HERO OF BACHELORS

Shannon News, 4 January 1928, Page 4

HERO OF BACHELORS

During the recent visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada, th e newspapers made endless copy out of every aspect of his tour, the personal side of the making, perhaps the greatest appeal. "Towards all and sundry the Prirjce adopted an attitude unique among heirs to the Throne," writes one paperf "Usually such 'jobs,' as he calls them, are' claimed by those who aspire to them. What the Prince claims is the right, if he wished, to throw up his job. Pie is not a quitter. But when he is criticised he is quite ready to hand over his duties to the Duke of York, to 'Queen Elizabeth,' as he calls the Duchess, and to their baby. It is not mere bravado. In more than one. respect the Prince of Wales has been as good as his threat. There are held to be the highest reasons of State why the heir to the Throne now in his 34th jear, should marry and secure the succession. Within reason the choice of a bride has been restricted. He has met- Princesses from Italy, from Spain, from Belgium from Denmark, and from Sweden. ... Year by year the loveliest debutantes were presented to him. . . The hero among bachelors smiled. . . and ultimately attended the wedding of the girl to somebody else. The finances of the Prince of Wales, though ample, are strictly administered, and his life is arranged on principles fairly to' be described as Spartan. Otherwise he would never get through the work. The real question is not whether the Prince works hard enough—that everybody concedes —but whether he plays too hard. In order to keep himself fit he is resolute in his exercises. . . The real trouble is that the Prince when on the job sometimes goes on strike. Under the strain .and stress of it all he throws th e rules to the winds. The Prince of Wales, young, cheerful, persistent, has incarnated the future. When.,. tlyi congregate in \ JjJver'tHes Britain. He hot a thought, not l a, '-but a njood and a faith. 'The Pjrinre .ol Wale.-, is the antidote of rxteaimism." >faJSL'-< .«■ ft,**. ■!_' __'■'""