Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-08
Uncle Sam Has Played This Role
Many Times Before.
PRINCES And PRESIDENTS HONORED
Etiquette and Customs That Pre-
vail on Such Occasions.
ESTABLISHED PRECEDENTS

"nat OF II II President Roosevelt does
establish notable precedent by formally
calling at the German embassy TO return
the visit which Prince Henry will have paid
at the White House a brief moment beforef
The decision OF Mr.. Roosevelt to ignore
this senseless sentiment is consistent with
the striking parallel between his adminis-
tration and that OF Mr. Arthur A great
TODD was raised because the successor Of
the martyred Garfield technically strayed
without his countrys limits by putting foot
on the foreign soil confined I'm the meager
limits of foreign legation. Strange COIN
cident that this first oGense was committed
at the domicile OF a German envoy hereI
But Mr.. Arthur's calls were always In
formal.
Uncle Samuel has bestowed honors upon
presidents Of Insignificant republics which
were greater than those which he will heap
upon Admiral Prince Henry. Whereas
President Roosevelt will demand a first
call from the prince, President Mckinley
paid the first call to President Dole Of
Hawaii and President IElesias of Costa
Rlca, when those chief magistrates of sis
ter republics were here in January and No.
yember, 1888. What changes are wrought
by time, indeed! Were Mr. Dole now an
inferior of President Roosevelt, TO visit the
White House he would have to humbly
await his turn in the anteroom Of the Pres
ident's office.
Were It the kaiser who should come o.
visiting Jonathan and his continent. the
strenuous William would expect the first
call from his strenuous brother executive.
and his expectation would be realized So
you see, diplomatists and those who rub
gloves with them must be as scruDulotfs
about these little details Of etiquette as
must our socially successful wives and
daughters. President Dole was met at
chicago by three special commissioners,
az I'm Ia he
President of the United States The gov
eminent paid his hotel bills and travelling
expenses General Brooke, then conn
mander Of the Department of the Missouri,
furnished HIM a military escort while he
paused in the windy city. All of the troops
quartered near Washington turned out to
escort him from the depot to the Arlington
Hotel. salute of twenty-one guns was
fired when he entered the city limits al
OF this ceremony for the president OF one
OF the smallest countries on earth!
Incognitos Make n Difference.
But when distinguished foreigners travel
incognito within our borders there is a DIFF
ference. Most of the royal personages VINO
have enjoyed the honor of American hospi-
tality have so travelled
When King Edward OF England, then the
youthful Prince of Wales visited us in 1860
he travelled under the incognito OF "Paron
Renfrew- This was consistent with his
mothers policy. 1t was her habit To tour
Europe as the Duchess of Kent" A year
ago last June the Princess Arlbert OF An
malt Queen Nictoria's granddaughter, So
journed in America as the Countess of
Munsterberg.". Prince Albert of Belgium
preferred to be known as m. lie Conta de
Rethy while here few years ago. His
name so appeared in the official list of
guests furnished to the newspapers At the
time of the state dinner given to him at
the White House by President Mckinley,
Dom 1ngleslas Travelled jncoRnfto while
r a -afl L.,
which 10 establish his son. And IL may be
remembered that Joseph Bonaparte brother
or Napoleon and King OF Spain. made his
advent Into the long exile which he spent
in America as m. Bouchard." But Prince
Henry will not assume an incognito. Hence,
he VIII come openly as n royal guest az
the nation, and must be treated as such.
An incognito would cost him mis- travelling
expenses.
Other PrinceIy Guests.
The present King of England is not the
only distinguished visitor to America WHO
lived to inherit throne Prince William,
afterward King Of England, and the prede-
cessor Of Queen Victoria, came to New
York as a midshipman of the British navy
during the revolutionary war This prince
and Admiral Digby, r. N, his sponsor,
made their headquarters at the house OF
Governor Beekman in Hanover Square The
future king of England was a roll.clling,
mischievous boy, and once having had a
Whit of the fresh air which blew over the
land struggling against his kinsmen re-
fused a bodyguard. Colonel Ogden OF the
continental army, a Jerseyman of Irish de-
scent, conceived plot to kidnap the prince
and hold him as hostage He arranged
the plot with two brother officers and
thirty-nine soldiers were selected TO carry
1t out 1t was planned to sieze the future
king after forcing the door Of the govern.
or's house and gagging the admiral. Tho
conspirators advanced on the mansion ana
at a short distance awaited word from a
spy posted inside. The latter reported that
Prince William had gone to a party out Of
town, and inasmuch as the object Of the
plot had not returned at an hour long past
midnight, the would-be abducto-s dis
persed after arranging to renew their at
tempt. But neighbors, made suspicious by
warned Admiral Digby Thenceforth q
guard of British troops was kept posted
outside the house. So the plot failed.
Escaped Being Queens.
Louis Philippe. later King Of France,
came to this country in 1876 with his two
brothers Louis was then the Duke Of Or
leans, twenty-three years old. During the
French revolution his father having been
guillotined. the young duke left France,
lived for some time in a dingy room over
a barber shop in London, where he made
his bread and salt by teaching French,
wandered for time In Switzerland and
eventually determined to seek q haven In
the new home of the free. He was enter
tanned by Washington at Mt Vernon and
spent considerable time in New York and
Philadelphia. In the latter city he became
of the daughter of William Bing-
ham and. tits said. offered her his hand.
which was refused.
Another American girl who might have
been seated on the French throne was O
Miss Willing Of Philadelphia, courted by
Louis Napoleon, who came to this country
in 1896. His mother, Queen Hortense Of
laughter of the Empress JOSE
phine of France. by her first husband,
failed to send Louis his expected remit
tances. He consequently borrowed large
sums from wealthy New York merchant
Failing to meet this obligation when U
was due, the lender swore out a warrant
for his arrest. The future emperor OF tina
French languished In Eldridge street tau
New York. until one Wrisley a farmer
who took to the young man kindly, settled
the difficulty. In those days. as intimated.
for debt was common. THIS
case was almost parallel to that of Prince
son Of the King of Corea, who
was last month sued by certain bankers
and brokers OF New York and Philadelphia
FOR $4,000.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS. IT.
The Latest.