Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1888-07-05
Helena, Montana Thursday July 5, 1888.
THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
The Most Popular Parsonage in Great
Britain-Her Early Life.


Britain-Her Early Life.
The Princess of Wales is the most popu-
lar parsonage in Great Britain So far as
the institution of royalty is concerned it
can be truly said of her that her life is
the most valuable in the kingdom. So
long as she lives her popularity will be
sufficient to keep the cause Of royaly well
protected from popular innovation.
have tried to obtain from those who know
the Princess of Wales well the secret of
her great popularity. She is not brilliant
woman, she has never written anything,
and in conversation she never impresses
any one with the idea of her having any
particular originality or striking force of
character. In ordinary society, without
make but little impression. She is ex-
cessively ladylike and refined She has a
most marvellous beauty. which chiefly
consists in regular features, fair COM
plexion and perfectly serene and placid
expression.
The most remarkable feature of her
good looks is the preservation of her
youthful appearance. In the broad glare
of daylight she looks today as young If
not younger than her eldest daughter
Her figure is also slim and slight as that
of a young girl She dresses with ex-
quisite taste and appears to enjoy general
society very much. The secret of her
popular charm is said to be this: She has
the rare and gracious faculty Of impress
ing people who come in contact with her
in the casual meeting of a general recep-
tion or levee with her genuine cordiality.
People who have been presented to her
and who have simply seen her bow and
smile, and perhaps have heard a half
dozen words Of commonplace greeting,
are the ones who are the most wildly en-
thusiastic over her. Her bearing before
the public constitutes her chief charm.
Every one is led to believe that she is the
most gracious and winning parsonage in
the kingdom. 1t is this outward sugges-
tion upon the part of the Princess of
Wales of brilliant graciousness that has
captivated and thoroughly charmed the
British public. Those who know her best
say that a more intimate acquaintance
with her does not bear out the public
estimate. She is thoroughly refined, ac-
complished and self possessed. but is not
interesting in general conversation.
While | was on the continent last
month heard a number of interesting
stories concerning the early life of the
Princess of Wales. These stories are not
particularly new. and l do not propose to
allude to them except to give the exact
income of her father before he was called
to the throne of Denmark. This prince
lived in the most obscure poverty for a
number of years. He had an income of
exactly 81, 200 year. There were five
children to be supported and educated
from this beggarly sum. The young
ladies Of this household learned to cook,
to sew and to do all kinds of housework
They were obliged to make their own
dresses for many years. No members of
any family so obscurely placed have risen
to more brilliant positions than this
Danish family. The head of the family
became the king Of Denmark His oldest
son is, of course, the crown prince of that
country. Another son is the king of
Greece. His three daughters are the
Princess of Wales, the Czarina of Russia
and the Duchess Of Cumberland.-T. c.
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