New Britain herald., 1926-10-16
SOUL SURGEON IS
 FRIEND OF PRINCE
Queen Marie Also Interested in His Scientific Christianity"
SOCIAL PLANS ARE MUDDLED
Details of Marie's Reception Still Up in Air, Jealousies Even as to Kind of Auto in Which She Will Ride Existing.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Ride Existing.
 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. s. s. Leviathan. Oct. 16.-Queen Marie of Rumania and the other members of the Rumanian royal family are interested in scientific Christianity"
 On board the Leviathan is soul surgeon" who is a friend of Marie and Nicholas. He is returning from the Far East, where recently he was in attendance upon the Empress of Siam, who had sought his advice. He is Frank N. D. Buchanan, and while on his way back home from Siam he stopped off for several weeks in Rumania. Prince Nicholas and Mir. Buchanan spent some time together in England and during the voyage of the Leviathan they have dined together.
 Queen Gives Reception. Queen Marie yesterday at an in formal reception of the newspaper
 correspondents on the Leviathan. re- iterated her great joy over being about to realize an ardent desire she has had for long time of making tour of the United States and Can ada. Princess 1leana has the Mag ara Falls and the Grand Canyon Tn her mind as places which will prove of greatest interest to her. but she also wants to see Tots Of lndlanS' living in their native state She told the ncwspapermen that like Prince Nicholas, she was fond of motor cars and was expeCtanty awaiting her visit to Detroit that she might watch the manufacture ol cars in the great shops there. lleaha
 said that at home she drove her own car and sometimes tinkered with 'he mechanism. She demurely admitted however. that she had not much class as a mechanic.
 Ouaen Marie at Mrs. Woodro" Wilson's birthday tea yesterday uls- played another beautiful creation Ill the gown she wore. It was or sap rbire velvet with a flaring skirt which showed the waistline clearig. The neck and hem were trimmed with white fur. Marie wore her usua' pearls and a sapphire pendant. A simple mulberry colored silk frocK' with scarcely any trimming, was worn hv Princess Ileana. Mrs. Wli- son wore q black costume. To Shadow Dancer New York, Oct. 16-fP}-Detectlves have been engaged to shadow Loie Fuller to ascertain what part she purposes to play in the activities or Oueen Marie of Rumania when she arrived here next Monday on board the Steamer Leviathan, says me New York World.
 There have been reports that the American dancer, who back In the DOS created a sensation on the stage with her "hutterfly dance,' was cndeavoring to influence the queen, with whom she is said to be on friendly terms and 10 have visited at the Royal palace in Sinaia, in her social activities. Reports also had 1t that Radu Ejuvara, the Rumanian charge d'affairs in charge of the ar engagements of the queen. had re- signed because of unwillingness ito work under q dancer"
 Stories arc Denied Miss Fuller is said to he i'll with bronchitis at the Plaza hotel here. Through companion last night she issued q statement saying she was
 absolutely innocent of any trouble in the Rumanian legation over the visit
 of Queen Marie. The idea that Miss
 Fuller had been authorized to take
 charge of arrangements for Marie's
 visit was characterized as preposter-
 ous.
 Meanwhile the preparations for
 the meeting of Queen Marie down
 the bay at Quarantine are going on
 apace. The official attire of the men
 on board tho welcoming Steamer
 Macom to which the queen will be
 transferred and brought to the Bat
 tery, will be frock coats striped
 trousers, grey cravats, grey spats,
 black shoes and silk hats. Each will
 carry a dark lacquer cane.
 Arguments Over Car
 Another little conflict in the ar
 engagements for Marie is said to have
 grown out of what kind of automo-
 bile she will use while in New York
 Mir. Djuvara is said to have desig-
 mated one make of car, while the
 Hotel Ambassador people declare
 that the official car will be of an
 other make.
 The social aspects of Marie's visit
 10 New York still remain in some
 disarray. Great pressure has been
 made upon officials at the city hall
 for the opportunity to go down the
 bay on the Macon as members of
 the welcoming party. MT. Whalen,
 however. has announced that there
 will be on the steamer only himself,
 Mrs. Astor, Major General Summer
 all, representing the secretary of
 war; Rear Admiral Plunkett for the
 navy: J. Butler Wright for the state
 department; Major General Haskell
 for Governor Smith; William Nelson
 Morris, former minister to Sweden;
 Alexander P. Moore, representing
 the Sesqui- Centennial exposition;
 Charge D'Affaires Djuvara and sev-
 eral other Rumanian officials.
 Queen Marie has accepted on be-
 half of herself an invitation to the
 national board of the Y. w. c. A. to
 a reception.
 To Have Military Escort
 In addition to the usual strong
 police force, the queen will have an
 escort of troops from the Battery
 to the city hall.
 A wireless despatch from the
 than says Quen Marie has been
 presented with watch smaller than
 dime, studded with twenty dia-
 monds set in platinum, made by
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