The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-07-22

fectly new and more wonderful coun-
try has grown up.
| WELCOMES KING TO AMERICA.
| Mrs. Longworth-We would be aw-
| fully glad if you would come over. /
| can promise you good time
The knight is good of you. I feel
sure you would. But what are your
plans? VIII you be long in England?
| Mrs. LOngworth-We expected to
stay only a fortnight, but 1 feel sure
! we shall be here month. We have
SO much to see and do
! The king-You must spare me some
! of your precious time. L want You to
meet the queen. Then you should also
grace Ascot and go to Windsor. It IS
very beautiful there. 1 will speak to
! Mr.. Reid
Mrs. Longworth-Thank you, sir
will consider these commands.
The King That is particularly
| charming of you. Do not forget to
bring your husband.
Mrs. Longworth-No, sir. I haven't
had time to begin to forget him.
The King-Never begin, then. But
we are all envious of your husband.
You might have visited us earlier and
given some of my Englishmen a
chance. America is first surely in
enough other matters.
Mrs. Longworth-But it is reputed
that Americans make the best hus-f
bands. n
The King-I quite believe that. But
could one be anything but best" with
such charming mates as you American
women?
Mrs Longworth-Ah. When I go
back I must tell our women what an
admirer they have.
KING COMPLIMENTS MRS. LONG
WORTH.
The King-A good many of them
know it already. You must tell me of
some of your experiences in the Far
East. L admire you very much, Mrs. !
Longworth, and am glad indeed to hav-
ing had this opportunity of meeting |
you.
Mrs. Longworth-Thank you very
much, sir. 1 am delighted to have met |
you. 1 have looked forward to it for a
long time. We hear so much of your
charm in the States and I now realize
it,
The King-Ah that is pretty, indeed.
We are all ogres until we are digested.
You must bring Mr.. Longworth over
after dinner and let me talk to him.
The conversation at this point again
became general, and after dinner his
majesty had little opportunity to again
talk to Mrs. Longworth, but he engag-
ed Mr.. Longworth in conversation for
a minute afterward, congratulating him
on his marriage. All the Americans
practically in the inner circle of society
and the British nobility were present,
and after the king left, which was i'm
mediateiy after the concert Mrs. Long
worth became the center of attraction
and ongratulation.
From the glimpse of the kings con-
versation the public will no doubt be
astonishAd to find that kings talk the
same as ordinary people. Yet the con-
versation is interesting in that it was
between two personages who are decid-
adly in the public eye. The king in re-
'erring to Mrs. Longworth since has :
that she is. while not strictly
4 pretty women as dainty and de-
ightful a young woman as one could
meet sparkling with true American
Wit.
SIR THOMAS Upton IN TROU-
BILE. !
A little bit of gossip is going round r
he clubs just now about Sir Thomas
Upton. 1t appears that he has had a
erious falling out with his premier
namorata. 1t happened in this wise: d
Sir Thomas was visiting in Italy at
he time of the Vesuvius eruption and
pent some time in Naples. Among the
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