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THE PRINCESS OF WALES.



The Most Popular Parsonage In Great
Britain-EEer Early Life.
The Princess Of Wales Is the most popu
lar parsonage in Great Britain SO far as
the institution of royalty is concerned 1t
can be truly said Of her that her life Is
the most valuable In the kingdom SO
long as she lives her popularity win 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 isnot a 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
the advantage of her position. she would
make but little impression She Is ex
cessively ladylike and refined She has
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 II
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 general reccp
ton or ievee with her genuine cordiality
People who have been presented to her
and who have simply seen her bow and
smile. and perhaps have heard 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 il 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 moro intimate acquaintance
with her does not bear out the public
estimate. She Is thoroughly refined ac
complished and self possessed. bnt 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 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
number of years He had an income of
exactly $1,000 a year There were Eve
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 honsewors
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 IT G
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