NovEMBEa 2s, 1925--
- ` ; ___ THE CHARLOTTETOWN' GUARDIAN g
~ " -mea Niall
sa daughter Mary was some years
0...., n... .he ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,, ,,,, I Familiar' Pictures of the Late Beloved 'Queen Alexandra
TIIE IIIIIIISII BRIDE liliil GAVE . .
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p g p b them
and many were the visits paid by
Alexandra to Rumpenheim-on~the Mil". H lphx. large palace which be- l0ll86d t0 IM11‘i'y's grandfather, the Landgrave Frederick of Hesse, and' where several Royal courtships
-_Po-*_ ` I were helped forward.
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“Sea K1I1B"S Daughter From Over Sea” Be- i.‘§?;..¥.‘3“.‘.‘§‘..“`..§'”°°°”°“.”°'° ‘“ "‘°. -
loved oi Nation.-A Gracious Q.ueen.- _2_I."°"..°.“$'."2‘3.'3.‘;‘I.’.f’.l‘ 'E25 ‘§.§?.I2 Her Life Crowded With Momentous »’i»‘i»f.’5’-"'.l'.».'.’Ii`.i.I‘..”."..'.’i2'§..ét.“?i.°.3 Events.-An llxa mple to Womanhood. I‘..".'..i".“Z.".-'.sZ‘2.";‘i.“.l. 2I§."..'i.‘ii.,’€il.!.‘3
The gracious lady whonl we have
all known as Queen Alezandra-the consort of Hia lille Mniellly KIDS Edward VII..-has been called "the meg; exquisite fig-ure that has ever graced the story of the British Royal House." Quietly and without parade or show -this "Sea King's daughter from over ~thc Sea” fulfill- ed the high tests of her exalted station and was n0De -.the less a tender-hearted woman' because she was also a Queen-
Whnt Qu-een Alexandra has nctu-`
ally done for the British people can scarcely be computed, a thousand deeds must needs sink into obliv- ioll, ibut she has consistently be- friended women and children the unemployed sold-lers and sailors hos plitals and nu-rsea and home indust- ries. Neither must it be forgotten gnnq, .Her |Majesty has over set an ex- ample of sweet alld lofty woman- hood coupled with absolute sincere- i-ty in word and deed and that abc has set a lofty standard by her per- fect domesticity and true mother- hood.
df is somewhat difficult to believe
tha; two gellerfutiolls have elapsed since Alexandra made her triump- han-t and never-to-be-forgotten entr- rance into the heart of the British Empire and .the affections of its peo- ple. During all his time the royal lady had worked asallluously for tho welfare of the people, indentified herself with their inte-rests and synl- pa-thized with them in :their uffle-ct- ions. This long pefiod of l-ler Ma- Jeety’s life has been full of memor- able and historical events, and full of the joys and sorrows common -to all humanity. Always. however, the Empire's love and reverence has been with her. and its love and loy- alty was as surely hers in her last years as it was when she shared the t-hrone of Great Britain.
When -A-lexandra went from Den-
mark to England ln 1803 as a girl of nineteen and the bride of the heir- apparent to -the British throne, she quickly won the hearts of the Brit- is-h people by her beau-ty grace and charm. During the rest of her lollg life she showed so strong a sym- pathy for the people of her adopted country ibalt the weight of her years and sorrows only more flrlnly en- deared her to the -British public and the people of -Greater Britain be- yong the seas. The interest taken in her was a personal one, in- creased with every new story of her kindness. _ _' Lord Tennyson never spoke more surely and prophetically than when he addressed the bride of 1863 in his
,‘ stately "Welcome to Alexandra":
“-0 joy do fhepeople and joy to' the
throne,
-Come to us, love -us and make ua
your own
ii~‘or Saxon or Dane or Norman we. Tculon or iCelt. or whatever we be, We are each all Dane in our wcl-
come of thee,
Alexandra!"
A STRIK ING CONTAST.
"- The contrast betwedn Great Brit-
aiu he it was when Alexandra en- tered the count-ry as a bride, and as it was on her death, is a striking one. In 1863 .there were no tele- phones, no automobiles.no‘ electric lights.-only the quietness and calm routine of -the Victorian A89~ The flying-machines, the phouographs and the wireless ielcgraphy of our whirling days would have seemed .in 1863 only such figments of a tairy~tule as a flying-horse a magic carpet, or n magician’s feats Oi bringing genii om, of space to do his will.
M-r. Gladstone speaking on some
special royal occasion in the House of Commons, referred to the \vife of the -then Heir Apparent ill this courtly phrase: "Tho Princess oi Wales has permitted the nation to lovo her."Tho greatstatesman itouch ed -the right, ante. and it was re- echored throughout -the -British Em- pire when Queen -Alexandra cele- brated on March 7. 1923, -the Din- -mond Jubilee of her arrival in the United ~K-ingdom for her marriage- On March 7. 1868, the Sea KihS'=i -daughter landed on British shores sa simple~bred. unsophisticatcd girl of nineteen, whose striking beauty had been so loudly trumps-ted abroad that some disappointment might have been anticipated.
