The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-11-27
ROYALTY IN WASHINGTON
BY Max Hardy

House and Senate. each in its own
chamber The result was grca. de-
mand for tickets. As is usually the
case, more tickets were given out
than there were seats and the CALLER
les were full to overfiowing.
Just before the arrival of the king
on the floor of the House, the queen,
Mrs. Marshall, Mrs. Gillett and their
party entered the executive box. AS
they made their appearance the men,
bers on the floor of the House and
the audience in the gallery rose and
welcomed the queen with hand-clap-
ping and cheers. AND as the gall
lery subsidized, Queen Elizabeth under
went a very careful examination at
the hands OF a good many ladies, espe-
enough to brins their opera glasses.
A pictureque feature or the scene
in the House was the number of small
children OF members who occupied
seats upon their fathers knees. Some
of these waved TO the queen in the
gallery. She waved back at them
and later had some of them sent to
her and talked TO them.
Queen Elizabeth dressed rather
plainly. She wore a plain white satin
dress, an old rose velvet coat and a
plain white urban hat, the only frill
on which was long white feather.
l guess the material was fine enough,
but the style of her whole costume
was very simple and from short dis
tance she could have been easily taken
for a government stenographer. Need
less to say, the American women who
accompanied the queen were all dolled
out in picture hats, etc.
AS soon as the gallery had become
quiet the doorkeeper of the House
entered and announced the king and
Prince Leopold, the Duke of Brabant.
King Albert was escorted to the
speakers rostrum by former Speaker
Champ Clark. They were followed
by the prince, the members of the
kings party. and a committee of Con-
gressmen. These were seated on the
floor of the House.
Speaker Gillett introduced the king
in short address, but very compli-
mentary speech. King Albert then
arose and addressed the representa-
tives. The king is very tall; / should
say feet 8. He is not fat nor skinny,
but is very well proportioned. He has
long arms and legs. His face is full
of color, andshows, as does his whole
appearance that he spends much OF
his time out of doors. His hair is
light and rather sandy. The only
criticism l heard was made by a lady
near me and was to the effect that
he needed hair cut. He wore the
uniform of lieutenant general. AS
he stood there, probably the tallest
man in the House, and every inch a
soldier he made very favorable i'm
preston on everyone who saw him.
He read his address. His voice is
not deep nor heavy. but is forceful.
One can, of course. tell that he is a
foreigner, but he speaks very good
English and his manner, before the
audience. was very pleasing
Senator Cummins, who introduced
King Albert in the Senate, read his
speech. Speaker Gillett did not read
his introduction.
At the conclusion of the program.
Queen Elizabeth and her party left
the gallery. King Albert expressed
desire to meet the members OF the
House. personally, and so shook hands
with each Of the representatives
AS the crowds came out of the House,
asked a congressman if l could go
in and shake hands with the king, and
he said: NO. but you can shake
hands with me, and my hand is still
damp with the perspiration from the
king"
By the time the royal party was
ready 10 leave the capitol, thousands
OF people had come from all parts of
the city to catch a glimpse OF them.
The queen left the building by 4 side
door and not many people saw her.
King Albert and Prince Leopold were
escorted down the main SIPS of the
House of Repres sentativcs and every
one got fine view Of them. They
were cheered from the time they
made their first appearance until their
car passed out OF sight.
The prince is very nice Young
man and was wei liked by everyone
who met him. H;s>power to draw a
crowd. however, was due to family
connections and not 10 anything that
he has ever done. II was different
story with King Albert and Queen
Elizabeth Of Belgium OF course a