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...heir was not "Georgie" but "Eddy." At Cambridge this languid and effeminate prince was called by his fellow undergraduates "Collar and Cuffs" (the present Prince of Wales was "Pragger Wagger" at Oxford. An ejaculation which "Collar and Cuffs" could be depended on to utter in almost any circumstances was "Really!" in a particularly flat drawl. Nevertheless he, the Duke of Clarence, was definitely the favorite child of his proud mother, later Queen Alexandra. Possibly apocryphal but thoroughly typical is the following tale...
...high building on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue is a tiny office upon whose door was painted last week the legend: Tail Waggers' Club. Inside sat Lorance Miller, former Kennel Editor of the Sportsman, now American Secretary to the Tail Wagger-in-Chief. All day Miss Miller now dockets dog-identification cards, reads eager letters from subscribers, receives contributions. Her mother, Daisy Miller, famed for her radio dog-talks, is executive secretary of the U. S. branch of the Tail Waggers' Club...
...wagging in all U. S. dog-homes. Careful records are kept of all dog-members, including peculiarities (such as a hoarse bark, a missing eye, discolored teeth). A number-tag is attached to each member's collar and when he strays the finder telephones or telegraphs the Tail-Waggers who notify the owner if and when the lost is found. Other advantages are free medical advice, six months' subscription to The Tail Wagger, official organ of the Tail Waggers' Club. The fee is $1 a year. Dogs have been entered from Korea, New Zealand, Persia, Iraq...
Emperor Yoshihito was much touched at the superfluity of illumination that the Temple had sent him. He smiled and sent half of them to the Japanese Pragger Wagger (Crown Prince) who, in his garden at Tokyo, liberated them. The Prince, being but recently married, found enough light in the eyes of his Princess Firefly...
...Repulse, sister ship of the Renown,* will dip the Prince of Wales' standard to the roar of guns and cheers of crowds as she casts anchor at Portsmouth and moves with silent, increasing speed past the Blockhouse Fort and across Spithead on the initial stage of the "Pragger-Wagger's" fourth† official trip as Royal Ambassador...