This was felt by Mr. Justin .Vic-
qf the great, novelist nw in that for children and elders. lt was here Mayor and Sheriffs. was afterwards were invaluable. For want nflfrom single ruby or emerald. On n':e:1ts. The Princesa. whom the radiant virion of hrldul beauty mov- than one day. when thc Princesses formed. the route traversed being clothes me .Prince first sul, was s,hcr second visit, the young Turk- s r did not know. examined and ing along the have to the alter, one were entertaining their friends. via London Bridge Mansion House. layer of cotton wool kept in piace|lsh Princesses dressed the Prin- Ul'“I!°‘1 U16 W°l‘k» Ind ‘lf°W f\'0ih
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to her, strangers ln a strange land. l`t Look three hours for the coni- pany to pass the throne and the Princess was fresh and smiling to the end. Again we seo her arriving uv the old hall at Sandringhanl as the “aqui-rc’s ibride, -und in -the little village church she partook of her first English Communion on the Easter Day following her marriage.
ill the London season which suc- cecded she began her wonderful r-sign at Marlborough iHoulsc as Princes.-l of Wales leading society in place of the sorrowing Queen, and performing innumerable pub- lic duties with tact alld charm and always ready to respond to the call of the suffering and needy.
.She lived before the world, too,
as u de-voted wife and loving moth- cl-, crewting n beautiful home life a-round her. -ln the evening of her life, gl-alldchildren and greq,t-grand- children brightened her widowed condition at Marlborough House and Salldrillgllunl.
For the -colnpa-rativcly brief in-
terval oi' barely ten years-1901- 1910-Queen Alexandra. adorned thc position of Queen -Consort ati lillclliii-gllulll Palace. n period full of anxious care regarding Klllg Edwurd’s health after his nearly fatal illness on the eve of the Cor- nutioll in 1901. This was :tho second tim., she had seen her husband at the goto of death and helped to nurse him Ito life again.
-it its impossible gorecall here the
wide field of Queen Alexandra's personal autlvities. The lie-t would bc too long. But i|_ is hardly too nluch to say that there has scarcely been an inst-l-tation-scarcely a hos- pital, society, or club. scarcely a movement or an appeal which has for its aim the non-political re- form of some injustice, the allevia- tion of misery. desititutlon, or ili- fortune, the -cure or prevention of sickness or the -reward of humlble courage. ithat cannot bear witness to some direct or indirect act of sylnpat-hy or assistance. To feed ithn' hungry, to clothe the naked, to heal the sick, to bring consola- loll into the -homes of mourners, to opell ollt all avenue of hope for the wounded in l|fe`s battle-these have been the cares of Queen Alexandra throughout her long stay in -the country of her adoption. -Close ever beneath the surface the womauly hear; throhbed in sympathy with life's incidents and accidents, and Queen Alexandra ,was not less her- self when bellt on some half- istealithy srrand of mercy, and when. scarcely more -richly dress- ed than the little one's nurse she comforted a child in a hospital bed. 'than when, in all the splendor of her royal position. a blaze of cata-racting diamonds and pearls she stood beside the lalte King on the dais of the Throne itself. Through all her life'-s work ran the same golden thread of tactful. often of silent intervenions. Many and many a lame dog has gone re- joicing on his way again, -all ig- norant that the hand that helped him ovor the stile was that of .the gracious lady whom ithn world has known since 1910 as the Queen Mother.
HAPPY CHILDHOOD.
