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  .  .  
1 -nlllil in elm lun,
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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
I
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
l - 1- , .. -
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,
so"
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.
-~.-s. while
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Nothing in connection with the
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
destined. an he wrote, "to play her they began talking ofthe future and ist. Paul's Churcbyard. Fleet by u flannel pettlcoat. cess and the H~l»¢°”‘|“‘" Mm- GTS! 31°’ '"9 fl" WUI- IU l'°¢°l'll|lll lil break she
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LAYED HIR -P . e . on to ve rea wea e- rnee o aes one ou to urn its ro reas an uerry s cod for »
. 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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ng .tho riiht thing th wonll l by Queen Victoria at Buohiagham was waiting to welcome bor futon rico what site would like as a pre- steamer saw a light reflected, on Alexandra' wer! left ll till ¢ii‘l'l
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physically. and about a year lgo it
was formally announced that sho
no longer be seen at palhlia
But ardent affection-
0f U10 KIDS. her devoted son.
his royal consort. as wall al of
children shielded hor jaab
but alas! no human love ell
-the Shadow which il Daotil. lil
life she uw many trelnofldoud
- thi-ones toner and fall.
them some who were dear
to her sleeping uni
to hor sweet alll
nomo-Alexandra. 'Queen
"lf a were confined into
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