Show PRINCE EDWARD EDWARDr VISITS WALES r I Children Scatter Ros Roses for or r Ii England's Heir Who Tho Enters Mines Iines London July lj L Correspondence l. of ot the Cle Associated Pre Press II Children the path of oC the strewed with flowers Clowers Prince of or Wales and nd bombar bombarded ed his automobile automobile- with roses when ho visited of or orI I recently tho the coal mining regions and went down into amine a a. South Wales I coal mine Tho The prince scored with the miners of or Rhondda valley by telling them that It was not his his his' fault that it was his first visit ahu that hi his absence absence absence ab ab- sence had resulted from rom tho the war On the tho wa way to the tho mine ho he surprised her ono one woman by asking to see fe and garden fi Ilo lIo stopped his car r when hen another woman held cp ep her baby to give Ivo him a a rose Lad Don Dona O OT Gremlin Arriving at al pit tho the prince donned the cap and overalls o o of a n miner and grat gratefully Cun accepted from tho foreman a silver safety lamp lomp tho the gift of oC the th management Miners and their families crowded around him and cheered while whilo the tile waited wailed for the the depths of oC tho the cage to rise 1180 from rom shaft Suddenly there was wt heard tho the sound of ot singing apparently from tho the of or the tho ho earth Tho The CAge camo came In view bringing a n. email party of or miners black with co dust coal l-dus l straight from the toll toil tollof of or tho the pit and singing a a. Welsh an anthem an- an them When tho the singing stopped the prince and his hla official 1 guides stepped Into the tho I carefully were ero cage cago and swiftly but lowered Into the mine Prince Writes Write Thank Yo 00 At the tho bottom of oC the th shaft some ono had written on n. n bank timber with white chalk Welcome to our soldier prince Tho The prince was manifestly plea pleased d. d and asking Io for chalk wrote beside bosl bc- bc Thank and signed It sl side l It you I Edward P. P Then rhen they took him through tho the I mines showed him the tho ventilation sy system stern s- s si I tem tern which guards tho lives of oC tho the hundreds hun hun- hundreds I whilo they of or men and boys bos work showed him tho the working faces tacos miners digging coal and explained to him some soma of oC tho the attending the tha underground life lire of oC tho the toilers Ho ITo Insisted on trying it himself and taking the pick handed to him by a grimy old miner struck a 1 few rew vigorous horous blows Later while thanking tho the people people people peo peo- for his reception he said he ho could appreciate the strenuous character of ofa ofa ofa a miners miner's work |