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Show A QUEEN AT HOME. " " I Mary Likes to Stay at Home and Darn I Stockings. Queen Mary Is no public speaker, " I though a widely read woman, without l being in any sense a bluestockipg, and , Is proficient in Italian, German and French, playing the harp and piano well and being a great knitter and the most expert needlewoman In the royal family. She Is rarely without a needle. A In her hand when at leisure, and when " she staj ed at country houses before s her accession to the throne, the lady In waiting would bring her as a matter ' j of course her needlework bag after ; dinner and she workod while talking I j She Is quite accustomed to the sewing sew-ing machine and thinks so highly of ( knitting and crochettlng tfiat her sons " have been Liught to make mittens, c J. simple lace and stockings, while she m and her daughter have knitted many "B stockings for the royal children. .J Girl's Own Paper. Jp |