Evening star., 1939-05-21
.Co|ors Trooped
For King in
Ottawa Rite
Queen Makes First
Speech, Loys
Corner Stone

ceremonial welcoming to Canada
and in their royal progress
through the North American Do
mlnion there was no let up in the
enthusiasm of receptions and the
fervor of demonstrations.
Geographically, the royal couple
have seen but very small part
of Canada, but half of the 12,-
100000 pepole of this country live
in the two great eastern provinces
where French Canadians and Cana
dians of British descent have been
shouting in different languages but
in the same spirit, God Save the
King" and "Vive lie Roi."
AS for the Queen, she is the toast
of this part of the American con-
tinent. If man ever ought to
be proud of his wife. His Britannia
Majesty George vi is indebted to the
gracious Scotswoman who has won
Canadian hearts.
Today was set aside for celebra-
ton of King Georges birthday
anniversary, and it was one long
public party.
In the uniform of a colonel of
the Coldstream Guards, with a
towering bearskin hat, the King
saw Canadian soldiers perform an
old British custom of trooping the
color. Queen Elizabeth made her
first public address and laid the
cornerstone of the new Canadian
Supreme Court Building.
Lunch With Prime Minister.
They lunched privately with
Prime Minister w. L. Mackenzie
King and few of his friends. They
drove through Ottawa again. cross
ing this time the Ottawa River to
Hull. Quebec, wound up their tenn
porary residence at Government
House where 5000 attended a gar
den party, went back to town for a
big government dinner at the
Chateau Laurier, with appearances
on balcony before cheering crowds,
witnessed gigantic display of fire.
works and with this finally were
I through 1Or the Gay.
Tomorrow morning all Ottawa
will gather in the central place of
the city. Confederation Square. to
participate in the semi-religious
ceremony of unveiling the national
Canadian war memorial to the
$4,000 men this country sacrificed
in the World War. Many churches
have cancelled regular services for
this one
This will conclude the two-day
visit to the Dominion capital, and
early Sunday afternoon the King
and Queen will take up residence
in the royal train again and pro-
ceed to Kingston and other towns
en- route to Toronto, the final i'm
portant city on the itinerary before
the big swing west to Winnipeg
then the prairies, plains and Rocky
Mountains to the Pacific Coast.
Kings Birthday Arranged.
The Kings birthday celebrations
today were an example of arrang-
ine' things, because actually 1t
wasn't the Kings birthday at all
He was born at York Cottage, Sand
ringham. December IA, 1895, but
the Canadian government thought
it would be fine thing to celebrate
the Kings birthday anniversary dur
ing this royal tour, so they passed
a law saying the Kings birthday
anniversary would be on May 20
this year.
Last year it was on June 9 be-
cause Canadians didn't want to
celebrate it SO close to Christmas
The royal assent always is forth
coming for these whimsicalities of
loyal and devoted people.
The ceremony in which Queen
Elizabeth laid the Supreme Court
Building cornerstone was simple
one, and one to which sshe gave a
last-minute touch all her own. Max
ing the first real public address
she ever had made. the Queen in
sisted on insertion of this sentence
Perhaps it is not inappropriate
that this task should be performed
by a woman, for woman's position
in civilized society has depended
upon the growth of law"
The Queen delivered the last third
OF her 300word address in French
The simplicity of this rite con-
trasted with the brilliance of the
trooping of the colors which had
preceded it.
The ceremony; rooted deep in
English antiquity, was performed by
the Governor-General's Footguards
OF Ottawa and the Canadian Gran
adler Guards of Montreal. The sun
was bright and the crowds were gay
and large, numbering about 10000