LOYAL FERVOUR
CROWD OUTSIDE PALACE
"THE DOWN AND OUTS"
LONDON, May 8. Loyal fervour again rose to the highest pitch among 50,000 people who assembled at Buckingham Palace when the King and Queen appeared on the balcony, causing the crowd to surge across the road waving hats and umbrellas. The Duke of Gloucester joined his parents. The trio remained on the balcony for 10 minutes, bowing and waving to the crowd. West End traffic was as congested as ever, endless streams of vehicles moving at snail's pace. Miss Betty Baxter, a clergyman's granddaughter, aged 23, and known as "The Silver Lady of the Embankment," gave a dinner to 600 "down and out" men and women at Westminster Hall. The King, upon learning that the 600 were drinking their Majesties' health in tea, telegraphed his thanks. As they left the hall each man and woman was given a ticket for a free bed and breakfast Miss Baxter maintains a free coffee stall in Trafalgar Square, which is a godsend to the destitute every night.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 109, 10 May 1935, Page 7
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173LOYAL FERVOUR Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 109, 10 May 1935, Page 7
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