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majesty as between and $50 pm.
instead of $50 and 9.
He also said her majesty was some
what indisposed.
The Queens speech at the stee
dinner was broadcast by WIZ, New
York; WRC, Washington, and WEI.
Springfield. Mass, and Boston. WIZ
interrupted a commercial program Tor
it at 9:45, only to encounter some
Is minutes delay by the singing OF
Nine. Frances Aida and remarks of
Hugh Morrow. The announcer said
copyrights forbade putting the sing
ing on the air, but the radio audi
ence heard much of it.
Gary Presides at Dinner.
Elbert II. Gary. who presided. ash
ed the Queen to talk about herself
Most people like to do that, AMI
my family tells me | talk too much
about myself" her majesty said
But it is through me that | want
you to know and love my country"
Her crown, she said, signified a
mission to build up Rumania and lead
it toward progress. She then related
that an elderly Rumania lady had
once called her stupid, saying that
she did nothing.
But L did bear six children" she
said, ''and | thought that was doing
something"
The Queen said that she had long
desired to visit the United States, but
that queens are not always able to-
do as they wish. Once she wanted L.
visit England, but her father-in-laW.
then King of Rumania, would not let
her because of a drought.
1T was dry--not dry III your kind OF
way. dry in another way" said Queen
Marie. relative in England, she
said, exclaimed: What do they expect
of her? Do they expect her to go
around with Il watering pot?"
King Told Her to Come.
Queen Marie opened her talk with
"I hope you'll hear my voice, for I've
talked already three times today and
have q cold in the bargain"
In the course of her address she told
the steel magnateS: The King told
me to come to see you and make you
understand our little country has the
right to prosper.
The Queen said that an American
woman once asked her When are you
going to lay down your CROWN II
looked at her with Il certain amount
of astonishment," said Queen Marie.
II said. Why should | lay down my
CROWN She said, Don't you under
stand what wonderful gesture that
would be? Don't you see how the whole
of America would say What won
derful thing that a woman is doing,
she is laying down her crown.
II said to her that Is a very new
Il
slider q crown the same thing. IT,
for instance, in the middle OF It
stormy sea the captain of a very bis
ship should say 1 am no more cap
tain; l think it is too much honor
for me- l think he would not he
doing his duty. / think those o.
board with him would say, Why are
you giving up your job before you
have finished it?'"
Makes Plea for Rumania.
The Queen, bespeaking an under
standing of Rumania, said it was
1.-The last bulwark of civilization to
ward a country which is now In a
state of horror"
The New York World says toda%
that the Loie Fuller Ballet, which Is
to give a benefit performance tomUt-
>
House, will tour the country coin
cidentally with Queen Marie, giving
performances in the cities she visits
The ballet is said To be an interpre-
alton of a fairy story by Queen
Marie, THE Lily of Life"
Earlier in the day the Queen had
lunch at the Bankers Club on Lower
Broadway, with bankers who control
billions of dollars. Reporters were
excluded.
Queen Marie's program for today
called for a morning of rest In her
rooms at the Ambassador Hotel. with
luncheon at the Colony Club as guest
of the Rumanian consul general. She
was down for review of the l00th
Infantry in it's Brooklyn armory at 3
She will be the dinner guest of the
George Washington Sulgrave Insti
tuition at 8 tonight.