Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-27
WAKEMAN'S WANDERINGS
CHILDREN OF THE BRITISH NO
BILlTY.

They Are Reared Under a Regime of
Extreme Rigor-Good Health and Hab-
its Chiefly Seught-Evsryday Life of
Little Lords and Ladies'.
Copyright, 1921. by Edgar l. wakeman.l
LONDON. Oct. 13.-During a number Of
years travel in England, Ireland and Scot
land / have often been situated so that OBJ
servation was both proper and possible on
the manner 10 which. children Of the no
bility are reared. and have personally
found exceeding interest in understanding
more and more the details Of their every
day life. We nave some incorrect impress
sions regarding the subject. a certain
class of literature is responsible for this.
Generally speaking, It conveys the idea
that British lordlings are a pampered
brood, living in a fairyland OF jewels.
sweets. flowers and frills.
This is not true. so far as | nave been
able 70 observe. Their regime, until they
take their place Of nothingness in the
world, is one Of considerable rigor. Good
health, good manners good habits and
good morals are the unceasing seeking Of
those who have them in charge. and the
discipline invoked with this end in view is
really severe and t~ireless. That they dc
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en- can scarcely be the fault Of their train
ing.
1t is fortunate for any child 10 be born in
the country. IL Is estimated that this good
fortune has befallen 90 per cent, Of the
British nobility. Whatever demand Lon
don OF Continental cities make upon the
British noblemen in point Of social duties
and residence, his town house after all Is
only his lodging house, and this holds true
even IL it hc "a splendid palace At a time
Of tender expectancy, 70 the castle or couu-
try house milady always repairs.
Months before "a new scion of a British
house makes It's ordinarily human red-and-
speckled appearance, the order for its APP
p8relIug has been made. III the child ever
has much OF an advantage over plebeian
little ones DO thus early receives a marked
and important iavoriJi-m It's layeJue usu-
ally comprises from two % four dozen
pieces each OF bands, shirts, skirts. dresses
or robes, piuuing blankets, stockings, caps
and carrying cloaks." Its skirts. shirts
except IL be- a winter baby" when they
are then AL made Of silk blanchard robes
are OF tue finest Irish linen lawn, It's bands
and piun.ug blankets of silk flannel, lis
caps of real lace and the most delicate rib
bon and ITS carrying clOaks Of surah silk
or faille and lace. These are usually or
dered from infant outftters' Of note in
London, Liverpool. Belfast, Dublin, Glas
gov and Edinburgh. but occasionally they
are prepared bv several artistic seam
stresses and em-broiderers who work under
the immediate direction Of the h-ousekeeper
or milady herself. In either case the
dainty fabrics are covered with expensive
hand embroidery, are misty with rare
Nalencienues lace, number from 400 % 500
pieces and nav undoubtedly cost from
5000 70 $4,000.
ACCOMPLISHMENT in the homes Of the no
bility is accompanied by an extraordi-
nary attendance Of medical and surgical
talent. No one physician, however emf
nent, is relied upon. Two or three are
always present, and often half a dozen,
while several trained nurses nave been Sc
cured from famous hospitals. The fees
expected and paid are often out Of all rea-
son, and frequently the dOucCr will equal
the fee. The occasion is always welcomed
by the entire retinue Of servants. In many
great houses all Of these receive gifts Of
money; the officiating nurse, particularly
If she be an old retainer, is munihcently
remembered, and the lower house" is
usually allowed TO indulge in a quiet merry
making az milord's u%ngrudged expense.
Another matter Of the gravesJ import
has had to be arranged. Titled ladies never
nurse their own children. The woman who
is 70 be the real mother Of the helpless
lordling for the first twelve to eighteen
months Of its babyhood career is often the
subject Of extraordinary and anxious
search. Her character must be blameless,
yet she must be situated so that for this
length Of time she eau forswear her own
babe and home. These and other suppose
titiously necessary conditions are not easily
satisfied, and perhaps some Of the most en-
tertaining and c~uriOusly worded advertise
ments found in the cOlumns Of the British
press are resultant from these peculiar
quests. No other person in any capacity
Of household service commands such wages
as do these women when they nave been
found. They never receive less than 800
per month. and often from $3.50 TO $500 is
paid.
This nurse is always provided with two
OF more undernurses With her precious
charge she is not consigned TO the regular
nursery Of the castle, which is always a
capacious apartment well removed from
those of the chief inmates, but is provided
with a room OF suite Of rooms, which in or
binary use are guests chambers. not far
from milady's boudoir. This provision is
a temporary one, and the little lord or
lady's Surroundings are for the time being
Of the plaInest character. The customary
furniture is removed and packed away. A
plain cot, perhaps a sofa, a swinging
cradle. a chair or two, the bDOHtcrie
Of babyhoOd necessities only, and in an
open CRATE a tiny coal fire which is never
permitted to 20 out in winter or summer,
are all that the titled baby's eyes may look
upon during its first year or two Of life.
Its nurse mother may occupy the same
room Usually she is given an adjoining
apartment
The first real event in the babes career
is its christening-Or "churching." as the
servants, surrounding dependents and viii
layers persist in calling it-and its robes
for this occasion are marvels Of the needle
workers art Christening always occurs
between the ages Of six weeks and three
months. British conservatism and form
attach a double Importance 70 the event.
The child Is thus au~thoritatively signed,
sealed and delivered over 70 the ranks Of
the rockroOted nobility, and It's titled
mother IL officially permitted to resume
her place in noble socisty. Attached to