New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 20, 1925, Page 3

KING GEORGE'S MOTHER 15 DEAD (Continued from First Page) tlon as thelrs. The Queen and Miss Knollys had grown old together and | were almost Inseparable, the latter belng more a personal friend than a servant. Miss Knollys, of about the same age as Alexandra, has ajso been feeling the ravages of time, and | lately has been relieved of more than one round of her secretgrial duties, Prince Was Too Late, The Prince of Wales and the Duke ot York were to have reached Wolf- | erton, near Sundringham, by train at 5:29 o'clock, but the traln was 16 minutes late. The King's sons were escorted to the Royal waiting room of the Wolferton station, where the station’ master broke the news of their grandmother's death, Food Sent To Hospitals, Ten thousand dollars’ worth of | food prepared for the Guildhall luncheon, which the Prince of Wales cancelled because of the criti- cal illness of Dowager Queen Alex- | andra, was forwarded this afternoon to the hospitals and other institu- tions in London. In taking this step, the city authorities believed they were carrying out what would be the wishes of Alexandra herself as she has always been active in char- ity work. Postponement of the luncheon for the Prince came late in the morning after a large number of the guests had arrived. The tables had been set and decorated, and 204 waiters and 86 winemen were on hand. Four hundred pounds of soles, fileted, floured, egged and crumbed, wera ready for the skillets when the order came postponing the lunch- eon, and a great quantity of turkey goup, piping hot, was ready to be served, The flowers used to decorate the FREE--A Turkey with every MAGEE Range bought before Thanksgiving. 5.0 SECURES A MAGEE The Ideal tables were also sent. to the ho pitals, along with 300 roasted pheas. ants and several hundred fced pud- dings. dol of English' People Loudon, Nov. 20 (®—Queen Alex- andra had been the idol of the Eng- lish people for 62 years. ‘The en- gagement of the Prince of Wales, |afterwards King Edward VI1I, to the daughter of Prineh Christian, heir to the Danish throne, had been wel- comed with great joy in England. The English public was tired of Ger- man alliances, and Lady Palmerston, wife of Viscount Palmerston, who served for ‘several years as prime minister, probably expressed public opinion very effectually when she remarked: “I like the Danish connection, We have had too much of Germany, Berlin and the Coburgs.” Was Barely 19 Then when Alexandra arrived Gravesend on the royal yacht at in 1863, great crowds gathered to wel- | |come her, and the first sight of her girlish figure in crinolines won their hearts, She was barely 19 and gen- erally conceded to be the most beau- tiful princess in all Europe. Her smile was entrancing then, as it al ways was, even in her last public {appearance tn London as a woman of nearly 80. In fact, her smile is credited with having saved many lives in London the day of her arrival. All England geemed to throng to the capital to greet the prospective qffeen. But the arrangements made for the pro- cession through London were not equal to the enthusiasm® of the crowds; there were not sufficient soldiers along the line of march and the crowds were so ecstatic over the beauty of the new fairy princess trom the north that they over- whelmed the precession. It was delayed for nearly an hour on London bridge by the congestion; many persons were crushed to death and even Princess Alexandra herself helped to save unfortunate people ho were crushed against the royal rriage in which she was riding ith the Prince of Wales, COOK YOUR NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 19 Denmark had farewell on her departure; King Frederick XII had showered her with gifts, and she had been royally entertained by & public which looked upon & royal alliance with England us & guarantee that German aggres- |sion ugainst Schleswig-Holstein would be checked, But Alexandra way equal to all the strain to which {she was subjected on her formal in- a rousing bore up bravely under the ordeal of that well.meant but mismanaged {prosecutlon through London, And she was always equal to every emergency afterwards Despite her own troubles and be- reavements she always found time to serio the English public. N |her. For the 30 odd years that she was the Princess of Wales she really carried most of the public obliga- tions that would naturally have been Queen Victoria's. Victorla gladly turned over most of her social obli- gations to the Prince of Wales and his wife Princess Alexandra was a practl- cal woman. Her mother, Princess Christian, taught her to make her lown gowns, to cook and manage [her houschold economically. The | tamily was poor and it was necessary that the Danish princesses should |1earn economy. Princess Alexandra land her sisters were all accomplish- ed musicians and lived a simple home life in Copenhagen Queen Mother In 1910, Alexandra, widow of the late King Edward VII of Kngland, upon the leath of her husband in 1500, b came the Queen Mother, a title which had been in disuse since the days of Henrletta Maria, the consort of Charles I. The eldest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark, Alexandra was married to Albert Edward, then of Queen Victoria, although some- what in the background was greatly beloved by her adopted people. Born in Copenhagen, December 1, 1344, she went to England as the bride of troduction to the English public and | worthy charity was ever ignored by | King | Prince of Wales, on March 10, 1863, | and for 38 years, during the reign | he future King the same year her tather was crowned the ruler of Denmark, She was then 19, a girl of rare charm and beauty and, hy rea. son of the frugality of her own fam- tly, of simple and unextravagant tastes. Upon the death of Queen Vietoria, in 1001, when her husband | aseended the throne, me Queen and reigned with him or nine years. Alexandra adopted the title of the Queen Mother in 1910 when George | V. her son, and the Princess Ma ! were crowned upon the passing of | Edward VIL For years, as Princess | of Wales, her name had heen asso- ciated with most of the great put | benevolences and charities of Eng- land. On June 25, “Alexandra Day cach year thousunds of pounds were contributed by Britens the world over for hospitals and other similar | institutions in honor of their royal patronces, | Gave Freely (o Charity, | Although nearly 81 years old at the time of her death, the Queen Mother never lost interest in he; many philanthrophies. During fthe world war she served as head of the B i Red Cross, the Queen Alex- andra Tmperial Military Nursng Service, the Royal Indian Nursing Service, the Territorial Force Nurs- ing Servica and the Roy: ) Nursing Service. The Alexandra Field I'orce 1'und, of which she was the liead, kept British soldiers supplied | | with comforts and delicacies | throughout the four years' struggle. I'rom 1914 to 1018 ghe had visited every hospital in London including | the famous home for blinded soldiers . Dunstan's. She also was inter- in infant welfare work. When new nurees’ home was named in er honor in London she requested it be not calle home but the “E in memory of the | nurse. 1" hom martyred British Related To Royalty Queen Alexandra was related by blood or marriage to many Europ- {ean royal families. She was a sister |of King George of Greece, who was laesassinated in 1913, of King Fred- erick VIII of Denmark and of the FREE--A Turkey HANKSGIVING DINNER ON A MAGEE Combination A Good Turkey, and a MAGE a Good Cook E Range Don’t spoil your Thanksgiving Dinner by trying to cook it on an old range. 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Queen Alexandra’s younger sister, Dagmar, | I of | | Russia. three years after her own betrothal to the then Prince of Wales. | | The Queen Mother, after the death | |of King Edward, madc her home at Marlborough House, whore she pass- {ed more than 30 years of her m |ried life. Sho also had a countr; residence at Sandringham and a villa on Klampenborg Bay, seven I miles from Copenhagen where, #n- nually in August before the war, she held happy reunions with her. Dan- |ish Kinfolk. Deepite her age, she retained traces of her early beauty and on one occaslon late in lfe when fn the of Adeline Pattl, friends declared they were “the youngest looking old women In ! England.” o presence {Dean of St. George’sin | | Kingston Ont., a Suicide Boston, Nov. 20 (A — The Very | IRev. Dr. George Starr, dean of St. |George's Cathedral, Kingston, Ont., | committed snuiclde yesterday at the | Deaconess hospital here, where he |was a patient, Medical Examiner | George B. 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