The evening world. Newspaper, August 12, 1922, Page 8

THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1922, England's Poor Prince-Who Loses All His Best Love i. ' May Not Choose Own Mates Must Yield to Decision of King and Prime Minister— May Only Peep at Girls Over High Hedge Of Royal Conventions and it Love Comes Unsanctioned It May Remain - Only As a Memory Ruled Only by Time. , 1922 (New York Evening World) Publishing Company. LADY RACHEL CAVENDISH and things which must not be done Wit, and have had to watch him go over the horizon, back to his own people, his own country and the re under any circumstances, And in re- OW much real personal satisfaction is there That is a question which only the Prince himself can answer. Probably it ts one he has asked himself a number of times since the elaborate, colorful in- vestiture at Canarvon Castle when he agsumed the robes, dignities and ti- tes of that high state. He knows the answer. He knows, too, the restric- tions which that title, the condition of being the eldest son of the reign- img monarch of Great Britain, brings rotind him like a hedge over which hhé-may only peep now and then. There can be no doubt that thero are innumerable compensations for his bigh degree; there are ceremonies; there is a host of privileges; there is, above al! else, the affection of his People—something that he has ‘achieved in the same measure that bis illustrious grandfather, King Edward VIL., achieved 1t—but as for being his @wn master, that's where the files be- gin getting into the royal ointment If ever there was a member of the spect of these, the Prince of Wales ts less his own master than a hundred persons the reader can name among his friends and acquaintances, Take, for instance, the matter of choosing a mate, a Princess of Wales who is some day to be Queen of Eng land. How much voice ts he to have as to that? Not so much as a whis Per, save that he may say he wil) marry only an English girl. He may go this far, to be sure, but it ts by ho means certain that the King and the Prime Minister will not have something to say as to the young lady. In royal houses the Prime Min- ister and the reigning monarch dis. cuss these things—and generally de elde them, As for the scton of the house, tn this case the Prince of Wales, he will do as he is bidden. And it will be for the benefit of the nation, rather than for his own, He may love whom he pleases; he will marry as the state pleases, And that’s that. There is an old saying that a cat may look at a king; it may be revised to read “A Prince of Wales may look at a girl’’—but he may no more than look. No matter how attractive he strictions imposed by his high estate MILLER GRAHAM GERALDINE Prince of Wales. land said that the Americans danced better than any girls he had ever hed a8 partners. Ever since Princess Mary of Eng- land, the Prince's sister, became the wife of Viscount Lascelles there have been rumors that the announcement of the Prince's engagement was soon to follow. But it is yet to come, and when {t does come there ts likely The present Prince of Wales (above) and (left) an old London caricature of his Grand- father, the Late King Edward VII, when he was family name of Cambridge. Lady Rachel {s daughter of the Duke of Devonshire, and both young women were among the bridesmaids who at- tended Princess Mary on her wedding day in Westminster Abbey. There have been many others se- lected, as it were, to be the Prince's bride. Among them are Princess Elizabeth of Roumania, Princess Yo lande of Italy and Princess Marie of Belgium. These are the royalties. But there have been still others. There have been Lady Joan Mulhol- British royal house who, with dignity may find her, no matter how nearly to be a surprise tn it, one only equal jand, Lady in Waiting to Princess ’ ; y |) end with no forfeiture of the regard ghe comes to what he believes a sweot * hija Secenants by the betrothal of sary; Lady Joan Capel, half-sister I} of his subjects, ever succeeded in put- heart and wife should be—unless the peta! ‘ary to one not of blood o¢ the present Earl of Essex and a ting precedent aside in his own behalf, royal sanction Is given he must foregut LADY MARY close friend of Princess Mary. It is #€ was that selfsame King Edward when he was Prince of Wales. Of @ourse he had to assume new robes, hhad to leave others in a wardrobe of memory when he ascended the throne her—or always remember her, That's one of the penalties of being tho Prince of Wales, He is doomed to a heartful of remembrances, because he has had the opportunity to meet some CAMBRIDGE Without say ng anything in criticism m Miller Graham of Santa Bar- a, Cal., is one of the young women who delighted the Prince. He de- clared her to be the most beautiful The Prince is twenty-eight years old now and It ts held to be high time for him to take a wife, and, of course, the matchmakers have been busy for years with him. He is reported to have been engaged to half a dozen young women, English and foreign, interesting to remember that her mother was an American, formerly Miss Adele Grant of this city, who died only a few days ago. The list of the “possibilities ts very long, but no name has yet been Bi-the death of Queen Victoria but of the most attractive young wome of the charm of the young woman girl he had met in America, He met but It ts said now that his wife will be 8° completely Inked with that of the ie so ose Mio tak of th nt sicine youre wo the Prince of Wales is some day tO her at a da at Los Angeles and an English girl, It will mean forget- Prince a8 to sive a clue to which of @yerriding other precedents which the these have been th t active take to wife, it 18 a good wager that paid her marked atention. ting & greet many: other: girls, ton, #1} hess YouAe Wamen—or even hese have been the greater has been present young Prince is following. And perhaps that is why he ts so be- loved of his people. They see in him the tragedy for him The young man's grandfather met he witl in Ume be compelled to marcy some one he doesn't care for half so much as he does for some one the Then there is Miss Mary Millicent Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Huddleston Rogers, of this elty, The But, as has been said before, that {s part of the business of being a Prince ~ of Wales, with a kingly father and a whose name has never been suggested he will make Princess of Wales, the one who will eventually sit beside them toc and was undoubted! state would never permit him to Prince was immensely taken with her Prime Minisier to consider him when he mounts the throne, @omething of his grandfather, whom charmed by many of them; but h marry. and was also markedly attentive to So far the young women most seri- But, unless human nature has h 4 There isn't \the remotest chance her ously mentioned as the br he of changed utterly, it is not at all un- they will never forget had to pass on his royal way and t he chat a “ his best not t member then that he would ever be permitted to Again, there is Miss Margaret Cal- the Prince are Lady Mary Cambridge likely that from the throne of Great mepenen fer one side of the royal Just delight marry an Ar an girl, but there 1® houn Simonds, a belle of Washington, and Lady Rachel Cavendish, 1. taln and of the dominions across 50, Many delightful and i fhield. The other shows only restric- . ne no doubt that several American girls who danced with the Prince at all the Mary ts the daughter of the Barl and t seas, the en King, now the tractive young women have come tnt =" i ions, conventions which must be fol- lowed, things which must be done— the life of the Prince of Wales, huve delighted him with their beauty) and { charmed him during his visit to this country not long ago. Miss Geraldine Miller Graham, daughter of Mro. private balls given for him in the capital, He danced with other Amer- ican girls, and on his return te Eng- Countess of Athlone, Her father was @ son of the Duke of Teck, but in 1917, by royal warrant, assumed the rf Prince, will lock into a haze of re- membrance—of some one he might have married—IF——— J < f ¢ t i i e v b r ce Fe a