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at the entrance of the gallery. The
prince remained about fifteen minutes.
He was then conducted to a committee
room where he received the members
of the house of representatives.
A committee from the senate then
escorted him to the vice presidents
room, where. he was introduced to Pres
ident Pro TEN. Frye. At the invitation
German embassy in an open landau,
with Col. Bingham. The president was
met at the carriage by Ambassador
Won Hclleben and ushered into the
building. The prince met him In the
drawing room, where there was an ex-
charge of greetings. The president and
prince remained together for about
ten minutes.
Prince Sees La lawmakers.
The visit Of Prince Henry INC his
suite to the capitol yesterday after
noon must have been not only a graf
flying experience to the royal visitor
on account of the warm and flattering
reception he received at both the house
and senate and of the opportunity 1T
afforded of meeting personally the
leaders of both houses. but it must have
been an extremely interesting expert
enc as we'll. The prince not only saw
the house of the American parliament
at work. but in the senate he witnessed
one of the are anG
Intensely ORA matte
moments which come in hat body Oc-
casionally at the conclusion of a great
debate. The prince and his party in
carriages, escorted by a troop of caval-
ry and tlanked or either side by a BIZ
cycle platoon of police, arrived at the
eastern entrance of the capitol at 4
o'clock, exactly on schedule time. The
prince was conducted to the speakers
room. where ne was introduced to
peaker Henderson and a few of the
house leaders. He was then escorted
to o seat in the gallery where he viewed
with interest the proceedings Of the
house. He was given a warm demon
stration
of President Frye Prince Henry Occu-
pied a seat on the presidents rostrum
in the senate. The enatOrs rose to
their feet when the prince appeared t
the door and greeted him with ap-
plause. The prince remained but a
few minute and vas then escorted
back to the German embassy.
Dimes at the White House.
The dinner given to Prince Henry by
President Roosevelt at the White
House in the evening closed the honors
bestowed on the royal visitor by OH
cial Washington yesterday. The affair
was on an elaborate scale and brought
together a most distinguished company.
1t was An assemblage such as has rare
ly If ever before gathered in the White
House To accommodate the large
number of guests the dinner table was
set in the East room, the decorations
of which were on the most magnificent
scale ever attempted. Shortly before
the clock struck s Prince Henry ar
rived with Admiral Evans. The dinner
was set for S o'clock, and when the
hour arrived the guests passed through
the Blue room, where the presentations
wera made, and thence to the East
room. President Roosevelt sat at the
head of the table with Prince Henry on
his right.
on to the Launching.
President Roosevelt and party left
Washington shortly before midnight
for New York, where he is to witness
the launching of the yacht Meteor,
built for the emperor of Germany. Ac-
companying the president were Mrs.
Roosevelt. Miss Alice Roosevelt, who is
to christen the yacht, Secretary Root,
Mrs. Root. Miss Root, Secretary Hitch
cock, Commander and Mrs. Cowles,
Senators Lodge and Spooner. Prince
Henry and his escort left on a special
train a few minutes later.