers of assistance to make the pipes draw were al- ways indignantly refused. The owners knew quite well that they, | and not the pipes, were responsible. TWO MORE MEMOIRS Two more important volume of reminiscences are about to be pub- lished. Mr. George Barnes, M.P., and Sir Griffith Boscawen are going to tell the stories of their lives with graphic details. Mr. Burnes has had an amazing career. Starting as a workman, he became a Cabinet Minister during one of 'the most critical periods of English history. Sir Griffith Boscawen's book is full of amusing 8, which. will in- crease its pop ty. eet £150,000 TO SAVE THE VICTORY Presiding at a Mansion House meeting recently in support of the Save-the-Victory Fund, the Lord Mayor said to restore Nelson's flag- ship would cost £150,000. | Goes to Pitman's Home for Three | Weeks Before Wedding--Makes | Own Wedding Dress The romance of an earl's daugh- ter and a pitman's son culminated in wetdding bells recently, when Lady Pleasance Elizabeth Rous daughter of the Earl of Stradbroke, married Owen McKenna, a wireless operator, The wedding took place at the oil and iron-mining village of Shotts, Lanarkshire, and the recep- | tion was held in the humble three- iroomed dwelling of the bride | EFoom a pareats, | The marriage was solemnized Iu | St. Patrick's Chapel on Saturda; morning by Father McAllister, the bride having been received into the Catholic Church a fortnight ago. McKenna is twenty-four, the same age as his bride, and has been at sea since 1917. Of late he has served on a P. and O. boat in the Far East, and it was while on this boat he met Lady Pleasance, although at the time McKenna was unaware of her iden- At this time she was on a voyage from Victoria, of which her father is Governor, to visit relatives in Burma. ? McKenna came much in contact with the passengers, and fast friendship sprang up between the young couple. "Very Clever Dressmaker" Before the ship had reached Burma the young officer had pro- posed and been accepted, but still was unaware that his flancee was of noble birth. / It is stated that Lady Pleasancé's friends in Burma offered opposition to the marriage, with the result that she sailed for England, fol- lowed shortly after by her lover. She came to Shotts, and while passing the statutory period of re- sidence stayed at a house next door to that of McKenna's parents. X The bridesmaid at the wedding was Helen, a pretty sixteen-year- old sister of 'the bridegroom, and Mr. Thomas Warner, of Shotts, acted as best man. Owen McKenna is the oldest son of Patrick Mc- Kenna, a colliery wagoner, who de- scribed his daughter-in-law as a "nice-looking, artistic, romantic girl and a very clever dressmaker." The bride made her own wedding dress, which was composed of pin} crépe de Chine.) None of her family attended the wedding, but on Friday, which was her twenty-fourth birthday, she re- celved a birthday gift from her mother. ' ) Lady Pleasance is the eldest daughter of a large family. Earl Stradbroke owns 10,000 acres in Suffolk, where he is very popular. In 1920 he was appointed Governor 'of Victoria, where his family accompanied him. He is one of the few men Who can claim to be at once an Earl, a Colonel, and an Admiral. During the war he commanded a brigade of the R.F.A. He is one of the few survivors of the f{ll-fated A Arabic, which was sunk in the Mediterranean in 1916. Memorial Altar for "Yorkshire Soldiers Princess Mary, cccompanied by Major Viscount Lascelles, attended the unveiling of the regimental memericl to eight thousand of all ranks of the Duke of Wellington's Wert Riding Regiment which has been placed in York Minster. The memorial takes the form of a ii altar in blue and gold. There was a large attendance of past and present officers, together with about four hundred troops. The 'archbishop of York dedicated the memorial and paid a tribute to the splendid character of West Rid- ing men who won imperishable re- nown. The Chaplain-General and Bishop Frodsham also took part in the service. The memorial was un- veiled by the Duke of Wellington, whose grandfather, the Iron Duke, served in what is now the first battalion and com: ded the sec- i fig | iit