Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

to Europe was talked over. as both
men dropped all Formally Indeed, We
are told that, though the visit was to
be but for few minutes, due to the
Presidents condition, yet the prince
remained with him for 20 minutes or
more.
nURING his three days stay here
the prince visited many of the
show places of Washington, including
the Washington Cathedral at Mount
Saint Adams, the building of the
American National Red Cross Society,
the Lincoln Memorial, then incem-
plete, and the Walter Reed General
Hospital, where he greeted the SOL
diers warmly. The distinguished visi-
tor entered the grounds by way Of
Sixteenth street. Within the grounds
he heartily greeted group of men
wounded at Chateau Thierry, and,
when going through the wards.
stopped now and then to shake hands
with wounded soldier. Upon leav-
ing the hospital he made brief adj
dress, in which he said:
1T is a great pleasure for me to
visit this hospital and see so many
of my comrades in arms. I am sorry
my stay is so short I cannot see moro
of you individually. 1 am having q
fine time and enjoying my visit to the
United States"
S.l November 10 he motored to
Mount Vernon and placed a wreath
on the Tomb of Washington, showing,
in doing so, the same reverence and
respect for the First President that
his grandfather had shown more than
half century before.
During his stay here his highness
was not without his feminine ad.
mirers, and his fan mail is said to
have been considerable. Indeed, when
on his trip to Mount Vernon his long
line of automobiles was suddenly
halted by a young miss who stood in
the middle Of the road waving a
British flag. Among those trailing
the princes car there was some anx-
iety as to what was happening up
front, but later the atmosphere was
cleared when the royal guest admitted
that he had received letter telling
him just what the lady intended
doing.
NOR was the prince without Ger.
tain amount of genuine hurnors
as was illustrated here upon one occa.
sion when he and his party had de.
scended long fight Of stairs, and.
turning suddenly, beheld the lone
figure of prominent society woman
of that time-noted for her antique
headgear-who was just about to de-
scend. He exclaimed, with apparent
establishment. MY lord-the Queenl"
While here his highness also award.
ed decorations to certain World War
soldiers and nurses, the ceremony TAX.
ing place in the ball room Of the Bel
mont residence, Admiral Benson being
the first to be so honored.
A big reception at the Library OF
Congress brought the entertainment
Of the prince to an end and gave an
opportunity to the members OF both
houses of Congress and their families
to meet the royal visitor, following
which a dinner was served in the
Senator'S reading room on the main
floor of the building. Taking it all in
all, it was an occasion the Govern
ment and the people Of Washington
will never forget and no doubt one
King Edward VIII will always remem-
Der.
There are few places standing now.
except public buildings, reminiscent
of the visit made by Prince Albert.
the present Kings grandfather, many
years ago Lord Lyons, the then
British Minister. had his home on the
south size Of H street between Sew
enteenth and Eighteenth streets, and
the Washington Female Institute, con-
Quoted by Eliza w. Smith (where the
prince cid his bowling, was on G
street, Just to the south. The streets
of Washington were then In horrible
condition, and the Crown Prince on
that dav must have had a really
rough and rugged road over which to
travel-quite different, indeed. from
the ones the present King had to
travel over when he visited here in
1919
According to the press. the late
King is to be buried in simple oak
coffin made from wood felled on the
Sandringham grounds several years
ago. How interesting 1t would be II
these trees were by any chance grown
from the acorns taken back to Eng.
land from Mount Vernon by Prince
Albert in 1860.