The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 22, 1902, Page 5

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THE SUNDAY CALL. 2] ¥ b il oL iy i e meetings are limentary naval IN HUSSAR COSTUME _ - = but his extreme 1opointed rywhere, rvants and with guesis to meet bowing It is commonly tion and er it of the Born in Buckingham Palace, No- 1541, and created Prince of h. he was educated argh, Ox- . and 1860 already lomel in the army. He vis- 2 and came southward ost cordial gr ng ord e | hem members circles “spor " he, Bes heart Rustt King Edward, as £ 1 ‘ moved; but it is known that when, after Prince found that the prof ty was becoming 8¢ and advert he dec stop to the whole busine fusing to accept or to know thos were making a trade of thelr good looks. In the same way the “bazaar ma and the ridiculous m resorted to b smart society ladies well-known ac tresses to extort money from thelr ¥ trons received a severe check from the Prince of Wales, who, on one oeccasior was kind enough to lend his person g d T lass his Maje footsteps of a long line A of the English turf. In- deed, it is his patronage of the turf and his unswerving love of fair play that has ,-Saxon to the proud emi- test sportsman in the is scarcely a pastime or sport that the King has not some knowl- edge of. for he not only likes to see everything wherever he goes, but also, as possible, to skill at any sh game that he meets with. However, it is the love of shooting that patronage to a. great fancy falr got said to be a positive passion with up at the Albert Hall. A d. A royal battue, or big he performance is over. v at of the singer was in the course of the afternoon he hon- sheot, is an important event. that occurs :&:t:eflnd dislike of ostcn{;t‘;v:: thh‘:(g;?;: tuEx‘l’;;yorf,!ieb;tflr‘l}Q‘:tofoV\'ales. }gle made ored the refreshment stall b\: his F;'[:':v K“»I"Al)' a !F;‘Y timgg durh’;g each year. His an end to the ridicul d 1o effort to disguise his feelings. What- ence, and asked for a cup of tea he Majes: s consi 'f!‘?d y good judges the ous old fashioned Mo effort to diBERse Bt ¢ Ne felt that tea was being sold at a figure sufficient- best shot In the kingdom. His most sue- custom of the manager recelving royalty e was bound to take motice of this in- ly exorbitant to cover the calls of char- cessful efforts are overhead shots at rock- and walking upstairs backward with a discretion. He st turned his cha y, but the fair ven z-r._mmk_mz to cover eters. The ,gh[ wl}ejx_ the driven birds pair of lighted candles in his hand. He siightly, but the singer went on singing. el with gl befors handing himy t ARally e WA SEEMETESF SN also proved his innate courtesy gy doing A terrible silence filled the room, but the the cup, drank ¢. saying: above the guns is most extraordinary and away with the Inconvenience of the cur- Singer took it for attention and continued Now the cup of a only ta be seem d that the r ere much long- er, there i danger = being nominated Presidency and elected by unan- return be underwent a course n in camp at C idly promoted hal and he holds many Buropean Stanley, he traveled in the East, visiting ng to take his seat e Duke of g 3 The Princ ed a f ted a littl vel ask- ”v,l ot tain being kept down until he arrived, put tru ceos Ehe ot hear of Wil ey and he has allowed it to be known that nobody took the initiative in warnir 2 p? m ten to six- . dim}f:n) he strongly objects to the national an- lum. During the next yerse the Princ needless to say that the quiet figure being Order, of which he i atly helped to suppress all such Teached in the big shoots in 13%-3. The ¥ i i : alking louder and louder until S bkl ven as tho wisnal ut 8 fé‘:-":&gi-m-‘m\%m was drowned and he rted to by ladies of result of a single shoot is nowa- arrival. Indeed, he gives less trouble (io) 5 3°and turned and looked, and when a certain ciety between 2000 and 3000 head of game, than the mafority of his inferiors. oD A I hoaition wishsd the ground - However, from those whom he Ifkes of which the greater nu pheas- It is this very dislike of snobbishness would suddenly Ol)ax‘\( and :‘w4«1ln\hv hllmé well, King Edward 3 tolerant of ants. When a cl»-amn‘r of every sort that has given King Ed- There was no mistake about it; he ha rity. On jon Lord es e . a st ward his title of “first gentleman ongng— teen snubbed. wa 1 S e shots Is invited, and 6000 are generally » thofigh tI v "There, as far as the Prince was con- fuse of invitations to dinner killed land.” thofigh there were many times, ThER€ 5 (0% 0% ight