New-York tribune., 1919-10-27
Wreath Laid
On ROOsevelt's
Grave by King
Continued from page I

Roosevelt, the Colonels widow, was
waiting to receive him.
Mrs, Roosevelt was seated on settee
her were Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt,
wife of her eldest son; Kermit and
Mrs. Roosevelt. Colonel and Mrs. Rich
ard Derby, the latter formerly Miss
Ethel Roosevelt, and Mrs. Henry Add-
son Alexander, mother of Colonel
Roosevelt's wife.
The King sat down on a small chair
next to the scttee and chatted infor-
mally with Mrs. Roosevelt in French
and in English. Then the members
of the family were presented, but King
left out. He wanted to meet the for
mer Presidents grandch; ldren. who
were romping about on the porch and
lawn in front of the house, apparently
unconcerned about the presence of
royal visitor, the first one to be re-
ceived there. Colonel Roosevelt
stepped smilingly to the porch and
proudly gathered up the children from
all corners of the spacious lawn.
He presented to the King Grace,
Theodore, jr., and Cornelius Roosc-
Welt, his own children, and Edith and
Richard. jr., the children of Colonel
and Mrs. Derby.
Departs After Half Hour
After visit of nearly half an hour
King Albert was escorted to his auto
mobiie BY, Kermit and Theodore and
left for the Bronx Geological Garden
The King started the day at o'clock
by attending mass with Prince Leopold
in st. Alhert's Belgian Roman Catholic
| Church, in West Forty-scventh Street.
At the church were more than five hun
dred men and women Of Belgian birth
or ancestry, and mass was yaid by the
Right Rev. Monsgnor j. S. Stilemans.
assisted by the Rev. c.. G. Roosens.
Recently the King decorated the Rev.
Mr.. Stillemans for activities on behalf
of the Belgians.
King Decided to Speed
j., Shorty before $3.50 a. m. his majesty,
Prince Leopold and the rest of the
royal retinue drove across the Queens
borough Bridge for the long ride
through the Long Island villages to the
grave of Theodore Roosevelt. The trip
started without any unusual incidents
but before the speeding cars had been
out Of the 'city more than half-hour
there was enough excitement to suit
every one.
When King Albert took the wheel of
his own car and started to startle the
with the furious rate Of speed at
which ne was travelling things began to
happen in the other cars. The army
automobiles and the others in the pro-
cession .strove to keep up with the
sixty mile an hour pace set by the
King, but it was too much.
Then the strain of the fast driving
began to tell on the army cars, which
had seen much service during the war,
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only one of them completing the trip
unscathed. Three times Prince Leo
pold, General Wright and the members
of their party were forced to wait on
the roadside until they could hail one
of the cars in the rear, the occupants
of which had to pile out to make room
for them.
Cars Become Crowded
Toward the end Of the journey over
to Oyster Bay nine people were cling
ing to the automobile which carried
the wreath, some of them hanging to
the running board with one hand while
the car was making forty miles an hour
on the slippery road.
Some of the stricken machines were
patched up in time for the return trip,
aud again the King took the wheel to
drive at high speed. About halfway
TO the greensboro Bridge, however,
o heavy shower came up and the King
was forced to stop while the top of his
car was put up. Then he reduced his
speed on the wet roads to little more
than thirtg miles an hour
Later in the day it was learned that
Brand Whitlock, United States Am
bassador to Belgium, who was in one of
the cars which attempted to keep pace
with the King, slipped out of the party
while there was delay and continued
the trip to New York by train 1t is
said that he remarked to his chauffeur
when the King took the wheel of the
first car:
Now there will be some wild driy-
ing. Please let me out" At Bayside
he did get out and walked to a nearby
station of the Long Island Railroad to
catch Il train for the city
Goes Through Bronx Zoo
Several minutes after 1880 a. m.
his majesty arrived at the Bronx Zoo
logical Garden, where he was met by
Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn, pres
ldent of the New York Geological So
clety; Madison Grant, secretary; Will
son White Niles, treasurer, and DR..
William I. Hornaday, director of the
New York Geological Society.
Herman w. Merkel, superintendent
of the zoo, and DR.. Hornaday directed
the tour through the animal and rep
exhibits to the King and Prince Leo
pold.
In the reptile house King Albert
patted the head of huge Texas gopher
snake
In the Administration Building King
Albert was presented with a book en-
titled "A Monograph of Pheasants," by