Princes-n lAexandra Caroline
:Marin Charlotte Louisa Julia was the eldest dang-hiter and second ch-lid of Prince Christian of Glucks burg and lPrlncess Louise of Hesse. At the age of sixteen Prince Christian was received as the adopt cd sou of Frederiock Vi. of Den- mn-rk, and eventually came to the throne of that country as Christ- ina lX. llis home before his acces- aioll was tho -Gulc Palace Copen- hagen. nlld here his eldest daughter was born on December 1. 1884. She wus nnmod Alexandra, after the ai-ster of All-xnndcr ll. of Russia. The life ol' the Princess and her sisters was very quiet and domestic hi-r iuilllet".-\ lncomo 'being so eiliilll that molly econonlies had fo be practised; time the children were ill the habit, when coming in from u walk, of changing their pretty frncksffor less spoilable overalls, they were taught to -be tidy in their own rooms and learned how to make tht-ir owll clothillg. They had n resided Swiss lady as governor and various professors taught nnem different subjects. Alexandra rtceived her first English lesson on
Many stories show how careful
aa. a ma ber concern
ing which Alexandra felt a healthy
Mamma, l ha/ve worn that pink
she aslked her mother why she and
knew wore. ami wa-s told -that that kind of muslin cost -so much to get UD- The Princess wisely said no lnore. ibn-t later pointed out to her filiher the beauty of a pa-rticular muslin dress which, alas- she could
than with the economic barrier to it's fulfilment, persuaded Princess
A FATEFU_L MEETING
When Prince Albenf. Edward. son
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not obtain. The father more -sym-I pathetic wan the childish desire’
l-Galle for ence -to sive the girls; the frocks they wished for. i
and heir of Queen Victoria, was, but nineteen, u, friend drew fromf his pocket u photograph, intendingi to show the face of his betrothed.y instead he drew out a portrait ofi Princess Alexandra of Denmark, one which greatly interested theI young Prince. The next day, call- IIIB upon the Duchess of Cam- bridge, he ‘saw the same face in miniature on her -table, and ifhusi 118811" h-is first interest: in hisl Princess. in the autumn of 1861-
-Lhe -Prince went to Germany. and* there in the cathedral at Speyer he. BBW H party approaching aim, in. the midst of which was the falrl Hive he so much admired. The yelllle people were introduced tc- eacll other and went round the cathedral togathcr. That this meer. Ing “lid ll Slfhsilllent one at I-leldel berg were not altogether accidental' la shown by the fact .flint me -Prince -Consort entered ill his diary: “*`We hear notlliug but excellent]
lhfit the Prince and 'Princess aguinI
accounts of the Prlllc- . Ale -' . ,- - shin-n....'rhc young pedgii, ,.....,f,’ Em,,|.-.,.w.n, giiev is heme expressed to the Rays' Family upon the dcnfn of Queen Alexandra, at
te have taken ,I w,,,.m Hkmg fm. her N°rf°lk h°m¢» Sim'-I‘”'“ii_I"*"" ln the pictures at the upper left the is shown with her sister, file each other." The death of the- °"'E"""`"° Man' °f R“s""°’ and I’°'°‘”- I" °"° °f I‘°" '"°“ "°°°"° Pleiures. At the nlaht above she is Prince Consort, in 1861. put aside 3l‘°W“ as SIN =PP¢a"°d`=¢ the Um* of her marriage to King-Edward, then -Prince of Wales. and bcitm. all thought of lual-riage. and it was °"°i °f UW |35* Ph°¢°9|‘=PhS tak" with her husband.
not until nearly a year had paseed‘ ’“'“i_*f‘-"'~.~*r~-‘ -
met, und then at Rumpenhelm. A TW° day” m§er.me~ Lord May(-If ce” AI““"‘I“ She replied "Please alarm .the Princess and Mrs. Grey
little later an arranged meeting and other mem"“I“ °_l 'Il “‘"1’°'* l would like -to have Bismarc-k‘s were hurried off to the shore nnd
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was made at Belgian Court. by 5,33 °";I;‘;I;;:Ilfe(‘;f :ge l°);IiIf§;‘;‘s°fAIi-;’\ head on a charger. the -fire, which had origin ated in
which.time rllmor had so s reudf ` D' ` ` ' a lighted and for obten candl as that at n picnic to vlunrs Aih-hey n.“."""‘ “,_‘,"””‘°"" "9§“"‘”e ““" 9” ' SVMPATHY wlrl-l suFFEn|No. nut out by hlmsglf and his indie. number of country girls dressed iuirmgs -W wif! at ,L_ 0000' O.“ I The wooden boat was scorched by white pre.ented u bouquet fn fneir""°w“'.g ‘I“" ""I"r“Il 10 186” 1 1 We hear much ofthe Princess's the fierce sun. and there was a yenng .pr?nee,,s_ The p,.i,,ce w,,SiW€diIIlll€v_lU0K P11102 'll ills Chill* kindness ill visiting hospitals.`0nce great number oil cartridges on ,,,0_St -l0v,_,r_Hke_ and when Alek ltoyul illndsorin the presence 0i'_ nt Great Ormond street Hospital, board. so that a terrible dan-ger
nnnm made a Sketch 0( the mmsrveli’ i`lll"l9l0US §lSS0iIllll.V- This Wafl London, the children were discuss- had been averted,
he promptly took possession of itlme MSI' ""“‘"'“‘g" celebraled "ft ing \vho had the best Christmas' ,
Queen Victoria visited Brussels inI"VI“‘lS‘f' 'since mul °t "Ie“"`y lf" present. A child of nine pu-t an end AT SANDRINGHAM.