have ended,and with a telegram, which ran: “Sorry But In the stalking of big game, such as when, as the Prince of Wales, his position jf there had been any honor ameng the cannot come; lie to folloy which crocodiles on the NI d tigers and wild eompelled him to take a course of action Prince's guests for their host's sake and tickled his Royal Highness immensely ts fn_Indta, won_his which has not always been easy for for the sake .of fheir profession they While as a leader of fashion the King » sportsman. Dur- Sthers to appreciate. = Here is-a story Would have held their tongues. But they iIs all powerful, he is good natured to & in the jungle he hy Y eht out Into the highways and byways a degree with regard to the imitation of Kkiiled seventeen tigers in such grand styls which {llustrates why he has always been WOV 004 tHeir comrade’s shame and thelr his hats, coats, the cut of his collars 1 ch superb poise and coolness known as the *“Prince of good fellows.” own indignation. Some told of it tragic- or the pattern of his sleeve links. he natives, accustomed as they He once invited to his house a number ally, some comically, but none of them When his position and the exigencies are by generations of careful training to of the most distinguished men in a cer- told it very carefully, and needless to say of his life are taken into consideration, hunt such dangerous game, were aston- tain profession. They were all, no doubt, the gossipy papers made the most of it. it cannot be said that the King is ex- ished. : a little nervous at first, but the Prince's Thisis \EherepAilberl E(dvvardflprro}'led his ‘rnv:\gan‘_t wng hlls clothes; um!l plerhapg 3ut it is in all the social ,-.C,.,)Tpu,'fl. b1 ¢ even the simplest thi con- cletyr, =1 ffability soon put h of them at his title to be “Prince of goos ellows.” it is the fact that he possesses the largest ments with which the imagination invests ,r:.!.nix“{v:’znem: il sy o e i 2 Sl 42 PAtron of the arts b, tanght Al much At his ese. ingoed. thai When he saw what had happened he wardrobe in the world of uniforms and a P that King Edward excels. As : = c SR ? the smart set to support opera until Lon- i jg quite possible to understand how drove straight up to Bond street and pur- state robes that induces him to restrict master of the dance he is par excellence. . but the his royal duties he has more than once don has come to be the undisputed cent>r ope man among so many misunderstood chased a box for the next entertainment himself in the matter of what may be He likes a lov and never misses an been by force of circumstances been put to the musical culture. It is an undoubted nis attitude. In the evening the Prince &t which his indiscreet guest was to ap- called mufti. But what is wise ecomo- opportunity of making a good marriage ing mortals in, severest test to prove lis ti ¢, and one by which many Americans and his guests adjourned for smoking and pear. He drove back and asked the Prin- my in a King might be undue extrav- for a plain girl or a younger son. of pateh- n his pleasures have gentleman of Englan and as many might profit, that King Kdward taught an impromptu enertainment ensued. One- cess to excuse herself from any soclal zgance in a subject. Tt must be remem- ing up a quarrel between a pair of lovers, . » times he has nobly acquitted himself. the fashionables by his - le to be 0L the nicest and indeed one of the best engagement which she might have, and bered that, as a matter of course, the or of bringing a foolish young husband t with ceremony that . 5 2 the fashionables by his example o be jreq of the men took his turn at the piano the Prince and Princess of Wales made King's wardrobe includes every variety and wife together. Truly what further Since his father’s death he has been in their boxes when the curtain rise€, and commenced to sing a song which themselves particularly prominent in the of attire for ordinary and special use. accomplishments need a man have to win he acknowledged leader of English so- and that it is bad form to leave before was decidedly coarse. front of that box and effusively applaud- so that suits for wear in town or adapted the title of “first gentleman of England™? and Master; a remarkable n s prom- ion of 1578; e Princess in ge party of first e Beresford was compelled to re- ngtor pital Fund in 159—these cited among the various phases e it ¥ role in great ceremoni » of minor repeated lay title of ““first become very much rk, and in the eme of w

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