The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-10-18
PRINCE LEOPOLD
IS YEARS OLD, BUT
VERY MUCH OF BOY
Takes Delight In BestOwing Med
"a ON American Sailors and
= Soldiers on Board Ship on Trip
TO This Country.

NEW YORK. Oct. iS.-Prlnce Leo
potd, heir apparent TO the Belgian
throne. was given his FIRST lesson while
crossing the ocean on the steams ~
George Washington In what IN Likely
TO become an Important duty when
he 10 called to power-the prenenIa.
uon OF honors. The men upon whom
ne bestowed the weSks OF his favor
were American soldiers and saIlors
who were victors In the games held
on board In the princes honor. The
prince In visiting America with his
parents, h king and queen OF tho
Bel~sanA.
The soene was staged Mt the foot OF
the circular staircase. leading from
the deck On which are the princes
apartments. the soldiers and aailnrs
forming a line across the ship. Tho
prince was accompanied by Admiral
a. 7, Lenr. United states naval aide
70 me king while he is In the United
Ntatuei. Major w. W. Hoffman. mill
hrf aide; Captain Mccauiey. COM
mhndlng the George Washington;
Count d'oultremont. adtutant Of the
belgian court. and a number OF other
Belgian dignitarles.
The prince. who Is only ~ years
old and very much a boy. being stiil
a student In an Eaglish school. quick
~ lost hia embarrassment when he
saw the straight line Of athletics be-
Tore him, lie was followed by a sal
Tor bearing n tray on which was a
present for each Of the victOrs. Taxi
Ing his place at the head Of the line
and directly In front % IL. the prince
%signailed the sailor to standby
The young naval officer command
Ing the "~dctachment' read the name
OF the first winner. and the sailor. u
lad not out Of his teens, stepped
briskly forward.
The prince received him with a
smile and hearty handshake, congrat-
ulating him. In perfect English, on
his success. lie then took a scarlet
morocco case from the tray, handed
II to the sailor and again shook his
hand The sailor thanked him. sa-
luted smartly. and marched back -
his place. neglecting the Formally
that n Is not expected to turn his
back on royalty.
when the winners ~ such events 1s
The whcelbarrow race. the obstacle
race. and the "broom-boNing'' were
called the prince smiled AT the rec
objection OF the fun those contests
had produced, and AS a rule the VIC
tors smiled with him.
At the conclusion OF tho ceremony
tho naval officer marched On his men
aud the prince went OF 90 the NOV
Ing picture show with Count d'Oultrc-
mont. In the officers mess. whore hf
was seen many times during the voy'
age. .
Tho presents were cigarette cases
In solid silver with the royal mon
ugrams. and crnvat pins made by "a "a
nous brussels goldsmith. They were
Of solid gold, tho Lion 81 Flanders
rampant within a circle set In jewels
showing the Belgian national colors
The men who received the prince
presents were; l. G.. Williams, 4.
Henry street. Brooklyn; O.. King, My
lie Point, oregon: r. a, Skolly, s2'
East Twauty-nfth street, New Norl
CITY. r. Klbrlde. 523 Sc%vonty-cightl
street Chicago; NJ. Kilmas, sey
mour. Conn. w. A.. Manning. II
Tenth VENUE. Schenectady, y. Y;
J. Reilly. Hartford. Conn; A. W
Berghauson, Milwaukee; J. r. Kce
nan. 1926 SUSSEX venue Newark, y
j.: W. =. Scanlun, Norristnwn. Pa.
y. j. Dodd. &C Liberty street, Yves
orange. y, j.; y. r. Moshnch, Peru
Ind. n. Wolf. Yonkors, y. Y; +. u
Roscoe. South bethlehem. Pa: " II
Green. Greedy. NSb.; J. W. Woods
Hartford. Conn.
Prince Leopold, " "a also hears III
title. Duke Of Hranant, " u kee
sportsman. md during h entir
VOYAGE kept himself In eNcellen
phvsical condition. Not a day wen
iv when he failed 10 box a given mum
- - r,unNa aud he was seen IRE