September' 1862' and me _betmuml 1122. 'lhe ceremony was most lnl- ,U it by saymg nl was here before . I mek p1,,cea,,h,3,P,,|,,ce of L,wke,,_ l>0SIht-’.. evefylllliig \_\'11\-l '-"1-IDWIIIY in the summer and the .Princess At Sandringham. their Norfok- The betrothai was announced in managed' and “°L_“ Smgle “Itch 0°' of Wales came to give us all flow- home, ihoth King and Queen (as London on the eve of the Prince’s cu-Fred' Q‘""`"‘ V"“l°"I“ was °‘"“’I’I' ers. Mine were -tied with a ribbon- -they became in 1901) were-intense~ birthday. and directly nftcr this °“°“5 I” deep I ¥“°“1'°Il1S in th* s. ribbon she had .worn, m-ind!" ly loved-and respected.`.Many are -the young Princesa went on' her`R°y“l Cwset' N°'hI“g °°“Id`- he After a minute"s impressive pause the stories which the country peo- Ivl-‘Ilt 1° the Queen. und. with the "me l"°‘,“’eS‘1“° ll""1,tl1e S¢°11° she added. "-l'vc got if now." A plc fell. not -the least amusing he help of Princess Mary bought the when' “mmtit "ae “°“"d ';fu‘I"';'t'§- clergyman in the east-end, London, ing of an old woman whom Alex- greater part of her trouaseau. Cop- and tmmpe. ' t e pmces' ° .- W told once oi’_0. ribbon hung over andra found knitting stockings. enhagen was en fate for days be- an ‘the gorgemls :mee of “Informa the fireplace of one of the p00rest Taking up a stocking which was fore the -Princess left, and the Dan-Eand b@i1Uiil'ul‘ -tollettes. moved. llrl’ deaf! treasured ever since the Prin- ready for the heel, -the royal visit- ish people subscribed 100,000 kron- the “we” Emh P'"‘°e_S"‘.' on r°""“." CBSS had given it to a child in hos- or said, "i'm sure you can'¢ do the ers as u dowry. Alexandrn in ner Ing the ‘luis 'nude a I”°I°,“I“I °Ife'“ pital. At another time when going heel as quickly as I can; I rather happiness gave 3000 fhnlene 10 be'““"9 U’ 'he Qlwen' _B°m I""“3f’ “"_q through the -London Hospital, the pride myself nn .ine wny <1 een imp, divided as dowries among six Plume” spoke thfmf v°f‘e Wfw dl” Pl`I"09H*\ Of Will€S 100k her D011- Sliwklngs. -I have just made a pair D001* 'Danish brides. }II"”IIy' AS *‘°"" 3*" It “Id” °“*" me quet to pieces, and gave each pati- for the Prince.” The woman in as
‘Queen h“."Ie‘I back to mi' Castle ht H fl0\l’@i‘~ 'When the Prince and‘aistonishmen¢ interrupted bei' wi-tb
.IOURNEV T0 ENGLAND, and "*“"“'I"F»' ',I‘9’“ kI“5"‘I mm" Princesa visited Earlswood Asylum Well. well! and -so-the Prince wear
both "und -thell “S Il W”-S Bam' all the immates were confined to a stockings' Ah Your iRoyai High.
All ~C0p0hhl1S€ll. lh full dress.I_;n:Il0weli [hen-E upstairs like 0' portion of -the building which was ness only me land you who makes wa's`in the streets to bid the Prin- It 9 H" Vanta' not to be sllllown. The Princess ob 'em know the `orrible‘ oles the C688 tldlell when She started on the _ jected to t is on the ground that men de make in th ’eels, o be
morning of ll-*ehurery 28, 1863. A-t|H§,“e\?;S v|£:,(;r,:a_,;1(;|t,e;;g°;)Ia,.l;y“,:,l;i she felt no d-isincllnation to look sure." e t
Antwerp the Victoria and Albert eve,."in 'the b,j,'m,,m_ Ue,_em0n|,,l_ upon any form of physical or It was at -Sandringham the mst her. nnd all-‘lushing the little Th ,b,.,,,,e,,,,,,,,,,s,,,5,,,,,_, ,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,d hlehh-l Suffering in the alleviation Princce lay ul almost to death in Yhvht- 'was saluted and surrounded da,fgme,.,, of Duke, _;“m.q,,,SL,5 and of which she could take an inerest. 1871. Mrs. Tennyson wrote of the hy Brit-ish men-of-war. They lay E,1,|,,_w‘em Indy" ,‘,,,,m,_,a SCD" it was Her Royal Highness, too Princess at -the time-"Anxious that night in the \Chanael, every Lady mam, B;m,C|€,.k Lady VMI who one d-ay went to the London telegrams about our Prince. Touch- vessel glowing with colored iilum- Mm Howard Lady émm Bruce Hosp!-tal and offered -to instul the ing accounts reach us of -the Prin- lnatlolra. At Margate, at Sheerness, Lady Emu `vm,,,,.,, Lum, Agnew' electric lump which is essential for cess; her speech failed ner from and isouthend the welcomes were Yorke .I ml; F,.(,,,,,,.