Evening star., 1951-10-28

am. she will be met by Thomas
E. Waggaman, marshal of the
court, and escorted to the office
of Chief Justice Vinson. There
she will meet the Chief Justice
and other members of the court.
At the Capitol at noon. she will
enter through the Senate side,
visit the Presidents Room. the
Senate and House Chambers.
Statuary Hall. and other points
OF historic interest.
The party then will drive to the
White House where at 1890 pm,
probably in the rose garden. the
Princess will present to President
Truman a gift from the King.
This will be an overmantle to be
used in the reconstructed White
House.
The Washington visit will Of
flcially end with farewells at !
pm. Elizabeth and Philip will go
to the airport and take off for
Montreal at 1:30 pm. Another
21-gun salute will be fired.
No Additional Servants.
The all-out welcome promises
to outdo the two-day visit of
Elizabeth's parents. King George
and Queen Elizabeth, in 1899, with
President and Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Unlike her parents. she
will not have an opportunity to
stay in the White House. Unlike
that visit II years ago. this one
has brought no request or need
for additional servants or special
services such as certain foods,
warmed beds and comforters
folded just SO.
At Blair-Lee House the couple
will have adjoining bedrooms.
each with a separate bath and
double bed, as well as a small sit
ting room. One of the bedrooms
has peach walls and the other is
pale green with chintz draperies.
Furniture includes pieces from
the White House. Phones, radios
and fresh flowers will be there.
Accompanying the couple are
nine persons. Among them is the
Princess personal maid, Margaret
Macdonald, affectionately known
as Mac" who has been in the
service of the royal household for
Is years.
1t. Gen. Sir Frederick Browning,
described as "dashing." is finan-
cial and public policy adviser to
the Princess. His wife is Daphne
Du Maurier, the writer. Maj. Mar
tin Charters is private secretary
to the Princess. =
Australian-born 1t. Michael
Parker is equerry to Elizabeth and
Philip. His job has been described
as acting as buffer between royal
formality and the everyday things
that constantly 60 wrong" Philips
valet is John Dean. Joe Pearce, a
former Commando, is royal page,
and Inspector Bert Usher, an anna
teur boxing champion, is the cou-
pies personal detective.
Only One Lady in Waiting.
The only one Of the Princess
four ladies-in-waiting accom-
panying her on this trip is Mrs
Andrew Elphinstone. One Of her
duties. it was disclosed yesterday
is to keep in touch with the "spe-
cial press officer for fashions"
When the Princess decides
what she will wear for this or that
occasion, the lady-in-waiting will
call the special press officer who
in turn will notify the newspaper
reporters.
Travelling with the royal party
on their tour of Canada and their
visit to Washington are 10 British
Journalists, another 20 from Can
ada, 13 news photographers and
IL newsreel cameramen. They
will be joined here by three Brit
ish newspaper correspondents
from New York and those cur
rently in Washington.
The visiting journalists will join
their United States colleagues In
a get-together of their own at the
National Press Club Wednesday
night.
For the guidance of Washing
ton and visiting workers for the
press, newsreels, Photographic
services, radio and television, the
State Department issued IL
closely packed pages of sugges-
tions telling how to have every
thing go smoothly, happily and on.
the-minute.