Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-02
AS HER MAJESTY PASSED.
one Of Her Last Visits t. London s
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puccn Victories death has changed the
relative Importance OF many An event in
European tours made 10y Americans dur
Ing thc past sImmel, ANA more than one
wuuld change the memories OF Obera IL
mrrsau ol Paris Exposition for the feet
inA glimpse thar others had Of Her I'm
rerial Majesty an one Of h,r last visits 10
London in her long and Cvcutful life, says
i writer i'm the Boston Transcript.
1t was only brief paragraph in the
Court Calendar Of one Of the great Lon
don blanket sheets, but il changed ms
plans completely. - it did those of many
mrriCan tourists who read it in Il sim
ilat Elannef. ~ merely announced that
the Queen wuuld give a garden party at
buckingham Palace" that 81. VOL ii he 4,
the station AT such an hour would arrive
in London at Paddiugton station. WoUld
drive directly 70 the uartv. and wuull re-
tIrn early in the evening.
Yet that htur pdrdSrupn meant every
, thing 10 many. Ii told tat the greH,
mass oI IundunerS would have Il cnanct.
to STE their loved leader as she PASSED
in making one ~ her few visits tu tn"
city whic is a regular world in itself. 1t
said that the upper classes would have a
chance bv invitation to enter the garden,
OF the palace which will probably pecome
the favorite residence Of King Edward
VII. ana 70 be ne guests Of Her I'm
pcrill Majesty. although only few Of
them would see hti in the crush of So
cielN. To tourists the annoInc, mont sig
niied that this would AZ the one chance
Were the fortunate ones. for She came to
London only once OF twice NOR. befoi e
she went to Osborne House, Were she
died.
How can | sc the Queen
Ask that question of an Englishman.
ana YOU Will get the rraiieSt answer pos
H.Ul". 10 Is an attention. and Is anXlOIS
70 do anything in his power to help.
| There Were a Thousand ...t ane WAYS
suggested, no two alike, but All good ana
u thousand and ont guides would have
started out willingly to show the WAY if
it were desired.
To See her as she aiighted n Padding
ton station involved an enormous crush
and To wait at the entrance 10 the pal
ace meant an hour i'll the giarin4 sun
which had gwen tCgsy London quite an
American reputati ton during the past sum
mer. Between these two extremes was Il
happy meln-Hyde Park-through which
party.
Tho train which was to bring her from
Windsor was due little after one
o'clock. and 50 in reasonable season
made my way on top OF a rum5iiug bus
as near to The entrance OF the park as
possible. All the world was there before
me, bat there was no Unr. aspuahit crowd,
ana the tli:ungs We're spread along both
sides OF the mall with plenty Of breath
ing room for all. There were thousands;
of men, womca and children along the
route, as tar as me eye could Sve, ANA
the numtcr was receiving constant adii-
tons, but nut Il person was crushed.
Thanks 10 that beautiful arrang, ment of
the London park SNEtcrn one was enabled
70 lay 4 penny and Income the temper
rarA POSSE asur III u TINY gr,tn-,,.,ltttu ii,
rnn-framtd chair, which was very Gem
Portable. iiere was your, grand stand
seat provided inI son, ana YOU could sat
al your ease ANTI Her Inn priai Majesty
should arrive.
Drawing my chair UP to the little raj
in5 separating the rrumen@2" :ro.n the
drive. which ran som, thing like Charles,
street between tDtt and tb,. nIII-
lie garden. had quite enough to inter-
est me. The branches of the trees pro-
Nldcd thick and cooling shade. 50 lat
IN" liscumfortS that bothered uIt%lue
were All forgotten. Across Tin. drive was
a similar fringe Of seated humanity ana
between the t"o borders drove up and
down some ct the gayeSt carriages in
London. The poor cab drivers could only
look III from distance. ana tho Ameri-
cans VINO had chartered hanSoms to drive
through could cxpoStu!at,- until they we're
vail upon the bluo=c0it,d. gold buttnncd
policemen 70 lee them through The reg
uiatinns hhd To be enforced. ANA il
seemed as il every policemen III England
was ON hand for that purpose
Slowly up and down the ray procession
moved. for the authorize; w,,Iru not al.
low any driver 20 halt. .onL the line Of
the Queen $ ride unt.l just bcfnIc tn.
time oI her approach.
Inside the park the people waited and
cnaitet in a reminiscent VEN. one dear
Old lady had seen the Queen whe i III. j.
anu she could tell Her "raMd laughter row
she had waited as a girl almost az ms
very place. Another had seen Prince Al
bert before he died. ana had been near
enough To him T. hear him speak A
couple 81 youths ha / been AT the Iiipro-
Iroin" the night before ana had seen the
Prince OF wales and his party as they
sat in theil Ipx. Here was a yoIIne
cornul.nt dame wEn had tie whole rnyai
1amiiy ~ the tip Of he? tongue ana could
rnttlt on about Her Gracious Majesty,
al
Duke of the Other totally unconscious OF
whether anyone was paying the slightest
to her or not. She had seen
Know that she had
IL IS To be hoped that the recording
angel was not listening for white lies in
' ,h'' nan hn'lf as We We're waiting for
IA" queen 10 come, AS everybody had