`o',,.,,,, np.,||,.,,|..y the new cure of lupus. anxiety and when she was allowed warm and when early in the morn- and ,L'm|'y E|,,,,,,0,_ Hare( When the Princess was expect- to go into -the Print-e's room she ing of March 7, the yacht lay off ,mer _,hp ',,,e,,e,,,o,,y ,he ,,,.L,,,, ing the 'birth of her third child stood for houns looking at him Gravasen-t .the greau battleship comm," Wm to b,.L,,,km,,,_ at me she fell ill with acute rheumatism through the hole in the screen" W“"I0l' Bllll Zuarded it. By nine Came 5;", curiously though ,hu and lllilanllllation of thc knee-joint. The Prince's groom, who caught o’clock the Thames in all its width em 0', ,ufcfel and many memb,,,.,_, it was many months before she typhoid at the same time, and who “£118 Crowded with small boats and of 5,0 ;');p|,,,,,,1-nn, .Corps were ,,,.C`_ ciould walk, and then only with a died, received daily visits or mess- Q “mem . sent nom- of the Royalties appeared I lllil- Silas `i'i|'l<;mMiiy;rB I£fif:_y'I;léh1z;i[iI§;htl:)e)set.hal
W_ M_ Thnckemy' who saw bum at thc ieusltia lililtlihcrtwl,ll;:(llr;Il::l:itlt; When the .l"l‘ir_lcc and Princess me Duke of Clarence med twenty
me entry and the wedding' wrote, Spent _wolnlltrlu u'Hlf`;)rq:u"d nw “_ went to irelulld ln 1868 n pair of years later a sorrow which we -vslnco womankind existed has any :v.'° °°,“_,:,_"‘ 'Y up Q,`,,,,,,, fm, s',_,_',,, ""Il"L' ‘IUVH-S were Df°S*=ll‘\**‘I I" -Princess bore with marvellous self. woman ever had _such R greeting? sllgllltglz lrti-vllicy t - ill Kingston harbor to Her ltoyul rwmunt and se"_‘,o,_geuu|neBs_
°£"§:ag!me 'beaming naming’ rock' H I D I iIlII5IIl%,‘iS§,,;,l;I;Tf:;'liuIIIw\‘v'llerl§Isugglllz She SM by him to the lam and regiments she had identified her- 0 a azug. nrds manne , .l . ° - - - when a snort tl _ and runs M|u{|ng with meg, issue: WUN PEOPLE S HEARTS- of their doscendullts arc still flying he asked “who Tgecgifgi ,l:g._,fIe;§2|sel| with the combatant side of| er, every steamer and vessel, every F U In of he nmrrillgv about. answered gently_ .jesus is camng war; but she was more associated ,own ,md vma" from Ramsgme F0111 ie 4 Y fl - -“M you d,,B,._-. with the art of healing the wound- 'to Gravesend swarming with happy noxtiord ojtherotrliillli gillllllxilllw-l‘*i0;-[eq DINNER A LA TURQUE. some Mme “te M d th th ed soldiers for one of the more! cougratulation: young girls with M em" m'| ,‘|(;,r‘, ft' ,,|,,,',,. p|.|,,cess me an fd smeat M E admirable organizations in the|
t [1 D _ ' o a es went u e ' e, an ’ era urs ng erv ce. esta) s - sniéidancti. xugeilsllrailig allriterzizexlrhxpgllsllo ,,.¢,-engtn of her -goodness. und blur were myauy emerlzained by ,small all; clzllél-iie}l;,hsll_ie disti;~ibutIng to gd by Royal warm", |,, 1902_ gyer mak th h bo . “PI"'e°I“tI0ll “I I""“‘"`- EVP" “’ Puslla whoalnon ntl i ri r 8 0°' 8 we sm I' 't°°' d b th t H r M jest had
9 e speec W the knee, ` n _ g lei' uxu es h |p _ an B OVG ll B U y and bid her welcome!" Tha, mem. ;°deQ_‘:te‘:“ mgllltel:In;‘v';;{e{hI;$rQl\?0;:\ gave them solid silver beds to sleep c§;';y.F\'}eg'°"r agre' “fig th” I?"“_ identified herself with every work
ing she dressed to recewe her nc 9 W upon worth £3,000 each. Twice the . _ ’ y°“ G rg t' ma nf' to ameliorate the conditions creat- Prince in ‘mauve drlsh poplin n long XtIc:](;l;_|a:g';“gu;§3 “Ig,;’l:1?;';‘§‘I Princess dined with -the Viceroy’a ;:;rI:f;v°J::;|§I:“:e% ‘;':_r'h°:’hI£ ed by war displaying an amazing purph’ "'I°I9'- clock `I’°"d'~"`e‘I "”"I‘ andra tried' often to get in-r io mother’ some of III” wives’ and his for me." “Where is Jackyne;-»~ energy- mad” ea" In her CME by “ble and ,I whm, bonnehmmm-ed Ms n with me heavy warn; dm oldest son. They nn get an |u.l.u,. _‘Jack oh new dead h . d d,',, the inmate graciousness of her wltli rosebuds. Albert: Edward rlfgsseonee she per,,‘“aded uerlqlle' round asllver table about one m_|ed’the' woman ,A “E T' 'Y charlnins llfrsonallty. allowed no ceremony to mar their gieajesfy to ‘em her ,,mm.`,, b0,,,,,., re n fool Illgll- A Sli"/9 lllfilllmllly' life” g,.|ef Th Prmce" huglexrs f in all she did. and in all that she meemm At .me “mon doo, upon movin a quantity or crep and do_‘ed but the dishes one at a time up. tears- herself and ‘ew d °':‘t">prompted others to do, there was
. . -the deck. io-the huge delight of the mg mgnecessury m_mmm‘fngs TM on the table, the first containing "neat can énwnab “hyat nn llnfniling simplicity and com.
