POPULAR KING GEORGE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 296, 18 May 1914, Page 6

POPULAR KING GEORGE.

MINGLES WITH 111S SUBJECTS, f THEJB MAJESTIES' VISITS TO HELP-! INCi- INSTITUTION'S. - j Once again have the King and Queen I given proof of their sincere interest ii; ! the movements that make for (lie gen- J eral welfare o! 1 ! i. Tv people, telfgriph--.! . the Ni W Yerk lb raid'- London - on', -, pondent rteenllv. On" evcirii'r, accompanied by Prince Albert, they p:ii! :: surprise call at t!ie .splendid jii'e of bui'd ings in Tuttenh un Con t roul of the Young Men's Christian Ass.'<ia'Jon Th i. | wuh was to sc.. the wb.eh svtem of the va'it establishment in its ordijiirv work- . jing routine. The trip, curlo.isly enough. ■ coincided with the seventieth anniversary of th? day when ycung, Williams. ; j4hea a drape:'s assistant, with o'even ; ' other sympathetic souls called into being [ the organisation which now extend-- | throughout the civilised world. > j The Queen, looking remarkably well. ' wore a coat and skirt c: deep violet ' cloth with graceful lines of braiding I and a toque of black velvet bordered. , with ermine and finished with a cluster . |of shaded marabout plumes. She also . ! ware a stole and a muff of ermine. The , j King wore tile Star of the Order of the . [Garter.

'flic Kin;,' was in a m: rrv jiieod, anil smiled at a motto on tin* xvall of t!io .secretary'.-, room, which reads: "It's easy enough to bo pleasant When life flows along like a son;:, JJut the man worth while Is the one who will smile When everything gees (lead wrong." "KEEP YDl'!! IIAIK OX." "It leminds me," said the King, "of rule No. 1 in the Xavv." "What's that?" asked l'rince Albert. , "Always keep vonr liair oil," .said the King, and all laughed heartily. In the foreign languages class room the King n marked on the value of a | knowledge of another tongue than one's own, mentioning Germany, where every child is taught a foreign language. The Uoy Scout's rally was concluding as the royal party entered tho hall, and lie:o t!i-.' Queen smii.-d as she saw the c:.v.client portrait o: 1 the Prince of Wahs, referring to liiai a; Chief ,Scout for Wales. \ erv leu.king was the King and Queen's journey to St. Thomas' Hospital. A briekiu\ei's laborer, sullering agony ater a severe operation, lay on a" cot feeling that it un hardly wnrth while to get well again with only the Workhouse for his home, when a muse whispered that vi itors were coining to see "Visitors, be damned,"' said the man suriMv , •

"Hush,'' said the nurse. "'TIs the King and Queen." The mm opened his dazed eves as the 'Queen approached. '■Jfow are yon? Don't get up; you mustn't, forget how ill you've been," she •aid, but the bricklayer's laborer did not heed and struggled stitl'ly t.i a sitting po-ition despite tlie danger of disarranging his bandapes and brought a hand to the salute, for long ago he, had been a j>nards;r.an. The Queen turned away with tears in her eyes, and tlie Iving returned the salute.' "So you have been in the army," fa id tlie King. "Yes," replied the man. "1 served fifteen years in Your Majesty's Grenadier Guards." THE BEST I.S A SKOItET. Y\ hat else passed between the King .and the old soldier is a secret, but of course the glorious. English constitution! forbaded tin; King inquiring how the old ! Guardsman came to be living in the ; Workhouse and earning a casual living i when he. could, as a bricklayer's laborer, j One of the patients when asked by tlie King wh;it was the matter replied that he was sutlering from the cll'ects i of lead poisoning, contracted by the :po; 'on getting under his nails. The King asked: ! "Would not wearing ghiv:'s prevent .thrsV" l!ut the patient replied: "f don't |l:m.\v what the employe;-; would sav if Mhov saw the mc:i wearing I,id gloves at work." I h'.-se ill- id nl, ilia-irate the informal character u: the calls oi' tin- Kim; and Queen among their people, i .'-.1v.-.ws tend f!' sport. i'ie iOn» -aw jtne nil<)i 111 I!<!i■ 11v foinb.ill lnatcli be- ' ,I*.vceii t-.-ams a'.' oii'icers of tj r annv and iMvy ,':i| i h i- declared hi.-; desire to . i-ee a I. < oara-uiieut at an early ■l'ie amongst t li>> b.. m . lt the army and navy can )>r.:iliu-'.