Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-05
PRINCESS OF C0NNAuGHT
STUDIES TO Be NURSE:
Her Royal HighncSS Undergoing
81 Course OF Instruction in Lon
don Hospital.
MANY PATIENTS ARE RECEIVED
institution Was Established Back in
S52, and Was Largely Maintained
by subscriptions OF the Royal
Family
II, CI,tli, pIsIc,:.

"a. LONDON, january i'm these
SdaSs when nearly every member OF tav
gu war work. ii viii not come a. :,
Ssurprse to state that Her Royal lIi%n-
ness the Princess Arthur Of ConnuUSnt
IS undergoing course 81 training al
Queen Chariottc's Lying-in Hospital.
Every year nearly 2.upo pItIcntS are
received INTO the wards OF this very
old hospital and about the same NAM
Der are attended ANA nurseu IN thci"
ownNhcuscS. since the outbreak OF the
war over 5000 wives OF soldiers and
sailors have been attended through the
hospitals agency and in addition the
wives OF many members OF the colonial
forces as wei! as Belgian and other
refugees.
Tie hospital Is one of the Oldest o:
The great British hospitals. 1t was
founded In 1872 and from 1903 to ISL"
Ills Royal Highncss the Duke OF
SUSSEX was its president During his
presidency. every member of tn. royal
family WAS a subscriber TO its funds.
Queen Charlotte became its patron in
1910 and ever? since ii has enjoyed
AT present queen Mary and queen
Alexandra are its patrons. Her Royal
Htghness the Princess OF Connaught is
another OF It's patrons.
Before her marriage. the Princess
Arthur WAS the Duchess of i'itc.
Prince Arthur himself is one OF the
most popular members of the royal
family. He has been called the kings
understudy. by reason of the fact that
ne has represented the king at a num-
Der OF very important functions abroad
lie went to Japan TO invest the Mikado
with the order Of the Garter and when
he was IN Rome ATTENDING. the chris, :
ching celebrations OF ;he Kin. OF
italN's son. he was received in audi
cnce by the Pope Some idea OF his
popularity abroad may lie gained by
inc iact that ~ one iimc IL was scri-
ously limited that he would he ASKED
TO sit upon the Serbian throne
AS small boy IL was his great
ambition TO become a clocknakcr Tho
Duke of Conaaught--who il viii he
Governer-General OF Canada deter
mined TO show his son the error of his
choice and pretended TO take tho mat
ter very seriously y certain clock
maker used to attend at tho dukes
residence every week TO wind the
clocks and one morning His Royal
iiighncss broUgh, Prince Arthur to
MN ms hc was engaged in his work
and said: MY son has decided 10 be u
ciockmaker when ne grows up Will
you take him as an apprcuiire"' The
ciockinakc r was worry much aStoniShed
out staminercd a has;y assent. Very
We'll. said the duke, that's settled
Now. Arthur, You can take your frs,
lesson by helping Mir Blank 10 wind
'nn his clocks" For some time after
ward. the little prince made his week
~ rounds with the cloclimaker, hut
conclusion tina, he had chosen n tame
profession, and hcnccforth his orc de-
sire was 10 follow in his fathers foot
stcpS and join the army.
Prince Arthur is an enthusiastic sol =
der and he has had a thorough mill
tarE training ON one occasion when
ne was travelling by steamer along a
canadian, rive, he saw a man stand.
ing on the hank who was waving ,
pocket handkerchief tied to a SttrI
ihc prince Immediately pulled out his
own handkerchief aud waved harl,
again. WHY did YOU do that - asked
one or his suite. The man signnllrI
The words. Welcome to Canada. ANA
! SiEnallcd back again Thank YOU =
II is worthy Of note that though there
were number of officers on board mo
prince was tho only person who was
able to read the strangers mcssnr"
H. I. may he remarked en- passan, that
l.rince Arthur was some time aro
awarded u certificate of proficiency ns
an instructor from Tho famous Atdnr.
shot school OF Signaling
me Princess Arthur who hcror, NO,
marriage. was the Princess Alcxnn1r,
Victoria Alberta lHdwina Iou;sn
duchess Fife was born at East sheen
l.oCGc. Surrey. on May II. 1881 and j.;
eight wears Younger than the princn.
the title OF Duchess Of Fife came n
her as the eldest daughter and sur-
cessor or her father. who died i'm Et.v.,,
on January 80, lai2. after being shin
wrecked In tho liner off cane Sr,r,c1
IN lhe previous month Princess Alcy
andra was hcrSifc. together win hsr