The Washington times., 1920-06-17
tCo.ti..-S from Yesterday

She came into ocean hospltai
every morning. when l was there.
and dressed wounds. doing the work
usually assigned TO doctors. One
man whom she bandaged, / remem-
ber, had both legs cut off, another a
badly shattered arm, and so on. IL
took courage to see such dreadful
wounds. and TO hear men grnding
their teeth with pain, screaming,
and biting their blankets, but In
spite of this she performed her diff
ncult tasks well and never fiinched.
4 The same afternoon that she re-
ceived the Cavell-Depage commit
tee, her majesty and the King gave
/. private audiences TO former minis
ters TO Belgium and their wives
and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, Mr.
Marburg. and ourselves. The SOW
ereigns stood in the center OF the
4 room with a lady-in-waiting and
an aide near by. We had a Few
( minutes OF pleasant chat with them
about old days in Brussels and war
' time days in La Panne, and peace
4 days in this country. An audience
: with royalty is never very amusing;
the time Is always short, for they
/. have to see so many people.
George Washington University
1 conferred a degree upon the King.
the beaulsful hall OF the Daughters
! OF the Revolution being borrowed
. for the occasion. Members of the
. faculty and those who had received
!, honorary degrees from the univer-
sity sat on the stage, their somber
4 black robes relieved with dashes of
F. color from hoods or tassels. As
had been given my degree OF
i Lit. d. by this university, / was
privileged to sit with them. l.. had
, an end seat which. happened to- be
/. near the side door through which
fthe King presently entered very
, quietly. His majesty recognized l..
and stopped to shake hands with
/ him as he was passing.
He wore cap and gown, and
Followed by the Duke OF Brabant
I and by President Collier, was es-
corted to the platform and given
: the chair in the center OF the stage
! while the president made a speech
and handed him the diploma. The
( King replied, and then amide much
applause departed as he had come,
while the Marine Band played.
! The Vice President and Mrs Mar
shall were to give thei majesties
! the first dinner, but, as they lived
at a hotel they asked their friend.
! Mrs. Walsh, the widow of the min
= ing king of Colorado. to let them
have it at her house. The invita-
Z tions. Of course. were sent out in
the Marshalls' name. Years before
Mr.. Walsh had known King Albert's
( uncle, old King Leopold, through
some business connection. and the
& ho ha
day to come to America and visit
the Washes. So when Mr.. Walsh
: built the huge residence on Massa-
: chusetts avenue, he had a gold
! athtub made and put into the suite
!. that he reserved for the King. Alas,
. the royal visit was never paid, but
. at least his successor had a chance
to line in the house, even II he
never used the tub.
At this dinner the gold service
was used. The story goes that an
. order was issued that there should
be few or no flowers, so that demo-
!, cratic simplicity might prevail.
From this it would appear that
democratic simplicity includes gold
{ dishes. but bars floral offerings.
red carpet was laid for royalty,
: however, and special entrance
p kept open for them. AS the hour
drew near, crowds gathered to see
the arrival. When the royal motor
stopped and the Kings aide, all
covered with gold lace and looking
, older, If anything, than the King
himself, got out, an old lady in the
crowd cried, TITS the Kings son!
The Kings SON." Everybody
laughed, and when the Duke of
ID ~
Yates uniform, appeared, she would
knot believe it was the heir to the
Belgian throne.
Accompanied by secret service
man. the duke came several times
TO our house, and went quietly up
to one of the Belgian officers rooms.
The first time he came, l.. was no.
titled and went to the room. where
he found the boy smoking and chat
ting. The duke expressed a desire
7 to see the house, so l.. took him
over It! finding him particularly in
'terested in his collection of tarpon
land sailfish caught off Florida. i
went down and had a few words of
iconversation with him. He is
tall, handsome boy, blond and with
good features, delicate, clear-cut
zones like his mothers, and-also
like her-a little shy, though per-
shaps being only seventeen had
something to do with that. l re-
membered him as a child in Brus-
sells. but had missed seeing him in
La Panne, as the night l dined with
their majesties he was upstairs i'll
: with a cold. While in Washington
he went to all the functions that
lthe others attended, but on account
Of the Presidents illness I believe
,they felt there should be no dane
ing parties for him, so the poor
hoy really didn't meet many young
people or have very much fun. But
royalties seldom do have any. so far
as I can see. To be forever try
ing to say and do the right thing.