Speaking at a banquet last week, Edward of Wales urged upon steady-going Britons the slogan: "Adopt! Adapt! Improve!"
But last week Their Majesties were still reigning in the good old way. At the London Hospital, Queen-Empress Mary bent for a moment last week over a crippled girl's cot.
Questioned the blue-eyed, towheaded child: "Are you really my Queen? I thought you always wore a golden crown."
Said the Queen-Empress Victoria Mary: "My dear, I am sorry I have left my golden crown at home.
When I go out I wear only this sort of crown,"—pointing to...
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