Cartby, but he has related that his|Junuury 5, 1858. During -their child mni-hltude of watching people he Queen ,ook it back wth n qigh'k,q_,; chicken broth and rice. At a signal ke was t k t my al ou ol mom,ense_ She dm not C", for nrsg glimpse of the lovely face of hoods Hans Anderson. the Danish geek we then-othed'a hands. and ed he, dau h¢e,._m,|,w a,,,|__,0 {h`,. "Om the hostess each person pre- dogr as “ |31 ° ° °d "°m““" nnow or ceremony as ends in -the .Princess Alexandra as sitting fniry falo teller, was writing hh kissed her on the lips. When she Bur He orgthose who knew_wore' sent pulnged a spoon made of tor- There 185 ‘t ‘_ mo h themselves. yet.there has been no beside her princely lover, she made chamling stories, which the child- landed at Gravesend sixty Kentish mepbmfnet ltolseshell and coral into the bowl, tr eo I :h't°tg‘P "st ° °°'"" Queen or Princess who has nlled tual never-to-pe-forgotten progress ren read onset-ly-a sure incentive girls strewsd her path with flowers, ` .phd all ate tesether- A large piece my D per . life Tees' Mud the Ravel part more spiendidiy through the cherring crowds ol fo good .behavior belnggthe promise and the whole railway line to the Early in January. 1864. the Prin- of mutton followed from which Her msnfanra ° “ V fa? “V "h° W" when occasion demanded it. There --London. dispelled all doubts. He of "The Usly Duckling" or "The Brlckluyers' Arms--that old Royal cess, who was then living nf =clure- Royal Highness had t0 tell' piece! dm et dns “ chn’ hm '.';“`° M°“‘°" is a`st0ry net Well lH\°“/D. perhaps., was, however; mos; deeply struck Marsh Klng’s Daughter." entry into .Liondoll-was gay with mont, jemed a Skatlng Dany 0,, vn- with her fingers and put into her ang* “’1°“° h°t '"3' “I‘1,P‘°I°` as it should be, that some years hy the sweet and beautiful sph-u -huntius. Cmwdins the -stations. gina water. und that evening io,moulh. und so on .through twenty “gf k lj" °“ °'"'“¥ ""'~ °“* I ago ll prominent American. who which lliumined the ”Prlncess‘s per- “I SHOULD' LIKE T0 BE LOVBD" -ipeeplng over the hedges. the D60- the consternation of all, a llttleicourses of aa-vorlee and sweets. :I “ 5 ° ‘V°“I‘| M" "hd t° MVB had demanded an argument ln fav- 'fect features, ple watched for a glance at -their Prince was born. As he had not`When coffee was handed round the 03°- d h P or of monarchy as against his Charles. Dickens had the same when Prince ichristlaa became new'.Prlneess. and cheered every- been expected so soon -there were cups were one mass of diamonds. d “md *V t ° "M9" “W I' ""' republican system. was al
.impression when. three days later. Crown .Prince his summer palace one and everything, including the present neither necgern, nn,-,¢n_|nnd the lens rpnrkgnh pipe and eh. m est looking girl standing in by some qu,” man m me on lMarch 10. he witnessed the|wns .Berslorff, a white chateau in Earle of Caithness who drove -the nor babies clothes. but Lady Mace-'0l8BI'0!l0h°hl°\‘l. Wl\‘l¢l1 °UIi\\l°"° t ° ha" “I M""’°‘°°“5h H°“'° “Id phrase, "Queen Alelandrl
- Oyll marriage in Bt. 0eor¢e`a the woods with miles-of deer for- -train. le-afield and-Dr. Brown, of Windsor, demanded that the ladies should ll"l“Il’°d Il" I""I”°"' sl", hm due consideration the
gbapel, Windsor. The trained eye es; beyond a fbeautlfui place both A procession headed bythe Lord who had been sen-t for hurriedly, use had each a mouthpiece en; brought back some childrens gar- reply Wu equam,
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THE CORONATION.
