Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-03
BELGIAN ROYAL
FAMILY ENJOYS
VISIT IN N. Y.
Will Remain in Metropolis
! Until Saturday and Then
Start Tour of u

New York. Oct. .3.A-The King and
queen Of the Belgians, with Prince
Leopold, heir apparent, to the throne.
cast nside today the royal "incognito'
which had shrouded them since their
welcome at noon yesterday to the
United States by Vice President Mar
.ahall and Boarded the yacht Mona
in the Hudson river to make their
formal entry into New York.
Driving rapidly by automobile from
the dorf-Astoria,swhere they spent
the night in a regal suite, to the foot
of West 34th street, the royal visitors
were received by Rodman Wana-
committee. The Noma Immediately
cast off and started on cruise about
the harbor prior, !: to the Official
landing at the battery at 11:4s
o'clock.
The program called for the arrival
Of the party at the city hall at 1915
o'clock for a formal welcome to the
state and city of New York by Gov
ernor Smith and Mayor Hylan and the
comforting upon the king of honorary
citizenship of the city.
To. Meet Children.
AT $3.50 o'clock the king and queen
were to be greeted by $4,000 school
children in Central park and the king
was to plant a tree. There were no
other plans for the day but it was
understood that the king and queen
and the prince planned to visit a
theater tonight.
THE ,incognito" which the king
and queen chose to assume upon their
arrival. yesterday was as novel to New
Workers as was the actual fact of the
presence in the city for the first time
in history of a, reigning king and
queen. The. "incognito', proved only
partially effective so far as Albert was
concerned. When he went for an
!aat2mobile sstanr- Of the city. with
Priffce Leopold, the well known face
of the Soldier king" was frequently
recognized and he was fervently
cheered.
Decofates Two Men.
| At the close of his ride King Albert
visited thes Belgian bureau, where he
was greeted by two hundred Belgians
in an Informal reception arranged by
Monsignor j: F., Sillemans, bureau di-
rector. The king decorated Monsignor
Sillemans with the Order of Knight
Of the Crown and conferred on Pierre
Malie, Belgian consul general, a COM
membership of the same order.
Queen Elizabeth's incognito, aided
by heavy white veil, proved more
effective. The queen visited several
Fifth avenue department stores and
made small purchases from sales
women who failed to realize the rank
of their customer. ~
Crowded Out OF Show.
In the evening the king and queen
essayed to visit a Broadway moving
picture show, but the theater they
visited displayed the standing room
only" sign and they were forced to
abandon the plan: The queen, with
her lady-in waiting and the Baroness
de Cartier de Marchienne, then visited
cabaret. King Albert spent the
evening chatting with friends.
The royal party will remain in New
York until Saturday, when they will
start on tour of the nation which
takes them to the Pacific coast and
back again to Washington, where
they will be received at the White
House., The first scheduled stop is
Boston, where the royal party is ex-
pected to arrive on Sunday morning.
1t was learned today that King
Albert expressed the wish to go to
Washington lncognito to express in
person his sympathy with President
Wilson in his Illness. The king
abandoned his plans on receipt of a
telegram from Rear ADMIRAL Cary T..
Grayson. the presidents. physician,
that the presidents condition rem
dered it necessary to prohibit his
receiving any visitors. S4