AN UP-TO-DATE PRINCESS.
It is said that little "Princess Mary, daughter of the Priiiep of Wales, is to have tho advantages of a girls' school, instead of being taught by governesses. During the last decade a'great change lias taken place ill tho attitude of. English . gentlewomen . towards girls' schools, and the modern belief is that girls can only keep abreast of tlio times by competition ivith other girls. The Princess of Wales is a firm believer in the thorougli education of girls along the most improved modern lines, and slid lias decided that her little daughter shall liavo the stimulus of competition.'. The ideals that slip will have .her own private sixita of rooms, w;ith her own govornpss in attendance, but all her lessons will be done in the general schoolroom, And she will-be treated exactly like tho other girls. • ---Her.brother, Prince Edward of Wales, who is at Osborne Collego, has no relaxations made in tho rules for his benefit, and ho is treated just as an ordinary cadet. Not very dong ago lie was given a'shilling by an elder cadet, and. sent to%.buy some jam tarts from the tuck-shop. The tarts cost liineponco, an(l when Prince Edward returned with thorn lie was generously told to kcop the change, which ho pocketed with unalloyed schoolboy joy-
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 168, 9 April 1908, Page 3
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216AN UP-TO-DATE PRINCESS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 168, 9 April 1908, Page 3
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