Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
LONDON, June ), 1913.

WITH the letting down of her frocks
w Princess Mary has made several
steps in the progress of growing
up. Her skirts now come to the tops OF
her shoes, but have been an unconscion-
ably long time in doing SO. according to
the opinion of many people about the
court. But Queen Mary is law unto
herself in all such matters. and not even
the faithful Lady Bertha Dawkins would
have dared to suggest the addition of a
few inches before her MAJESTY herself
thought of it.
1t was on Princess Mary's confirma ton
day that the all-important alteration was
made, and her new frocks ordered for the
summer are made the same length. But
a greater dignity still was conferred upon
her at the same time. She was given a
set of apartments of her own at Buck
ingham Palace. and next year she is to
have a lady-in-waiting OF course next
year lots of important things will happen.
for, in all probability. she will come out
Princess Mary's rooms are charming
suite looking out on to Constitution Hill
and over the Green Park, and were those
occupied by her aunt. Princess Victoria.
in the late King Edwards time. They
have been considerably altered of course.
to suit their young occupant. and Mary
was allowed a certain amount Of liberty
in the choice of colors and wall papers for
her new domain. There are five rooms al
together one of which is occupied by her
governess. Then there is the princess
bedroom. which has a pretty rose-pat-
termed wall paper. pink hangings to the
windows, a white bedspread embroidered
in pink roses and a pale rose colored
carpet
Out Of this is the schoolroom, nice.
large. light room, which will be converted
into her boudoir, when she outgrows the
schoolgirl stage. Here the walls and car
pet are a particularly restful shade of
green, while the furniture is covered with
a chintZ gay with roses The princess
books that fill the bookcases round the
room are bound in rose-colored leather;
prominent among these volumes are the
works of Ruskin. which her majesty likes
her daughter to read. Besides Ruskin,
there are volumes of memoirs of famous
people, biographies. history and travel.
and a few, very few. novels. The little
princess has probably read less fiction
than any other girl of her own age I'm
England. There is hardly any time for
them. for there is SO much that the poor
child has to know
Near one OF the windows stands the
princess desk. and i'm it lies the diary
that she has kept with the greatest regu-
larty every day for the last five wears.
AS she has already assisted at many cere-
monies and met a great many famous
folk. this diary. should 1T ever be pub
lished, ought to be most interesting read
ing piano stands near another win
dow. and in one corner of the room are a
pair of light clubs and a pair of dumb
bells with which her royal highness does
an hours light exercise every morning.
This is her fathers idea.
Out of this room is yet another which
Princess Mary calls her Workshop"
Here is a small gas stove. where she
cooks cakes and other light dainties,
about which her brothers char her
nightly when they are at home but
which they never fail to devour all the
same. 4 table stands near on which she
makes her pastry.
In the furthest corner from the win
dow is a table devoted to her photog-
raphy. at which her royal highness may
most often be found in her spare time
No need for darkrooms now, and Mary
does all her own developing and printing,
and on the shelves in the schoolroom are
the albums in which she pastes a print
of each Of her photos. These albums are