The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-11-27

few weeks, to see a real king and
queen with a couple of princes thrown
in for good measure. And nearly
everyone was interested enough to go
out of their way, and even stand and
wait for some time to catch a glimpse
of some live royalty.
After wearing out his left arm in
shaking hands with few thousand
curious citizens of the United States,
dancing with several good looking
American girls taking in some of the
more important sights in and about
the nations capital, and in general
becoming a topic for conversation and
an inspiration for numerous editor
ials. cartoons, etc, Edward, Prince of
Wales, has left Washington to rest up
for his return trip to England. He
probably enjoyed his visit, but not
half as much as did lot of the So
ciety people, who made so much of
him.
Beginning at the time of his arrival
and lasting until his departure, the
Prince was kept on the move. Num-
erous receptions, dinners teas and
sightseeing trips were arranged for
him.
The largest affair he attended was
a reception given in his honor by
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall. All
senators, representatives cabinet
members and other government Off
ciais. with their wives, were invited.
The reception was held in the Ii
brary of Congress. AS one enters
the library, before coming to the read
ing rooms and the bookshelves, one
passes through an immense hallway.
The floor. the stairways and the many
columns are all of polished white mar
BILE. The walls are decorated with
mural paintings and mosaics, and the
ceiling is conglomeration of marble
and gold in which is set many more
paintings. The size of this entrance
hallway and the richness of its deco
rations make it very fitting place in
which to entertain royalty.
of course, the purpose of the recep-
ton was TO enable the guests to meet
the prince. As soon as a person ar
rived. he got into line and waited his
turn TO shake the hand of Prince Ed
ward and 10 receive a smile. On ac-
count of the number of guests invited.
"a good many more than 1.OOO) 1t
took more than an hour of this wait
ing in line to reach the receiving line.
Prince Edward shook hands with his
left hand. He used his right hand for
this purpose so much while in Canda
that it was actually played out.
There WAS not much to the affair.
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thing TO remember and to brag about
to their children and grandchildren.
OF more general interest was the
visit OF their majesties, the king and
queen of the Belgians. King Albert
is the first reigning monarch to visit
Washinston. and much was done to
make his visit pleasant one.
The royal party arrived about 9
O'Clock at night. They We're met at
the station by the Vice President, the
secretary of state. their wives and
other officials
All the way from the railway station
TO the Long home, where they were to
stay. their route was lined with people
waiting to see them.
The largest crowd was at the cap
itol. Here the king and queen were
to make stop for about 10 minutes.
The buildings were decorated for the
occasion and were flooded in the
light of searchrghis. making the
whole court in front of the capitol as
light as day
The National Community Chorus of
1000 voices, was at the foot of the
capitol steps.
The official automobiles, escorted
by a dozen troops of cavalry. drove
into the center of the court and
stopped. And then the rulers of the
Belgians were greeted by the cheers
of the thousands who were packed
around the immense court.
The more formal welcome was in
The form of an elaborate pageant on
the steps OF the capital itself While
the chorus sang the national an
thems Of BELGIUM and the United
States. hundreds of girls dressed in
the red.white and blue. and the red,
yellow and brown, marched out on to
the steps and formed the American
and Belgian haes. Then as Belgium
mounted the steps, between the two
hars. Columbia came down, met her.
and escorted her up the steps and into
the building.
As the pageant ended. King Albert
stood up in his car and Acknowledged
the cheers.
The royal visitors were entertained
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