Evening star., 1925-12-02

as the Shreveport Times points out.
stating: Queen Alexandra was born
in 1914 and was the eldest daughter
of Prince Christian Of Gluckshurg.
ofterward King Christian IX: the
family has held possession of the
throne of Denmark for the last 500
years. During her early childhood
Queen Alexandra s father had not
ascended the throne. the family was
in INDECENT circumstances, and her
upbrnsinC was modest as that
of any Danish peasant That in
culCated into her nature simplicity
which all the glories of an Edward
ian reign failed to dispel.'
Alexandra 5 continuity of influence
is expressed by the DAYTON Daily
News. which remarks: Through AL
the troubles of more than six decades
of British history the hold Queen
Alexandra gained on her reople by
her charm and understa ndin% wa'
unimpaired." This. too. when for
more than half a century "f this ne
riod she occupied subordinate l."si-
tions. first as the wife of the Prince
of Wales. and second. as the Dowacer
Queen. mother of the present King
George, her life as Queen having been
less than 10 years. In al heSe 20
Sitions. as the Rutland Herald ch-
serves. in appreciative comment, she
was an ideal figure. As ConSor! rf
King Albert Edward. this paper con
tinues, her appearance in public WAS
invariably turned into something of
a personal ovation. and after the
death of her husband and her with.
drawal from societ.. she continued
to hold q very definite place in the
affections 0f the nennle -
Throughout the s.! years she spent
in England she was. in the opinion
of the Louisville Courier-J Journal.
"Britain's sweetheart fact thar.
the Courier.Journal finds ''exemplifies
the truth that men and women of
whatever race or nationality love the
highest and finest when hey see IT
The secret of her power was in her
tender woma anliness. AS the Little
Rock Arkansas Democrat puts il: Al
eXandra was a queen, but she was
more than tflat-she was woman
with all of the sympathy and under
standing which are woman's." The
Baltimore Sun echoes Hlis tribute
saving: "She was every inch queen
but withal kindly. genuine. sponta
neous and sympathetic" As TO her
family life. the Butte Daily Post finds
her TO have been interested in her
| household and devoted 10 her chill
dren." THE woman and the queen
were splendidly combined in her life
and character" says the Kansas City
Journal. a thought expressed also by
| the Atlanta Journal in the comment:
I'm the death of Alexandra, Britain
mourns womanly queen, and the
world a queenly woman" The Brook
| lyn Daily Eagle regards her as "the
embodiment Of that vanishing type
| the late Victorian wife and mother"
whose family absorbed her lifelong
effort" and who had mo ambition TO
| pursue a career"
But all of England was her fam
| lily, IF her philanthropies are con-
| sidered. according to the Hartford
Daily Times. She was "a gracious
queen who felt the almost medieval
i sense of responsibility for her people.
who distributed gifts to the poor and
| led in charities for theri relief, not in
| the spirit of the drive, so much as
| In the simple and direct manner of
! the tender queen, who cannot dismiss
as none of her concern the distress Of
/ her people" She was 'particula rlv
fruitful in hospital service the Provi-
| dence Journal points out The ST
| Louis Post-Dispatch refers 10 ''her
great devotion to the wounded during
the World War and SAYS lit was h
full and womanly life that Alexandra
lived. and she passed on with the ar
lection of an empire to comfort and
relieve her last hours