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Show Aiiviti: to Tin: riiiMK or wu.i.h. In Ilia olnlon of Jlarjxr't H'cdfy, the pror thing for the l'rlncu of Walea to do, to ilrenglhen hla proicta of becoming king of England, la to go on laying baccarat, and let no cpor-luultyreca cpor-luultyreca In demonstrating to the KnglUli ople that ha laa thoughlleei, ahlfllaaa, cbaraclerleM, mluconiiooi. Hack of thla rather original adalce to Ihe Prince la the theory baaed upon whatiremitobe flnt-chua irldance, that thla ll preclaely the tort of a per-eon per-eon moat Sited for the Kngllali throne, and that any other would be ao highly unsatisfactory aa to endanger the per. tulty of Uie llrltlali crown. Along Willi the seeming foolliunoeo of thli estimate of Kngland'e loyally there la a rodlgloua amount of fact and good aause. In lew of Ihe place whlih royally at rvaent occupies In Kngllah illllca wa do not ara why horse racing, baccarat and tut women would not make aa appropriate attend anta of the throne aa any. Arcordlngto the testimony of l-ord Chief Justice Coleridge the life of Ihe rime would In a dreadful bore unleei seasoned with sums auch Inuoveut dleerslonaaa tha gambling rty atTranby Croft. Hla dutlrabelnga -r"-tul auccraalon of "uninteresting certmonlee" It waa only common charily lo allow him a littles choice aa lo how and with whom he should enlerlalu hlnuelf, Thla It the sort of occupation which tha r.ugllsh iwople hare conceded to their prince, and according lo the best aulhorlllia from the Itagllsh ilnt of view ll la Ihe most appropriate orcuwi. lion of a king. There la no evldeuce lhat lha theoretical sovereign of that mighty realm haa had any other, that could bo called official, for nearly a century. lldoeanot stem unfair to preaume that If the Kngtl.h people really de-aired de-aired anything but a nincompoop for a king Ihry would have left something more than "uulntrrvstlng cerenioul.i'i for hla share of the government. All things considered, o are ersuadrd that Ihe adtlse of llarit't WitUj to the irtnee to go ou i laying tasccarat, la well enough, If It la hla wish to enjoy the happy aud eadualfe Indolence ol an undisturbed reign. |
