The Washington times., 1919-11-02

| too.
The Queen, naturally, showed a
greater variety of costumes than her
menfolk. Her daytime costumes were
| all built on the same general plan,
and in spite of touches, even splashes,
of brilliant color were somehow
| slightly conventional in their sugges-
| tion-a straight-lined frock, worn APP
parently without any corseting under
meath, loosely girdled, and long,
losse-fiowing robe, hanging straight
from shoulder to hem, over II and
| open at the front to show the frock
underneath. This was generally a
little low at the neck, V-shaped or
girlishly round, and showed wonder
| strings of pearls or white corals, and
in some of her costumes rather elab-
orately wrought girdles.
Medieval Costumes. =
1t was a curious and2distinctive style
of dress-reminiscenty medieval and
somehow quite suitable to a queen,
though it would have looked distinct
| ly out Of place on a hustling Ameri-
can. Though there be few Americans
would who could get through as much
in a day as Elizabeth, Queen of the
Belgians, did while she was in Wash
| ington.
For instance, the morning after
| Mrs. Lansing's dinner, she was up at
@ o'clock and of to Baltimore to visit
some of the wars blinded and Grip
| pied, and to see something of Johns
Hopkins Hospital. She had to be
back in Washington by noon. for
King Albert was giving a big and
really remarkable luncheon that day.
| 1t was the one party he gave at his
| own house and, of course, Queen
| Elizabeth had to be there to play
/ hostess.
! The house, which is now the Long
| residence, but is better known as the
Franklin McVeagh house. is wonder
| full in its adaptation both to enter
tanning and to quiet family living. It
was built by the late Mrs. Franklin
McVeagh as a gift to her husband
during the beginning of his term as
Secretary OF the Treasury under Pres
| 1dent Taft, end was the scene of some
| OF the most brilliant entertaining of
that socially brilliant administration.
| 1t stands at the head of the Six
lteenth street hill. just below Har-
ward street, and near where Six
teenth and Mount Pleasant street are
crossed by Columbia road. 1t is
big square light stone house, stand
l ing on terraces surrounded by sunken
y.
From the upper windows one has a
wonderful outlook on Rock Creek
Park.
| ~ Prove Delightful Hosts.
Between the music room and the
dining room is one smaller than
either, and connecting with both-a
reception room. small only by COM
parison with the two huge apartments
described. II was through this that
the King and Queen and the Duke of
| Brabant entered the music room,
where their luncheon guests were as
sembled, last Thursday. with the Bel
! gian ambassador, Baron de Cartier de
Marchienne, to escort them around
the circle and present to them such
I of their guests as they had not all
ready met The presentations made,
they led the way to the dining. room.
which was arranged with one big
table holding perhaps thirty, and
three small ones seating about ten
each, and proved themselves as de-
| lightful hosts as they were guests
. In the afternoon of that same day.
! Queen Elizabeth went out to Trinity
College and there was given a de-
gree. King Albert was similarly
Ihonored at George Washington Uni
versity and at the Catholic Univer-
sity. He also managed to look in on
the ceremony at Trinity. Then they
hurried home and changed their
clothes-at least Queen Elizabeth
idid-and she's cerainly a lightning
fchange artist. They then went down
to the White House to have tea with
Mrs. Wilson and the Presidents two
daughters. Miss Wilson and Mrs.
Sayre-and to pay a brief visit to the
Presidents sickbed, which is general
lily felt to have been the climax of
their visit
Hosts Again Same Night.
They themselves were hosts again
that night. Another change of clothe s
for Queen Elizabeth, for they gave
a "small' but highly official dinner
not at the Long house, but at their
embassy" down at Massachusetts,
avenue and Eighteenth street. 1t
hasn't been the Belgian embassy for
long The de Carriers only moved
over there about ten days ago from
the Boardman house, which they had
for a month, and in which they gave
their brilliant reception to Cardinal
MERCER.
This new Belgian embassy Is the
Ingalls, house. planned by the late
Melville ingalls,, but not completed
until after his death. Then, as his
wife and daughter did not care TO
occupy il. il was rented to the Da
Gamas, and, as the Brazilian embassy,
contributed considerably to Wash
Iington's social history, until they left
Washington about year ago.
Finally, after this dinner. the royal
pair and their son closed a fairly
full day-there were some few
audiences" wedged in between the
activities mentiOned-by getting into
travelling attire and leaving Washing
ton about midnight for Newport
News. where they embarked the next
day for their own country.
They returned, as they came, on the
President George Washington, origi-
nally the Imperator, occupying the
suite that had been furnished and
decorated for the use of President
| and Mrs. Wilson.
Acts As President.
Technically, Vice President and
Mrs Marshall were the personal hosts
Of the nations guests, as under
studies for the President and Mrs
| Wilson in the untoward circum-
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