Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-16
PRINCESS MARY BRIGHT GIRL
Only Daughter of British Ruler is
Fond of Sports.
HAS NEVER CARED FOR DOLLS
Royal Company of Archers, Kings
Scotch BOdyEuard, an Exclusive
OrEnnization-wOm Head
of Clan.
BY LADY MARY MANwARING.

BY LADY MARY MANWAR1NG.
LONDON, July 15-(Special to The Bee)
All the girls in the empire feel intensely
interested. as is only natural in Queen
Mary's one little daughter. Princess Vic
toria Alexander Alice Mary playfully
called "the little jubilee princess" the date
of her birth being April, 1897. She is only
known by her last name and is always
spoken of as Princess Mary simply, being
now IA, and as full of fresh, natural en-
thusiasm and as fond OF sports as her
brothers. to whom she is devoted. She
has never cared at all for dolls and does
not even possess such thing as a dolls
house, but this is often the case with an
only girl. who naturally shares her
brothers interests.
The little princess once asked her mother
the question, Mother, what do you do
without toys?" And the queens reply was,
Children are the favorite toys of their
parents" an answer which sums up the
situation very neatly, If for the word
toys" we substitute that of Occupation"
since Queen Mary's whole attitude towards
her family partakes of that conscientious
and serious character which marks every
one Of her actions. whether in public or
private.
/ The appointment of the duke of Rox-
burghe to succeed Sir David Dundas as
one of the brigadiers of the Royal Com
pany of Archers recalls the fact that this
semi military force is one of the most
exclusive in Scotland, almost as exclusive
as the knights of the Thistle, the mem
bers forming the elite of Scottish society
They are the kings bodyguard for Scot
land. their formation dating back to 1876.
In their quaint uniform of Lincoln green.
ND vxyifHa nd wi
sent an imposing sight on the approaching
visit of the king to Edinburgh, when they
will have to present him with the custom
airy 'reddendo" Of three barbed arrows.
The king will inspect his bodyguard and
present them with new colors. The captain
general is the duke of Buccleauch, the
earl of Rosebery is a captain, the earls
of Elgin and Aberdeen are leutenants, the
marquis of Tweeddale and the duke of
Abercorn are ensigns, the marquis of
Breadalbane, the duke of Richmond and
Gordon and the earl of Mar are among
the hrigadiers, so that his majesty will be
well and nobly protected when he visits
the metropolis OF Scotland.
The Clan Menzies is one of the oldest in
Scotland and for long its chief conformed
to the Gaelic mode Of ruling his retainers
rather by patriarchal influence than upon
feudal principles. The last chief was Sir
Neil James Menzies, bart, who died not
long ago; and as he was the last OF his
race on the male side the honor Of chief
tainess comes to be possessed by the only
survivor OF the family, Miss Egidia Char
lotte Menzies, sister of the late chief. In
Gaelic the chief was styled 'Menairich."
1t remains TO be seen what the title OF the
| head of the clan will be. Unlike Helen
Macgregor, she will be able to walk abroad
without the necessity OF wearing the clay
more of her sires, which rests in Castle
| Menzies
Lord Rosebery's complaint that the Eng
| lishmans house Is no longer his castle re-
minds me Of an amazing incident that
happened within my personal knowledge
only a few days ago.
lady, on her at-home day, was sud
| denly confronted by two male callers, who
| turned out to be bailiffs. They insisted on
entering, and declared that her husband, g
professional man, owed a large sum OF
money on Photographic apparatus.
The lady teephoned to her husband who
| at some inconvenience had to search out
| the solicitors, and 1t was several hours
before the bailiffs were withdrawn. II
seems that the solicitors had simply looked
| out the name OF the debtor In a directory
and had dispatched the bailiffs under an
order Of the court. without the slightest
| o tempt at verificati N.
The person who owed for the apparatus
was somebody quite different, yet II is ex-
| ceedingly difficult to see what compensa.
tion can be found for the great shock and
humiliation thus wantonly inflicted on a
lady absolutely innocent