The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-11-02

may be offered as an example of the
gracious things which contribute so
much to his majesty's popularity. tt
seems that King Albert had met DIR.
Grayson, the Presidents physician.
abroad. had grown fond of him-as
everybody who is closely associated
with the genial doctor seems to do
and renewed the acquaintance here
with genuine pleasure. Mrs. Grayson,
however, had not been presented to
his majesty, unless, perhaps, with a
group of others. So King Albert
drew the doctor aside one day, invited
him to luncheon on Thursday, and
commanded" that Mrs. Grayson be
present, too, and that she be brought
up to him for little chat and some
thing more than a perfunctory greet
ing. OF course. the formal invitation
to the breakfast-for SO 1t was called
on the cards of invitation-was de-
livered later.
1t did seem rather a pity to me that
the dinner given by the Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Marshall, functioning
as understudies to the President and
Mrs. Wilson as the nations hosts.
should have been in the residence of
a private and entirely unofficial per-
son, borrowed for the occasion simply
because she happened to be an init
mate friend of the Marshalls and to
have a suitably magnificent home. It
is humiliating that Uncle Sam has no
proper place in which to entertain his
guests and should be forced to bor-
row his stage settings. But IL such
things had to be-and in this case
there seemed no other course open
1t was fitting that the party should
be given at "twenty-twenty," mean
ing 1920 Massachusetts, avenue, the
home of Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, for
she had earned the recognition of the
Belgian sovereigns for her wonderful
reconstruction" work for the bene-
fit of the women and children of
devastated Belgium.
Mrs. Walsh Only
Unofficial Person.
1t must have been a great night for
Mrs. Walsh, who was the only unof-
fetal person present at that highly of
fetal dinner and who after the dinner
was decorated by Queen Elizabeth.
And 1t was eminently proper that the
little ceremony should take place in
that house which has been given over
to effective and helpful salvage work,
the making Of useful and comfortable
clothing for women and children from
the outworn and discarded garments
of the friends of Mrs. Walsh and her
corps of willing workers.
A friend took me for spin round
the park on this gala night, coming
home we were attracted by the clat-
tering hoofs of cavalry, followed them
up and arrived before the Walsh door
just in time to witness the breakup
of the party. We found-and joined
A big group of onlookers, a surpris-
ingly large number of foreigners who
were willing to bravo" and ''vive-le'
after their temperameutal type.
The Champ Clarks got a great hand
-Pershing a real ovation. The Clarks
for a second didn't seem to grasp the
situation. Modestly they passed along,
getting closer to the demonstration.
Then Mr.. Clark did get a hunch. He
looked back. saw nothing but an eX-
panse of lights and flowers-no hui
man notable in sight-and after con-
vincing himself that he was the
cause and-effect. smiled happily and
acknowledged the greetings. When
Pershing came he waved with a real
| boyish gayety.
A boyish person also was his
majesty--to go back a bit. for, of
course, the royalties left first. He
came tripping out without any at
tached aide" smoking a cigarette. He
got "Vive lie Roi" instanter. And the
| queen, also quite unattended, came in
| her stately fashion down the royal
red carpet. The minute she was
| recognized the whole group went into
a great acclaim. She smiled in a most
delightfully."- winsome fashion and
| bowed repeatedly, seeming both sur
prised and touched by the warmth OF
her greeting.