THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31,
:
THE PRINCE AND THE PEARLS
STORIES OF FUN AND FROLIC,
THE, CHINA M
tremely high-spirited, made the oca personage, too, with quaint Kittle casion an' excase for much hilarity airs of dignity all her own...
Prince George discovered a She to followed in by a grave- loose holland sheet, nad at once in-faced, nurse, with a little white sisted on arranging It as a Court bundle of softness on her arm. train for his sister, Princess Mary:ceives and hots els to her heart, "This the Duchess of York re-
The Curtales.
behind me, aald something and held not present on this occasion. out his hand....
"Don't Worry."
Intimate glimpses of the Royal Family at home are given in "The Memoirs of a Maid of Honour," by the Hon. Katherine Villiers,, Mald of Honour to the Queen since 1911 those curiously observant eyes which "He looked at me shyly, but with 4 book published to-day. (Ivor missed little, even in those days: Nicholson and Watson, Ltd. 183.). 'Don't worry, they'll turn up safely "The Prince of Wales," writes the believe me,' he said and turned author, "when I knew him in his sharply away... Sleepily I climbed teens was a fair, pink and whito into bed. On the pillow-carefully boy, with very good manners.
"He showed already embryonic pearla. Oh, those children, I mur arranged in a circle-were the signe of that eharm which mured. The Prince of Wales was has made him the World's
right." Playfellow. Any debutante would
When the tutor and Misa Villlers have thought herself lucky took Princess Mary, Prince Henry to have possessed plexion like his young-Royal High-to the White City they had to go and Prince George on a private visit ness in those days.",
round the Mountain Railway nine
a com-
Even then he had that "nervous Ittle trick of fingering his tle."
Here is one story of a royal time. "That evening there were no guests and Princess Mary and her governess, the Prince of Wales and his brothers, Mr. Hansell (the Prince's tutor), and I settled down to 'Demon Patience.'
Ferocious Patience. "When played by four or five people against each other this mild 'old maid's' pastime develops the férociousness of Animal, Grab. Cards may be torn, tables upset........
"I remember after one game (not played at the Castle) I remained with nothing in my left-hand but one eye of the king of diamonds, The rest of his Majesty was scatter- ed in stripa about the table.
"We were not quite as rough as this at Windsor, but still we played It with a good deal of zest."
Miss Villiers missed a string of pearls from her neck during the game.
"The children forthwith started a hunt. No one found it... The children still hunted vigorously, but they were laughing together and whispering, I noticed. What, mis chlef were they up to? I wondered. "I said nothing, and finally the search was aband ned As I was proceeding down the corridor to bed, the Prince of Wales came up
times.
Prince Henry emitted a shrill scream "At one more than horrible awnop of excitement. Princess Mary at once followed his example, and, after that, at each plunge. of the car, they all three screamed to- gether.
"The Princes's hat had by this time followed the Princes' little bowlers into the bottom of the car and her peculiarly fair and lovely hair now flew free like a mad Laureole round her ecstatic face.
.....Holding, Princess Mary the coat whilst I secured a tight "The tutor held each boy firmly by grip of Princess Mary's sash, for their excitement was such that it seemed as if they might fall out of the car... Nine times in all we did the circuit before the charm of it began to wane, and Prince George tea. inquired about the possibilities of
"Tea after this? Ok, help! I felt and some weak brandy and water that nothing but a captain's biscuit would be appropriate for me.”
An amusing story of the kind of opportunities seized by the Royal children for a little fun concerns the Queen's visit to the ballroom at Buckingham Palace to make final arrangements for the first Court of her reign. *****
"The royal children, always ex
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This burdened, she had to pass while Princess Margaret Rose's the two Thrones, making the approchabby, restless little fagers grope priate curtsies to a chorus of sup for the lovely pearl she knows so pressed mirth from her two little well." brothers-the Prince of Wales was
Dinner at Windsor. "Her Majesty, accustomed to When there were no guests at Informal meals at Windsor Castle
continued her discussion with the dined together in what is usually Toedige King's, attention to these goings-on, but Majesties and the household, wo their high spirits, paid, very little Windsor Castle" but just their
Master of the Household
5104 Entertainments. "Presently the Queen mounted the Gothic-panelled room above the Today - Queen's
¿Theatrí: dala and stood between the Thrones. Sovereigns entrance.......
known.. as the breakfast room, a "Monkey Business,!! Calling to me, she asked me to comeThose were the evenings with
Theatre: in slowly from the door Just as tho their Majesties that I loved most. “Tabu.”
"Dawn Patrol.”
Ekang Today Central Theatre: to make the regulation curtsies to panelling, were softer, talk was gen- ladies would on the great night, and the two Thrones.
The lights subdued by the heavy Tu-day.
Majestic Theatre; "Derelict." and Queen expanded in an atmos. "Let's Be Gay," eral round the oval table; the King
To-day- Star Theatre: phere entirely tree from ceremony, testa, he would not allow matters to
"In spite, however, of her pro charming they could be. In fact and both showed how genial and proceed until he had transferred the we were a happy family.” Princess's brown holland train tó ludicrous addition to my morning my shoulders, and with this cost and skirt I fulfilled the Queen's request....
"
teered for his service, but was "Prince George Instantly volun- suppressed by his sister.
A Cheerful Time." "She does it too. quickly, pro- never get through as quickly as nounced Prince George. They could that with their long trains and bouquets. Be quiet, George," said his sister.
A pen picture of the young Royal generation of to-day.
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in the serens face, except perhaps in Programme of Victor & H.M.V. the tea. Very little trace of her busy faintly shadowed eyes. Her Majesty has relinquished for a few moments her heavy responsibilities, and is resting now in a happy, quiet, family atmosphere....
"Her Majesty's only daughter and much-loved little daughter-in-law the hospitable table..... may often be found gathered round
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8.06-8.27 p.m. (Maurice Ravel),
A WEEK'S DISEASES.
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44 TUBERCULOSIS DEATHS.
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