The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-07-28
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Princesses As Snapshotters.

That is a charming little story
which the Berlin ."Lokal Anzeiger"
tells of the very early courting days
of the German Crown Prince and the
Duchess Cecile, and which is probably
now told for the first time in Eng
land.
A few days after the young couple,
who were staying at Schwerin Castle,
had plighted their troth to each other,
the Prince challenged his fair financee
to an angling match, sport of which
both are enthusiastic lovers. For q
time they entered into the contest with
equal ardor, but at last the Crown
Princes zeal tagged in the absence of
encouraging bites, and be amused him
self by taking snapshots with his
camera of his more industrious rival.
After upwards of an hours patient
angling the Duchess was rewarded by
bite, and, with shout of triumph,
landed small Dream on the river
bank, and at that moment "cllck"
went the camera, and the proud feat
was recorded on the Princes film. A
few hours later the Duchess received
a copy of the picture, neatly mounted
by her Royal lover and beneath it, in
his handwriting, this legend: "Gefan-
pen-und ich auch'- -"Caught-and
| also"
The love of snap-shotting is one
which the Grow Prince shares with
many another Royal relative, notably
our own queen and her daughters.
Queen Alexander has several albums
filled with pictures of Royalties
some of them in unroyal attitudes.
There is one of her august husband
enjoying forty winks on the lawn at
Sandringham, and another of the
Prince OF Wales and the Gar Of Rus
sia, in tLeir younger days, playing at
lea p-frog, while her little grand-chil-
dren appear literally "all ends up" in
their gambols. There are several pic
lures in which tell-tale cameras are
seen levelled at Her Majesty, and a
very amusing one in which tripod
camera and a pair of trousered legs
are the prominent features-the Queen
had given "tit for tat" by swapping
the man as he was in the act of taking
her.
That Qneen Alexander looks with a
partial eye on these unlicensed men Of
the camera was shown on the occasion
of her bidding goodby to her son and
daughter in law as they departed on
their trip round the world. AS Her
Majesty chanced to see photograph
er adjusting his camera with the OBJ
vious intention Of taking her picture,
she turned abruptly and looked at him,
and the man, abashed, lowered his
camera, but she smiled such encour-
:agement that he was emboldened to
proceed, and when the deed was done
she further honorcd him by pretty
smile and inclination of the head
>" When the Shah of Persia visited the
King and Queen some time ago on
Board the Royal yacht, Her Majesty
snap-shotted him as he arrived and,
later, INDUCED him to face not only her
camera but that Of the Princess Vic
toria. Among the thousands Of pic
lures she has taken are very fine
photograph of the Kings acht, Rri.
annia, with the sailors reeflng the fore
sail, her grandchildren in their pony
cart, the Princess Maud in a railway
car, the Prince of Wales racing on his
bicycle, and the Prince and Princess
Charles of Denmark as lovers.
"She has, says writer who speaks
with authority, "prac.iced the art for
many years, and has large collection
of photographs of scenes she has visit