| Show lively personal glimpses of the future edward VIII london may 9 moving day has meant much to the two prospective kings of englund the prince of wafts nd ins eon aged 8 they have been gradually getting across from am cv stuffy old bt james palace to big amo aate marlborough llou ae and are now wll nigh settled in the hu gelbrick mansion in which the prince ot wales was born and which during the present kings long occupancy of it was the greatest house in london from a einart social viewpoint if you belonged to the marlborough house set you could take delight in the thought that your follies were considered worthy of sermon from famous preachers hial your eriv olifice ol itice were of enough importance to be I 1 sniffed at by dignified dowagers of the t older aristocracy and that your smart ness was the envy of the socially ambi bious who some day to get an invitation vi tation to the jolly dinner parties that L used to be given at marlborough house ewhen the present king was prince of wales r the famous mansion will be rather more domestic now for a while for the princess of wales rules with a strong hand and her five young children will be running over the place the cliance of residence h of especial importance to the fair haired blue eyed well built lit tie coy who in the ordinary course of events will be king edward VIII some day he will have a bigger room to himself more servants to wait on him and more attentions to remind him of his own significance THE AND PRESIDENT he la aware already that lie is not as other children according to a story that got out from st james palace the other day lie was looking over the pages of a magazine when he came upon portraits of himself and s belt side dy side oh look at me he exclaimed delightedly light edly to ilia father who was stand ing near and who is that gentle gentler r man next to met Is he a kinat no eaid alio prince is the president of the united states I 1 oti said prince edward how pleas i rd the american people will be to see their presidents picture next to mine lie came naturally enough by views of that having made shrewd lion evidently of the late queen vic torian on due regard of iter I 1 dignity on one in the course F tf certain ie uit it was explained to him that n all would be enn ennia IJ even threat grandman inquired the y wonderingly yes every one i but Il neure that great grandma wont like that at all quite sure the idea seems to have troubled him considerably for it is related that after the great queene death he inquired of a titled visitor to the nursery do you think that great is quite happy in heaven yes dear dont you think toot 1 I am not quite sure said the little prince earnestly if he biad been pondering over it for a long time you see she lias to walk behind the andels there and here she always walked in front HATES 1 alie prince was eo great a favorite with queen victoria that she insisted PRINCE cowand ivall upon teaching him his alphabet and su pel hia studies generally so long as she ched lie is making great progress now ta everything except arithmetic which he abominates and for neglect of which ho has frequently been made to stand in a orace ora cr few days ago according to iny informant tao prince revolted when lie saw the hataj slates coming oa and said 1 I dont think ill do today go in the corner instead if you dont mind and off he marched to his comer be fore hi tutor had recovered from astonishment apparently it has aten decided eliat the old schoolroom in that part of st jamea palace called york house shall bo retained for daily school use for the little princes are still to be seen there and many are the entertaining glimpses of them me at first hand by the who supplies much of thil information one morning last autumn prince david his name ia edward albert christian george andrew trick david and he is more often called david than edward by his family and hia young brother albert had been left alone for a moment happily for then a band came tooting along they love professions processions process ions better than anything in the world it take them but a minute to knock things helter on the big schoolroom table in front of the window to toss all thoughts of lessons higher than ft kite and flatten their royal noses up against the window pane but alas the tutor came back the defaulting young students were frightened but firm alwy determined to stick by their guns as long as possible they move some people across the street were edified to see mr llan sell the tutor step briskly to the window and lay bold oh the younger pride of england by the collar little albert sought support from his brother lie grabbed prince eddie the waist prince eddie grabbed the curtain but the tutor came off victorious and the curtain came down the end however the children won out for the tutor told the prince of wales and a window seat was put in nest dav ROYAL SCHOOL HOURS the kings grandchildren are being brought up under a curious mixture of clemency and Bev crity their tutor mr II ansell an oxford man who formerly taught prince arthur of Connaught and tho present anke of jcarl borough has absolute hIe Toval pupils he travels with them usually hie authority is not strictly limited