The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-08-09

Get About to See the World
Breaks All Precedents and Deals
Directly With TaiIor-LateIy She
Has Taken to Doing Her Own
Shopping.
Princess Iolanda, the eldest child OF
the king and queen Of Italy, is visit
Ing London. She virtually bosses the
entire Italian royal family, including
her brother, Prince Umberto. She
has inherited her mothers beauty, but
not her timidity 1t was she who
planned her trip to England. Being
nearly twenty-one and not having
been out of Italy, she told her royal
mother that she must get about to see
the world.
Probably no commoners family have
lived such dull life as have the royal
children. Their mother was so afraid
that they would get wrong ideas Of
life that she rarely allowed them even
10 have friends in to tea. AS for go
ing to visit the children of her ladies-
in-waiting, such an innovation was
never even suggested. 1t was only
when the new governor Of the crown
took charge that a change came over
the royal family
Commander Bonaldi, as he was
when first he was made aide-de-camp
to the king, and later governor of the
crown, is a Venetian and a man of
70 mil hY1t mr. Of nnh1n Iinoo
He became a favorite with the royal
children, because he was youngish in
years and a cheerful, happy person.
They shared his society with that of
their brother, and whenever they want
ed anything they often talked 1t over
with Bonaldi.
Until this year the queen always or
dered clothes for Iolanda, as well as
for the other children, but now thar
Iolanda is grown up she prefers to
order her own dresses.
Deals Directly With Tailor
No doubt the question of separate
allowance for Iolanda might have been
held in allegiance had not letter been
received from an Italo-American tailor
begging the princess to fill in an in
closed form with her measurements,
stating what sort Of dress she would
like the patriotic overseas tailor to
make her The royal sewing woman
was called in and the measurements
taken and sent the same day, with a
letter from the princess saying that
she would like riding habit, as no
one had ever made her one which
fitted her perfectly. This step was not
according to royal etiquette, as
IOlanda should have sent the tailOr's
application to the secretarial staff OF
the royal household, who, in turn,
would have written formal note. In
closing the measurements. Instead, |
the princess is modern enough and
feminine enough to want to attend to
things in a hurry. She and her sisters
and her brothers all waited anxiouSly |
'or several months, and Mafalda, who
s terrible tease, worried her poor
sister Iolanda because an American
.ailor had wanted to play joke on
her
But after three months were over
box was brought to the royal resi-
lence, Villa Saboia, outside the Sal
lria gate, and in it was a wonder
lerful riding habit of covert cloth ana
llso skirt, in case the princess some
lines rode side saddle The suit
Itted beautifully, and other costumes
would no doubt have been ordered
tut the tailor refused to accept pay
nent for the habit, insisting that the
etter written so kindly and simply by
he princess was enough reward. OF
Curse under the circumstances, the
oval princess could not possibly ac-
ept further kindnesses.
This bit of independence on the part
t Iolanda led her to breach the sub
ect of separate allowance. The
latter was talked over with the friend
nd counselor, Admiral Bonaldi (for
e had been promoted). and finally the
ueen agreed.
Does Her Own Shopping.
Curing the last few months Iolanda
.. been shopping on her own account
nd has ordered several dresses, nearly
! of them coats and skirts. Her
lends say that it is this fondness for
,ats and skirts which has decided her
order some when she is in London.
ntil this year she never went to the
)era in the evening, as the queen is
great stay-at-home and prefers visit
z hospitals and charitable institu-
,ns during the daytime, which leaves
r ready to retire early at night.
This clustering around the home
,arth is not at all to the taste of
'incess Iolanda and her sister, Ma
Ida. They have gradually taken to
ing to the theater accompanied by
DISSEMINATING. AS no royal balls I
We been given for seven years,
ither has been introduced to the .
1er circle of society, which is their Z
hit, but 1t is certain that next win 2
; Ioianda must have coming-out. {
Society is not much in either of y
.se girls life, as they have been Q
ought up to love the open air. When {
er they have chance they 80 motor U
! around the country with only n
ntleman in waiting and a chauffeur. r
z latter has little to do as Princess =
lfalda has already been given her .