Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-20
DEDICATION OF PIPE DREAM
BY QUEEN MARIE RECALLED
Senate Lobby Committee
Turns Aside to Hear Story
of John H. Carroll.
Visit to Museum Which Did
Not Exist ROuSeS Merri-
ment at Hearing.

The Senate lobby committee, turning
aside for few moments yesterday
heard an amusing "inside story" of the
visit Of Queen Marie of Rumania made
to the United States two years ago
During the examination of John II
Carroll, Washington attorney and rep
resentative of the sugar interests, II was
developed that lac was In charge OF The
special train on which the Queen toured
the country.
Carroll. who gave his age as '"11 years
old plus" and said he was Just an old
worn-olt man." was quite frank i'll his
answers to all questions. When lie
touched on Queen Maries visit he was
permitted to give his own account OF
the contact with royalty. He kept the
crowded committee room roaring with
laughter during the latter part of his
testimony
AS Carroll saw II. Queen Marie trav-
eled thousands of miles To visit an art
institute that didn't exist.
Art Objects Gathered.
"Sam Hill the son-in-law of James
j.. and I.oie Fuller and some other peo-
pie organized what they called the Mary
Hill Institute of Fine Arts" Carroll re-
and invited, through Government chan
nelS, the Queen 10 come here. The in
Slitute supposedly was located about 100
miles from Portland, Greg, OH the CO.
lumbia River.
"WheH they arrived here" Carroll ex-
planned, there was no way to take her
around" Hill had appealed to the
Northern Pacific Railroad to transport
The Queen to Mary HILL" and then
went to the Baltimore & Ohio, and
Carroll, as Washington representative
OF the road. fell heir TO the title and
duties of chaperon. He was appre-
hensive about his qualifications TO es-
cort royalty.
II want to tell you what she said
when / met her" Carroll told the COM
mittee. Il said, L am just q child OF
nature. don't know anything about
This kind OF business. and l don't know
anything about the orderly proceedings
of the courts OF Europe. but 1 want TO
do Just what you would have me do
Queen Suggests Rule.
"She said to me, You know the
slogan. When in Rome do as the
Romans do" / said yes. She said
Well, you just take me like you take
your wife OF daughter, and will do the
rest"
With chat understanding the trip got
under way and everything was lovely
until Carroll learned that the Mary
Hill Institute of Fine Arts was nothing
but few walls Of concrete"
There wasn't a door. There wasn't
anything" The white-haired man
paused for effect. Senator Borah
laughed, Senator Caraway laughed, and
the spectators roared.
And We had IN our train q million
and q half dollars in paintings AND
statuary TO put In the NapOleonic room
when We got there, with two high
commissioners Of France bringing Il
along, and We had a half million dol
lars of the same thing to put in the Ru-
there was no NapOleonic room, anC
there wasn't any Rumanian room. II
was perfectly ridiculous and I never
was so embarrassed in my life."
Time for Dedication.
Having promised to do the rest.
Queen Marie proceeded to make good
few concrete walls" Queen Marie re-
vealed to Carroll what q marvellous
woman this girl was"
she was introduced" said Carroll
land We had = little prayer. q briei
one. Looking across at Samuel Hill
she said: I was invited here to dedicate
this museum Of fine arts, and / was
told that this was two great cross
roads, one from the Atlantic to the
Pacific and one from Canada to Mexi-
co, and here was designed to be the
future seat of the empire
Looking at Hill, she said, Well, Sam
uel Hill Is q dreamer and I,Oie Fuller
is a dreamer. too am a dreamer, and
who Is going to say that dreams Wont
cOnie true?"
Regular express railway service has
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