Show the princess halt half crown A crowd thronged thron ged mir king 0 cross station london tire the other day to witness the departure of 11 R 11 the prince of wales vales and his family for Sand landringham sandringham ringham liam and were gratified bya by a little unrehearsed effect as well as a proof that royalty is not altogether exempt from that frequent failing of the ali masses a penchant for I 1 goodies the mysterious antoina automatic tic box chich yields up sticks of chocolate in return for the insert insertion conf f a penny was the object of special attention from froine H R 11 princess maud of vales whoso choso approaching confirmation a few lays days after may have accounted for ilia abstraction which led the young lady to pop a half crown into tho fatal slit in of tho the humbler copper the mistake was disco discovered cred as the coin slipped from her fingers and so genuine and unaffected was the horror expressed in the exclamation I 1 oil oh rny my half crown that the appreciative byA bystanders anders were sympathetically silent till the prince of wales with a twinkle h in i his eye gravely advised his young CA daughter to square matters by the insertion of the now pas bable french pennies on future occasions A burst of hearty laughter and cheering ensued during which young ty princess maud blushing furiously ic i treated treat cd to the railway carriage car manchester guardian |