Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-29
| LUNCHEON GIVEN
BY Lord MAYOR
INF FORMAL AFFAIR
President Makes Address in
Lighter Vein and Engages
in the Chat of the Guests
Near His Seat,
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London, Dec. 2S.-The program OF
the Mansion House luncheon, was
comparatively informal except for
the toasts. When the aged master
of ceremonies, in city livery and
! standing behind the Lord Mayors
chair proclaiming your royal high
ness addressing the Duke of Con-
| naughty My lords, your excellencies,
ladies and gentlemen, l pray silence
! for the president of The United
States, there was a burst of hearty,
| although decorous, enthusiasm, with
handclapping, waving of napkins and
| beating of tables.
The presidents speech was in a
lighter ven with personal touch.
He described himself not as a cold
talking machine but with something
OF Scotch caution, tempered by lik-
ing for insurgencies which could have
no other than Celtic origin. His eX-
PLANTATION of the breaking of prece-
dent in coming to Europe because he
thought consultation was duty
above all others, was applauded, as
when his quotation from Charles
Lamb that one could not hate a man
whom he knew. The president
spoke without a touch of emotion or
hesitation. His only gesture was
when he spoke of the shadow Of grief
which had been lifted from the
world
Mrs. Wilson rose with the Others
when the health of the president was
drunk, The orchestra of the Scots
Guards in the balcony above the en-
trance played American airs during
the luncheon and the American and
Prithish anthems when the toasts to
the king and the president were
drunk.
The lord mayor escorted Mrs. Will
son, while the president was with the
wife of the lord mayor. The Duke
Of Connaught and Premier LLOYD
George followed. Mrs. Wilson wore
violet velvet gown oramented with
embroidered silk motifs of the same
tone and a velvet toque of the same
color with wings of violet,
During luncheon the lord mayor
proposed the health of the king af-
ter grace was said by Prebendary
Stone. The lord mayer then pro
posed the health of the president,
paying tribute to him as a man and
statesman. He declared that his pres.
SliSc III Europe was the sweeping
away of a policy never before de-
parted from on the other side of the
Atlantic He referred to the friend
ship and sympathy the American
people gave to England even before
America entered the war.
The lord mayor wore his robes of
office with gold chain and diamond |
badge. The gold plate of the city
was banked on dark red plaques.
making an effective back ground for |
he centra! group at the head of the |
able,
Field Marshal and Lady Haig and |
ADMIRAL and Lady Beatty sat across
he table from President Wilson.
Premier LLOYD George, the AIahara-
ah of Rikaner, American ambassa-
lof Davis and Mrs. Davis and the
of Canterbury We're be-
'ond Mrs. Wilson, Members of the
1ousehold We're arranged on either
1de Of he head of the table which
tretched the length of the hall.
President Wilson divided his con-
fersation with the premier, Field
MARSHAL Haig and the wife of the
Lord Mayor, Mr.. LLOYD George alb
orbtng the larger share.
Election returns passed from ear
o ear along the table and kept Pre-
nier Lloyd George in an expansive
mile as they reached him.