Evening star., 1914-07-14
INTIMATE LIFE
OF QUEEN MARY
Less Heard and Known of Her
Than of Most Woman
Rulers.
is INTENSELY BRITISH
IN ALL HER SENTIMENTS
Has Carefully Guarded the Training
and Education of Her Children,
Model Mistress.


LONDON. July 4.-Though ROYALTIES
practically live in the limelEht. less Is
heard and known of Queen Mary. owing
to her dislike of publicity, than Of most
queens. and the writer considers himself
fortunate to have come across one who
could tell of the intimate life led at Buck
ingham Palace. Windsor and atSSandrng-
ham.
y very special interest attaches TO the
private home life of those exalted person.
ages who dwell in palaces. That side OF
then lives touches the common bond OF
human feeling The queen pouring OUT
tea with her husband and children around
her appeals more TO the average MIND
than the queen glittering in jewels at a
court function.
Queen Mary Is well known to he in
renseIy British in her sentiments. and IN
nothinE is her majesty more thoroughly
national than in her home life In each
Of the rcval palaces is 2 suite of rooms
DESIGNATED the private apartments.
which form the inner shrine of family
life. There are situated the private sit
ting rooms of the king and queen, the
dining and drawing room for family use.
the sleeping apartments and the nurseries
and schoolrooms.
The rovaI family have outgrown the
nurseries now. and Prince Iohn relgns
alone in the Schooroom. the four elder
princes being away from home. the Prince
of Wales AT oxford. Albert with his SNIP
Henry an Eton and George at Broadsta1rs
Princess Mary. too. is only engaged no"
with her finishing studies. Probably
the queen would take exception 10 the
uord finishing for she teaches her chill
dren that their education goes on through
life: II is never finished.
Whether the court is al ROYAL W lndSor
OF at Rockingham Palace the queen $
home life specially centers in the private
apartments. There her individual tastes
sre chiefly seen. The furniture is almost
exclusively of British manufacture. Ar
tistic things may have been copied from
foreign designs. but the workmanship is
British When the queen left Marlbor-
ough House for Buckingham Palace she
took with her the furniture which had
been specially made in this country for
her rooms
Queens Esthetic Taste.
The queen Is fond of rich materials in
upholstery. as in her gowns, and lovely
silk brocades and velvets woven on the
Spitalfed Braintree looms are used
in her rooms and in the state apartments
also. Carpets, curtains. chintzes all come
from home manufacturers.
Her majesty has a fine collection of
water colors in her rooms. largely of
English Landscapes, garden scenes and
groups of flowers. These have been
chosen by herself when visiting picture
exhibitions in London The queen is
really a Judge of pictures and rarely
misses good exhibition. AS girl when
N Florence, she made some pretty
sketches of landscape scenery. and at
one time was an enthusiastic photogra-
pber. but these accomplishments. and
music and singing also have occupied but
little of the queens time during her busy
married life
She is very fond of reading. and.
strange II may seem, she often covets
IN vain little leisure in her home life
for this recreation Her book shelves
show her taste to be chiefly for his
tcrical works. books of travel and those
dealing with social and economic ques-
tons. She is not great reader Of
either novels or poetry Needlework. for
phiianthropic purposes and for presents
10 humble friends, occupies much of her
hardwo leisure.