The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-13
KING ALBERT AND PARTY ARE NOW ON
 T|'i PACIFIC COAST
Attend Mass in Old Spanish Mission at Santa Bar - bara Amid Great
 Ceremony
sy Associated Prss

Santa Barbara, Cal, october 12.-Al- bert of the Belgians, with his consort and the Duke of Brabant, attended mass today in the historic Spanish mission of Santa Barbara The zone within the an- cient church was in striking contrast 10 the pomp of the service in Boston s cathedral last Sunday, but was not less colorful
 | Franciscan Frfars in their dark brown l habits, waited upon the gray stone steps | to receive their majesties and tnnons | of parishioners had gathered around the doors when the royal cars approacheo. | The Spanish fathers formed in line ana 1 led the procession while four of them | held a canopy over the royal Belgfans as 1 they filed slowly down the aisle. The King and Queen dipped their fingers | in holy water and crossed themselves reverently when they passed the sacred portal.
 They were ushered to seats at the left of the altar, upon the sanctuary Wnlcn never before had received ruling mon arch, though it had been place or wor. ship for 133 years. All knelt as the simple service began and followed the mass deyoutly Sisters of St. Vincent ! and St. Francis sat just back or the Kings entourage, but the cowied ana | long cloaked monks had room apart | The Belgians were welcomed by fatn- CT JuligS, the superior or , ehe orun, s;nns | it was founded in 17S6 by Father ger mine Lasuen The original adobe struc- ture was destroyed by an earthquaKe M l 1872 and the one which now stands was dedicated in 1920 Father Julius greeted them not only in the name of ms oW ! priests, but in that of "all the Franciscar l friars up and down the coast and ever! | loyal Catholic who worships eVery"nets s | in the church which, after loyalty to Iou
 teaches the virtue of patriotisn1-Virtu,s tus of which the Belgian King and peopi' have given so illustrious an example 1 After mass the party filed into the ms I sion church yard where the King planted I a cypress and an orangt tree 10 meno' ialize his visit here. The queen was .li' first woman in nineteen years to pass III 1 side the garden walls. The last peiof' her was Mrs. William Mckinley, wlIe Q
 the former President. The Countess D' Carama- Chimay and Mrs. brahu Wi lock are also with the Queen. All thre were greeted cordially. although the iaV of. the church forbids the passage women within the walls of monaster' except by special dispensation I From the church the kind and hl
 nh vsician were driven to the beach n Miramar, where they plunged into th' ocean and swan out to the eno oI tii'
 nier sporting about in the water with out rest for fully half an hour. Th' queen did not go in. but followed then ! to the beach and snapped their DIG
 lures She wore long tan-colore'
 coat of silk and she was shod in Whit
 canvass shoes.
 The king and J. M. Wye, chief sre
 cial agent of the State Departmen'
 took long motor ride this afternoo' and Albert drove. They went in an
 out among the mountains on the coas
 range, with frequent stops for hi majesty to tramp up the hillside, A Ihe aiazed off over the Pacific he ex cIaiMed, "rt is hard to realize that nu three weeks agosI was in Brussels, II At Mountain Ridge, not far frof Rattlesnake canyon, the kind told NY he was thirsty. The State DepartmeT
 agent started in search of well an
 found one at the home of Mrs. Jon
 Brinkerhoff. Albert followed clos
 behind.
 Mrs. Binkerhoff" said Nye. "this i
 His Majesty, the King of the Bel ! gians
 "Go on.' scoffed the owner of tn
 well: you can't kid me"
 "But, madame. it is said" interpose
 the king. , "You may be a Belgian" said M~' Brink kerhoff~ "but you are not the kine 3 for I know how he looks
 She finally was convinced, but ne : embarrassment was no greater tha 5 that of his majesty.