The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-06

Can sou curtsy2
1t was not the query itself, but the
manner Of the asking, that rather
struck CONSERVATION for the minute
10 nv heart, and stammered-'Why
yes, Yes, / know how to drop a
curtsy"
| Then do it. We are meeting the
Princess Mary" And the kings farm
err william MacWilliams, turned
around quickly y attend to his own
manners and I tried to SHIFT the in
evitable notebook, while 1 devoured
with my eyes the swiftly oncoming lit
tie party OF Princess Mary and her
two suuires. or attendants. who were
taking a canter thru the grounds of
Windsor castle.
Her long dark b-aids hung down
her back and she looked much like
one Of our own schoolgirls who are
athletic and wholesomely wei set up.
I was repeating those lines Of some
body's to myself and got as far as,
And as sweet as English air could
make her" when they were a breast
and 1 was looking frankly into the
eyes OF the princess.
Forgot to Curtsy.
And did I curtsy? oh, for mercy's
sake. I forgot it. 1 Know made
some little genuflexion of the body.
but not what I intended all along to
do. Why, 1 was going to do the real
thing Just as I had learned it at
dancing school
But I did curtsy in my heart. for
had heard much of the wonderful lit
tie princess during my stay at the
farm for few days. Just preceding
the breaking out of the World war.
We heard much OF how vigorously
and carefully she was being brought
up, trained in all the arts of being a
thoro English gentlewoman. the
daughter of a queen and the grand
daughter of Victoria
THE kings standard flies from the
castle this morning. Have a care
where you walk, was the text OF Mr..
MacWilliam's admonftion to us, for
the flying OF the standard notified all
that the kings party had arrived from
London for a few days at the castle.
and that all of the grounds around
must be kept strictly private. This
was not merely a precautionary
measure, but it was the Difference that
all of the attendants, of whatever de-
gree, showed to the king. who was not
only their employer, but their be-
loved sovereign as well.
Notables at Castle.
1t was, too, a courtesy which all
right-mipded folk extend to those who
crave a degree of privacy in their
own domain. The king of Spain and
many notables were at the castle. We
were to keep out of sight, not pry into
the doings Of the kings party nor spy
upon their goingS and comlngS, but to
mind our p's and as most assiduously
lea we bring condemnation upon our
generous host.
And here we were-right in the
path OF the princess. in a little private
road. a short cut from the Victoria
model dairy back to the farmers resi-
dence, and where We would not have
been under any circumstances had
We known that the princess might
have chosen that way to return to the
castle.
- Or, rather. they were returning to
the cottage at F'rogmore, where the
princess was quartered, as she was
not out in society yet, therefore could
not be part of the royal party at the
castle.
With her at the cottage was the
dear little Prince John. the idol of
the servants. his governess and the
retinue of their attendants.
A Regular Boy.
Many were the escapades told of
the little prince. who demonstrated
every day that he was a regular boy,
and had outgrown his governess,
whom he dearly loved, but whose
chaperonage filled his boyish soul
with rebellion. he wanted to be free
to go and come as he chose
One evening at dusk we were gath
cred in the Victoria drawing room, a
long room annexed to the farmers