Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-22
Elizabeth Chots With Mine Crew
Amid Clouds of Dust and Heat

% ,AP>. Queen Elizabeth II
Is beginning to talk with work.
men, housewives and other peo-
pie not on the official reception
lists for her tour of Canada.
She and Prince Philip are
moving Through the fast
growing industrial region Of
Saguenay, northwest of Quebec
City today. heading for a meet
ing with President Eisenhower
and the official opening Of the
st. Lawrence Seaway Friday.
The royal couple is visiting
aluminium plants, paper mills
and hydroelectric power plants
today. They have already
taken a close look at other evil
dences of Canada's rapid indus
trial development including a
spectacular open-cut iron mine
on the remote edge of Labrador.
Standing on the floor of that
mine amid swirling clouds OF
red dust and fierce heat, Eliza
beth suddenly asked to speak
with six members of a pit crew.
Brawny miners and truck
drivers, their faces caked with
dust and sweat and holding
hard hats under their arms,
chatted with her and Philip,
answering questions.
Ignoring her time schedule.
she remained on the floor OF
the mine $50 feet below ground
level we'll after the party was
due to depart.
Dust Powders Hair
Dust powdered her chestnut
hair where it curled out from
under her small hat. Her white
cheeks turned the color of pam
cake makeup applied by tele-
vision performers. Finally she
held out a white gloved hand.
The miners glanced at each
other shyly. They rubbed their
hands on their coveralls and
shook the Queens hand.
The Queen and Philip have
now seen some of the widest
and most beautiful country in
the world.
Flying north across Labra-
dor, they passed over terrain
that still shows marks of the
ice age. Flat and forbidding,
it looks as though the glaciers
departed only last week. Re-
treating ice gouged out innu-
merable craters now filled with
water. They range from pools
to lakes hundreds of feet deep.
The royal couple met Mon
tagnais and Naecaupee Indians
wearing native costumes blaz- {
ing with red. blue and green. Il
Some faces we're obviously of I
Eskimo origin. L
Royal Party Visits GaSpe
During the week end the S
royal party boarded the yacht l
Britannia and sailed across the
mouth of the Silvery blue st.
Lawrence to Gaspe, famed re-
sort area of Quebec Province.
Yesterday the couple went to !
church in another lovely set
ting. st. Paul's Anglican !
Church stands on a hill look
ing down on the sparkling ,
York River. The simple wood
en- building, able to seat only !
$50, is surrounded by green .
pines and fir trees. Brilliant
sunlight flooded the rolling !
green hills around Gaspe. Girl
Guides in blue. Boy Scouts in
brown and relocated Mounties
controlled the traffic and thou
sands of excited people who
thronged into the little town.
The Queen laid a bouquet OF
red roses at the foot of the tail,
rough-hewn cross that is
monument to explorer Jacques
Cartier. l.
No sooner had she and
Philip left for church than the
crowd tore the bouquet to
pieces, swarming past Mounties
and fighting for bits Of the
flowers.
Sit in Front Pew
The royal couple sat in the
front pew of the church be-
meath bronze plaque in mem
ory of Gaspe soldier killed IN /
World War I. Il
Elizabeth kept her head half
bowed throughout the service.
Philip chose and read the
second lesson of the service, Ro-
mans 1912 "in honor prefer
ring each other" l.
When the service ended, the
queen came out with Arcbdea-
con John Comfort. Her pink
and white silk print dress and
white accessories glittered in
the sunshine.
In the afternoon the couple
sailed up the st. Lawrence en-
route to the Saguenay district.
They were to disembark at
Port Alfred, industrial center
and Haha Bay, visit the worlds
biggest aluminium plant at Ar
vida and come back to the river