East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-06-02
QUEEN THELMA IS
GIVEN RECEPTION
ON VISIT TO CITY
Several Hundred PendIetOnians and
Band of Indians" at Station to
Greet Special Car.
MEMBERS OFCOURT DEuGHTED
Young Women from Portland Are
Captiyated by Welcome Extended
by Roundup City - Photographs
Are Taken-Royal Proclamation Is
Issued TO Mayor of PendIeton.

As regal bearers Of Portland's. cor
dial invitation to the annual Feast of
Flowers, Queen Thelma and her re-
tinue of charming attendants arrived
in Pendleton shortly before eight o.
clock this morning on their tour de
luxe and they were met by several
hundred Pendletonians and a small
hand Of Indians" These latter were
ar the depot as entertainers extraor-
dinary. the Round-up's welcome to
the Representatives OF the Rose Fes-
tiVaL
Swarming from their special car
the moment No. came to a stop. the
queen and her sovereign court. for
getfuI of any stateful dignity that
may vest in royalty. rushed through
the crowd to the green in the center
of which the redskins in their paint
and feathers. heads and bodies bend
ing and twisting, were executing the
war dance of the primeval day to the
heat Of the tom tom. Even If the
faces of the dancers were white be-
Meath their Ochre. the dance itself
would have done credit to old Sitting
Pull and his braves and the makeup
OF the pseudo abrogines was so good
that the fair visitors did not suspect
the deception practiced upon them un-
til some of the ''savages'' bade them
goodbye in perfectly good English.
Queen Thelma. and she was a queen
as any of the men spectators will tes-
tify. and he bevy Of rOsebuds were
quite enraptured at the novel recep-
ton given them and their high spirits
found expression in a dance of their
own about the little group of In
dians. In the impromptu dance. one
OF the maidens lost her slipper and,
such unwonted timidity did the Pen
dleton gallants display, that no one
stepped forward to play the Prince
Charming to this Cinderella feat.
Before the time for departure came
the beautiful ruler of Rosario and
her ten maids of honor grouped them
selves with the Indians for a pose be-
fore the lens of the camera The
queen herself set an example of dar-
ing for her attendants by accepting
and donning the gay warbonnet Of
Chief Ja-ka-ko-hats (Tal Pine).
Soon most Of the young ladies were
crowned with bOnnets or had their
heads bedecked with feathers. Some
even grew so bold as to link arms
with the redskins. while the papoose
OF the bunch. beneath his disguise
Young Wesley Fletcher. became the
struggling object of goOd-natured ri
valry as several of the maidens tried
10 capture him for the picture.
Their stay here was a brief one.
barely fifteen minutes in duration.
but they enjoyed it immensely. They
did not forget. however. the object
of their tour and as their trian pulled
out. from their rear platform OF their
observation car. they gave the Off
cial yell OF the Portland festival.
"Junetime. rosetime. goOdtime, Port
land" and scattered souvenirs among
the crowd
They also turned over to Mayor W.
F. MatlOck. a royal proclamation
which reads as follows:
To the Honorable Mayor and his 10y
al Subjects. A Proclamation.
BY the Queen in Council with Her
Princesses. Her Cabinet and the
People of the Kingdom of Rosario.
BY the Grace Of God. by virtue of her