THEN AND NOW.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1087, 27 March 1883, Page 1

THEN AND NOW.

Time indeed, worts wonders nnl ms r cii'ious changes. As a proof of tbi«, i; i hi w nearly 32 years ago sii ce Bir Cba ' Dilke's lather, then o> ly plain Mr Di u?ed to travel backward* and forwards ' Windsor Ca>tle very frequently to con» the lata Prince C insorfc concerning the H» Park Exhibition of 1861. Mr Dilke wagrout favourite at Court in those days, ) only frooa bis greafc praciiuol ability, but ft • from ,his pleating and amiable manor which threw aspeci.il charm over eTerytbi he was engaged in In thoce visits he I. quently took his little son Charlos with Inwl o wa* about five years of age, and he v • at that time whit the ladies called a sw andending ci id, with golden curly lo ( • whieft-ffiwed gracefully over his thouldf The Queen w<» aito miu-h attached to ti little fe'low, and used often to take bim her knee and talk to him while his fat and the Prnoe were out in the groui > Tears rolled by, and the engaging little cl •■ grew up to be a fine, olever man, with pol cal opiniois, having a tendency towa. •► Radio dism and democracy, and in I * speeches he has been known to express h: self as bting T<ry dissatisfied wan the < > peritos of royalty. A few weeks ago i>■ Charles paid another Tisit to Her Majesty receive a Cabinet spt ointment from her, t ■ > to kiss hands for the faver. Did he, we w der, then bestow a thought on the kind « •■ derness of former years, at the mom* when he knelt to k : ss tbe Boyal hand wl uced to stroke his curly looks so kindly : . playfully when he wis a esveetar.d euga;. h li»tle child f—Home News.