Evening star., 1926-11-27

tha Landes, who herself showed me
the beauties of the town. Certainly
| Seattle is, of all the American towns
1 have visited, the one that has, ac
cording to me, the most beautiful SIT
uation. There, too, l was greeted
with quite special enthusiasm by the
Roosevelt High School, with which
1 had been in communication before
I had left Europe. There more thar
| in any other spot I realized the stu
| pendous magnificence of American
! schools and l suddenly understood
what a marvellous time those young
boys and girls must have-the future
upon which America is counting.
Recalls Hills Home.
There also, in Seattle, was guest
at Samuel Hills quaint town house
with it's secret doors and sweet little
garden on the roof top. more
harmonious grouping Of chrysanthe
NUNS had never seen many garden
even on terra firma.
Then there was Vancouver, where
l was back again upon Canadian
ground, a day, alas, when clouds anC
mist yelled that lovely city, allowing
me only to guess at it's beauty.
tude 1 became friends with Gov
Bruce. loving his broad Scotch ac
cent and deploring, as he did, that
could not allow myself to be carried
off to Victoria, the capital of British
| Columbia, which the governor told
me was even more beautiful than
| Vancouver But this pleasure was
denied me, the arrangement OF oul
| trains could not give me the time
for this side trip, and here again was
| that great sadness of tearing our
selves away all too soon from friends
beside whom one would have liked tc
| linger.
Then after that there was Blaine
with Samuel Hills peace portal sc
| full of meaning, like all the things
which he does. There was Bell1ng
ham, Burlington and back again tC
| Seattle, but only for a few hours. AT
Tacoma, where we stopped only a
| few minutes, a beautiful rose was
brought me, which has been named
Queen Marie
There was a wonderful drive over
the Chuckanut Highway. and there
was that picturesque and unique visit
among the Indians at the entry OF
Glacier National Park. where l was
| the Indians and given the name of
Morning Star, while the old, blind
chieftain crowned me and my children
with their warrior crowns.
In Keeping With West.
1t was certainly a ceremony we'll in
keeping with the wild West, and a
| colorful pageant, which old Europe
| certainly could never offer me. Those
! Of tho Blackfeet tribe danced then
most traditional dances around us, |
and my two children, feather-croWned
standing in their midst, our feet IN
| snow, the great hills into which We
could not penetrate at this season rls-
| ing behind US in stern magnlflcance
Pretty Dove and, Mountain Chief were
the sweet sounding names which had
been given to my boy andgirl.
NV daughter was even carried of
| into one of the tents, and there the
old chieftainS wife dressed her in the
soft buckskin garb of the Indian maid
| en- and dabbed her cheeks with scarlet
ITO make you pretty, Pretty Dove,
she said, and Pretty Dove submitted
for she, too, knows the meaning OF
| "nobleSSe oblige."
And then there were short stops al
Casper. Conrad and Great Falls, ir
Wyoming, where l had the pleasure
of making the acquaintance of Gov
! Nellie Taylor Ross, a gentle anC
charming woman, whose public func
tions have destroyed none of those
softer qualities SO attractive in hel
| sex.
And really, it is with great regret
that I hurry over that colossal re
| ception given me at Kansas City or
| the evening of ArmiStice Day, where
/ spoke to multitude of severa
hundred thousand from the foot OF
that noble war memorial, which thai
morning had been inaugurated by
| President Coolidge. That was perhaps
the biggest crowd that has ever re
ceived me during my American tour
| The mayor confessed that no police
could keep such a crowd in check
but it needed no keeping in check
| for it was a happy, cheerful crowd
enjoying itself gloriously.
Praise for st. Louis.
And then there was st. Louis, one
of the gems of your American cities
where l was thrilled by the size o1
the buildings, the breadth of the
streets, the number Of parks, and fel
| in love with those charming little
dwellings, lined up one beside the
| other In the roSlOentldl pdTlS Ol tlls
towH where I could have made {
complete study of Americas moderr
architecture, which has become Sc
perfect these last years. Unfortunate
ly, it has never been given to me tt
! enter into one of these smaller houses
though it had been my dearest de
sire, but during this trip all was map
ped out for me. and a Queens caprice
| had no room in these plans and would
have upset those responsible fol
every five minutes of my time.
Here, too, the president of the uni
versity, wise and interesting man
full of charm and kindness, received
me and presented our Rumanian dep
utations to us. In all these towns
there were many Rumanians anG
they had made good name for them
selves, whichever city l came to
This was most gratifying to theil
Queen.
Here in st. Louis, at q hotel, a