The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-02
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL r. PARTON

:. small-fry roy
european Noy0fty atty whose
Is Heading Our n a m s are
w., - n..,,.. now all but
forgotten.
Carol of Rumania and George of
Greece were the only kings who
came back, and they aren't good
risk for Lloyd's-and perhaps
Lloyd's isn't either.
If the Mayflower were still afloat,
it could book full passenger list of
kings fleeing from commoners, seek
ing a haven in new world-at any
rate, kings and their consorts, their
courtiers and Others of princely
rank.
It is understood that the EN-
press Zita of Austria will be in
America before long. The word
former" is omitted here, in def
erence to clever, purpOseful
woman, who has never admitted
that she isn't still the empress.
OF her SON, Archduke Otto, now
living in a tw0-room apartment
In New York, she once said, eff
the time ever comes when he
has but one servant, that SER
want will call him your majes-
ty.'"
In early-day San Francisco a
stately old gentleman with a splen-
did, kingly uniform announced that
he was emperor Norton" and was
pleased to make San Francisco his
royal domain. Nobody knew who
he was or where he came from,
but he looked and behaved like an
emperor, so they took him up on his
proposition. He held court, for
years, received homage and issued
DEGREES, and when he needed rev.
enue levied on the stock exchange,
finding handful of $40 gold pieces
always ready. He died sitting
straight upright in his little cubby-
hole room, wearing his full dress uni
form. The city gave him a grand
funeral. San Francisco was proud
of her emperor. They never did
learn anything about him.
This department was never par
ticularly partial to kings, but in adj
dition to child refugees it might be
a nice idea for each city over here
Cities May Bid king, or
For the Unhappy prince or
Royal Refugees u a. nnd nol
course, would get Zog of Albania
now in London and fixing to sail for
America, according to news reports
"a "swingtime king" who installed
in his Graustarkian palace 40-piece
American jazz band and became one
of the best hooters in his kingdom.
Philadelphia probably would
put in bid for the Grand
Duchess Charlotte of Luxem-
burg, thrifty homebody, now
in Quebec. The news is that, if
England falls, she and her six
children will come to the U. S.
A. She knits; plays the piano;
is a fluent linguist and rears
her children beautifully. There
might not be any bidders for old
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, the but
terfiy collector. He has knack
for pageantry, however, which
might interest New Orleans.
In case the above should appear
to be a callous reference to tragic
unhappiness, the main idea is that
this democracy might well accord a
certain respect to fugitive royalty
because it appears to have some
thing it really believes in.
A T MIAMI, FLA, IN October,
4 \ 1884, John Dwight Sullivan,
then commander Of the New York
department of the American Legion,
urged the Legionnaires to concen-
trate less on more and bigger
bonuses and to center their efforts
on understanding and supporting the
government in constructive under
takings. He emphasized the need
for cooperation as citizens rather
than activity as pressure group.
His was scholarly essay on citizen
ship.
Now Mr.. Sullivan has placed
before the convention Of the New
York County Legion q proposal,
for single, unified United States
air force, In which all air arms
Of all services would be under
single command. MIR. Sullivan
is chairman of the Legion's ma
tional aviation committee. He
Is a New York lawyer and an
alumnus of Princeton university.
He has been active in the further
ance of civil and military aviation
for many years and was appointed
a member Of the New York state
aviation commission by Governor
Roosevelt in 1880. He is Al years
Of age, scholarly and ascetic in
appearance, preaching social re-
sponsibility in the Legion for more
than a decade.
He insists that the organization
cannot attain its high purpose with
out widening activities in political