Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-05

STILL MOURN FOR EDWARD
King George Has Limited the Period,
but Quiet Prevails.
GREAT BLOW 10 TRADEsMEN
New Relgn VIA Bring English
child Life Into Prominence
Training of the Royal
Children.
BY LADY MARY MANwARING.

BY LADY MARY MANWARING.
LONDON, Jupe 4-(Special Dispatch to
The Bee.J-Although King George has
limited the time of public mourning for the
late king and is doing all in his power
to soften the blow IN the tradesmen who
depended in large measure ON the LonuOn
season. society will practically be at
standstll Tor some time to come
1he death OF King Edward and the ac-
CessiOn OF George and Mary will make
many changes in the royal residences ana
in society Some of these l have pointed
Out in previous dispatches. Others Will
probably interest Americans.
The new reign viii see nurseries in the
kings palaces. When King Edward
assembled the throne his children were ali
srCwn up Princess Henry OF Battenbers,
the youngest OF queen Nictoria's large
family now in her fifty-fourth year, So
mat a court which shelters children is UNI
familiar to the present generation. queen
Sldry won for herself the reputation
vi being one OF the best mothers in
IJritaIn. She is thoroughly practical ana
mas studied deeply the question of the
education of children. The royal children
are brought up Simply and sensibly; they
are neither coddled nor INDUCED, nor yet
warped by Spartan rigor. Health and hap
pihess IS the guiding rule vi the royal
nurseries, coupled with those ideas wnicn
are sometimes labeled Uld-Iasnioned, where
~ a cnnd is taught that its highest duty
10 himself is to fulfill his duties to God
and mis- neighbor. There will, no doubt, be
cnildren's parties at Buckingham palace
and Windsor castle which will probably
|
N the days of queen Victoria.
raining OF Children.
In this connection the training of royal
children is of interest, particularly those
who are in close and direct line to the
| throne.
The monarch of our times has to be a
man of varied capacity, more varied in
deed, than any of his subjects, and for
this the most careful and painstaking
preparation is required from the earliest
years. In days gone by king was usually
a person whom fate had made the most
privileged OF mortals, and who usually en-
joyed his Fortunate lot by making merry.
with perhaps an occasional interlude when
he was conducting a military expedition.
Love and war have been the chief activi-
| ties OF most kings of past centuries. Today
1t is a different world, with progress as
watchword and efficiency the eternal aim.
A king is the chief executive officer of a
nation, and modern state Is an exceed
i ingly complicated organization, over which
only thoroughly trained monarch can
/ hope to preside with success
| One OF the earliest rulers to realize in
modern times what was required of him
was Peter the Great of Russia. He early
became aware of the tremendous RESPONSE
bility of his position, and with ex-
traordinary energy and determination he
set about making Russia great nation
Among contemporary monarchs probably
no one has had more severe training In
youth than King Victor Emmanuel OF
Italy. As a boy he was placed under
Colonel Oslo, a stern disciplinarian, who
was his constant companion. Oslo. whom
Victor Emmanuel afterwards made a count
ruled him with a rod of iron. The youne
prince was entirely out of the care of his
royal parents. and when he tried to get a
holiday, Oslo invariably ridiculed the idea
of leaving his studies to indulge in frivoI
GUS amusements. The aim of the prince
education was that he should know some
thing about everything and everythinl
about something, and the result is that tn,
king OF Italy is both a scholar and
statesman of the first order. He is nC
mean scientist, and those who know hin
intimately declare he is the most cultured
sovereign in the world. At the same tim,
he Is the most athletic of European mon
archs. Since becoming king he has don,
much to restore Italy's prosperity
The ruling house of Prussia, the Hohen
zollerns, represent a very rigorous tradi
ton in the making OF monarchs. TIL
! EaiSaP'S ar hoHr %
exacting military discipline and continuou
study At 10 years of age crown prime
of the Hchenzollerns ceases to belong I,
the nursery and comes under military con
troll. The kaiser is, of course as excep
tional man, and his many accomplishment
and range of activity would need volum
at least.
Learns a HandIcraft
) The kaiser's son and heir, the crow
prince, has been just as severely brough
up as his father was. Like every Hohen
zollern prince, he has had to learn
handicraft and so became a carpenter IL
has also studied engineering thoroughly
2 and has done practical work at leading en-
, cheering works
a Even IL the heir to a throne belongs Z
! the fair SEX discipline is the keynote
e Queen Wilhelmina OF Holland was mos
carefully trained in the art Of cooking, S
that she is now an excellent judge of
. dinner aud keen critic of a menu. as be
[ fits monarch who has to exercise he
l diplomatic powers when entertaining tn
representatives of other powers TIL
course of study Wilhelmina had to folio,
would make most young people shuddei
for she had to turn her girls mind I
political science, international and con
sututional law, the art and science O
public administration, history, and tn
legal and moral relations of the sovereig
] to the people. Her life was absolutely sim
= pie and healthy.
= Peculiar legal privileges attach to IN
= position Of the queen consort The wifi
. OF the reigning king of England 4
e some respects is not In the same legal pos
}. ton as other married women. In the day
g OF the old law, when a married woma
was almost entirely subservient TO her nus
band, the privileges OF the queen Censor
I were many and important. And first,
says Sir William Blackstone "she is a pub