Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-16
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Duke OF Windsor Takes Tour;
New Bunk President Feted
BY BETTY BEALE

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The Duke Of Windsor
spent two hours Saturday
afternoon inspecting one Sec
ton after another Of the huge
Smithsonian Institution.
He went there a little after
2::30 specifically to see the
new Vetlesen jade collection
which he had heard about
from his New York lawyer.
Hank Walter. who is also
lawyer for Edmund Mcneil,
donor of the collection.
But after that he kept ask
ing Dr.. Leonard Carmichael,
boss of the Smithsonian who
was taking him around, if
he could see another exhibit,
and another, until it was
4:45 when he took his leave.
Wasn't DR.. Carmichael q
little weary after traipsing
around his domain for over
two hours?
1T never tires me to go
around the Smithsonian with
as an intelligent, earnest and
interested a man as that gen.
tleman," replied the delight
full scientist. giving his inn
pressions of the former King
of England.
UNLIKE SOME WIS.,
TORS l HAVE HAD" con-
tinued DR.. Carmichael, de-
scribing the Dukes reaction
to the first exhibit he showed
him after the jade, "he really
looked at each mineral, he
knew some of their scientific
names and he knew a great
deal about them.
The Duke looked at the
American Indian display,
where he proved to know a
great deal about the West
Indian, having seen official
6uty in that part of the
world.
He then went to the Ameri-
can mammal exhibition.
where the three dimensional
exhibits including the animal
in the foreground with its
natural habitat and other an.
finals in the background are
so realistic one can barely tell
them from the real one. The
Duke was appreciative. "This
u.s., after all, a great form Of
art" he observed.
He next asked to see the
airplaneS. including the Spirit
of st. Louis and commented
on the fact that Charles
Lindbergh had to land by
periscope.
After that he and the
secretary of the Smithsonian
visited the Army Hall and
the Navy Hall, where the
Duke studied mementoeS of
great American leaders and
read the labels with keen in
terest. Said his guide, He
not only was interested, but
he related what he saw to
the general historical move
ments that created them"
They saw the re-entry
cone, new missiles, postage
stamps, orders Of knight
hood and the new Lincoln
exhibition, which drew the
visitors particular attention.
FINALLY THE STYLE
SETTING HUSBAND Of one
of the worlds best-dressed
women got to the First
Ladies Hall. Casting a we'll
trained eye over the lot, he
noted the meticulous detail
on Martha Washington's in
augural gown. People took
time to get excellence in
those days" he averred.
In the Power Hall, which
shows the evolution of power
beginning with the water
wheel, he was very compli-
mentary. MY, I WOULD like
to spend a long, long time
here" said the Duke. look
ing around him with the eye
Of an expert mechanic.
A man trained to be king
has studied a lot about many
things.
THE RETIRING PRESI.
DENT of the American Sc
curity and Trust Co., Daniel
Bell. and his wife were hosts
at q big reception Saturday
afternoon honoring the new
President. Robert c. Baker.
The 5:30-to-S:30 party
drew hundreds of well-known
depositors. directors, officers
and others to the bank,