Show LOUISA M ALCOTT FLIRTED WITH PRINCE It seems an awful thing but hero Is the circumstance on record that Louisa M II L Alcott tho the sainted author of ot Little Women once publicly flirted with Edward VII That fact co noa out in iii Mrs Irs Belle Belie Mosos book Louise May Mu Alcott Dreamer and Yorker Worker There Is a passage l sage in time the book which contains Miss lIss Alc personal account of the ho Incident It refers to the time time when the tho late king then Prince of Wales made hIs hh la fa lamous famous a arnous visIt Isit to this country I went vent to Boston Miss Alcott relates and anul saw the Prince of Wales trot over oer the tho common with his train at al a laddie very er like hiv huT hili mother Fanny rann W and I nodded and ani waved as he passed and he be openly winked his bis boyish e eye ee c at us for Fan Fanny Fann ny fly n with her yellow curls and wild waving walnE looked rather rowdy and the tho poor little litHo prince wanted some fun We Wo laughed and thought that wo vo had hatt been more noro distinguished by tho the saucy wink than by U a stately bow Boys Boya Bo a are arc always Jolly even princes By Dy Bythe Bythe the way this Ibis incident occurred occulTed In 1860 when the tho Prince of or Wales Valos was vms 19 years old and consequently quite quile a broth roth of or a boy bo aud and when MIss Al Alcott cott wo blush to record It was 28 25 New York Mall Mali |