Evening star., 1941-09-25

to one side to walk with Sir Ronald.
The Duchess followed with Chief
of Protocol Summerlin, ranking
State Department official at the
station
Among the other greeters on the
platform were Stanley Woodward,
assistant chief of protocol: F. r.
Hover Millar first secretary of the
Embassy; Sir Anthony Rumbold,
second secretary; Col Rex Benson,
Assistant Military Attache at the
Embassy, and several other Attaches.
None of them wore formal clothes.
Roar Greets Couple.
The Duke and Duchess walked
quickly up the long flight of stairs
to the rotunda level where several
thousand spectators had gathered
behind ropes.
There they were greeted by a roar
that notified those waiting outside
the station that the Duke and
Duchess were on their way.
A rumor had spread through the
crowd earlier that the WindSOrS
would breakfast on the train and
many of the early risers feared they
might have to leave for work with
out a glimpse of them.
There was one more brief greet
ing before the Duke and Duchess
stepped out of the station. Wait
ing in the diplomatic reception room
usually reserved for formal greetings
of royal visitors was the Duchess
aunt, Mrs Merryman. The Duke
and Duchess tarried there only a
few minutes.
Outside the station, even a larger
crowd had gathered. The fountain
on the Union Station Plaza was
used as a perch for some of the
sightSeers. Others had climbed atop
cars. Police fought to keep the
streetcar rails free.
In the place where the King of
England and his Queen and the
Duke of Kent had stood before them.
the Duke and Duchess faced a bar
rage of neWSreel men and still pho
tographers, who kept yelling Wave
to the crowd" until the Duchess
finally protested. No more waves
They continued to smile, however.
although the Duchess shuddered a
little as the bright lights exploded
before her.
For Washington's first glimpse Of
her as wife of the Duke, the former
Wallis Warfield was wearing a black
e-fitting suit with small velvet
lapels Her blouse of Windsor blue"
dotted with white matched the lifted
brim of her small black hat. She
wore turquoise earrings and large
matching lapel pin. Her stockings
were dark and she carried black
leather bag Her hair fell in neat
waves from center part
The Duke wore no hat and his
blond hair struggled over his fore
head. He wore gray striped suit
and tan buckskin shoes. His tie
was wide striped in gray and blue
and his white shirt was checked with
blue. In his lapel. he wore Bundles
for Britain insignia of the same type
sold here for a dollar.
Step Into Limousine.
Probably majority of the crowd
outside caught scarcely a glimpse
of the couple before they stepped
from the shadow of the massive
station archways into their limousine.
an American-buil Embassy car
bearing the English seal and crown
on its radiator cap.
Among the disappointed was Mrs.
M. E. Koval of 24l8 Pennsylvania
avenue NV, who told reporters that
20 years ago she had helped make
dresses for young Wallis Warfield,
when the duchess-to-be was visiting
here. AS the Embassy automobile
pulled away from the station, Mrs.
Koval leaped into her own car and
dashed after the party, but lost it in
the plaza maze of traffic lights
One woman, wearing a silver fox
cape, had arrived at the station at
m. to wait for the Windsors. She
soon had company for within the
next hour several hundred specta-
tors had gathered within the ro-
tunda.
They were soon joined by squad
after squad of policemen stationed
at every spot where stray spec
tator might think to stand Around
the station were 100 uniformed men
and a detachment of detectives.
More than 600 policemen were
scheduled for duty at strategic spots
| during the day.
The three Cairn terriers travelling
| with the ducal couple were not In