The Washington herald., 1919-11-16
CONTINUED FROM rAFE -FOUR.

he Is a striklnB iOoNinS man.
looks like q parsonage. He Is rud-
der than I expected to see him;
Is robust, tall and far from thin.
He seems to have a great deal Of
dignity and charm He watched
the prince like a father lowering
over q favorite son. Several very
large, burly men were watching
the prince too that night: detec-
tives who eyed every guest as they
approached his royal highness.
One Of the amusing features Of the
party was the attempt at curtsies 1
saw. Some were wise, enough not to
try. Some did II very well and others
most amazingly. to say the least.
heard a mother and daughter arsu-
ing about whether they would at
tempt II or not. They are a very
prominent, and much travelled pair
and very handsome too. The mother
insisted II was the custom of his
country so II should be done; that all
! who knew anything would do It. The
/ daughter disagreed with her and In
sisted that no oue curtsied that after
noon at the Letter party. / didn't
watch to see IL the mother accom-
plished IL or not.
There were fully 1000 Aople there
that night II not more. A Canadian
I knew said His Royal Highness
shook hands with over 1000 in one
evening in Toronto-I think that was
the evening his hand was crippled.
was sure his left hand would be
wreck after Wednesday evening Tor
when there was a break in the line
Of guests ] could see his hand was
very red and quite limp. i asked my
friend how they managed the big
halls given in his honor in Canada
Did he shake hands with all Of the
guests? She told me he only sreetsd
the officials: then looked the girls over.
When he decides that he wants to
dance with a certain girl he has her
brought to him and introduced and
OF he goes to dance with her. The
main group of the guests have only
an opportunity to look at him
There seems to be some astonish-
ment about the invitations sent out
for Wednesdays reception. In fact.
invitations were rot sent; only cards
Of admission Someone expressed II.
Just as they do for a prize fight or a
poultry show" 1t was rather un-
usual. to say the least. although the
way people pleaded for cards. I sus-
pect most of them did not care a bit
what form the card took
That was a beautiful. wonderful oc-
casion and will be long remembered.
The Capitol was superb. too. that
evening; the dome was brilliantly
illuminated with searchlights and the
Capitol Plaza. which is always ablaze
with lights. looks at its best on a wet
evening. and last Wednesday evening
was very wet The wide concrete
plaza reflects the lights in a most fas-
cinating manner when 1t rains.
MRS. DONALDSON
TALKED WITH PRINCE.
The folks at the Red Cross building
are still talking OF the princes visit
there. II was a very impressive occa-
sion The girls. in their white robes
and blue Red Cross head coverings.
formed an escort of honor outlining
his path. and also were In tiers and
tiers on. the steps in front of the
building. The members of the various
committees of the society were pre-
sented to him. He stopped for sew
eral minutes to chat with Mrs. T. @.
Dobaldson when she was presented, to
talk. OF her son, Capt ]. o. Donaldson,
who used to belong to the British
ROYAL Flying Corps and distinguished
himself in that service. John o. was
to have been decorated by the prince
at the Belmont house on Thursday.
but was i'll in Atlanta and couldn't
come. so will receive that honor in
New York on the I'D. The prince had
met Capt. Donaldson abroad and en-
jOyed meeting his mother.
So far as my own experience goes. 1
think the ceremony Of decorating those
NJ "a
most impressive and effective OF any
event of the princes visit.
The ceremony of awarding the med =
ais took place in the ballroom of the
Belmont residence in the presence of
Secretary of War Baker. Gen. Per-
shing. Gen. March and the military
and naval attaches of all the embas-
sizes and legations in the city.
The official guests were seated along
the south side of the room. and the
decorations were spread on a marble
topped table in front of a large mirror
on the north side. Clusters Of chrys-
anthemums were all about the room.
His highness entered the room at II 30
o'clock. as n band stationed in the
balcony played the first bars of God
Save the Prince of Wales"
Those who were decorated entered
the room from the princes right. As
they came before the prince he shook
hands with them. hung the ribbon
about their necks or pinned them on
their coats as the occasion required,
congratulated them on their distinc-
tion and shook their hands.
IL was n most impressive. moving
scene. The military aides Of all of the
allied embassies and legations. In their
uniforms. were lined up there. One
O1lNOker said to me that II inpressed