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VERY few days after these lines appear in print Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, better known as Princess May, will become the wife of Prince George of Wales, heir to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland. In every sense of the word the marriage is a popular one. Of this no greater proof can be found than the way in which high and low, rich and poor, in all parts of the Empire, are vying with each other in selecting and presenting wedding gifts to the bride and bridegroom. Concerning Prince George much has been written. But of Princess May the outside world knows very little. This is but natural, seeing the retired life she has always led, and the peculiar sadness attending her first public introduction. Apart from this, however, the life of a young Princess is so very much more secluded than that of a sailor Prince in the direct line of succession that the difficulty of finding anyone sufficiently well acquainted with it has probably prevented any account of Princess May's girlhood hitherto appearing in print. And if she were to remain Princess May it is probable that these lines would not have been penned. But the fact that the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Teck is about to occupy a new and more exalted position, the position belonging to the wife of the Prince of Wales' only son, will, I think, be taken as sufficient reason for putting on paper a few conclusions drawn from personal observation of the Princess's every-day life. Of course it is not intended to go minutely into all the incidents of her girlish days: such a task would fill a book, and probably be little VOL. IX.-No. 50. B more than a catalogue of what other girls do at the same age. What I propose to do is to try and give a general idea of the Princess's chief characteristics. A model baby, that is if you mean by that a baby that never cries, Princess May certainly was not. Indeed, if report says truly, the little Princess, although a very pretty baby, was very much given to tears. Doubtless, too, the young nursery governess who looked after her early childhood did not have altogether a very happy time of it, as the little Princess dearly loved her own way, and, like many other children, was seldom happy till she got it. Princess May lived with her parents at Kensington till she was fifteen years old, and during that time her education was entrusted to foreign resident governesses. It must not, however, be supposed that she was left solely to the care of nursemaids and governesses. Her Royal mother took an active part in her bringing up, and always showed the greatest interest in all her childish amusements. At the age of nine, the nursery governess was succeeded by a German lady, who for two years devoted her time to teaching the Princess the rudiments of elementary booklearning. Two years later her education was entrusted to Mdlle. Gutmann, who remained with the Princess until she was fifteen. It was then considered advisable to engage the services of masters. About this time, the Duke and Duchess of Teck left Kensington for Florence, where they passed several winters. During the stay of the family in the northern capital of Italy, Princess May took lessons from Italian professors, and began to cultivate her taste for music, art and literature, a taste which developed very much under the tuition of Mdlle. Bricka, who had succeeded Mdlle. Gutmann, and still remains as companion to her late pupil. Signor Tosti, at that time a great friend of the late Duchess of Cambridge, was engaged to teach the young Princess music and singing, and under his tuition she proved an apt pupil. The popular composer took a keen interest in the Princess's progress, and devoted much time and attention to her musical studies, with the result that she is now a good musician. The Duchess of Teck always encourages musical people, and of late years the Princess has had every opportunity of meeting the most accomplished artists of the day at White Lodge. She is very fond of singing, and her voice, although not strong or of great volume, is sweet and sympathetic. For the modern love-song the Princess has no fancy, but prefers words more in keeping with her |