The long reign of Queen Vict-
oria closed with her lamented 'leath on January 22, 1901. The coroaation of King Edward and Queen Alexandra took place in Westminiater Abbey on the morn- ing of'August 9. 1902. The scene was even more brilliant than that of their wedding. The Queen. per- haps fha most beautiful and digni- fied of all the Queens crowded in Westminlster. was anointed upon the bead only, and was both crowned and anointed kneeling. At the moment of crowning the peer- esaes. with a rhytbmical move- ment of their white arms placed their crimson-capped coronsta up- on their heads. When Her Majesty had received the sceptre and the ivory rod, supported by the -bishops she advanced from the altar bow- ed revel-ently to the King and took her place upon her own throne. The Holy Communion was admin- istered by Archbishop Temple. who was feeble with years; and it may be because though he had crowned the King. the Archbishop of York, Dr. Macasnn had crown- ed the Queen. that after administ- ering the Communion to His Ma- jesty he carried the cup away to- wards the -High Aitar until remind ed that the Queen was awaiting his offices. '
-Earliy ill 1906, King Christian of
Denmark was taken ill at luncheon and died during the same after- noon, and Queen Alexandra with her two sisters, the widowed Em- press of Russia (mother of the late Czar Nicholas li.) and the Duchess of Cumberland, went to attend the funeral. When the coff- in was carried from the palace to the church the last tribute to be taken from it was a large cross twined with delicate pink roses, violets and white iliac, and cn the sllk ribbon which had been wound about it ran: “From thy three daughters, who love thee above all else. and are so deeply stricken with grief.-Alexandra, Dagmar. Thyra, Farewell, farewell, until we behold each other again."
DEAT-H OF KING EDWARD.
After ll reign of ten years, King
Edward Vii died, on May 6. 1910. The Queen bore up wonderfully under the blow. The married life of Their Majesties had been a alngularily ilfappy one. Numerous stories illustrative of the devotion of Their Majestles to one another are current, but -none perhaps which' impressed more powerfully the popular imagination than that which told of the ceaseless vigil maintained by the Queen and the unending anxiety which she manl- fested during the terrible weeks of suspense which succeeded the postonement of the coronatlon.
Six children were born 'to King
Edward and Queen Alexandra, viz:
1. H. R. H. Prince Albert Victor
Chritlan Edward. Duke of Clar- ence anfl Avondale, K. G., K. P.. born January 8, 1864; died .ian- uary 14, 1892.
2. His Majesty King George V.,
born June 3, 1865; succeeded the throne on May 6. 1910.
3. H. R. H. Princess Louise Vict-
oria Alexandra Dagmar, Princess Royal, born February 20, 18673 married July 27, 1889, the Duke of Fife, who died January 29, 1912.
4. H. R. H. Princess Victoria
Alexandra Olga Mary, horn July 6, 1868.
5. H. R. H. Princess Maud Char-
lotte Mary Victoria, Queen oi Nor- way, born November 26. 1869: married July 22, 1896. Prince Charles of Denmark, elected King l-laakon Vi'l. of Norway, November 18. 1905.
6. H. H. H. Prince Alexandra
John Charles Albert. born April 6. and died April 7. 1871.
GRACIOUS .TO THE LAST.
After the death of King Edward
Queen Alexandra lived ill retire- ment untll the period of mournins was past; but in 1912 resumed ngaln to some extent her public appearances. She was president of the London Heapllll. and on many occasions proved -by ber gracious acts how great a pity she felt for humanity's sorrows and sufferings. lil fact Her Majesty never dis- played more graciousneas than in her ceaseless activities to ligten the burden created by the Great War. As Colonel~ln-Chief of two
_...simon-ull’
ees ln dustrlos.-wal ldflel IQ "I0 Killl and by Queen -lofllsl
-Alexandra Ia January, ` 1% Qioen Alexandra was a a Dame Grand Cross of thmd of the British Empire. Bile cttolb ed the wedding of Princesa Har! and Viscount i’.A|coli0l in .FQIIIIU 1922. and was Present at nl!! social functions held in lill- “Rose Day, celebrated annuaily`-il Her Majestys honor. had a apacfal significance in 1923, altar Quoin Alexandra had resided for sixq years in England.
She crowded many activites into
a day. One day in 1922 she appear- ed in public at the Cart Horn Parade for prizes in Regant’l Park: than at a concert in aid of workshops for dlsahided solfliorl, and finally at the Richmond Horn Show. But she made to concess- ions to advancing years. She sale dom went out of an evening and she went to had early. usually playing a game of “Patience” be- fore retiring.
‘In the evening of her .beautiful
life after 'ts days of regal triu- mphs, inte spersed with personal sorrow, Qi :en Alexandra lived in the hearts of the people as the Queen Mother. She delighted to gather her family and friends around her at Marlborough House and -Sandringham and was still as playful as of yore amongst the children.
