THE PRINCE’S CHARM

Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1925, Page 2

THE PRINCE’S CHARM

A TRIUMPH IN PERSONALITY. BRILLIANT SCENES IN ARGENTINA. (G. Ward Price in the ” Daily .Mail. ) BLENDS AYRES. August 20. With every hour he spends m the Argentine the Prince ol Wales s popularity attains slid more extraordinary proportions. Such a personal success with the public has lint been seen within living memory. When he arrived hack in Buenos Aires hist evening, alter spending tin (lay ill La Plata, a dense mob not only packed the Southern Railway station hut also thronged all the surrounding streets. People wail in thousands on the remote elm nee ot catching a glimpse ol him driving hy in a closed ear. And these quite unexpected demimstrations of friendly interest are purely Argentine. ITilike the heir to the Italian throne, who had half a million countrymen waiting to welcome him, the Prince of Wales has only JO.IIOO eompa t riot ' in Buenos Aires. SECRET OF II IS SIT CESS.

It is the Prince's pleasant, easy-go-ing manners that have won the heart nf ibis vigorous young nation. His reputation as a sportsman, particularly in their especial institution, horsemanship, captures their imagination, and the Prince himself more than lidtils the high expectations they had iormed of him.

The spectacle of these grout, surging. cheering crowds is the mure amazing when one remembers that they are people of another race and language, separated Irom England by ~tltlO miles of sea, and that the Prince's hold on their enthusiasm has been gained by his personality alone. AN HONORARY SENATOR. There was tin unexpected little ceremony at La l’latii i which the Prince visited- yesterday) formally connecting him with Argentine political life. lie was made honorary Depotv and Senator' of the State Legislature, anil was presented with the goltl identity medals which Argentine legislators carry, and a morocco-bound copy of the Constitut ion. From La Plata the Prince returned to Rtieoos Aires in the Southern Railway's palatial train, with full-size fireplaces, sybaritic saloons, and marblelined bathrooms. In the evening a dinner and reception ol great distinction was given by Sir lieilhv Alston, the British .Minister, in Hie new Legation, reeoiitlv bought at a cn-t ol nearly L'oll.ltOO. The Maharajah of Kapurthala. in a gleaming emit of gold sparkling with diamonds, was a conspicuous figure among the guest--. He arrived from Europe only yesterday, with a large suite, to make a general tour of South America, and he told me he intends to write his " impressions” for the Indian newspapers. ARC ENT INK EL EC ANTE. One brilliant function succeeds another till far into the night, and each strengthens the conviction fliat. for elegance, taste, luxury, and artistic excellence, Buenos Aires by far surpasses all hut two or three of the oldest European capitals. Such a predominance among its women ol youth, beauty and perfection in dress I have never -ecu anywhere 'luring years of experience of the social events ol Pari', tile Riviera, and Rome. Seldom, even m his experience, has the Prince tound him-clf gazed on by so many wonderful dark eyes under long eyelashes. ~r had siirli a choice of period dancing pa rniers. perfectly gowned. " Spectroscope trucks." with colours merging gradually from one brilliant shade into another, are much worn here, and another attractive fashion is open panels in the hack, revealing their wearer's gleaming skin beneath.