Evening star., 1939-05-04

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are guests at the White House tneir
entertainment will be arranged by
the man who has personally super
vised every similar event at the
White House for more than 40 years
He is Henry Junge of Steinways
who puts the stamp Of approval on
every entertainer at White House
event and then comes along to see
that everything goes of properly
Mrs. Roosevelt, answering ques-
tions about entertainment for the
royal visit, said the "innumerable'
requests made by artists to sing
before the King and Queen would
be handled by Mr.. Junge. She ex-
planned that the White House will
plan the entertainment In co-opera-
ton with the State Department and
avoided a question about the pos
sibi1ity of Marian Anderson appear
ing by stating that plans are not
yet ready.
The lucky artists will be given
autographed photographs OF the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt as
usual and will be presented to the
chief guests.
Saturday Sailing Uncertain.
Mrs. Roosevelt refused to venture
guess whether the King and Queen
will really sail Saturday. She ad-
mitted there was a possibility that
circumstances in Europe might pre-
vent their visit, but added quickly
that everybody has always known
that was possible.
Not more than 104 guests can be
seated at the official dinners, she
said. The parties for the King and
Queen will be strictly Official" she
said, and the invitation list will
break off at the point where the
officials who must be invited come
to an end. If the large stage is
put up in the ballroom, only 800
guests can be seated, while $50 is
the maximum number with the
smaller stage.
Having revealed that she would
not curtsey to the royal couple, Mrs.
Roosevelt was asked what she would
do If she were in private life. She
said it would depend on the occa-
sion and what other people were
doing. She said she certainly would
abroad and in any case, in private
life, lone doesn't become conspic-
uous if one can help it."
Asked If she were able to curtsey,
she answered that she was brought
up in an era when everybody curt
sled to his elders.
Tells of Royal Visitors.
Switching to the royal visit at
Hyde Park last week end, she said
she found the Danish and Nor
wegian royal couples very nice
youngsters"
After the dinner for the Norwe-
gian Crown Prince and Princess, she
said, the Crown Prince explained to
the President that it was Norwe-
gian custom to respond in certain
way to the courtesies of visit. He
then asked that all people who had
served him and his Crown Princess
come into the big library after din
ner. Every one in the house was
given a remembrance bearing the
initials and crown of the royal
family.
Mrs. Roosevelt found one state
ment of the Danish Crown Prince
particularly amusing. She was talk
ing with him about holidays, she
said, nd he told her that when he
and the Crown Princess went to
Italy on holidays they were able to
get along without being recognized
and managed to avoid places where
their countrymen might be. How
ever, she said he told her, when the
royal couple went on trip that
was purely Official such as their visit
to the United States, they didn't do
it for pleasure, but because they had
to, and any pleasure that they got
en- route was so much to the good
Mrs. Roosevelt added that "the poor
youngsters" must feel exhausted
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