The Queen's Dinner—" Alexandra's Feast" as Punch has happily called
it—to the widows and children resident in London of soldiers who fell in the late war was held last Saturday at the buildings of the Alexandra Trust in the City Road. Invitations to six hundred and sixty-eight widows and eight hundred and seventy-seven children were sent out, and all but seventy were able to partake of an entertainment not only provided but supervised in every detail by the Queen herself. The dinner from all accounts was an unqualified success, ample, well cooked and well served, enlivened by music, and followed by a generous distribution of chocolate and toys—in which those who were unavoidably absent were not forgotten—and a two hours' entertainment by a number of popular artists. The Queen, who was unable to be present, sent a special message to her guests : " May they spend a very happy day, and may God help and bless them throughout the coming year." Nothing seems to have been overlooked which could secure the happiness and contentment of her guests.
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