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v .KING OF ITALY'S CHILDREN,
HIDE IN DONKEY CART.
! Home seems to have a kind of mania
now for news bout the royal children
of Italy, who are every day becoming
snore interesting to the neonle at large.
There arrived at Rome the other day
from Racccnigi, the cart and pair of Sar
dinian donkeys which belong to the Prin
cess Yolanda. The whole turnout is the
prettiest thing possible, the donkeys, tiny,
fat'Iittle fellows, be.ng snow white, with
out a mark or hair or blemish, while the
cart is also white, and has, an .mmaculate
/white oanopy.When the two little daugh
ters of King Victor are in it, with the.r
immense white embroidery sun bonnets,
they form a most striking picture, espe
cially when they have YoJanda's little
pet dog, with his long white hair, between
ithem, only his assertive little face, with
Sts bright black eyes, showing in the
midst of the billows of their frills.
Yolanda, who is over 2V4 years old, her
self drives the. genDe little donkeys, and
does it very well, but is usually rendered
.violently indignant by the groom—spe
cially told off for the purposeinsisting
on walking bes,de the pretty cartload;
and it is most absurd to see her, when
arguments and anger have failed, try to
/wh.p up her steeds and outdistance him;
but the little white whip in her hands is
like a caress on their back, dnd only as
/the effect of causing them to turn their
heads to look at her, perhaps expecting
a lump of sugar. Yolanda's great ambi
tion now is to ride one of her pets, and ,t
will not be long before she is allowed to
do so,— "Philadelphia Evening Tele
graph." -
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