Little Princess once Dumb Taught to Speak Little 11-yéér-old Princess Surrendra of Patiala, once deaf and dumb, talked to the correspondent of the "Daily Herald" recently. Birdie, as she is known to her schoolfellows, is daughter and heiress of the late Maharajah of Patiala.
"I was dumb, so dumb," she, said, as she shook hands with me solemnly. But now I speak and I hear a little too. I love England, and I am so happy here I want to stay" But soon she will be returning to Indià for her betrothal, and she is learning Hindustani from an Indian nurse.
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