Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-09

erings.
He and his grandson, Edward VIII,
are the only two British monarchs
ever to have visited the United States.
Autographs Preserved.
Edward VII was the guest OF Pres
ldent Buchanan at the White House
as Prince of Wales in 1860. About
this visit delightful stories still per-
sist in the memories of Washingtons
cave-dWelling old families. Several
center about balls at which Englands
future king waltzed with the beauti-
ful Misses Alice and jamie Riggs and
lovely Harriet Lane Johnston, the
Presidents niece. who was later the
donor OF the Harriet Lane johnson
Building, central unit of the st. AL
bans School for Boys in the Cathe-
dral Close OF Mount st. Alban.
Miss Elizabeth Peet, dean Of wom-
en- at Gallaudet College, Kendall
Green, beyond the Union Station. is
the poSseSSor Of a red morocco bound
autograph album. One of its pages
carries the signature of Edward VII,
on October II, 1860, and below 1t
those OF his royal suite. including
such scionS of English nobility as the
following: Albert Edward Lyons, New
castle, st. Germans, Robert Bruce and
G. N. Grey.
At the time Of Edwards visit to
America he was brought to the New
York School for the Deaf and Dumb,
one OF the most famous educational
for such instruction in
the world. Mrs. Peet, beautiful and
accomplished young wife of DR.. Lewis
Isaac Peet, second of his line to at
tain international fame in his work
among the deaf, wrote a poem in the
princes honor, which she gave In the
sign language.
Another Kings Signature, Too.
AS if fate had left blank page In
the album for the autographs of his
grandson, upon the leaf directly op-
poslte his grandsires, are those of
Edward VIII, as Prince of Wales, upon
similar visit to America. 1t is in
scrlbed TO Miss Eliza beth Peet, daugh-
ter OF the books original owner. I'M
below are the names of his
royal escort and that of Grey of
Great Br1tain's Ambassado
to the United States at the time Of
the present Duke of Windsor's visit.
as well as the son Of that &c N. Grey"
VINO had signed his name in the little
old album in 1860.
Owing doubtless to the narrow svs-
tenn OF education laid down for him,
which excluded from his intellectual
olet even the novels of Sir Walter
Scott and denied him the compan-
lonshlp of boys of his own age. Ed
ward VII, when he came to the free
dom OF his manhood. travelled far from
the rigid traditions attendant upon his
rearing
However, upon his ascendancy to
Inc throne, so great was his gen
llne love OF his subjects and so CLOSELY
was he in touch with their national
tastes and inclinations as a ruler who
had himself been prone to human
falllngs, that he did much to remove
me throne from its former isolation.
and to bring 1t in touch with all
sections OF his dominions.
OF medieval splendour was his i'm.
oressive march through the streets
u London in all the trappines OF
us kngly state under a great CANOPY
oorne by the belted earls Of the king
tom.
Date Changed by Illness.
The date originally set tor Edward
Wis coronation had to be changed
lpon It's very Threshold because of
he Kings serious illness, but it lost
lothlng of its colorfulness by reason
II the delay.
one OF his first royal commands
King was that the MAGNIFICENT
tate coach originally built by order
u King George III upon the oc-
aston OF his marriage and a feature
u Queen Victorias coronation and
u her opening of Parliament I'm
lnul the time of the Prince consort's
[eath, should be thoroughly restored
It's former grandeur. Drawn nv
light Hanoverian cream -colored
lorses, whose progenitors were orig
nally introduced into Germany from
spain, it became one of the thrill.
ng motifs Of his own coronation pro-
esslon and of that successive OMEN.
ngs Of Parliament.
ms same great royal coach, u feet
n height and weighing 4 tons. with its
'anes painted by Cipriani, was also
sea Tor the coronation procession of
ing George v and Queen Mary, as
Will be for that of George vi and
Elizabeth, his consort.
Royal Children Cheered.
Inc most loudly cheered coach in
ne coronation procession of the late
ing George after that of their
1aJestles was undoubtedly the one
onVeylng the five royal children, with
ne ovation extended Edward, Prince
wales, who occupied the seat of
Ionor with his sister Mary beside him.
lmost surprising that accorded the
AS the coronation procession of Nav
. With all the splendor and trappings
It's medieval pomp and pageantry.
Weeps past the hundreds of thou
ands OF spectators come together to
lew it and their majesties, inevitably
here will be in the thoughts of all the
1emory OF the one who foreswore be-
1g its central figure for the woman
his choice.
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