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Show iBRIDE KNOWN AS UNSPOILED GIRL Nursing Comes Second to Enjoyment of Country Life and Ways LONDON, reb. 28 (The Associated Associat-ed Press). Princess Mary who br- , Lme the bride 61 Viscount Lascelles la perhaps even better known i.y sirIi'. than hr mother, Queen Uary. Be- . ise Of the popularity which attaohes o outh and the fable-famed title ' Princess," the. royal bride Is accord-: cd affectionate acclaim wherever she goes. ller features are nS familiar as those of anv member of the royal family, not excepting the Prince of Wales land, by women and crlrlx of the kinc-dom, kinc-dom, ut least, he Is held fur more Iworthy of notice In any gathering f Inotuhles linn the prime minister oi any other political hero of tho day She would certnlnlv be more readily I recognised be English women than any heroine of (he moving picture -i recn For all this, it ir. doubtful If there Is anyone in the land concerning jwhose private life und characteristics I less Is known. Hoi-'h has been a life lived In such complete privacy that 'only her intimate friends are acquainted acquaint-ed with the real quality of her personality. per-sonality. LIKES o t TKY LIFE. According to the few who can claim to know her Intimately, the key-note key-note of Princess Mary's character is 'her unselfishness Jn all essentials -,h-has lived very quietly and tho pleaS- lures that have fallen to her lb! have 'only been sufficient to urouse within 'her I keenei sense of enjoyment and to form her own personal tastes. Her heurt is not in a social existence, exist-ence, although she Is fond of dancing but her greatest happiness has always been In the enjoyment of country life land country ways. Love of the coun-Itry coun-Itry nnd of Scotland's beauties are Ideeplj rooted In her. One of her more particular Interests Is the study of trees and she has a comprehensive knowledge of their many varieties. She is an excellent horsewoman and af Ha I mora 1 she drles a oalr of spirited greys and has, at timet driven a Tour-ln-hand. She loves her horses and particularly her hunter and never looks better than when In the .saddle. Second to her life in the countrv. Princes-: Mary has found her greatest great-est interests anu happiness In the wards of tho Children's hospital in London Here sho nursed regularly during the war and became so imbued im-bued with the love of It that after the conclusion of peace she continued to work there twice a week She has a great natural aptitude for the work, so much so that sho has not only gained a good practical experience ex-perience of nursing but has assisted at surgical operations. I I '.- HILHRFV Perhaps her Instinct for nursing came out the more strongly In that sho was caring for children. She la never so happy as when spending an hour playing with the children of her married friends. Her enjoyment of country life ami hei special aptitude for nursing h.-iM 'not precluded the princess from developing de-veloping her tames on the artistic and (musical side of life Few girls will come into the possession of a fine house, of pictures and of old furniture with more appreciation of their beauties beau-ties Sho takes an interest more particularly par-ticularly in pictures and she is personally per-sonally gifteu in music, for sho sings in a soprano voice of tonie power. She prefers the older music masters and idoes not care for modern and more dlfficult works but she has certainly latent within lier a capacity and taste for music which will develop with the ! years, f the many charities w hich the princess has at heart, (Jueen Mary's Needlework guild comes first. Tills association of women undertakes the collection every year of garments of all kinds for the sick and needy and ! Princes Mary herself makes and undertakes un-dertakes the work c.f collecting from among her friends her own contribution contribu-tion of over 2.000 garments annually. She knits a great deal nerself and In lhe work of distribution she takes a persona share After this, tho Olrl Guides are her 'mam interest and at Sandrlngham she I takes part in the work of the local Guides. Her sympathy with the activities of jthe National organisation of Girls' Iclubs completes the trio of her main interests In the affairs of women and (children. SM ZIG MEMORY. Written down thus simply the Prin-cesi Prin-cesi tastes sound perhups. a little serious. But, with all this, sho has a iverj trreiit capacity for enjvirnm- and lit may be that she renlly enjoys the pul llL- functions in which sho take I part, because she ha.-" suc h an inbred knowledge of how to do them so well. 8he possesses that amazing memory mem-ory for fa.'-es and people that her 'grandfather, the late King Edward, ,had and in savolr falro and solf-pos- unoulnn ..1... I u ,- ...1 Only her Intimate friends know that her good ma men in public arc but the outer reflection of a nature that i- essentially thoughtful for others and that she understands sympathetically the Miiall tastes, the little pleasures and likes- and dislikes that make up I th sum of everyday life. She never ; fulls to make the demonstration of her inner sympathies a practical one. She not only thinks for and of others oth-ers but she gives thoughtfully and generously. gen-erously. And she has tho rare gift I of never forgetting lo sa) ' Thank you'' for services renden l The charm of her nature lies in the fact that she is totally unspoiled and unites a very youthful simplicity with a sturdv depcndablenes.s of character land capacity f"i great thoroughness in all she undertakes. |