A ROYAL SPORTSWOMAN.

Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 114, 10 November 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)

A ROYAL SPORTSWOMAN.

The new Queen of Italy, according to a Pall Mall, Gazette correspondent, is an enthusiastic sportswoman. First and foremost with her comes the sea. After that, shooting and climbing are her passions. No Montenegrin lives' who does not love climbing and cannot shoot. It is in the blood, and the Italians, who consider Queen Margherita 1 a marvel/ are likely to see feats of endurance in, their present Queen, that will strike them with awe. The last time the Princess of Naples was in Montenegro she announced her intention of revisiting, on foot, the mountains about 'Cettigne. Herv Italian •ladies-in^-waitine , glanced at each other in consternation, and all, with one exception begged to be excused, the request being good-naturedly granted. One, however, young and lovely, ambition for the favour of her mistress, determined to brave all and go too. The next morning at 6 all had gathered except the venturesome lady, who at last appeared in a gown with a train, which, however, had been all carefully pinned up, scent bottle in hand, and in high-heeled, thin kid 'slippers. , The Princess took in this vision, and remarked smilingly that she .looked pale, that evidently she was not feeling well, and had better not undertake so arduous a climb. The hint was 'accepted,' she stayed behind, but lost nothing, as she has. since been prime favourite, and often laughs over the incident with her Royal friend, who says:' — "Never forget again that you are ornamental."