Ouve Dow London, Aug. 20
Tied to London still for at least some weeks longer Tread with absorbed interest descriptions of the Princess Royal's perfection as a hostess in Yorkshire, of Queen Mary's aptitude for country pursuits at Sandringham, and the preparations for tthe voyage next month of the Duke and Duchess of Kent to Australia where he is to be Governor-General The Duke's staff was oMelally announced yesterday: it consists of Seven male. secretaries, comptrollers and ADE'S, for the Duke, but only two ladies in waiting for the Duchess So unfairly even. among our democratic royalties are the relative comforts of men and women considered.
But an important' part of the re-me will be the nurseries—three children, two babies and six nuttes, The children are Prince Edward, swims the crawl stroke and thus has to keep her mouth open, makes her tongue sore, With. all this the currenlg in the Channel are so variable that the 22 miles as the crow files may lengthen to anything between 36 and 60. Miss Bauer is being directed by Mr. E. H. Temme of London, the only man who has swum the Channel in both directions, and one wishes her. well for she earns her living by teaching children to swim, and has been saving up for three years for this attempt,
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