| Show THE HEIR APPARENT Depew Says the Prince is Eng lands Busiest Man CHAUNCEY IS BATHER MASHED A New Insight Into the Character of the Next King of England Why He Is So Popular LONDON Nov 1 1S90 J Special correspondence corres-pondence of THE HEltALDIn writing frankly and freely of the coming King of England lest I should be suspected of An glomania I will summon to the support of my opinions that typical American Ohaun coy M Depew who saw much of the Prince of Wales while he was in London After he met him it did not take Mr Depew rn hour to discover that theprince was a very different kind of individual from what has been pictured in the United States Instead of finding a man devoted only to the sports of the field the frolics of the board and the chase he said to me I met a thoughtful dignitary filling to the brim the requirements of his exalted position posi-tion In fact a practical as well as a theoretical student of run MIGHTY FORCES wnicn COXTKOL the government of all great countries and make their best history The American was quick to discover that consummate tact of which the prince seems to be the master and which enables him harmonize all shades of opinion no matter how aggressive ag-gressive provided they are in position to be regarded as factors In political and social I so-cial life This is a very important support sup-port to the best hopes of royalty in this country said Mr Depew of which the priucti will one day be King Certainly princely hospitality could not bave marred the judgment of a man like the powerful railroad president whose life is one round of social attentions whenever be will cut sjnt to receive them and who always basus in the sunshine of intellect wherever it can be found returning always al-ways as much as he receives But the eminent lawyer went farther and discovered discov-ered what few other Americans have ascertained as-certained that the Prince of Wales not only in action but in thought is the iron ballast wnich keeps this monarchy on an L even keel and makes royalty more than I popular with its subjects and he had the courage to say so Yet there are many points of friction between these two thoroughbred gentlemen gentle-men but the thoughtful astute man from the new country who fills to the full both tile large and small conditions of big life which surrounds him commends the able man next the throne in the old for standing stand-ing strong on his feet and meetinir all the weighty as well as lighter obligations that are constantly crowded upon him Mr Depew does not run horses follow the bound shoot grouse and take part in THE HEALTHFCL OUTOF DOOK SPOUTS Of which the Prince of Wales is fond and which has given him the reputation with us of being only a frivolous frolicking sprig of royalty Yet he says he saw in all this only an endeavor to meet the demands de-mands of this people It did not take a half a dozen visits by this thoughtful observer to ascertain that this is a nation of sportsmen I sports-men and that the very penchants which hold the prince up to criticism in America make him loved among his people who see in bim the ideal of their best condition The wonderful stores of accumulated wealth in England create a largo leisure class and their easy way of living finds its reflex to a greater or less extent in his demands de-mands in the very humblest No nobleman or millionaire is more exacting in his demands de-mands for pleasure and holiday rights than the asautandartisan from the prince to the street Arab every class studies all sorts of sports and takes an interest in-terest in them if they cannot afford to take part in them and they look upon a winner in any game with more admiration than upon gold Royalty gets little more out of this than the workman work-man for all classes here will take their bhare of pleasure which is a large one and despite the talk we hear at home about oppression op-pression etc are is no country on the face of the earth that I have ever seen where EO much is done for the care nand n-and pleasure of the common people as in Great Britian To this end the Prince of Wales has been a very prominent factor as Mr Depew very soon observed and he also readily saw that it is not the few in i this country that have all the chance but the many also have their share IS TUE GAME OF THIS LIFE That is why London is always deserted from Saturday until Monday and you cannot can-not get a meal of victuals at any restaurant in town until after G oclock Sunday even ing The big hotels make a bluff at feed ing people but is a poor Attempt and only Americans suffer oy it Mr Depew also uttered a very important import-ant truth when he said that the Prince of Wales is the busiest man in England Lvcr since he reached his majority he has been the most careful in ooserving his pub lic duties If Iris presence is asked at a Sunday school picnic a horse show a racecourse race-course or a cornerstone laying he is always al-ways there no matter what the personal discomfort In fact his association with the public has made bis face more familiar to people of England by actual contact than any other human beings and far more than the President in our laud to us Tney are proud of him and I have yet to hear one iiian or woman here speak who would not be glad to see him king without meaning oily disrespect to his mother But ne has grown closer into their lives than any man of his rank in the history of this country He spends his money everywhere He is charitable to a grout degree while the queen is seldom seen in the large centres of the United Kingdom and spends most of her time in the country The people of no nation are more fond of seeing their soiir eign than the English HIS LIFE IN THE FIELD whether behind the hounds on the quarter stretch e or with his guns and dogs on the heather is bat a part of his common purpose pur-pose to represent in all his actions the wishes of his people and their penchants It is a common saying at every public gathering gath-ering where the prince is announced to appear if any doubt is expressed as to whether he will be tnere or not The prince never disappoints In this desire to get and keep nearer the people he has the support of his wife and only yesterday an American ladj gave mean me-an interesting example of that Iact She was walking in Hyde Park and there was sn unusual crowd of ladies along the pathway path-way She asked one of the number if any thing was going on Yes was the polite reply the princess prin-cess rides today She waited some little time hopin to see her and the royal turnout did not ap pear Then with true