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Show PRINCEOFWALES I LANDED SAFELY j AT ST JOHNS ST. JOHNS. N f. Aug. 11, Prince of Wales, heir to tbe Pntlish throne, landed here today. The prince is on a (Visit to Ihe Western hemisphere, the duration of his stay being problematl leal. This is the first time than an heir I to the British throne has visited ths j country since King Edward was heie many years ago. David Guelph. described as a heal-they, heal-they, wholesome man with light hair, 'blue eyes and a somewhat plain, good-nattured good-nattured face, and better known as His Ko.il Highness, the Prince of Wales, i 25 y ars old. and as heir apparent of the British throne, is the eldest ol j the six children of King George V 'ami Q.:eii Mary. He was horn on June 23. 1S91 and, (according to his royal biographers, re-iceived re-iceived "a careful and common-sense education, mentally and physically, and has ever shown simplicity in manner, Idresa and life." The Prince, whose lull name is Edward Albert Christian 'George Andrew Patrick David Guelph iris famil) B favorite name for him Is .David ), has four perhaps, distin-guishlng distin-guishlng characteristics He carries a cane, le a splendid swimmer and danker, dan-ker, and is very fond of animals. The highest dignltarj ol all the Pn-fish Pn-fish ruler's near') 400,000,000 subjects, a veteran of the great r will bear to President Wilson and the people of I the United States the expression of ihe British empires appreciation and , ,nititude tor America's participation in the conflict and her part in achieving i final victory. While in Washington he ; will be lodged in the White House, just as President and Mrs. Wilson were mado to feel at home last December De-cember in Buckingham palace." Prince's Royal Title The Prince's royal title, briefly, is His Royal Highness etc., K G.. G. M. M. G., G. M. B. E., If. C. Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland. Duke, of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the isles and Great Steward of Scotland. Scot-land. Upon the death of his grandfather. grand-father. King Edward VII and the ascension as-cension of his father to the throne. "David" became the Prince of WaleSj which by the way. carries no big revenues reve-nues or prerogatles for the holder, who sits in the House of Lords. As Duke of Cornwall, the Prince's income is said tn approximate (600,000 a year, derived from rents and royalties royal-ties in Cornwall coal mines. He owns 12,000 acres of land in the county of Cornwall. 50.000 in Devonshire and large areas in Somerset and London He was proclaimed Prince of Wales on i June 23. 1910 and Invested at Carnar-von Carnar-von castle. Wales, on July 13. 1911. He maintains three residences, York; cottage, Sandringham ; Windsor cas-' tie, Birkshlre, and Puckingham pal-; ace, London. Importuned to join many wealthy clubs, the prince so far has; I contented himself with membership in 'the Bachelors' and the Royal Automobile. Automo-bile. Joins Grenadier Guards. The prince was a little more than, 20 yeara old when the war broke out '?nd with his younger brother. Prince. Albert, entered the military service, i He Joined the grenadier guards at th-'J (beginning of hostilities and on Novem I her 16, 1911. was appointed an aide-! I de-camp on the staff of Field Marshal j Sir John French. On several occa-1 slons he showed courage by going incognito in-cognito into the trenches in tipper Alsace Al-sace and on his lst birthday, whlen 1 Ihe celebrated at lhe front, narrowly j escaped death by shellflre at Loos. I On October 12, 1915, a shell wrecked the motor car in which he was riding and killed his chauffeur. He escaped' Injury. Shortly after President Poin-I'care Poin-I'care bestowed upon him the Croix de Guerre. , In March 1916 the prince went to Bgypt as a staff captain to the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean forces. Meanwhile, ihe prince had 1 helped to raise $20,000,000 in Lond-.n j for the relief of wounded soldiers and ' sailors, had visited King Victor Em-j manue of Italy and the Italian front! and flown over the Austrian Unas with1 a British pilot. After the armistic v was signed the prince wont to Cob-1 lenz, where he was the guest of the American commander-in-chief and j made a "hit'' with the Yankee dougn-boys. dougn-boys. During the war the prince gained the reputation for being cool under fire and this renown was emphasized empha-sized last April 7. when ho "looped the loop", seven times over London with : r army aviator. The possibllty of the Prince of Wales being a "catch" for some! clever, beautiful or wealthy American I cirl has beep discussed in social circles cir-cles on this side of tho water ever since It was annouueed the prince was coming here. In this connection It Is recalled that His Royal Highness, at different periods in his career, has been variously reported as engaged to the Orand Duchess Olga of Russia. Grand Duchess Tatlana, Princess Elizabeth of Rumania, Princess Yolaji-da Yolaji-da of Italy, Princess Helena of Greece and before the war, to Victoria Louise, daughter of the former emperpr of Germany. Denials of all these engagements engage-ments wero quickly forthcoming. In fact, it is said, until ho reached his majority the prince cared little for girls and his tutors encouraged him to forget them in .application to his books. The prince, it has been said, although never a "brilliant" student, has always been a hard worker. When 14 years old he served aboard tho battleship Hindustan as a midshipman, midship-man, having entered the lioyal N . i . 1 1 college at Osborne, Isle of Wight, in L907. Three years later he made a cruise around the world Subsequently Subsequent-ly he entered Dartmouth and tfagdo ku college, Oxford. For hi. B rvici in the war and other achievements the prince was decorated with the (,;-and ( ordon of the Legion of Honor, and the orders of the Golden Fleece of Spam, Elephant of Denmark, Si oiav of Norway (with chain). Italian Order of the Anunziata, the Russian Order of St George, Bfilitarj Order of Savoy. Siamese Order of the House ol hakkn and Rumanian Order of Michael the Brai e Has Rank of Major. The prince came out of the war with the army rank of major and navy rank of lieutenant He is now colonel-in-chief of the cadet corps of Great in tain and Ireland, chiel Ql the Boy Scouts ol Wales, high steward of Windsor, a governor of Wellington i college, presulent of King Edward VIIl hospital for officers, grand master of the 1 Tilers of St Michael and Sr. George and tbe British Empire, a Knight of Grace of the Order of J?r. Jfhn tif Jerusalem in England and Prior of W'abs, and chairman of the British pensions committee. He was made a Free Mason a few months ago. The prince's only sister and four t millers are. respectively, Princess M.ir, -I, I'rince Albert. 23, who has been previously referred lo ;Princ" Henry, 1ft, Prince George, 17. and Prince John, 14 years old. Henry is Bald to be a great reader and John la fond of horses. oo |