The Times. Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons. Motto: Public service. FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1920. ROYAL ENGLISH GENTLEMAN.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 527, 30 April 1920, Page 2

The Times. Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons. Motto: Public service. FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1920. ROYAL ENGLISH GENTLEMAN.

The late King Edwawd was counted as being the first gentleman in Europe, and judging by the demeanour of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, New Zealand's present Royal guest well merits a similar title. His modest, unassuming manner, his cr.re for the humblest individual in a crowd, young or old, his quiet .mode of dress and courteous, gracious speech mark him out as one of Nature's gentlemen who has had the further advantage of having been brought up under the best traditions of English family life. Whatever views one may hold on the institution of monarchy, no unbiassed person will deny that the British Royal Family provide a splendid example of how children may be brought up and fashioned on the lines of true gentility. The modest bearing and simple clothing of our Royal guest must have proved—unintentionally, of course—a biting rebuke to some of the arrogant and overdressed snobs who have attended various receptions in Auckland. If people generally, and especially

those of means, would but follow the Royal example in matters of dress anu equippage (the Princes motorcar being a very o.dinary one in regard to upholstery) there would be less room for exploitation by profiteering diapers ifl costly furs and dresses. In the high moral tone of their domestic lives and social relationships the Royal Family are examples to all the families compos-

ing that one great family called the British Empire, and the Prince of Wales, whom and all his house New Zealand is so proud to honour today, may fittingly have applied to hini the magnificent poetical descriptor. of a gentleman penned by New Zealand's sweetest poet, the late Mr fhos. Bracken, in memory of the late Mr. H. Levin, of Wellington: ~ 'l4 this new age of this old world

of ours, ■ j§hen barefaced bluster oftei k ■' ~ leads the van, Arftt I 'weeds, at times, outgrow ih< fairest flowers, _ It cheers one's heart to. meet , gentleman.

What constitutes a gentleman? Not gold; Bu.fc kindness, goodness, courtesy and love; A spirit fashioned in the Master's , mould, B'-av.e as a lien, gentle as a dove.