Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-27
'THR0NGS TO GREET
ROYALTY TONIGHT
Vice President and Cabinet
Will Meet Belgian Sover-
eigns at Union Station.

receive the first European sovereign
that ever visited the National Capt.
tai and fair skies made it certain
that huge crowd would throng the
Union station at 8 o'clock this even
ing. when King Albert and Queen
Elizabeth Of Belgium arrive from Phila-
delphia with the members Of their party.
Personnel Of Royal Party.
The personnel of the visiting party
Is announced by the State Department
as follows:
His majesty. the King Of the Bel
gians.
Her majesty the Queen of the Bel
His royal hiehness Prince Leopold
Duke of Brabant.
The Countess Ghislaine de Cararnan
IChfmay. lady in waiting to her
majesty.
Lieut.. Gen. Baron jacques. command
ing the Sd Division Of the Belgian
army.
Col. August Tilkens of the general
staff. aide to his ma iesty.
Mai. of Artillery. Count Guy doul-
fremont, adjutant Of the court.
Maj. Jean Duiardin. aid.
Mr.. Max Leo Gerard. secretary to his
majesty.
Mr.. Charles Graux. secretary to her
majesty.
Lieut. of Cavalry Robert Gofinet, Of
icer of ordnance to his majesty.
Lieut.. Pierre Nolf, physician to the
royal party.
Officials of State With Party.
Travelling with the foregoing members
OF the Belgian court are the following
representatives Of the State Depart
ment:
Ambassador Brand whitlock and Mrs.
Whitlock.
NAL Gen. William A. Wright. q. 8. A.
Rear Admiral Andrew T. Long. U. S.N.
G. Cornell Tarier. secretary Of the en-
bassy OF the United States
Myron A. Hofer. secretary to the en-
bassy Of the United States.
Col. Patterson. u S. A. aid to Gen.
Wright
Maj. W. W. Hoffman. aid to the Duke
Of Brabant.
Welcome Will Be Imposing.
Vice President MarehalA with
members Of the cabinet, will be at
the Union station this evening TO
ington, and the Sd Squadron Of the
Cd United States Cavalry, command
ed by Lieut.. Col w. o. Reed, will be
the official escort.
Hundreds of girls In costume will
be grouped about the Columbus
fountain on the station plaza, and a
coiorful pageant will be presented
on the east steps Of the Capitol
building. which the royal party will
pass. This pageant. staged by the
War Camp Community Service. will
occupy but FIVE minutes, and the ma
tional community chorus of 1000
voices will sing Belgium, Brave
Belgium" written by Capt. w
Will Occupy Long Residence.
During their three-day stay in
Washington the distinguished visit
ors will live at the home of Brock.
enridge Long. third assistant secretary
Of state. at 2S29 10th street. The pa
latial residence has been gone over
by a corps of decorators in anticipa-
tion Of its titled OCCUPANTS and an
extra force of street cleaners has
been working on the thoroughfares in
the vicinity of 18th and Harvard
streets.
Best Chance to See King Tomorrow.
Probably the best opportunity the
people Of Washington will have to
see the visitors will be shortly after
i
queen with the Duke Of Brabant, will
drive to the Capitol. where they will
be received by the Senate and House.
Supt. Of Schools Thurston has ar
ranged for the public schools to give
an extra recess tomorrow. SO that the
children may see the king and queen,
and they will be grouped along both
sides Of 16th street from the Long
home to Florida avenue.
DR.. Van Schaick Praises.
King Albert. who was one of the
outstanding figures of the war from
its very beginning. has been described
as "a simple. modest. honest and
honorable gentleman" by DR. John
board of education. who was for q
time American Red Cross commits
sioner for Belgium. HE is about the
most unselhsh and detached monarch
who ever wore q crown Dr. Van
could not be a kingly adventurer or a
man upon horseback He is devoid
Of ambition to be an Alexander the
Great and conquer other lands, and
even Of ambition to be an autocrat at
home"
Describing Queen Elizabeth. whom
he saw on many occasions abroad. DR..
Van Schaick says:
mo other individual. not even the
king. did more to keep up morale and
help win the fight than did this brave
queen. Her true work was in the hos
pitfalls, but she knew that hospital was
merely an adjunct to the trenches and
that the fighting man was the most
important thing in all the world. In
those first awful weeks. with dead
and dying men lying around every
where. she fell to like everybody to
do the first elemental things. She
bandag ed, she bathed. she fed. she
cheered and cooked for the wounded
men coming back from User. But she
started also the things which would
cope adequately with the situation"