The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07
TRA|N|NGF0RK|NG
. BEGINS IN YOUTH
Rigorous Course Mapped Om
for Edward VII. by His
Parents.
.PREcEPTs FOR EVERY HOUR
Young Prince Did Not Appre
ciate Efforts to Make Him
a Model.
PREcEPTs FOR EVERY HOUR
ny WILLIAM Il. STEAD.

as deputy governor OF Windsor Castle.
is custodian Of the private journali
and correspondence OF Queen Victoria,
has contributed to the new number OF
the Quarterly Review n remarkable ar
ticle on the education OF Edward VII.
1t is illustrated by copious extracts
from the private memoranda and In
structions of Queen Victoria and
Prince Albert. which are printed with
illuminating comments from the King
himself.
The article is OF special interest to
Americans as illustrating the exccs-
sive severity OF tho training which
in Britain is held to be necessary ia
equip man for the position Of mons
arch.
From his cradle up tho royal parents
set themselves to train their eldest
son for the throne. Nothing-not tho
smallest thing-was left to chance,
Not a week, not a day. not an hour
OF the time OF this precious youth
could safely or properly be wasted.
Other lads might occasionally run
loose in the spring time, and for other
boys 1t might be legitimate to plunge
into the region OF romance. But for
this boy the pages even of Sir Walter
Scott were closed. and he must cons
centrate. ever concentrate. upon mod
S1u idAS QdBcoS uPOu IlotOEys upon
the "scienceE"
Preccpts for Every Hour.
It Is no exaggeration to say that
every hour OF the Prince OF wales's
time. from his earliest boyhood until
the death OF his father. was mapped
out by his governors and preceptors,
and submitted for approval. 1t is no
mere praise, but sober fact. to say
that every day of the boy's life
report OF his progress was sent up 20
his parents.
When the prince was fifteen he re-
ceIved a moderate allowance sum
which would probably be thought
mean by many an Eton boy IN these
plutocratic days-out OF which he
found his own hats and ties and tho
small trifes indispensable to boys
toilet. and for which he accounted TO
the Queen. 1t was the first step along
the road to independence. The next
step was the privilege" to choose his
own dress (but not to pay for it) a
freedom accorded by the Queen with
some misgiyings. When he was seven
teen the Queen and her husband drew
up memorandum Tor the guidance of
the royal youth. Hero are some
maxims from this memorandum:
,s'It is a subject OF study and the
most difficult one OF your life how
to become good man and a thorough
gentleman.
ITO the servants and those below
you, you will always be courteous and
kind. remembering that by having en-
gagged to serve you in return for cer-
tain money payments. they have not
surrendered their dignity, which be-
longs to them as brother men and
brother Christians"
nd N ne nd W,
ly defined the outward social deport-
ment and manners necessary to dis
tinguish gentleman. Here are soma
more royal maXims:
"a gentleman does not indulge in
careless. self-indulgent, Longing ways
such as lolling In armchairs or on
sofas. slouching In his gait or placing
himself in unbecoming attitudes, with
his hands in his pockets.
TN dress no Will give scrupulous
attention to neatness and good TASTE
He Will never give in to the unfor-
tunately loose and slang styles which
predominant at the present day.
"a prince, particularly. should treat
all around him with the most sorupu-
lous good manners, civ1lity and att
tention.
How to no Good, Though Great.
HE should return every mark Of
respect. not only VITA tho most
punct1lious exactitude. but with an
appearance of good will and oor-
daily
The attempts OF the royal parents
to make the boy model OF all the
virtues and storehouse OF all Wis
dom were not appreciated by the boy
himself. Lord Esher says:
Without tho stimulus Of competi-
ton. surrounded by the disturbing in
fluences OF regal state. deprived OF
the free companionship of boys of his
own age, 1t is not surprising that the
Prince OF Wales. although he never
rebelled. passively resisted the high
pressure of his fathers system of
education, It was undoubtedly the
case, and King Edward. In referring
to those days, regretted the decision
which isolated him during the crucial
years of his later boyhood from con-
tact with his equals in age and intel
lectual attainments."