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comparable to what she has done
for Washington. The Thames. al
though It nils up pretty well at high
tide, Is nowise comparable for vol
ume or beauty of surroundings to
your own Potomac"
Just at present people in Wash
ington are busy trying to find out
lust how to entertain the royal
-aSts who are scheduled to come
over here by and by; just how they
ought to be addressed: just what
precedence should be observed and
the like. These details seem entire
ly silly and inconseQuential until
they suddenly become terribly inn
portant upon the realization that II
anything goes wrong or isn't done
just according to regulations. there
may be international misunder-
standings and serious results.
The average person scarcely stops
TO think that il a nation wants to
show its disapproval of arrther ma
tion. a tiny little snub OF ,nc of its
distinguished citizens. has that ef-
feet And a tiny breach Of etiquette
can easily be mistaken for a deliber-
ate discourtesy. If rules and regu
lations are strictly followed, no
matter how unimportant they may
seem, then all goes well and the
guests depart delighted. But WASH
ington does not have royal visitors
every day in the week and doesn't
know the rules any too well.
DIFFERENT STANDARDS
RESULT OF THE WAR
Perhaps in no way has the dif-
ference in standards brought about
by the great war been more clearly
evinced than by the visits of the
two gentlemen who were in Washing
ton recently.
One, the President-elect Of a Soutn
American republic. came as an on
cial guest and was wonderfully en-
tertained as such: the other. a scion
of a royal house in Europe, came
quite unostentatiously as a priva.e
citizen and put himself up at one of
the hotels. and all entertaining don.
for him was the simple. informaf
hospitality of a few personal friends
or mutual friends o, personal ae
quainances.
DIR. Pessoa, president-elect Of Bra
zil. his wife. his daughter and his
suite were the raison d'etre for some
OF the most elaborate and brilliant
functions Of the year.
Prince Aage of Denmark came here
not exactly incoGnito. but merely as
a private traveller. taking in the sight,
of the national capital as he passed
on en- route to other cities in his
American tour. Uncle Sam was a
host to the former, and the Daniss
minister. NJ Brun. and his coIlea-
CUES OF the Danish legation and cir
Gle Of intimate friends saw to IL
that the prince was not dull while
in Washington.
However, the whole thing was a
bit upsetting. and nobody knows now
Just what the program will be for
the other royal guests who are due
In Washington in the near future
or course. some are coming with all
sails set. as one might say. and all
standards blowing in the wind, and
for them the nation will give of its
best in formal, punctilious ceremony
as well as generous hospitality; but
suppose. for instance. some of the
royal visitors choose to come, as did
Prince Aage. just as plain travellers.
What VIII the method of procedure
be? is the question asked over tea
cups and at the clubs Well. the
more the speculation the more the
interest. and so society is quite con-
tent to quietly await developments.
In the meantime the rumOrs anent
prospective visitors grow apace. and
now it is whispered that even the
King and Queen of Italy may come
to the United States. 1t is generally
understood that besides and King
and Queen of Belgium and the Prince
of Wales. the Queen of Rumania
and the President of France and
Madame Poincare may also be Uncle
Sans guests this summer or early
autumn. and the interest manifest
gives a stimulus to all social actiyi-
ties.
Already the effect Of the news of
the forthcoming royal visits has
been felt in the city life. and houses
and apartments are being sought for
eagerly thus early for next autumn
for it is felt that Washington as
winter resort, will be more than ever
desirable
Another mission is on its way, Yes.
they do seem to be endless, don't thew
This one is an Abyssinian mission of
three members. which is en- route To
New York with congratulations Of
Abyssinia on the victory of the allied
and associated nations in the war
an announcement by the State Denart-
ment said. The mission has already