Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-29

Washington's royal guests. the King
q nd Queen of the BelgianS and their son,
the Duke of Brabant. are spending today
sightseeing, beginning at National Red
Cross headquarters, where they were
most enthusiastically welcomed. Sepa-
rating there, each of the visitors fol-
lowed his or her own inclination. and
this afternoon they are spending joint
ly at Mount Vernon.
On leaving the Red Cross building the
king. who is greatly interested in indus
try, was driven to the bureau of engrav-
ing and printing, where he was shown
through the great plant by Secretary
Glass of the Treasury Department and
Director Wilmeth of the bureau. The
queen gave an extra hour to the Red
Cross headquarters. and was shown
through the building on 18th street from
top to bottom.
At II o'clock the queen vent for a
drive with Mrs. Wilson. wife of the
President. The prince. leaving the
Red Cross building at the same time
his father left, was driven to Walter
Reed Hospital, where he visited the
convalescent soldiers in their several
wards and later addressed an i'm 2romp-
tn gathering of the men grouped about
the flag pole.
Though the official program today
opened with the visit to the Red Cross
headquarters. the day Of the king and
Prince Leojold began much earlier, for
the prince visited the business section
of the city before 2 o'clock, and the
IL .,<1<l
of the United States secret service,
took walk through Rock Creek park
Greeted by Throng.
When the royal party drove up to
the big white Red Cross building ad-
joining the Corcoran Art Gallery. they
were greeted by throng of several
thousand, many of them in the uni
form of Red Cross workers,
Personnel of Committee.
The reception committee was headed
by DR.. Livingstone Farrand, chairman
of the central committee, who has
just returned to Washington from an
Walling. vice chairman of the central
. II,
| Frederick p. keppel, DR.. Ralph Jen.
kins. chairman of the District of CO.
| lumbia Chapter of the Red Cross; Mrs
! l. w. Littell, local chairman of WON.
ems work: Mrs. c. D. Carter in charge
| of the local motor corps, and Mas
Eldridge Jordan. who is in charge OF
f., the canteen at the Union station, were
others on the reception committee.
A uniformed group of women con.
| sisting Of chairmen of Red Cross
| auxiliaries in Washington was eiver
! the place of honor on the steps Of the
i building. flanking the entrance. Thou.
| sands of women eager for a close view
! of the visitors pressed around thu
| building. but Capt. Doyle of the loca
| police department with much tact
| kept the broad walk open for +hei,
ma jesties to pass.
! The king and queen. escorted 70
| spectively by DR.. Farrand and Mr.
| Walling, were ushered into the ra.
| ception room upstairs, where nationar
/ chairmen were presented to the rovai
| family. Numerous pictures were tsk
| en- of the king and queen to be nlacaf
J with the Red Cross archives. and tht
| visitors were then escorted TO tht
museum on the ground floor Of the
building.
Queen Recognizes Her Dollar.
queen EllZdDetn was much inter
ested to see in one Of the cases q 1are,
! silver dollar, which she gave in 1911,
as her membership fee in the Re,
| Cross. The various exhibits i'm III,
museum, including Photographic ~
work done in Belgium, We're exnla;nef
| to her majesty by Mrs. John Wonra
land, national superintendent Of snr
| gical dressings.
! The Baron de Cartier. Belgian am
bassador to the United States. accom-
panied their majesties on a tour o,
the building, and exhibited keen in.
terest in the work of the oreaniza.
ton.
When it was time to leave for tht
bureau OF engraving the queen wa:
too much engrossed in the work OF
the Red Cross to leave. so the king
accompanied by Baron de Cartier. wa.
driven to the west entrance Of the
bureau building, short distance
away.
Bureau Employees Cheer.
|, At the bureau. Secretary Glass ant
Director Nilmeth were awaiting .heil
visitor, Hundreds OF EMPLOYEES, many
III their lnk-staned aprons and hat
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