to school hours lie makes them study two hours a day to the minute outside the time ho and tha assistant tutors are hearing lessons school is no joke in this family prince eddie and prince albert are usually in the schoolroom by which means they have had breakfast and a walk in st james park before that hour an barly one for england their eiser princess alary usually the of her governess accompanies the boys to the park but when at st james palace this little girl docs her studying near her mother in a quieter part of the house the new baby george probably will do most of studying in marlborough i house the princes enjoy several things about st james palace that their elders are not partial to it the prince of caleb and hi uncle the duke of connaught who lives at clarence house adjoining st james palace were not abnormally good natured they would havo rebelled long ago against the stream of typists shop assistants clerks of one kind or another day laborers and forth who make the palace courtyard a morning and evening thoroughfare these people save about an american bidock by cutting through the park from the direction of victoria station and under palace archways arch ways into pall mall leading to abo uptown business streets for years the royal family have endured these early morning noises just because they were too good natured to inconvenience veni ence the working people the duke of connaught is eaid to have admitted once laughingly that hed like to sleep longer in the morning but that bed rather wake up than sleep at the expense of his fellow bo have to work hard at best IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH LIFE the noises which make the duke and the prince lose their morning nap are matters of intense excitement to tha younger generation of the have learned to look up at the window and wait for a bow and smile the nodding and forth is very in formal DO courte eying or special deference to royalty the children are however wonderfully particular in their own manners even the third little prince when taken out in hia perambulator salutes the colors at the of tha auard and abee his brothers in their unfailing politeness to every body they meet pall 1 is literally a stage to princa eddio and prince albert with a constantly changing linic of productions out there are two things happening arc dear to the hearts of spectators one is abe adent of the sweeping machine when the great red box is drawn up outside basement windows prim eddie and prince albert aro to hand bodily out of the little winlow to watch the engine at work the cleaning of the royal carpets is now ti together conducted by the vapor pro ess and the outside and anaide arrange of the tubes aro interesting to the children one day their tutor toofe them down into the street ind got abe workmen to explain the process to them the group included the royal children their tutor the sweep ng machine people a kitchen maid and he milkman SERVANTS CLIMB OVER PALACE st james ia old fashioned that the culinary department is jammed al directly up against the front door jhc servants have to get out in the tr angest fashion to keep out of tho acay of the king theres not a ser ants staircase in the main part of the lalace and halls are so few chatan rt pen air thoroughfare has been con truc ted over the top of the house sv t ants may seen at almost akyi time S vf s f day and their shadows almost an r on page 10 continued from pago K time running hack and forth on top of the pa lice the other wry particular pleasure ho pall jall window afford ithe children is a neat view of people arriving at and departing their parents as orilas queen alexandra and the king up toward the palace to aavo goodbyes good byes tho last time the and princess were jn residence chev did something they are particularly fond of doing they walked leisurely out beneath the palace archway stood for a moment in laughing conversation with the children above and then signaled led a hansom cab I 1 when kluft conveyance drove up their royal highnesses pot in and after a last wave to the children drove off the visit they paid was as modest as the method they took in making it they on a lady of whom they are very fond alio licca in lUch mond and who belongs to aliat would be technically known as the middle claas the hansom took them alt the way waited while they stayed to tea and then conveyed them back to st james palace alio royal family have many intimate friends aha called the court circle the future king adward alii is evidently going to be a crack horseman as befits the great grandson of the aged kibis christian of denmark who was in hia day one of th ebest horsemen in europe and alio even yet rides in n fashion that alic prince of bajes might envy both princia edward and albert and even little prince henry have nl 1 ready had lucli oi ponies and last week they began more ambitious lessons in the riding school of buckingham arc bright active healthy little fellows who like tah adu of their schooling far better alian their books although david j yet lucli a small boy unofficial yn official roaul hafe already picked out a bride for him hia second cousin olga alio eldest daught ci of the czar of russia CURTIS BROWN |
