The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-12-31
THE ENGLISH ROYAL FAMILY.
Simplicity of Taste and Feeling OF Vlc-
toria and Her Children.

toria and Her Children.
The simplicity Of taste and feeling
which distinguishes The members Of
our royal family has always struck me
as their most charming characteristic.
There is no woman in this world as art
less as the queen," once declared II
friend, who had had every opportunity
of studying her maiesty's character.
Simple Joys and simple pleasures are
what most appeal to them, while the
earnestness and warmth of the affection
shown to one another by the brothers
| and sisters and cousins and aunts OF tie
Guelph family show their real unworld-
liness in very charming light.
One of the most homely and lovable
members is Princess Christian of Schles-
! wig I1olstein, as the following little
anec'lote will serve to show:
Princess Christian "Lenchen, they
| call her in the royal circle, takes cc~p
| interest as we all know in the char.
table doings, nay, she spends half her
life in helping to clothe the poor and
feed the sick and hungry. Not so very
long ago she persuaded a friend to adept
some poor little waif and stray. Soon
the friend came to her royal highEess
with complaints.
| This child" she told, "for whom
have done so much-can il be believed:
is dainty about her food. She actually
objects to cold mutton"
And what do you think Princess
Christian replied? That paupers ought
to have no tastes, no likes nor disiikCs7
Oh, no; the princess is too sweet and
human for that. She merely laughed,
and said, with delightful simplicity ct
accent:
well, cold mutton is not so very nice
after all, is it? | am not fond of It my.
self, and as to mamma, though she
rather likes cold beef, the one thing she
cannot and will not stand is cold NUT
ton
Even the prince Of Wales, man of the
world though he be. retains a vast deal
of simplicity. He and the duke of York
are like boys together sometimes,
rather than father and son,
! and will chaff one another and laugh
together as heartily as two young
graduates. / remember how, when the
duke of York presided over his first big
I charity dinner at the Great Ormund
Street Hospital for Children, and a
!, larger sum was subscribed after his
. speech than had ever been the case
when the prince of Wales himself VAS at
:. the head of the table. the duke drove
of to Marlborough house in triumph
. Immediately afterward to ''crow,' al
I ne put it, over his sire. Whethe" the
J prince or duke was the more delighted
:. would be difficult to say.
i The life the royalties lead, guarded
! as it were, from so many outside in.
e fuences, and kept from absolute con-
= tact with the world, exempt from the
i petty cares which harass the majority
. Of their subjects, conduces to keep Them
e Young and simple hearted. AS iur a
e practical joke, there is nothing 'hty
J. enjoy so much. The princess of Wales
e herself is a great hand at making apple
pie beds, and is up to no end of fur. ''
q those who stay at Sandringham WI
II ~ouch. The queen, although not glver
e to practical joking now, as in her youth
e is quick to see the point in funny
&c story, and loves above all things Il
u hear an amusing recitation-aye. ant
ID enjoys a display of mimicry. if tn
g. mimicry be not i'll natured. We krcv
Is that she even insisted that one OF he
Is equerries IA very clever amateur actor
g should give an imitation of herself n
to Joke causes her the least amusemnt tha
as is not perfectly refined.
ei A year or two ago large party G
IN Youthful princes and princesses wer
IL laughing very heartily together in tn
III drawing-room at Osborne, when he
c majesty entered with Princess Beatrice
Ell She asked to be told the joke, and ate
y, good deal of hesitation your
): princess gave it as it stood. The jos
IL was rather, shall say, an advanced on
ed The queen did not smile, and her ebuk
an gentle as it was, made itself felt 'N
are not amused she replied, answerin
~ for Princess Beatrice and herself
l' Woman at Home.