A PRINCESS'S EDUCATION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 609, 11 September 1909, Page 11

A PRINCESS'S EDUCATION.

The Prinocss:: 1 Alexandra,, oldest, daughter of the Princess/ Royal of: England ana tho Duke .of Fife, who is a debutante this- season/has .been .'brought -lip very 'simply, and .in . great seclusion.: Like f. most princesses, ,-they. have studiqd;lqng' and' hard, and 1 are extremely, '\vell educated.; jouug'. de>.who) .inherits, 'tho ; prettily poised head,, small •features, ,;arid.. clear; pale skin of.' her) grandmother )'aiid .'-namesake,.' 'the Queen, ..di^tees>;V«ix:;2Blitipljv <;A- priji'-» -cess - must, 'kiipw. 'a^gr,eat; many things,;, apd l must haye-'a) physique* jvhich, ivill. enable her to .cope .with; .unending, duties'arid.to dis-' ' cliargo • with -'s mjlilig :',ease- tiresome •' social, resppnsibiliti.es. ;: -;,destiriy■ of 'a princess usually- is to; 'court, and- 1 whatever 1 fairy ..'.tales I the '.chroniclers may', toll 'about' love/marxihges the.-marriages are arranged ,;for' reasons.,of' ;state.'- Of course, ■love may'.follow.;, and. sometime?., does; but whether, it;dcios.-br/not,.:duties,follow.A knowledge" of,. - is imperative.'Tlio Queen of. : Spain, was ~a; c hild, ro-. belled violently..againSt'what she called "the .different • tiresome.; ways)'of. .talking % in', the world;" She liad 'to ilearri the tiresome.ways, however, ■ aiid did .so, so thoroughly, that sho talks fluontlv'.now; in Spanish, French, German,. and Htalian.s anQ ,'iier; skill in;, languages' is.:-a;reas,on?.forhor.greatV popularity with the;_Spaniards.) >■■)•■ );•). •",•. ..Thp 'Princess; of.i Wales,', who was always her mother',s, v companiori,vtook\an .early, and .active part in .the; charitable projects .which wero ..tho .'Duchess; tif Teck's' great, interest. .-Now tho' daughter .of 'tho 'Princess.-)of .'Wales, tho' -littlo :Phnces3 'Mary,' is';boing.; brought up :in ' the -'samo , way.Every; day' forf .an hour.-Bhd .sits 'by ! her - mother, s . side sewing or ;knittingv..Hvhjlp;';her, .motherdoes'; tho same,- arid tthe- .articles', turned ' out are sent •te 'one needlework,"guilds. i Queen. Alesandri,,.'tiOT,|always.\liad )lier daughters helj> 'h'brV make" garments )for tho- cottagers on' the 'Sindrihgham,*,estates."; Each, ono lad iior, oiv'ii; sewing, .machine; : and ; was instructed in! scientific,/.dressmaking, .besides): her ~les-". sons ..in,.the',littld'.niatters,!pf - French,- Ger-. man, •ahd';'Danis'li;'.,art, , ' l niiisic,.. and all- tho other. a'ccpmpUshihents, .riding, skating, '.'row-, .iiigi', copking.iarid'.dairy.'work. •: ' . Acomprehensive '.education- .is .that which the daughters); of ; the .Empress of • Russia arc receiving., In , addition", to, the:.ordinary subjects they,, are; instructed. in)-French,Ger-man, ' English,, and'. .'ltalian, -mathematico; .drawing,,'pedagogy,; and'iin v wpiid§Eful liwsjdJeni worky,such as'.is'uscd'in.itho cctcmonies of the Greek. Churph.' • • : >. ■; One princess, who doesn't-;mind,studying is. the only;,daughter 'of the '.German Em-, peior..,. Like, her'father;,, slip ), is always athirst) for-information, and! has the Hohenzollern capacity' for*.hard work. . From'..the time sho.) gets'; .out of.,bed, at ,5 o'clock ; in' tlio. morning; until )shbretires, .at..9,'. sho scarcely 'haS^an'.idle..moment.' • Sho speaks French, and English perfectly, is very musical, and' has a mind stored . with cosmopolitan knowledge.: For)amusement shodances, plays tennis, .skates; and rides or drives tho :hno 'pair,of ponies/which wore given : her. by the old Sultan of Turkey. . y