The Washington times., 1912-01-24
SIMPLICITY TO
MARK AUDIENCE
OF CONNAUGHT
Presidents Reception of
Royal Visitor to Be With
/ out Formality.
CONTINUED from First Pase.)

At Thirteenth street and Fifth ave-
nue. nue.. the chauffeur in charge Of the
was regaininY 1t. Ambassador Reid
car went speeding down the avenue and
was hopelessly separated from the rest
o. the party. A few Ininutes later the
sir,sh and were forced to make wild
t:tve to catch Up with the princess.
When the duke and his party arrived
at the Stock Exchange. the princess
WAS not In sight. A searching party
was being considered when her machine
service. BY this time such a large
crowd had gathered that the royal
10 the visitors entrance Of the ex-
The royal guests were taken to the
governors room, where they were in
returned to the visitors gallery and the
duke spent fifteen minutes watching the
trading, but most of the members gave
their attention to the royal visitors.
Blocked BY Funeral.
When the party started to leave the
exchange, a funeral procession was
coming down Wall Street. The crowd
around the entrance was 30 big that the
hearse was forced to stop. The duke
and duchess and Ambassador and Mrs.
Reid got into their auto. The driver
Of the hearse, somewhat flustered by
the tie-up, wheeled in behind the duke
car. BY the time Princess Patricia got
started In her car. the car was caught
between the carriages Of the mourners
and the Secret Service men were obliged
to trail the entire procession.
Two newspaper photographers, de.
termined to get good photographs of of
top of the hearse and from this
unique point Of vantage exhausted
their supply of films. An unsuccess-
from the top of the hearse. !.
AS soon as the procession reached
the first interesting street, the royal
cortege and drove about the financial
district viewing the ruins. of the
Equitable building, the. city hall. the
Tribune building, which Is owned by
Ambassador Reid. and other struc-
accompanied by Ambassador and Mrs.
Reid, went to the home Of Mrs. Cor
relius Vanderbilt on. Fifth avenue
where they were luncheon guests.
May Stay In Gotham.
Two active days of sight seeing
opened to the party the possibilities of
what can he viewed in this city and It
was said the duchess and the princess
have insisted that they need more time
to see everything. They will attend the
opera thursday afternoon and evening,
while the duke is In Washington. II II
can be arranged, the duke will go to
the opera Friday night and Immediately
afterward will begin his return trip to
Canada.
It was said one reason why the wo-
men Of the party will not accompany
the duke to Washington Is the desif q
Of Mrs. Reid to emphasize the claim
that she really is the social mentor Of
all America, and she did not desire to
share that distinction even with the
members of President Taft's family.
The dinner and dance given last night
by Mr.. and Mrs. Reid came at the close
of busy day for the governor general
of Canada and his wife and his daugh-
ter.
The dukes appearance and his cour-
tesy won him popularity. If he had
been the successful candidate for a high
office he could not have attracted more
attention than he did in his career
for 1t was that-about the city. Nor
could the duchess and the princess