PRINCESSES AT ZOO.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 197, 21 July 1937, Page 12

PRINCESSES AT ZOO.

HOLIDAY FROM SOLEMNITY. A fat penguin, one of the eld and knowing school, waddled toward Princess Elizabeth at the Zoo. and demanded a titbit by excitedly flapping its wings, when the Princesses visited it recently, says a London message Princess Elizabeth, attracted by its Charlie Chaplin wavs, bent down’ and patted the whimsical bird, but instantly drew back and, with a wry face, exclaimed: “Oh, what a mess. He is all slimy.”

Princess Margaret Rose and a group of their little friends, and hosts of awed, admiring school children, who were looking on, laughed with her at her surprise. It was a rare day for the little _ Pri ncessos. The circumstances were in sharp contrast to the pomp and solemnity which have hitherto encompassed all their public appearances since the’Coronation.

No preparations were made for their unexpected visit. When Princess Elizabeth swung into the saddle of Iris, the diminutive Shetland pony, the children were wildly delighted, and cried: “Gee up. Neddy.”

Tiny Tim, one of the brown bears, obligingly rolled himself into a snug fur ball and turned over and over hy way of thanks for the honey and condensed milk with which the Princesses plied him.