Whiteman and the Prince

Another prime social favorite in London just now is Paul Whiteman, the jazziest of them all. Whiteman and his jazz band are all the rage in London theatres, the greatest American theatrical success in England, it is said, since Edna May.

Paul Whiteman has been taken up by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The jazz artist, a big, heavy fellow, stands a foot or so above the Prince, but this disharmony in sizes has not prevented a cordial fellowship. This is quite in line with the none too staid disposition of the heir to the British crown, a disposition which is said to distress and shock the great decorum of the royalty, aristocracy, middle class and working class of England.

Whiteman himself is rather a proper person. He is no barroom piano thumper risen high, but a decently schooled musician who in his lowly days occupied the comparatively dignified position of symphony orchestra player. . . .