The Princess of Wales.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 20, 22 June 1885, Page 2

The Princess of Wales.

The Princess of Wales is adored by the English Conservatives and Radi- : c»lb alike,, and it wus ; .a lucky day indeed for the heir apparent when he took ttjo sweet and' highminded ritUnghter of the King of Denmark to wlfp. Her popularity is rivaled only : b^* that of Mr Gladstone, and it is even greater lhan his. Bur London is /here, heart and. sonl^as well ; as tho provinces. To' lojfc 'at* ''this, pretty and gfifliah r wotuan no one] would imagine that she was forty years of ag« and , the jC mother of sevetjalchildren, including two great boys, one of whom had just attained his majority. '&1 though her Royal. Highness holds ' herself so well that, when seated m her carriage or m the box of a theatre I she seems a tall woman, yet m reality ] sl)e ispetite. , I'he 1 P t rincesH dresses her hair rather high and w§ar high heels'. She is always attired to perfection, and usually m white or black ': in the evening and m very , ijuiet colors duriug the day, but hercoaturae ,at nighty however simple, isjset off by " the most- magnificent jewels/ so that she literally " blazes tike a jeweled 'sun.'* ; Her Royal Highness is somewhat deaf, although not seriously so. The present writer has seen her many t times in 'public, and hns always boon .impressed with tho grace and delicacy of her type of beauty .and unuf— -;.fectecl goodness that seems to surround her like an atmosphere. The Princee* is always oheered to the echo and fairly mobbed by the enthusiastic public. I have seen htr seated m the royal coach, returning m state from Buckingham Palace to Marlborough Lloose, preceded by outriders, a diadem on her fair brow and gorgeously attired ; again, at a garden party, accompanied by .her little daughters clinging to the skirts of hergown, asshe vvailked along between the rankj of ladies courtesying and men with their heads' uncovered ; flgain, driving m Hyde -Park late m (he afternoon with the little prm— .cesses, or sailing out to the royal yacht anchored off the Isle of Wight, -the ribbons of :her sailor hat fluttering m the fresh breeze, her dress blueWer^ie^and still, again, 'nelliiig rise's fWr. entity al the fete 'ijtildt ; iho.t4i» riHoHicukiu^ Society' 3 ' gyottii'd^^Muth"' Ke»»|ngf on.'. , J '', 1 Tht-''PVince«B oik ca jfa.jiuHni\ but' al wayS ai^i^la'ted,-; figure m EugHah J fl>{iiy"life.'"' ( Tho .people recognizn m her all thotjtf virtue;* > ; ■wlrich- hoc life |" d6es so much to reveal, and 'follow ' hcrgood example m overlooking the past and putting faith m the future. LVrtninly, moreover; their is no ret.g-m to oomphiin of the present. Tiiere are no scandals m their beau ] chateau. — London Correspondent. :