Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.

BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.
The Prince of Wales. If his mother,
Queen Mary, can influence public
events, will represent King George at
the impressive services which the
Parliament and the British army intend
to hold at the Cenotaph on Armistice
day. 1t will be remembered that last
November IL, cold, raw day with gusts
of rain and wind at frequent intervals,
the Kind stood with head barred before
the tomb of the unknown soldier and
there contracted that protracted Illness
which came so near terminating fatally.
Their majeSties have been for the past
month in their favorite home, Sandring-
ham, in Yorkshire. and according to the
British press the King is quite restored
to normal health. With few friends
he hunts grouse and small game. rides
and plays golf and, what he enjoys
most of all, he has many tuSsle with
the heavy tide which breaks on the
Yorkshire shore as he manages his SAIL
ing yacht and sometimes takes a hand
in rowing. He, of course, desires to per-
form his full duties and believes that
being present at the Cenotaph is one
them. But the Queen is using all her
tact and skill to diSSuade him. and she
leans heavily on the persuasive powers
of the Prince of Wales. Queen Maude
OF Norway is visiting her brother, and
in a week the handsome young Crown
Prince Olaf and his bride, who was
Princess Martha of Sweden, also will
be the guests Of King George and Queen
Mary. All the visitors and their hosts
will remain in Sandringham until late
November.
When the prime minister of the Do
minion of Canada was visiting the
United States last Spring and was in
Washington to pay his respects to the
newly installed President of the United
States his general resemblance to Mr..
Hoover was often expressed. In pro-
file the two bear strong likeness, but
not in full face nor in any general char
acteriSticS. such as walking or the ges-
lures habitual to public man. How
ever, when the Canadian statesman,
who was seeking a period of rest and
had selected Old Point Comfort as his
recreation refuge, was sitting on the
deck of the Norfolk steamer gazing
pensively at the receding wharveS of
Alexandria he looked so much like Mr.
Hoover that many of the passengers
were stunned. III fact, an enterpriSing
youth had already snapped the prime
minister twice before he stirred and
arose from his seat losing all reSem-
blance to the head of the United States
Government. Some of these snapshots
Washington, and it is amazing that Ca
nadians who should know their chief
executive have mistaken the snapshot
as representing President Hoover, while
Washingtonians who have seen him
daily for more than 10 years are sure
Of it.
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Premier Macdonald and his gracious
daughter Ishbej enjoyed almost as wide
publicity in the press of Anis country
in pictures and print as a presidential
candidate would in the heat of the
campaign. President and Mrs. Hoover
are just now appearing In Britain'S
papers and pictorial magazines just as
lavishly. The President is presented
to his majestys subjects in every con-
ceivable pose, shaking hands with the
prime minister, sitting before the blaz-
ing logs at the Rapidan camp. confer
ring with the visitor and the Secretary
of State and in bucolic attire casting
longing look at fishing pools. Mrs.
Hoover is shown with Tut, the intelli-
gent police dog that was present on all
the momentous occasions at the White
House and in camp; and is represented
as gardening with her favorite assistant,
young Allan Hoover. But in the English
magazines much information lis given
as to the attire of the eminent person.
ages presented. Thus before the open
fire at the Rapidan retreat the Chlef
Magistrate wore a well fitting suit of
dark brown with almost invisible f1ecks
of color, a lighter brown tie of silk and
his usual tan shoes and darker brown
hosiery, and this, as WaShingtonians
know, would describe his appearance
on almost any informal occasion. The
premier, having naval matters to dis
cuss, very appropriately wore navy blue
twill with hose and tie to match, but
black Oxfords radiantly polished.
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Mrs Hoover converses very frankly
with all visitors, but in her own coun-
try 1t is the unwritten law that no word
of hers must appear in print. either as
an interview or the expression of an
" opinion. But London magazines are
full of quotations from the First Lady
on all conceivable subjects. including
her favoTite theme, her housekeeping
experiences from China to Peru, her
Joyous years in London when the boys
were beginning to go to school, her in
terest in the present-day problems OF
women and girls and from that TO the
cost of higher education. Perhaps
British scribes did not understand the
prohibition, but no possible harm could
come from sentiments in print which
Mrs. Hoover is known to entertain. The
writers take much pains to show that