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Show 1 OUEEM OF EGLAMD ON I SLUMMING TRIP IN L ' LONDON. 111. Her Majesty and Party of 112 Distinguished Friends Eat II a 9-Cent Meal. H ; .'Lived for a Brief Period as JH j Live the Factory Girls and jBj ; Chlldron of East End. i Uh Sir Thomas Lipton Acted as Pilot and M! tho Consort of King- Edward En- ; joyed Her Visit Thoroughly. ; ItSfe . TT OXDON. March 21. The routine ot fjB royalty was Interestingly broken jjy loday.vhcn Queen Alexandra paid ait informal visit to the Alexandra Al-exandra trust, and there enjoyed a I 9-ccrrt dinner among the factory ?m- , ployees and children of the Es3t End. I The Queen has always taken keen . interest in the Institution, which was founded on her plan to give the poor the cheapest possible food without savoring sa-voring of charity. She arrnnrred today's visit privately With Sir Thomas Lipton, who is the principal contributor to the institution. - ' ' They' drove up in closed carriages, ae- I' compahied by Princess Victoria, Earl lg Grey, treasurer of the household of nl her Majesty, and Counters Grey, Miss w Knollys and Sidney GrevIUe, the pri- 1 rate secretary of the Queen. I VISIT "TIPPED OFF," R A rumor of the Queen's coming partially par-tially leaked out and the dining-rooms were packed. , I Among those present wcro John D. J Crimlns of New York and Miss Crim- 1 m. Ins, who had been let into the secret W y Like a factory girl who had Just pre- vS J, ceded her, the Queen went to the desk jj and asked for eight dinner tickets, ten- & cl' defihg half a crown. She was told that i tnpy would be C pence more, which Earl i Grey promptly contributed. J Sir Thomas Lipton conducted the "I royal guest, who was dressed fdmply 5j and in black, through the dlnlng- 1 The news of the Identity of this ex- V traordinarily young-looking woman ( soon spread, and the children crowded i around her, curiously touching .her dress and looking up In her face. I ' Thone who could not get near stood on tables to catch a glimpse of their J'. ' If i Queen. Soon the whole building rang j ilL "with the shrill cheers of the delighted J ' IM' children and girls. $ ' IK- AN ANGEL OF MERCY, i' inir'' The Queen saw two mites crying. , "What Is the matter?" she asked. They iSvf lti" 111111 lost t,ielr dinner tickets. Thel- VtojK , ' 'ef was quickly turned to Joy by the Wgtf , Clf t of a flhllling from the roval purse. J So thickly did the children, typical IHfv i of tne raSE"2d urchins of the East End, t crowd around the royal visitors that j one of the attendants tried to make a t . , passageway for her. H V t "Don't bother," said the Queen: "I 6 did not come here to disturb them." jB 1 After talking with severaJ factorj' (H employees who were in the mld3t of MHl their meal, which is dally served to iMWl A from three to four thousand persons. j the Queen and her party, accompanied d ( by Sir Thomas Lipton, went upslaira BH" to the room where they all redeemed Hl ' I "1 their meal tickets. ' i : For her 0 cents the Queen had soup. " Jamb, potatoes, a large helping of : j plum pudding, a glass of water and a k" 11 mug of coffee. She seemed to enjoy iL |