American impa tience she approached the lady and sug gested that perhaps she would not come The Englishwomans manner changed She turned and in quite an indignant tone saidYou You are mistaken The princess never fnH1o nc On ths quarter stretch of the Goodwood races on cup day the most famous racing event in all England not excepting the Derby I met the future king with his field glass swung over his shoulder mingling among the people low as well ashigh with far more freedom than an ordinarily rich man would have done in America under similar circumstances Two horses from his stable were entered in the races Both of them run second and there was hardly a person among the many thousands on that track who was not sorry to the heart that his horse did not win the great cup event and they made the fact apparent in many ways To those who imagine that the life of the coming King is one HETDAY OF KOLLICKING PLEASURE Sir Depew can be tapped for the inform tion that be is the busiestman in England He always makes it a point to be present ut every public event to which he is invited in-vited when itdoes not interfere with some u prior > engagement of a like character Social matters ale c yajs spt asMoor verruled at the caprice of the people His pleasant manner yet dignified bearing is he boast of everyone Yesterday I heard a very pleasant illustration of his tact and character while yet a young man The ladies of his set had arranged some club rate picnic affair and he was to be there is tne star of the occasion His presence vas demanded for the laying of a corner tone for a town hall He broke the social engagement for the public one Sometime after he mot several of the ladies who were very much put out becauseie not come and they chaffed him about it I was commanded to other duties he replied Qne of them more indiscreet than the others said Oh I guess your mamma would not let y ou come The Prince concluded the conversation b iy replying Be kind enough madam to remember hat my mother is your Queen and has the ight to command us both Marlborough house where the Prince lives is a curious old place looking like nything butT but-T E ABODE OF ROYALTY It reminds me more of Independence ball in Philadelphia than any place I can recall xcept the one is of brick and the royal house of stone The front building before which the red coated sentinel paces is de v oted to the use of minor officials who transact the clerical business of the royal household The dwelling is m the rear in a large yard surrounded by a high fence The Prince arises early in tho morning and at 10 oclock is at his desk The routine of he day is disposed of as soon as possible and then the coining King gives his attention atten-tion to private correspondence which is omothing enormous The President of tile United States does not receive onefourth as large a personal mail as the Prince of Wales Very much o f this is of such a character that he feels ompolled from ideas etiquette prevailing here to answer it with his own hand In fact no public functionary in the United States pretends to pen one autograph let er where an English official writes twenty After txventylive years of association with he public characters of my own country I was astounded to recieve four communica ions from one of the higiiest officials of his government all penned with his own land As they were upon matters of a lOmewhat official character my amazement was increased because an ordinary vhief clerk could have answered them by dictation dicta-tion tionMr Mr Depew discovered all these things without a map and that was why he put his legs under the mahogany of the Prince and enjoyed his society What may be more astonishing to his countrymen is that he uid not come away TO CRITICISE HIS HOSTS DINNER and express his amazement that after all he was not a thoughtless reckless man as is the popular supposition in the new world whose mind ran only to the follies of life But he did say that he found a most delightful de-lightful companion and a man who took avery a-very serious view of his duty and of all that pertained to his exalted station He did remark that tile prince was a very careful care-ful student of the habits and customs of all the countries aoouc him and tuat he had not neglected America in his mvestigu tions Mr Depew was free after nis first second or third sitting with the prince to say that he was very lamiliar with Amer lean j institutions and had a decided partiality partial-ity for the country that spoke the same I tongue as his own It is probable that Mr Depew was not a particle astonished to find that the prince did not regard our people asa I as-a nation of boors and row lies altnouyh it is somewhat remarkable that he did not after the manner in which they have talkd I and written about him But the great lawyer has rubbed up against men long t enough to discover that no man wins and keeps a big place in the worlds affair S without he has some elements of sieriiu f merit to entitle him to his holding The orator statesman financier and executive ex-ecutive officer of our country was both surprised sur-prised and delighted to meet at tne princes table SirUharles Russell the must brilliant advocate and lawyer all England but an ardent Irish home ruler and several othe r gentlemen equally crossrgrained or cross opinioned as to the present policy of the government In the heated condition o I politics in this country where ptry line are so often if not so generally urnmed b IT SOCIAL ANIMOSITIES it does seem a little strange to find these incongrous elements at tile Royal Table i Bus Mr Depew very soon discovered as She S-he said that the Prince of Wales was 5 j shrewd in keeping in touch with thes elements of opposition and while being ii 11 social life making his position with then one of pleasure and perhaps of substantial substan-tial profit to himself hereafter when h a comes to the head of affairs and broade his sphere of usefulness A tar less able man than the preside of the New York Central railroad would discover in this the evidence thai the Queens eldest son was something mor than a thoughtless sportman as we have been taught to regard him oven if he had no other evidence of bis intellectual gift If it were not difficult to approach an Englishman for his opinion about an American Amer-ican it would be interesting to know just how Mr Depew struck the people in his I own profession But as one of them wa 3 heard to remark not long after their mee ing What a royal chap that America is it is fair to assume that they regard him as a long way in their game FitAMt A BURR |
