Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-04-18
TRAINING PRINCES.
Sons of Royalty the Hardest
Worked of All Children.
STUDY HARD FROM EARLY AGE
Late King of England Had Two For
eisn Governesses and Could Speak
Their Language FIuentIy When Ten
Years Old.

%'Si SONSIIiSSSSS anu SOulO SRGdN
Their Language FIuently When Ten
Years Old.
Il should put the princes of Europe
among the hardest worked boys in the
world declared an educational author
ity. King Edward said that the king
ship was "a worrying business" now
adays. and the prince does not wait
until he has the crown upon his brow
to discover that royalty has its penal
ties. The boy Of seventeen at oxford
today-Prince Edward, the heir to Brit
aims throne-could perhaps assure one
that las happy as a prince" does not
always express the summit of human
felicity says the London correspondent
of the New York Press.
Two royalties, the king Of Italy and
the king of Spain, were once in their
boyhood i'll grave danger of physical
collapse through overwork. The king
of Italy, at that time Prince of Naples,
had a working day of twelve hours,
eight being devoted to studies and four
to military and physical exercises.
Don't forget" one Of his tutors once
remarked to him. that the son OF 81
king. like the son of u cobbler, when
fool is q fool"
In their. anxiety to save him from
such fate they nearly drove the poor
youth into an early grave.
At six years of age British princes
have to commence their studies in ear
nest. At that age the late king settled
down to five hours of study a day UNI
der the tuition of a private tutor and
specially chosen French and German
governesses. Queen Victoria herself
had set the foundation OF his knowl-
edge by teaching him the alphabet.
The present Prince of Wales had the
same hours prescribed for him.
King George was perhaps lucky in
escaping some Of the education usually
inflicted on our royalties. His elder
brother, the Duke of Clarence, being
heir to the throne. Prince George was
not so strictly watched. At twelve he
was placed on board the Britannia,
anu dl lOullOGIl lie WIS Oh Tie lDuC-
chante enjoying Il voyage round the
world. When his brother died, In
1892, he was twenty-seven and had
spent the last fifteen years almost
wholly on the sea.
One Of the great troubles with young
royalties is to early inspire in them n
sense of dignity with a sense of con-
sideration for others. Princes fire.
quently have considerable notions of
their own Importance, and unless
checked it may lead to terribly disas-
trouS results. There is royal house
in Europe whose tenure of power is
peculiarly sisky, and it is notorious
that one Of the worst factors against
it has been the exceeding unpopularity
Of the heir to the crown.
IF Sycophants and fiatterers please
you, you must not expect friends" said
one of his holder comrades in parting
with him.
Foreign languages are one Of the
great troubles of the young prince. He
certainly will be expected to express
himself gracefully in French and Ger
man to whatever nation he may be-
long. The late king Of England had
two foreign governesses who so well
instructed him that he was able to con-
verse with fiuency in those languages
when he was only ten years Of age.
Foreign princes are in the unfortunate
position of having to learn English.
Perhaps the gift of languages has be-
come hereditary in royal houses. 1t is
remarkable fact that most of the Eu-
ropean princes are good linguists.
With seven hours q day devoted to
the ordinary subjects Of boys educa-
ton Prince Edward will find the rest
Of his time-he rises at o'clock-well
filed up with the "extras" that no
prince can neglect.