PRINCE EDWARD'S BIRTHDAY.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10998, 22 June 1901, Page 8

PRINCE EDWARD'S BIRTHDAY.

SOME STORIES OP THE HEIR.Mtg' : 4 SUMPTIVE. '^'??f Prinoe Edward Albeit Christian Gajf-k" "'i Andrew Patrick David, Earl of '• ness and Baron Kitiarney, Duke o£ -1 and Prince of Saxe-Coburg and ~i eldest son of the Duke and Duoh&i-J- ■''- Cornwall, and heir-presumptive •, Crown of England, celebrates th» - ' birthday to-eoorrow. On such aa tension every asotiher will appreciate higjhly the sacrifice made by the ' in leaving her <home and' her ohSdri£:S, fr ' % so long, when she thinks of her sepa&Lj;. ' by the width of the world' from her ilfik?eldest son. It is probable that no acceptable gift has yet been presented ttt. .' her Royal Highness than the mooctto which the -women of Canterbury on to offer her as a birthday gift to "Prime* ]M." - die." The future king—and we" all fop* he will serve as long an apprenticed]} as ' his grandfather, King Echwud VH.—i« ■ % bright, thoroughly boyish boy, witia, a&M a reputation, if one is to believe all accounts, for being a "piokie"-— a reput*fci» • v'teah his photographs seem to suppwt. ?"•' That he is a great favourite is easy to m>. - derstand from, all the stories one reads about him. • \ "He is the pet-iu-ehief at Court," wrote a contributor to an English magasine aonc eighteen months ago. ■ "His stuudiaeß ," and self-relianoe delighted the Queen mi - the Prince of Wales, who know—nose Jbet-> . ' tei- —how important ore these qualities lefr' the post die will one day be called oa'to' fill. It is fortunate that the child retona the Queen's lov«, awi has no fear of $»,.-' ever willing to prattle away and tsie-id r "i iivto his Confidence. It is told 'fiat u> j a tony boy he refused to kiss the tywort 'hand as 'he saw his cousins do; but.fjut' day is long since passed. Prinoe J2s*'" ward may be described l as just the «s&£&tu ary merry little English boy, full of jioelt ~- * and spirit, and for the moment entetalaJoj a secret 'hope that as soldier or sailor h* ' ■ may one day shoot down the enemy 4 his own gun! His sayings are of, &c i quaintest. Tired of sitting for hi* po?---',,. i trait, he anurmurcd confidentially to % ?'£ young lady who hod been summoned ty "! Mai'lboroug'h House to do a painting. oJ,?^ him: 'Oh! 'Miss A ,do come out iato-^ the garden now with/me. We coukE such fun together, pulling up the and grubby ing our hands!' It is r*tiwirJ;'- : . pathetic, is it not, that little Prince's of supreme enjoyment should >be to his hands? ... * Simplicity is thft', dominant note in tihe biinging up of tluj;-., Royal children, and politeness is ed of them to those beneath their station; "llj The Prince of Wales, (himself so good_B£j|j§si tured, and always eager to cay [the thing, has taught Prinoe Edward' of Yoifc'.j>f to spsak graciously to every oneshe in contact with ; and so, when a j>heto*r-*'? gi'apher was bidden to M&rJboroualh ilotuif'jr,,! last season, it came quite naturally to the \', child to thank Mr D for the trouble'^ he had taken, and say, 'I 'hope I sat stSl '<& enough, , wliile holding out his little for.a cordial shake. Princess Victoria York is another dear child, and, like far s ~$ brother, healthy, playful, and good-natuwd, t >| The Duchess of York once wisely wished her children's childhood to be a» ..'4 wholly happy "as her own 'had been. There., -•$ is only too much time in world feri'iJi the little ones to have sorrows by and and a really 'happy childhood helps towm&\ i Saying in a store of calm nerves- and sweet 5 ? temper for the autumn and winter of life." .'.._ Another writer tells how, when .walking r in the fields ons day his nurse at Sand- .'. - ringham, Prince Edward came across three : " laboui'Brs. The first of the men pulled hie " . forelock, and the Prince saluted as he had Vbeen taught to do. JThe second pulled oSt ■"■V his cap, ar.d again the little Prince saluted. The third took no notice and went on work* -; ing. Prince Edward coloured up, •"Nurse," he whispered, "that man has not touched : , his hat. Wasn't it wrong?" "No," was ,*=_ the reply, "that poor man looks so ill and ~\i sad, perhaps he felt too ill to notice." "Qb* ,a§f poor man," exclaimed the Prince, "I will salute him all the same," and he did ( so., V - # " The Duch«ss, although a leving, ie said to --" ]- bs a strict mother, most careful as to hew r n ~ her children are brought up, and allow* ,-~ no indulgfinoiss. They are scld'om' permit- , . t«d to "go out to tea.,"*but not long ago the _-t : . two lttle boys liad tlio rare treat of being ~ sent to a country neighbour Our future V King, Prince Ed'ivurdi, is fond of cake, And ./ did ample justice to the plum buns. ' Litfle \-y Prince Albsrt looked on as his brother belp' ■ ed himself to a seoond piece. "Oh, yon , y hs saidi, reproachfully, but Prines Edward was quite unperturbed. Prijww , • Edward and Albert of York were «ufe,, -f given riding lessons. H.R.H. the Duotae'-v of York is s°rd to dislike riding on hsws*- •, back, and H.R.H. the Duki3 never caredJuE -'■' it. Both a«T3, however, eaid to ba anxiees that tlv?dr sons sliould bscome good ridee, <!.nd as koen sportmen as has Majesty th* . King. -* In a gossipy article from a Lond-an psper on tlie engaging habits of the three* littfe"- ,- girls of tlj* Czarina" of Russia, and her lew, perl.il Majesty's happiness in her horn? Bie, it is stated that the Grand Duchess, Teil*-' mi, the second in point of ajse, is tha flo*M w , <>i hzr flock in good looks. The writer jp» nto a speculation, anrt ayks iS the **** , Russian Princ&ss, the Grand Duchess Gtee, . " x hearty, merry child, w? 1 2vr.n r bt)dy loves, is <testiiwd to be a «*C» . ?u*en Contort of England. For, sb****' : 'I believe it is quite true that wheal be *,s " Majesty the Qufen eaiw Prinoe wW lj* - - Tork playing about the garden* at *»* . ■ noral with lii-s Russian cousin, sha **p^ 6 ? >d wime hope that "la belle aHieooe nugW " oe made in years to come. Hi* Worship the Mayor ihas receivedtJie . ollowine: telegram from Captain Atex&x&r . rith reference to the proponed presentation «- the women of Oant«rburv to Pnece ~ )My o-n his birtbetay: —"Her Rovol - »i&' , m will have t)!«awire in acosptn«? iron* - he loyal women of Canterbury a bar»«!f' ■ resent for Prince Edward. Kiwßj mform ie wh«n preseßtation and 1 wm- =- ry to arrange." .—