The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-11-22
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CHEER BELGIANS
King MBtlT ENTHUSIASTIC
Ewsy Oh u hls~s Rsesrxsas shs
Asssrtsis Army In Eagerly Do
searsd--asysl FAsaay IAA4
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wsshtnxtuGt Everybody In the war
were Bsagfan army. froa THE gallant
| king tn the hxave little psssssas In tAs
RACKS. Ii eating ap~ every BIZ Of nsws
cnneswuihg xfaas the Afa~straa arwsy 10
| dstEG what America II ps~p&rinx 10
seuGl over In tbs nsar future and what
money sAs IL raising 10 hstAg The wsf
| ~ u aaaesessful naisA
THIS IL the Information hruHght by
pawl Van pea Ven. fornsrty F~ufes@ps
Ia the University af ,LOasaia and aeE a
prsfsssog at prfnreton university and
director IL the Bssgtaa lnfavmataoa
s@rvfr~, Professor Van Den Ven has
Just retusnsd after ieag vtsi, q, the
Belgian srint. He had twoAour chat
with the kiag.
Yea cant begin to lima gina he
aays. ~th. electrical sffevs tia comma
Of your Americans has upon cur p~ss.
gle.
The msn In the trvnches gvs the
Preach and Belgian papers, was
there after cantigny and Chateau
fhierry bad been fought and woo by
your nea.
osiiehssd BY the he~A
~oar Belaaas ~sre wiid with de-
Tight In on. sector the linss had be-
cufns stabilized because each aide had
turned lts,se hoods against the other,
The wet trenehss were perhaps 2.oVa
yards apart. Zach side had boata, bat
there were few raldA nut while
was there the Belgian array was b.
party Of my couasr,inep rv,arpiag la
boats They had bs-a cut 90 an oil.
aisf, ruiding party, They were dead
weary. he, they we're singing. They
had taken somc Hun prisoners aud
their trench kaives had blood an them
You know what has happened sinrs.
The king makes hls headquarters
al La p@asie. q little yilIasx M the Be-,
CLAN seacoaa Here he lives like
modest citizen of moderate means In
. simple two story brick cottage This
house faces out on tho sand dunes
r~rusmh.r there wera two flower beds.
which did DOT thrive we'll In tha, sandy
SOFT
The Interior ~ the house In as sim.
pla a. the estertnr The king has
riuy salon lifted out with sn,ne old red
velvet chairs. very much the wore tnY
wear and years. There IN u small ia
bic. on which were lying some French
aud English newspapers A, this table
the king does hts work,
The Qus~n and the childvsu have
their plain bedrooms upstairs Prince
Charles. ~, one II the sons, In still
schellhoy, The Duke III Rruhant, s"s*
when most boys are In h!gh school. In
seryihg as a pr,.ats Ia the army As
was cuming In saw the PRETTY blonde
Princess Marie Jcsr, twelve. T,s;apins
III after walk on the danes.
ITS u saeet. Wholesome family life
that IL led there n, Ia raaae, brnkeEl.
Of course. by the necessary absences
Of Shs King with his meta and the lsake
@l.as takes Ala turn In the lreaehe&
Il had . ,wo hour talk with my SOW,
srrign. II Ia II course. dlhicul. 10 get
"a La ranne, II II quicker to ~ there
by auto than by train and yuar payers
have 20 he unexcwptionaL But once
you ga there little e~rrmoay Ia or
ser~esi went into the kings cottage
and found h!m waiting for me- lie ~
celved me standing and wv shook
hands and stocd there sds two hours
tnlkinA
Fighting King Described
The hing IN very tall and soitaeriy
tos,king. He II forty shr~ts and his
far~ shows the cares that he has borne
s,x the last four yean He wore the
KHAKI, usif~m Ut q general In the Bel.
gsan army And II was not the show
v,,.gFarsxs thai ~, ,psrN xsyxa~,slvws t,uf