Grandson v. Grandfather

Last week King-Emperor George V transferred the Court to salubrious early spring residence at Windsor-on-Thames. Soon His Majesty, 61, was astride a gentle mare and cantering pleasantly in Windsor Forest. . ..

Gawking tourists did not notice the King-Emperor when he returned from his ride. They were assembled with a guide-lecturer who was, for once, not lecturing. Popeyed, they watched a lad of four years parade about the Castle courtyard shouldering a toy wooden gun. He, whispered the lecturer, was George Henry Hubert Las-celles, eldest son of Princess Mary Viscountess Lascelles, and eldest grandson of the King-Emperor. While Master Hubert strutted, His Majesty descended from his mare and passed unnoticed within. . .

* Stay-at-home Englishmen have never seen a "forest" in the U. S. sense, but use this term to describe any large wooded estate, often with turf underfoot as smooth and impeccable as a lawn tennis court.