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Show I The l"HBclion orikeVrlBccerUalo. i Tlie function of the late print e consort Wasorce deacribed as that of i imoflUta! minister of etlut-ation. j Tlie function or tbe Princeof Waks, . ashuandiKMietybetwtuiithiiiiliae male it out, is that of unofficial minister of cere uonsal. Jo one could be fitter for tbe work or could lierform it with belli r grace and grtter Rtcd will. Nor is it in a I . country like Ungland by any lueaus i an unimportant function. The ; queen has practically withilrauu trout tbe buKiue of tsxial life, and the prince has taken her place. If i he were uut tin re to do tin--ot la I lulies, Uu al-eiice of tin soi reign would lv highly iiicoiiieruent and woukl lead to niudi dissatisfaction. The I'rince of WaJc, liui,eer, has made himself thoroughly ojular, and the 1 nneessin the mtM wiular woman in l.nglai.d. The wtrk which the i'riuiv of Wales doeslu thin social waj b sunutlilng amazing. ama-zing. He is always prtt.itl i ng nt the opt rung of exhibitions ami all manner ofcliarilat.fi-, hila!illirupic, ' and euueatioual iusiiiutioiis. lie s alwajo taking tin rhiurat mtnt-ilj; mtnt-ilj; lie goes dow it to the coll utr to I pnide over cenmonidsof uiiy kind. He attiw.siiMcfeai-tsaud state tails. 11 the lime heenn-trivtstogita heenn-trivtstogita goml deal of pin-onal iC)oinint out of lift. He i- tlottr of tile tlieater and seldom mists an ' Iiujwrtai,' "lirst night." Hi runs ' across to I 'nr is now and then he is sery fond of Paris and lans Is erj fund of him. Iies.mttmie-r iudist. , n!iujstitrj wiiittr takes i tripto i Monte Carlo. lit loves living mid . enjoying himself, aud must feel the funttions and the ageantry atcrr ible Ire very ofti a. Hut if he Is bored, asliesunh i..ust be, ho lia the art not to show it, and uu.ii , crowd liefore which bo appears is led to believe that his w hoUi soul h forthe time in tiie work he l at tual Ij doing. I must saj that I tliir.k i one main reason w bj he Is able thus to wear tiie look oi a man w ho likes tlie w urk is that lie really does like it to a certain extent and in a ttrtain way. Uf course it must weary him fearfully svmntinies, but I fancy thathisgenuineguod-inturo j tnableshlm to throw himself so far ' into the spirit of each ciremonlal as i to derive an inspiration and an en-I en-I couragement from it. Ilerhles, tbtre mut Ik a great charm, s-;Uiy tlie know li-lge tl.ai all H-opIe think one charming aud I Ulleve all i who know him think the I'rince nf Wales very chnrmlng Justin He Uartliy. t Acrfn American Ileilctc. |