The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-25
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 The Princess Prisciila's Fortnight, by the author of Elizabeth and Her ter man Garden. A runaway Princess we have here who cannot run away from love and lovers, They spring up ike daisies even on the streets of little English hamlets.
 The Princess has a desire to run away. The author tells us that all wo- men have a desire to run away. They are only one and all prevented rom doing so by a law against 1t made oy men naming Running Away the one thing utterly unforgiveable. But the Princess had besides the desire to run away an unwise, verX learned olo teacher who allowed himself to be com manded to help her Grand Ducal Hlgh- ness to run away. ,., A very noble Prince for loVer brought things to a climax LoHe,5 before had been many, but there had been no Accepted Lover, ana ths cess, father had made this one the Ao cepted Lover. ...or
 That made the difference and deter mined the Princess Priscilla 10 run away. ,.t.
 She ionged for the Simple Life.
 The first sign post on the way to tlS Simple Life was marked pS '"o of policeman.
 The Princess and the Wise old man: her teacher. are held up by one or thsse guardians of the law TOT ru ing their runaway bicycle Withoue is lights Next step to the simple iIIe ID riding in a car with gosslplng ola Mo men munching lunch and spii,ihs 2 nr,,,,hs s~ and making spoiled children Next step to the simple life was oa.sinp in rattling four wheeler Puekingham Palace on the way to Fad dington. .. n,,,.e with never a bath in reach ana d Ia, eoln anron woman serving English bacon smell of the frying of which already nervaded the house and premises.
 Another step taking common name ruf the unwise teacher has. aireadS taken another for both therefore th' hyphen must come at once into pla! for Miss Newmann- Schultz
 Another fatal step the encounter o the impertincnce of the one maid snug gIed over. ,or Then a kiss by the quite as 1mper tinent son of the good pastor.
 Next the enmity of the wife of th' good pastor. Then offer of marriage from the young squire of the village.
 Then homely hunger.
 The maid won't cook, The Wist teacher can't cook, the Princess did no' know cooking had to come.
 Newt step to simple life. shapos clothes. the one dress would veal dowdy in two weeksl time.
 Next step lack of money.
 Next step debt. A.. .., IT is but A sordid way down to the simple Life after all, and contentmen with the lot wherein we are placed Il as Iaudable perhaps in Princess a' in a peasant
 Priscilla rejoiced as she should wnei the Prince came into the cottage ah' announced that the engagement was that the Countess chaperone was d hand, that with her were trunks ant If such a fortnight ever happened U any princess no doubt the experience of it made her happier ever after.
 The little romance is one Of quah huroor. dear delight, and piquant, pleas ant situations. The very book Tor nook in some old garden Just pul se0ii ing with March bloom-buds.
 ouy Little Mexican Cousin. by Ed ,,ard q Butler. One of series deIiehtfuI and interesting books re counting the events and incidents chgId life in other lands. Little pleas ing penny practicals that permit chli dren to peep into the lives or tnel @ cousins of America, Cuba, Hawai- .s lIe land, IEaiys NOEN dy' OA " 1S, Siam. Turkey and of many other ldIu' ' Quaint customs of Old Mexico are re lated in this particular volume or th series. lit
 The custom of pouring a bottle Q champaRne over the household clocf thus christening the new year. AIS the Rruesome custom of burying CLOG to designate the burial of the old veal
 "JJpon a table in the centre or th room candles surrounded small conn ,non which was a clock set to sto when it reached the hour of midnlgh Inst at that moment the clock was pu into the coffin and buried in the gar den. or patio, as If it were dead per son. Strange as it may seem, the Mex ican children, as well as older peopl' found much fun in this ceremony, an after the mock funeral all engaged l dancing"
 The life of the two little friends, Ju anita. the child of wealthy parents, an of Rose, the child of an artisan, famil iarize little readers with both the GUS toms of life in a vivenda, tenemer fiat. and that of home of luxury.
 A Mexican dinner is lusciously de rived from mole, a dish of turkey sea soned with tomatoes. chilli pepper cloves, chocolate, cumin, raisins garli and other spices, (richer than Soutt ern gumbo!) to frijoIes and dulces
 Description of a day at school fo lows. during which the teacher tel the pupils stories of the heroes Mexico, Hidalgo, Ytenbide and Juare These stories are retold for the info