The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-12
Nv JEAN ELIOT.


The Prince of Wales will be in
washington four, OF possibly five,
DAYS: and during that time he will be-
to. use a familiar phrase, the house
guest OF the President"
He and the members OF his, SUITE
who are in closest attendance VIII
STAY at the White House, occupying
me guest suites, which. are in the
East Wing of the historic mansion,
and which, in preparation Tor the
coming of a procession OF dlstin-
rushed visitors this fall and winter,
we're given particular attention DUR
ing those weeks when the Whlte
House was closed to all visitors, ana
II was given out that il was being
renovated and redecorated in antelope
tfon.of the return of the President and
Mrs. Wilson.
other members of his stah-those in
less personal attendance-will be
chartered at one of the hOtels-or pos
sibly Uncle Sam viii again borrow
some handsome private residence for
their accommodation.
No Private ssBidsy Accepted.
while he is in Washington-indeed
while he is in the United States-it
Is officially given out that he will ac-
cept no private invitations. During
his entire stay in the country, which
will not be longer than a week or ten
days, he will be the guest of the ma
ton. From Washington he will go
70 New York, where he will find his
official yacht-the great mystery
ship, accommodating him, and will
1--we on board the battleship while
seeing New York, and such nearby
points as he may have time and in
clination to visit.
OffciaIdom is skeptical as to his
much-advertised visit to Newport.
He may get there-but they doubt it
In fact, while it is quite possible that
when his visit to America was first
discussed a trip to Newport and the
accepting Of one or two invitations
from. hostesses like Mrs. GOeIet and
Mrs. Vanderbilt, well and favorably
known in court circles in England,
was seriously considered, the hysteri-
cal excitement of the famous resort,
and the stories that were spread from
one end of the country to the other of
the great "doin's" that were to be ex-
pected then, brought such a flood OF
invitations that it was realized that
the only possible course was to re-
fuse them all and make official an
nouncement that he would only &C
cept official hospitality.
ABandOns Western Trip.
For the same reason, except during
tire few days that he is the house
guest Of the President and Mrs. Will
son, he will sleep under no American
roof The hotels throughout the
country, realizing fully the advertise
Ing value Of royalty were so clamor-
Gus for the honor of entertaining him
during his trip that the trip has al
most been abandoned. Certain places
that he wanted particularly to see will
have to go unseen. 1t is understood
that the short Western tour, which
he had hoped and wished to make,
has been given up.
People who remember the visit OF
Prince Henry Of Prussia are asking in
amusement who's going to introduce
him.? For there was nobody suf-
noiently exalted to introduce Prince
Henry OF Prussia, so he had to intro
duce himself. But those DAYS are
past. Kings and Kaisers and things
are not so exalted as they were Eve
years ago. They anticipate no seri-
Gus difficulty about introducing Ed
ward Albert, Prince of wales-"and
then some'-to everybody to whom il
is necessary to introduce him.
The actual date of his arrival here
Is. not definitely known. Probably
about the middle of October is the
nearest the Department of State can
come TO it =
Nor is the point Of entry definitely
known 1t seems to be assumed thai
no VIII come into the country by way
OF Detroith though il is possible that
Niagara Falls and Buffalo will be the
route chosen.
Certain it is that he will come
straight through to Washington.
reaching the National Capital within
as Few hours as possible of his en-
tering the country.