| Show WHAT IT Jr DI SS P. I TO III UK HE ar MUD r lID TD or OP fio 11 A 1 tT Tho The post of maid of honor to h her r majesty Queen Alexandra is much coveted cov coy eted etell b by the English g girl rl In the higher l' l r. r ranks tanks of or society for while the duties I mo may be onerous the posH position Ion carries i with it many man privileges not the least of oC which Is the dally Intercourse with lith her hr majesty majest For the queen is mo most t kind and considerate to her maids of or J honor and anti when the they leave her hel to be married Ih she continues her Cri friendship and Interest In them to a marked de de- de gree Usua Usually th the children ren or grandchildren dren of oC peers the maids must have qualifications other than tho those e of or birth I In order to 10 o carr carry out nut their duties successfully suc sue 1 Tact i is an c essential and ready adaptability to the calls m mails mado upon them They must be bright and cheerful In their companionship and among th their ir mo most t necessary accomplishments fluency in at least two languages Is desired desired desired de de- de- de sired for not alone Is there much re readIng read read- Hl- Hl Ing aloud to b be done but hut foreign correspondence correspondence cor cor- al also alo o the queen being related to 10 man many royal roal families In Europe Eu Eu- u- u l rope Probably the thc maids of honor might fall tall short of or the requirements of or their thEIl duty dut were It not that long h before fore the thO appointments take place the ro royal al choice Is made known and the trainIng training train train- ing is begun Musical I the tho maids must be for fOI the queen likes s them to tn sing sine ane and play to her while she paints or 01 J JI 1 embroiders and is an accomplished I I pianist t hr herself y Fortunately mo most t English girls are J Jwell 4 well educated not alone aono in lu Indoor but ut J I in outdoor affairs therefore re to angle to play golf to ride and to drive Is IH i quite an cas easy matter to them when the they are arc in attendance to the queen while wl wise o ii tsa the tho maid of or honor who shows skill in her majesty's favorite hobby hobb photography photograph The description of all these accomplishments I sounds like perfection and certainly certain needs some self denial In training but the rewards are many r I The rhe maids have havo several hor horses es In tho the royal stable dc dedicated to their use the royal roal carriages es convey them wherever 4 the they desire to go the they are arc privileged persons of or the entourage and their traveling expenses are nil Beyond cy their own personal dress dres s their oUlI outlay y need be t trilling iV Queen QUEn Alexandra one of oC the best best- dressed d women In England herself naturally likes her maids of or honor to dress s well She prefers simple etc etc- fl ele fiance gance and has a distaste for tor la large i picture hats hal otherwise her young oun companions have hav free choice In ap ap parel and take pare pride in gaining ap ap- from the queen The da day of or the maids of honor Is n Z lengthy one At t l 10 If i o'clock th they y are r unless II specially excused on dUt duty in n her majesty's boudoir attending to Loiter hec correspondence and they they are arc really free again until the hour for retiring which may be he any time between 11 md and and 1230 1200 and ancl even later than that n on 01 n occasions o of stale state r |
