Thirty!

COMMONWEALTH (British Commonwealth of Nations)

Thirty!

Although there was no public recognition of the Prince of Wales' 30th birthday, guns boomed a congratulatory salute at an ungodly hour of the morning and flags flew from a majority of the flagstaffs in London.

The Prince and his equerries found themselves early confronted by a mountain of letters. A little later in the day a stream of visitors arrived at York House, the London residence of the Prince, full of congratulatory wishes. At noon, the Prince visited "my people" (the King and Queen) at Buckingham Palace and stayed for a luncheon at which General Pershing was a welcome guest. In the evening, the Prince attended a supper party given by Brigadier General and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt at Spencer House.

It was the Prince's special wish that no public celebration should be held to commemorate his 30 years of bachelorhood. Under similar circumstances the public has been wont to find a way of rendering homage to a popular figure, but no word of such a demonstration came from London. Can it be that His Royal Highness is not quite as popular as he formerly was? If not, he knows the antidote.