Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09
KING At SEASIDE
AF TER D-M|LE TRIP
Cheering Throngs Are Greet
ed With Smiles by British
Monarch.
BY the Associated Press.

BOGNOR. Susses, England, Feb
ruary 9.-King George, slowly recover
ing from the long siege of illness which
| has stricken him, was safely removed
| to Craigweil house near here today In
order to benefit from the sea breeze.
Three of his sons, the Duke of York
the Duke of Gloucester and Prince
George, bade their father good-by at
the palace, before he started on his
| journey When the Queen passed
through the gates few minutes after
her husband she was smiling happily
as she bowed to the repeated cheers of
the crowd.
Ideal weather prevailed for the trip,
which was over route of about 70
miles and was expected to take about
three hours Moderate Winter tempera-
lures prevailed and though the London
skies were clouded as Is usual at this
period the ambulance was not long in
working its way out of the CRIME and
fog of the metropolis to the fresher air
and brighter skies of Surrey hills and
Sussex Downs.
Smiles to Cheering Crowd.
Crowds lined the streets through
which the ambulance passed clear out
through the suburbs. His majesty an
swered cheers with smiles, which
brought renewed cheering. Every village
along the countryside contained its
crowd of watchers, waiting to cheer the
monarch.
His majesty left Buckingham Palace
at 20:34 am. in specially designed
ambulance, in which every contrivance
fn xyiknr
car rolled safely and smoothly into the
grounds at Craigweil House at 1:24 pm.
Just 2 hours and so minutes later.
Queen Mary was on hand to receive
her husband, having travelled from
Buckingham Palace by shorter route
She reached Craigweil House at 1885
In plenty of time to prepare for the
| arrival of the King.
Nurse and Valet Near.
By the Kings side could be seen q
nurse. sitting comfortably. By his
| chauffeur sat Hewlett, his valet. Behind
| the ambulance was another car with the
two physicians, Lord Dawson of Penn
and Sir Stanley Hewitt. Other cars
with nurses and attendants followed
| among these being one containing four
| st. Johns Hospital ambulance men, VINO
! IldO CdTIlGU LklC xAilib AAOAA bSAASSAA1
| to the waiting motor.
| The pleasant little town on the Sussex
| Coast, situated 10 miles from London
| has not been regarded hitherto as
| health resort. The Kings doctors, now
| ever. decided that Bognor air had eX-
ceptional tonic qualities.
| CraigWeil House, the property OF Sir
| Arthur DucroS, ~ automobile magnate
which will be the Kings temporary
| home, lies one mile outside BOgnor, IN
| AldWick, an old-fashioned Sussex village
| of winding lanes and beautiful trees
| High walls inclose on three sides Its "a
| acres of beautiful gardens and lawns
with a profusion Of rose beds and per-
golas and here and there piece OF
statuary.
| From the wide bay windows the King
will see to westward the stretch OF Sell
sey Bill thrust far into the Channel 1r
| snother direction he will get distant
view of the Isle OF Wight.
The house, a three-storied building
facing south. was built In the best perioe
of early Victorian architecture. Sir Ar
thur Du Gros had to make considerable
| extensions in order to get the maximum
of sunlight at every point. The .prln'
| cipal bedrooms nave open-a1r alcove'
protected from the weather by gias'
easements. >,
with the arrival of his majesty tn,
little Sussex village of Aldwick, II
which Craigwell House stands.
When his majesty left Buckingham
Palace this morning he was wan anC
male. but his doctors hope that tn
fresh Sussex breezes will put color II
his face and aid him in his fight towars
conyalescence