El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-10-16

There IL something in the story D.
the visit to New York of the king and
queen or Belgium that will endeaI
their majest.es to every American
Emma Bugbee tells In the New YORK
Tribune as follows.
They came 10 us a great king and a
brave queen. They left US with the
added title OF most satisfactory sight
Z seers.
New Workers, who OF themselves
v visit Grants Tomb, much less
the dinosaurs and plelsi0saurHses,
swelled with a new pride in the town
which proved SO fascinating to royalty,
and listened with a warm tug at their
hearts, were they never so democratic,
to the tale OF how this royal pair left
not a sight unseen from Dyckman
street to the furtherm0st ends OF the
Greensboro bridge. Boston and
Niagara Falls they have~tackled with
the same resolute enthusiasm.
Sightseeing in New York is a task
to be undertaken only by the most 70
bust, yet the queen, who is frail. went
at il with a zest which captiyated her
escorts in whatever hospital or mu-
senmf OF skyscraper she penetrated.
AT the Rockefeller Institute she won 4
tribute from a great physician for her
scientific comprehension. and In the
Museum OF Natural History she pored
long over those glass cases of birds
and reptiles which are fascinating to
most democrats for about half an hour,
but rapidly lose their charm when the
back begins to ache.
Yet, triumph as she did in the role
OF scientist. II is as a woman flying
to the heart Of the Great White Way
ON her first night here that she par
ticularly endeared herself to the city
Is truth stranger than fiction, or is It
not2 The queen wanted to go to 4
motion picture show. The widest
flight Of the journalistic imagination
could never picture a more humorous
situation. Press agents, who would
have sold their immortal souls to en-.
gineer a VISIT Of the queen OF Belgium
to thei rtheaters, did not know OF her 4
coming and there was 81. II. q. for her
majesty. A nation which has stood
patiently In line before those box OF
fices can not be cold To- a queen who
has suffered even ais the 'humblest
movie fan. The flare-up of high
with which she turned from
the forbidden theater to a cabaret.
bound TO make a night Of 1t one way
or the other, sounds more like a Bar
nard College freshman than a royal
highness. We like it a lot.
As for Albert OF Belgium. America
reyered him as the king who saved
the world, but II will love-him Just
little better because he Is the kind
of king who gets up az 5 o'clock in the
morning to make 4 secret airship
over the city, OF to proWl about
he railroad yards in the rain
Vigorous. genial, and pleased ,appar-
entity with everything that came I'm
len his keen glance. he entered into 4
he spirit OF the land in which he
himself. The order had gone Z
orth that no person might address
lin unless the request came first
rom him. But that Is not the Amer
can way. Sometimes it was a woman
Nth the flag Of Belgium pinned over \
shabby coat; sometimes 1t was 2
letty police officer, or a small boy
Nth shining eyes. who caught him In
me OF the crowded places Which tbA
.xigencies OF sightseeing could not en-
irely eliminate. Hands stretched !
ut to them from the crowds, and All
and Elizabeth took them with q
mile, the smile Of the royal In heart.