New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
KING GEORGE At HOME
,;,ds Much Delight in Time
Spent with His Children.
INTIMATE FAMILY LIFE
,,sen Mary, Too, Is a Devoted
' Mother, and the Royal
Home Is Ideal.

vinc George and Queen Mary alike,
=, is essentially the centre OF attraction
N~ .s.ction and the chief place of personal
hl SAWS Mary Spencer Warren in
res.mberss Journal. This love of home
,s,nguished their majcsties all through
married life. and the pure and en-
V.u,c influence of domestic joys has not
~. enriched their own lives. but il must,
e.,.er force of circumstances, permeate
". nhase Of social existence throughout
o" ,ooing years No more devoted hus-
w. and wife and no more devoted parents
~ existed: and I'm the past, when the
- duties and burdens OF state had not
,'olced upon TER majesties, and when
rere enabled to live the life of quiet
.,-,,icitv in their NOrfolI; home-to see one
70 see them all. Father. mother and
,n,-sn would ramble. ride or drive to-
.n.r and while in the house the parents
Oar more Of their children than IS often
csse in the families not only Of the
..ocracy but Of even the middle classes
,asal life. but just a continuation Of a
.,. Of things which was inaugurated in
-. ,oval family at the commencement Of
ns Victorian era .-
ro great extent the old order Of things
,,us Quite naturally the requirements
,, .,s,. must he observed. and there must,
;, ..cessitv. be an everyday formal ETH
,.,,.. bu, the inner life is as simple as
!. !, nossible 10 make it, and husband and
~. are fond but wise father and mother,
Ia N. children look on their parents as
mir true friends.
take q typical day in the royal life. and
4, rII, be found that every one is astir by
o'clock in the morning (often the King Is
...irg horse riding exercise before that
,,n,, in readiness for the duties OF the day.
Ava here II may be said that all duties are
rk.n seriously; no putting off a task be-
,.pse II happens to be irksome Right
,,,oush the family, duty for duty's sake is
motto kept well in mind Breakfast is
aver later than 9 a. m. and is taken en-
camille in the good oldfashioned way. Dur
rs college and school terms two Of the
.,,s are absent. one at Dartmouth and one
=. nriyate school at Broadstairs; but all
:, home assemble in the oak dining room.
y at Windsor. or the breakfast room Of
,h.ir majesties wing. IL at Buckingham Pal
arc Needless TO say. the incest of manners
n-,yail with the young people. Their fa'her
10. wears of naval discipline behind him.
,,er mother is naturally domestically meth
o,;csl. so that there is an utter absence OF
ur,leasantness arising from spoiled and
Ns.sreeable children. so often the case in
nnlly life. The King and Queen seem TO
have hit the happy medium between too
s.at strictness and too great Indulgence
end they see that this is carried out
throughout the court. No pampering. no
twrins. no foolish indulgence from friends
and tutors. Dlgnified simplicity is the key
note. and Il all goes TO a moral and mental
training which will result in the welfare
end happiness Of their majesties' sons ana
laughter, and. incidentally, those with
whom they will be brought into contact IN
their future years.