A DOMESTICATED PRINCESS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3362, 12 January 1884, Page 2

A DOMESTICATED PRINCESS.

Of the Princess Louise’s control of Government House in Canada, a correspondent writes :—“ She is what the Germans call a noteabla housewife, and went in to the kitchen every morning to give orders for the day. The Canadian servants did not at all like this, and rebelled, so Her Eoyal Highness got out servants from ‘Home,’ who were more used to the expression of Supreme wills. Like many energetic people, the Princess is hot-tempered, and the servants were disposed to think her as peremptory as the Queen in the story ©f “ Alice in Wonderland,” who ordered ‘heads off every moment. She sets an example, and certainly considers life quite worth living, as she sets apart for her work or recreation specified regular hours. She has music playing in some part of the house nearly all the time, though the early morning strains are those most grateful to her husband’s Scotch ear—the bagpipe. Lord Lome has his own favorite piper with him. The Princess is a good cook, and takes pride in this accomplishment. At her dinners en famille some one pretty, delicious dish is sure to have been cooked under her own supervision or prepared by her own hands. Some time ago a young mother and her babe, who were visiting the Princess, were taken ill of scarlet fever—caused by defective drainage, they say. None of the servants would go to the sick woman’s room, being afraid of the infection. The Princess herself cooked all the food and carried it with her own bands to the sick visitor. She made the bed, smoothed the pillows, read and talked to her patient, and nursed the mother back to life, though the little one died and was buried in the cemetery near the Hall.”