Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-04-10
SIDE LIGHTS ON
rulers As HOSTS
A Most Remarkable Meeting
With the BuIg2rS' Gar.
FINE TRIBUTE TO AMERICA.
Graceful Hospitality Of Ferdinand
Charmed Visitors From United
States - Held imperial Train For
Guests, Went to Station With Them.
Sultan's Fete In Veritable Faryland.

States - Held imperial Train For
Guests, Went to Station With Them
Sultan's Fete In VeritabIe Fairyiand.
Culvin Il. Brown chief of the de-
partinent OF exploitation OF the rama
ma Pacific exposition. and Walter T.
Andrews and Thomas Rees. commits
>ioncrs of that department. have re-
turned from their four months trip
abroad with some interesting impress
sions of European monarchs. In an
interview in the New York Times Mr.
Brown describes Gar Ferdinand OF
Bulgaria as host.
I'VE were invited to the palace for
an audience at 8 o'clock in the even
ing" said Mr. Brown. Naturally we
thought it would be formal AFFAIR
lasting about Il quarter OF an hour
Car Ferdinand received us standing
At the end Of twenty minutes he es
corted us into the main audience cham
Der and introduced us to the queen. to
the crown prince, to the latter's broth
er. to the two princes and to the en-
tire court.
"On Il big table was spread q map
Of the Panama canal. with photo-
graphs Of the Gatun dam and the big
locks. and there was piled every piece
of literature that has been issued about
the San Francisco exposition. The
members of the imperial family and
the court crowded about the table and
kept us talking canal and exposition
for two and half solid hours 1t was
midnight when he left the palace.
ARRIVING at our hotel. we found an
Invitation from the prime minister TO
attend dinner the following evening
given by the cars cabinet
After that we had an invitation
from the car to lunch with him on
the following day mt one of his subur-
ban palaces
AT luncheon the ear sat ut the
head of the table Mr.. Andrews was
on his right and | on his left. The
crown prince was ON my left Only
the cars immediate family were at
the table. And. do you know, they had
for luncheon American trout American
deer ana American wild turkey.
Car Held Train For His Guests.
THE meal lasted longer than ! had
thought it would. and as the time pass
ed was sure the Orient express had
whizZcd by and we We're left. But it
wasn't up to me 10 say anything 1t
was not until . o'clock that the car
arose from the table. We put on our
overcoatS and hats. and he did the
a no, i,,t,, hn nm l,il a
with us. and we drove over mile and
a half to the cars private railway
station
1T is Il one story building of beauti-
full design As we approached soldiers
threw open double doors. and we drove
right in upon plush carpet and found
ourselves in Il beautiful dra wing room,
fitted with couches and chairs and pic
lures From the drawing room We
stepped ont upon platform on the
other side, which was carpeted its full
length. Fifty yards below on Il siding
was the Orient express. 1t had been
waiting these forty minutes by the
cars order
"CzNr Ferdinand raised his hand and
the engine pulled the train in upon the
mHin track When the engine was op
po~ijr ~ the EAR raised his hand again
and COMMANDED The, engineer 10 stop
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