Show I PICE UMBERTO STUDIES HIS LESSONS WEll ILL NOW ROME Feb 1 By By mail Umber Umberto Umber Umber- r- r to Italy's year twelve-year-old crownI crown prince has suddenly blossomed Into the fire most moat studious boy in Europe The he I change Is a matter matter- of ot no little interest I In Italy b because the male members of the House of Savoy nev never r have been famous as ch children for their predisposition predisposition predis predis- position to academic studies To make up for this however the fire children are put through either elther a a military military military mili mili- tary or naval training of such severity that in America there is little doubt that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Childr n would feel called upon to Intervene Two years ago Umberto was called to decide which training he upon preferred preferred pre pre- and for tor the first time In the history of oY all the crown princes of the House of Savoy he chose the navy instead in instead instead in- in I stead of the army His faithfulness to the sea remained unshaken until a few weeks ago when he was taken on a a. tour of the Italian front Since then his one and only dream has been to get back to the front and it has been since then that he Ito has developed his remarkable qualities qua qua- as a student Captain Ronaldi of the he Italian navy who has his education in charge has given the young prince h to understand that hat the frequency with t which h he willbe will willbe willbe be permitted to make tours of the front depends entirely on the progress he hemak mak makes s with his studies This is wh why Umberto gives promise of setting a new standard in studying for or the princes of the House of Savoy I that hat probably will make him decidedly I unpopular with future princes of the I house louse for gene generations ati ns to come come- |