PRINCES SLANG

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20107, 28 March 1928, Page 5

PRINCES SLANG

TORIES SHOCKED BY IT EVEN MIXES HIS DRINKS. Englishmen of Tory tendencies, while they arc elated at the way in which the Prince of Wales has blossomed into an after-dinner speaker, uro at the same time disquieted by the fact that the more he overcomes his natural timidity the more America n.'sed aie his sallies.

They point out that he is the freest and most confident Royal speaker in Europe, and at a Worcester function last wuek proved he could more than hold his own with .such men as Prime Minister Baldwin and Sir J. Al. Barrio-.

And elnce the Prince sets the fash- I ion, the “true blues” foresee, with | •something approaching horror, a ! welter of Americanism flooding the rigorous realm of after-dinner oratory.

Only last week the Prince wore turned-up trousers with a morning coat! Al any loyal and staid citizens are already following his .example (read a recent cable message to the Daily Gi ardianA

Even the man who mixes his drinks can claim he was merely following the Royal example, for, the papers record, the Prince at a British Legion social recently imbibed both beer and whisky

At the same function he danced with 9. couple of dressmakers, and next morning was able to read in the Press the “reactions” of the girls when ho. inquired of them, “Are you dancing i’ is?” The lull names, and, yes, the ages of the damsels were faithfully recorded, while their photographs were prominently displayed.