The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-07
THE ozAR AND THE LADY.
An American Girls Meeting With Him
in Toy Shop at Copenhagen.
From the New Work Sun

FROM the New Y Ork sun.
Every autumn about this time the car
ina has been in the habit Of going with
the car to Copenhagen to visit her
parents, the aged King and Queen of
Denmark. At the same time the Princess
Of Wales would journey northward to
Denmark's shores, accompanied by the
prince, and from Greece would come King
George and Queen Olga, until the Danish
King and Queen had all their children
about them. Three years ago an Ameri-
can lady and her daughter were visiting
in Copenhagen at the time of the royal
gathering. In vain they tried several
times to get near enough to Fredenborg
the castle of the Danish hosts, to see some
Of the royalties; and when once the
daughter caught glimpse of Processes
Victoria and Maud driving a PONY
through the town, she felt herself well
rewarded for the hours of watching. For
so do mortals love the sight of royalty.
one morning the younger lady wanted
to do a little shopping She went to a toy
store to buy few Of the queer-looking
Danish playthings to take home to her
little nephews, and she also wanted to
buy a box of the queer-shaped candies
made there. The toy store was crowded
There were nearly q dozen children. and
with them half a dozen maids The whole
party seemed to be in charge of tall
stout man with fair beard and a pleas
ant face. He had the build of an athelete
ana the mild expression of a woman
Wait on the lady first" he said pleas
antly in Russian to the shopkeeper, and
then to the young lady he said in English.
Il Will not allew yeu to wait ard be served
after this horde Of youngsters. They can
well wait"
AT this the youngest child OF all. a boy
carried in the hisr aY,fe
KICK and cry and behave very badly.
i Will wait, said the young lady laugh
ing at the youngsters screams and kicks,
for see you have an impatient member
of your party"
With a bow of thanks the athIetic-look-
ing man picked UP a small drum with the
Danlsh coIors upon ii and handed IT to the
struggling child in his arms. Then the
others each received a pretty present
| while some town children who had wan.
! dered in were treated to gifts of toys anG
| pretty trifes. When all had been served
! with playthings the gentleman whispered
| to the child in his arms, and d minute
afterward the little one, stretching out
! ms little hands toward the young lady
! handed her book.
Uncle 'Aander says I must give VOL
! this because I was so rude" he said il
! fairly plain English, land l will give Vol
this myself" handing over a stick O
| many -colored candy.
When the company had filed out a grea
sleigh-Hke affair on vheels drove up t.
| the door and all piled in There was ;
struggle to get near the gentleman whom
| the little lad had called Uncle 'Nander
and a tiny but pretty child who spoI1
nothing but English began to cry an,
| SHOW as much temper as the others had
| But they were Well-behaVed children con
| sidering that they were all the way from
Z To "A
ana the shopkeeper cast admiring eye
d. after them as they drove away. From tn
Y back seat Of the oueer-looking vehicl
child waved his little hands as far a
! he could be seen.
That is the Gear of Russia" said tn
shopkeeper. He is on his annual visI
to Copenhagen, and this is the way h
amuses himself. He buys alternately o
all the shopkeepers and is a friend t
every one.
And who was the child in his arms?
Oh, that is the son OF our crewn prince
He may be the king of Denmark som
day And the little girl who cried becaus
she could not sit on the cars knee wa
Lady Alexandra Duff, who comes ever
fall with her mother and grandmother
This year her father. the Duke of Fife
is here also. The child is a dainty mite
and If she should come to the Englis
throne, the Duke of York had not the
married Princess May, everybody aroun
here would rejoice. The baby waving hi
hand from the back of the wagon is tn
Crown Prince of Greece. His father
the best Of all the family I think, an
that is saying a great deal"
The car nodded back at the young lad
and the shopkeeper just before the vehicl
went out of sight, and his tall shoulder
and fine head were outlined like a gres
silhouette against the sky.
Il have read a great many pretty thing
about the car. and have known peopl
who received friendly words from him Z
their presentation to the Russian court,
the young lady said afterward, but
think I am the only American girl VIII
ever saw Alexander at his best anon
his little nephews and niocos, laughin
with them over a tey counter"