HER RECREATOINS.
Her Majesty had il 8705! hill!!-
ber of recreations, chief among these being music and photo- igraphy. |Sha was an accomplished pianist and a great lover of the opera. Although an excellent. wat~ er-color painter. Her .Majesty gave more time to photography, at which she was quite an expert. For a great many years she had taken snapshots of all the places of .interest on hertravels, and .sho possessed a valuable pictorial re- -cord of her extensive ',loi.lraey\l. She had also numerous family groups, pictures of celebrities and Royalties that would illl three of four dozen' albums. Queen Alex- andra also took grea.|_ interest in drawing with silver and gold points. and had in her possession several of the delicate studies in silver point, the work of Charles Salnton. The entire process of this form of art was expained to her Majesty many years ago. and thid knouliedige added iv-ery mllclll ito her interest when she made pur- chases of th's kind to pu¢ with beg already large collection. _
HER FAVORITE FLOWERS. ‘i
While a lover of all flowers. it
may he said that carnations and roses held flnst place , in Queen Alexandra? heart. particularly- the former, .the 'Malmaison variety being the one she invariably fav- ored. ln fact. it was due -to Her -Majesty wearing this flower con~' staatly that it came to be so popu- lar and so greatly cultivated. Queen Alexandra had also a strong liking for sweet peas, ea- pecially those of delicate shades and tints. Her room! were alvrayl filled with lovely blossoms of every description, and she herself took keen interest la the arrangement of these, often puttinig the unlab- ing touches with her own hands. Her Majesty was also a great authority on gardening and had done much to revive the fashion of laying out beds of the one flow- er in varying shades. Her-baceona borders too were a form of decor- ation that Queen Alexander very much liked, and these were great- ly in evidence la her gardens -both at Sandringham and Marlborough -House. 'Php Queen also favored the dwarf Japanese trees, and had. one so small -that it was kept. in a Blass case so that ~Her Majesty could watch its slow growth.
Hen rnsransucse. `
Soon after her marriage. Queen
Alexandra wrote in a scrapbook list of her preferencesr-
The favorite King and Queen:
Queen Dagmar and -Richard ‘Coeiuj de -Lion. _
ll-fer favorl-te'°hero: Wellington. Her favorite poet, Byron, Her favorite artist: Sir Joshua.
Reynolds.
Her favorite author, -Charleg
Dickens.
Her favorite virtue: Charity.
Her favoite colo:r Blue. Her favorite dish: A French -tart Her favorite flower: The rose.
'Her favorite name: .Mary_ Her favorite occupation; Read-
ing aloud.
Her favorite amusement: Driwi
ing my ponies."
Hier favorite motto: “Dieu ot
mon Drlot."
Her favorite locality: Home.
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Royal Family has more endeared them to the people than their at# feclion one for the other. Thoro is indeed grief in the Royal Palace this day at this leave-taking of the late Queen Mother. it has been ob- vious for a number of years that the Queen Mother. model as sho was for all the womanbood of the nation in ber high ideals of person- al character. her sweetness of nature. her gentle and generous heart. was gradually weakening
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. power? one to trzvel far and see his nancee her future” home-Marb read gut onepmogrning at hi-:Iil¢fast|they -begged them to keep all souv- the shop to buy I machine for her- \\ And "lm nom’ dm me pl" we me we,-ln; .nun Princess Alexandra borough House-and also the Neid. g ¢e|e31-nm nnnouncingthe saccesslenlra; and thus the two ladies self. than she could work at homo part allotted to her by destiny. Plc- said. "-l should like above all ithlngs ence of the -Prime Minister-Lord ofthe Austro -Prussian forces. Her.drovc home. _ Ind previde lm' nwther with somo- qu e upon pioure 1-has from the fo he loved." Palmerston-ln Pkwldily. over novel ,Highness ours: into tcars.| 'rhey went up .the Nils one thins more than bare bread. on ...N , W, eq peg ngldlng hey arst when the Princess was but ten 17.000 Volunteers lined the route and it is said that the Prince rated .-barge named the Alexandra, which Chrretmas morning a handsome
re n¢ 1-e¢|'nM,g¢,_Ja|nos‘| Palace years old she was taken to London fhrouxll Hyde -Park. From Padd- the equerry soundly. we are toldlwas towed my a steamer- One sewing machine and I -bullet af
fum teiy after hir marriage. on a visit to the -Duchess of Cam- inxton the Royal party travelled that nt that time a visitor a wind-[night when the IPI-lueeas had re- delicacies. with a note, saying that with 'perfect dlgnity*rad wax bidle, and woot to A party given to Windsor, wher Queen Victoria sor asked the l-ittiu .pmceu Bea.; tired the Prince who was on the they wm_a "Christmas gift from
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