Evening star., 1939-05-07
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gazing long at the statue of Abra-
ham Lincoln, Prince Frederik strobe
over to the left and stood with
folded arms to read Lincoln's Get
tysburg address engraved on the
wall there. The Princess joined her
husband and they stood, shoulder
to shoulder, reading the address
through.
VERY impressive very impress
Sive," Princess Ingrid remarked as
she turned away.
Girl Scouts Visited.
Immediately after tea with the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Her
Highness visited the Girl Scouts
Little House-she is a patronness Of
the Girl Scouts in her country.
Then the royal couple hardly had
time to dress before attending a
dinner in their honor at the Danish
Legation.
1t was an afternoon and evening
somewhat typical of those mapped
out for the Prince and Princess ever
since they arrived in the United
States at Los Angeles a month ago
for tour of the Nation, and which
caused Prince Frederik to remark
that he had not had time for any
real fun" while here.
He explained that his idea Of fun
was having some. time to himself to
enjoy his life in private-something
he can have at home, but is recon-
ciled to miss while on tours, even
on such unofficial visits as this one.
The Crown Prince, tall, tanned
squared-shouldered man who walks
with a rolling gait of q sailor
which he is-and his blond, blue
eyed, slender Princess, who is fully
as pretty and charming as the
story books have led you to expect
a princess to be, arrived from New
York at 1:25 pm. yesterday.
Marines Do Military Honors.
They were welcomed at Union
Station by small group of officials,
headed by Secretary of State Hull,
and honored by ruffles of the drums
and flourishes of the bugles by a
Marine drum and bugle corps as a
company of Marines stood at atten-
ton with fixed bayonets in front
Of the State reception room.
Motoring behind police motor
cycle escort to the Shoreham Hotel,
where they will stay until Monday
night, the royal couple had little
time to rest until they met a large
group Of reporters for press con-
ferences in a ballroom.
Prince Frederik entered first, sit
ting with his legs crossed, under
hot, bright lights set up by photog-
raphers, and answering q barrage
of questions right and left. He
banned only questions concerning
international developments - ex-
planning that he had had no time
to read the newspapers and keep
up with what is going on in Europe
and answered most others with
a smile and a cryptic Eyes" or mo.
There was one embarrassing mo-
ment-when a woman reporter pre-
faced a question concerning divorce
laws by saying Your Highness, the
laws in Norway :" Prince Fred
erik reacted like anyone might. He
put his hand to his face and turned
his head to the side and downward
in a sort of "oh, my goodness" ges-
ture, laughed heartily and exclaimed
I'm from Denmark" His questionel
hastily explained that she got al
the Scandinavian countries mixed
up.
No Rail Engineer He.
The Prince spiked q story that
has appeared in American news
papers to the effect that he liked
to play engineer and drive locomo-
tives. He said that story was in
vented here; that he never had
driven a locomotive In his life. He
does like the sea-he is a navy on
cer-and said other duties had not
left him as much time for the sea
in the last few years as he would
like to have.
He said he had heard a lot of
American slang he couldn't under
stand; liked hot dogs; was not
frightened at facing so many report
ers; thought Boulder Dam was one
of the most interesting sights he
had seen on his American tour; be-
lieved American democracy is work
ing all right, and had no time to
shop while here.
When nobody could think of any
more questions to ask Prince Fred
erik, he returned to the royal suite
and Princess Ingrid came down to
take his place under the photogra-
piers strong lights. "It's very warm
here" was her first remark.
Welfare Work Impresses.
Somebody asked her how tall her
husband is and she said she didn't
know-she had seen several different
figures in the newspapers. He ap-
pears to be about six feet two. She
agreed with her husband that SHE
likes American hot dogs-with mus
tard; had had no time to shop ir
the United States, and said she was
impressed by the interest so many
American women are taking in So
cial welfare work.
Their schedule kept them 30 busy
that both the Prince and Princess
wore the sarne clokhAs In which khey