Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-08-28
EDITORIAL PAGE
HA SKIN LETT Err
ROYAL GUESTS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN

/ the kaiser. One remarked tnat on
Prince Henry's last visit he Travelled
as mailed fist, and now he goes as
| velvet glove The Prussian prince
came and went, and aside from the
statement that he was bearer of mes
sages of friendship and goodwill from
the German nation," his purpose i'll
visiting the United States was never
announced.
To return to His Royal Highness,
Edward Albert. it may be said that he
too comes bearing message of friend
| ship. He comes to the United states
at a most favorable time. when England
and the United States are more closely
in sympathy than ever before-much
more so than when his grandfather
visited us.
The visit Of the British prince to the
president is to be followed by visit
of the king and queen Of Belgium.
! This will be the third occasion on which
the United States has entertained reign
ing royalty. The first sovereign to be
our guest was Dom Pedro. the last En-
peror Of Brazil, who came here with
| his empress in 1876.
| The second travelling monarch to stop
| off at Washington was the king of the
| Sandwich Isles. who paid a visit to
President Grant. The king was high
ly satisfactory to look at. He brought
with him all his regalia and kingly man
nerisms. His three Wallets, who accom-
| panied him everywhere, saw to it that
the king was served and approached
according to the elaborate ritual of the
Sandwich court.
! Less picturesque was Queen Emma of
| Hawaii, a widow of King Kamehameha
". who visited the United States in
| 1865 At the White House reception
| for Queen Emma. the public was per-
mitted to look on, and great surprise
was expressed that the Hawaiian ex-
queen appeared in a conventional black
silk dinner gown with jet and diamond
ornaments.
pearance aroused great interest was the
Spanish Infanta Eulalia. She also
dressed quite conyentionally, to the dis
| appointment of the public at large.
Enlalia had light, curly hair and slight
build. In her memories she says. "They
had expected to see a big, dark Spanish
princess with black moustache, and it
was with a tickled surprise that they
found me like any of the girls you see
walking down Fifth Avenue"
The coming the Spanish princess, in
1898, gave this country chance to
see real Spanish grandee. for Eualia
was accompanied by her husband and
nineteen of the most aristocratic mobiles
in Spain
Eulalia had strong democratic ten
| dencies, and Immediately became
popular idol because Of her handsome
appearance and pleasant manner. She
cordially shook hands with every one
presented to her. She found America
wonderfully interesting, but particularly
regretted thas she heard nothing of the
problems Of the government
II was merely caller In the parlor,"
she writes, Il knew nothing of the
family life in the home, much less of the
difficulties below stairs
Like Baron Renfrew," who was re-
fused only his request to dance in the
White House, Eulalia found it hard not
TO be able TO dance.
Il often longed to- she writes, "but
/ was on an official visit and the ques
ton of precedence would have made it
necessary for me to choose the most
| important parsonage in the room as iry
partner, or else TO take the risk Of Of
| Tending him. And the most important
person at q dance is not always the
! best dancer. But I was not set apart
on dais as | would have been at home
always on a stand like harp. as l
used to complain-and I enjoyed my
SELF
ne present Prlnce OF W dies, IL Is
| said, is also a deyotee of the graceful
| art. and the question will doubtedly
again arise Us 70 whether the stately
east room can with propriety be had
as ball room This is a matter which
each president decides for himself.
Some of our executives have sanctioned
dancing in the White House, while
others have felt that dancing was not
in keeping with the dignity of White
House traditions.
As the guest OF President Wilson. the
Prince of Wales and his immediate suite
will stop at the White House, the guest
rooms being set aside for their use.
Less important royalties have stopped
at embassies, hotels, or at homes lent
by their owners for the occasion.
Touring America is apparently to be-
come the popular sport for royalty.
After the prince and Belgium rulers
lave left the guest suite at the ex-
ecutive mansion is to be reserved for
the Queen of Rumania, who viii arrive
sometime in the winter, while Crown