The sun., 1919-06-22
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES IN WASHINGTON
AWAIT ARRIVAL OF THE PRESIDENT
Several State Functions Are This Weeks Programme
With DR. Pesoa Presidentelect of Brazil asthe Nations
Guest of Honor Elaborate Plans Made for the Enter
tainn1ent of Prince of Wales, Expected in August

Ctne directly 10 washington ana Will,
of course, be received with every
possible honor. outranking that for
any guest Washington ever has en-
teItained. The Prince will be the
guest Of the President and Mrs. Will
son at the White House for the four
or possibly five days he will be in
Washington.
Isn't that exciting? He outranks
Prince Henry of Prussia, the one
guest of approximately his rank that
Washington has entertained within
the memory of the present generation.
The Prince of Wales is heir apparent
to the throne Of Great Britain and
the Indian Empire. whereas Prince
Henry was merely the kaiser's broth
er and not in the line of succession.
There will naturally be the fullest
sort of state functions in honor of
the Prince. OF course there win be
very stately state dinner at the
White House, and one wonders IL the
President will be able to train the
gentlemen of color who usually serve
there to properly PROSTATE themselves,
as was done at Windsor on the occa-
sior of the President and Mrs. VIII
sons visit there?
Seriously, the young Prince Of
Wales, who celebrates his twenty
fourth birthday next Monday, is a sim
pie. democratic young chap, even IL he
Is heir to the greatest empire in the
world. He'll undoubtedly get along
quite comfortably without any undue
amount Of bowling and scraping. From
Washington he will go to New York
for two days, and it is probable that
during those two days he will run I'D
to Newport for the much heralded
visit to Mrs. Ogden Goelet. And then
he will make flying visit out West,
stopping according to present plans,
at only a few cities, among them
Akron. where he wishes to inspect rub
Der plants; st. Louis and probably Chi
cago. 1t Is understood he particularly
wishes to see one of the big Western
irrigation projects, but there, doesn't
seem much chance of his being able
to take time for ii. Anyway, he Is 60
ing to be q very hard working young
Prince. and this will be no mere leis-
urely pleasure jaunt.
Prince Has Many Titles.
Incidentally 1t is said to be correct
to allude to the Prince merely as ..rhe
Prince of Wales"-just like that. His
brothers are II. r. HIS, but they don't
use those letters for him. His name is
Edward Albert. reversing his grand
father's--and then some. Besides be-
ing Prince of Wales he is Duke of
Cornwall and Duke OF Rothesay. and
he is a dozen or more different sorts
of baron. Also, on the word Of one
who knows, he's IAN awfully nice kid,
absolutely unassuming. in fact even a
bit shy" .sr s.s
One rather wonders whether the
White House will tackle n state BAN
in his honor. Dancing has not been
much in favor at the Executive Man
sion during tho present regime, but
still! Circumstances do alter cases
However. August is a long way off,
and while the Prince of Wales is prob
ably the ranking guest OF the distin-
guished procession that is expected
within the next six months. there are
others who will be scarcely less in
teresting. 1t is told on good authority
that the King and Queen of Belgium
are likely to come over. and that the
apparently authoritative denials that
they contemplated a visit was merely
because it would not have been cor
rect for them to plan anything of the
sort until after the President and Mrs.
Wilson had visited them. But now
that visit has been made, an announce
ment from Brussels may be forthcom-
ing at any minute.
And there's no one that America
would welcome more royalty than this
royal pair. Also It is quite on the
cards that the President Of France
should make a formal visit, repaying
our Presidents rather protracted stay
in France, not to mention Gen. Foch,
and possibly even Tiger" Clemen-
ceau.
Another Guest of the Nation.
To get down to earth and to-day,
is prepared for the visit
of Don Epttacio Pessoa, President
elect Of Brazil, who was due to arrive
n New York yesterday on the Impera-
tor. He should reach Washington to-
day. He will be entertained as the
nations guest, and when he gets ready
to go home, after being duly enter
-ained here and making a brief tour
of the country. his party will be taken
hence on an American battleship.
Times certainly have changed. Only
/ rev years ago 1t would have been
ese majestic or some equally heinous
rhine to seriously propose that a bat
-leship should unbend its dignity 10
ar as to carry women. And now look |
1t them-they do it every day! There
ire several in the Brazilian party. and
yet not more than three years ago
when Secretary McAdoo went down to |
south America on a special mission |
md elected TO take Mrs. McAdoo, and |
'ome others OF the party were allowed |
o take their wives on a United States |
'attleship, all the nice old fossils in |
he navy and in Congress and scat |
cred all over the country, lifted pro-
esting hands TO heaven and wanted to |
inow what the country was coming to. |
In receiving and entertaining the
distinguished Brazilian visitor, the
resident will be represented by the
ice President, and the Secretary of
'tate by the acting Secretary, Mr..
'olk They will be received with
'omp and ceremony and an imposing
.iittery, clattery, military escort.
also, OF course, by the high officials
( the State Department at the sta
previously. OF course,
cen met in New York by a party
My a trifie less imposing from the