Characteristic.

Otago Witness, Issue 2467, 26 June 1901, Page 67

Characteristic.

Queen Alexandra lias long endeared herself to the people, and, as Princess of Wale's, bn<? won widespread and sincere esteem. Her popularity is not to be wondered at when such incidents as the following have taken place. Not long since, jiibt after her Hoyal Highness hud bsen present at the opening ceremony in connection with a certain philanthropic institution in the metropolis, a letter addressed" to her reached her hands. It was a strange-looking «ort of epistle, and was written m pencil upon a piece of common tea-paper. It read as follows : — ' Dere Princess. — When yu was passing the corner ter day, my litle gel, age six, l.m to giv yu a rose fo that &he mite get one of % ourn, beco» she hiv yu. I cooden 'elp it, but she nock down an" run over by the nex' cariiage, an' now in Charing X o^pitle. I fere she w ill die. She keep axing foi your lo^e, an wood you plese send wun. Your'- turly, Jlaiu .'" The tender-heaited Princess was greatly touched by this letter, aDd caused immediate inquiries to be made. She had noiiced the little girl who ian forward, but she had not heaad of the sad accident. With the kiiidnes-s, for which she is loved by the whole Empire, she went to the hospital at once, and gave the little sufferer a inse with her own hands. The girl wa.« the child of a poor factory woman, and the case was a serious one ; but the Pr.nce»s went repeatedly to the hospital till the tiny patient was- out of danger, and «-he brought a lose each time. Hei kindly attentions were continued, for the Princess subsequently helped both mother and child in a veiy substantial manner.