Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1911 — PRINCE OF WALES A SMOKER [ARTICLE]

PRINCE OF WALES A SMOKER

English Rulers Allow the Heir Throe Cigarettes a Day Blnce His Seventeenth Birthday. London. Since his seventeenth birthday ,it has just become known, the Prince of Wales has been permitted to enjoy an occasional cigarette. Like the King of Spain, he shows a preference for the genuine Spanish cigarltos, which are very small and made of choice Havana tobacco They are not gummed, bat are held together by a dexterous Inward fold c f the paper. The king and queen did not wish their eldest son to smoke until his seventeenth birthday, and on that date he received many gifts representing the smoker’s small luxuries. If rumor speaks truly the young prince does not show great enthusiasm as a smoker, and is quite satisfied with tiie three cigarettes a day which are

allotted to him until he reaches his eighteenth birthday. The nealth of Prince Henry continues to cause anxiety. The experiment of sending him to school at Broadstalrs has resulted in an improvement, but the gain in strength to hardly rapid enough to satisfy the royal physicians It is hoped, however, that a quick change for the bettor will come during his holiday sojourn in the Highlands Prince Henry’s lack of vigor is the more serious because he is growing too fast for his age. He is the tallest of the king’s sons, and he has the making of a handsome lad. His continued weakness does not seem to affect the prince's lively disposition, which has earned for him the family nickname of “Bluebottle.” He is the humorist of the royal children, and his comicalities of manner and speech are the delight, of all who know him