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Show THE BULLETIN Coming of British King and Queen Recalls Visits to United States By European Royalty in the Past SEW HOW - Ruth Wyeth Spears 4- 6YDS. FLOWERED CHINTZ. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON 20YDS. BIAS C Western Newtpapar Union. WHEN Irsril k r-- A 8 EH KU fl 5&YD5.BLUE CHINTZ BINDING King George VI. Queen Elizabeth cross the Atlantic to visit the United States and Canada, they will not only be following a globe trotting tradition of British royalty but they will also be blazing a new trail for future monarchs of England. Princes, who were later to become kings, and lesser members of the royal house have come to these shores but never before has a reigning English sovereign paid a visit to North America. So there is unusual interest attached to their coming and with it the inevitable comparison to the American journeys of two other sons of the House KING GEORGE VI During the visit of Edward VII to Boston, he made such a favor able impression upon the people of that city (the very city which had once been the "hotbed of treason" to his J J . .1 tfrik .1 a Newcastle, a member of his retinue, wrote back to England, "If the prince remains here much longer, there is the danger of his being nominated to the presidency and elected by unanimous con great-grandfathe- ' I MATTRESS STITCH THE VALANCE TO AN OLD SHEET OR MUSLIN CUT TO FIT r, THE TOP OF THE BED SPRINGS - sent." Although that is something of an exaggeration, of course, the both of whom came here as Prince of Wales of Windsor, The Boyal Bedchamber, occupied by the Duke of Windsor when, as Prince of Wales, he was a guest at the Greenbrier hotel in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., where his grandfather, Edward VII, while he was Prince of Wales, had also visited in 1360. and later ascended the English throne. The first of these journeys was in 1860 when Queen Victoria, who was apparently the first British monarch to appreciate the importance of building up a close contact with America, sent her son "Bertie," as he was known in family circles, to call upon her loval subiects in Canada and also to shake hands with the sons and grandsons of men who had rebelled against her stubborn grandfather, George III, 85 years previously. Although "Bertie," otherwise Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, was still in his teens at the time, he was a gay young Then the prince entered a boat on the Canadian side of the river, was rowed across, mounted the wooden steps of the cliff and stepped on the soil of the United States as "Baron Renfrew," the incognito which was preserved while he was a guest of this country. New York city gave the baron" a tumultuous reception with a torchlight procession through the principal streets of the city, a visit to Barnum's museum and a great ball at which the crowd was so great that the floor of the ballroom collapsed. A crew of carpenters was called in to repair the damage and in their hurry entombed a fellow work er under the new flooring. He was freed only after his frantic tapping beneath the floor revealed his plight and threatened to break years later, another Albert Ed ward visited it. This Prince of Wales later reigned briefly as Ed ward VIII and then abdicated his throne for the love of a beautiful American and became the duke of Windsor of today. In 1919 this second Prince of the Atlantic Wales crossed and after a 'triumphal tour of he was introduced to Ralph Farn-ha105 years old, a soldier who had fought at Bunker Hill. He also visited Harvard a few days later and met Longfellow, Holmes and other American literary notables. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago were visited in turn with stops at various places en route. The prince finally got to Washington and went to the White House to call upon his friend, President James Buphanan, a man of marked democratic traits which were most attractive to the royal visitor. As a relief from the interminable handshaking which was his fate in the national capital, the prince frequently stole away from receptions to in a private bowl play ten-piing alley with Buchanan a charm ing niece and White House host ess, Harriet Lane. Visits Washington's Tomb. While the prince was in Washington Buchanan accompanied him down the Potomac to Mount Vernon, the home of' George Because of the Washington. prince's fondness for ships, the trip was made in a boat and en route the royal visitor took the tiller ropes and skillfully steered the boat to its landing place. At Mount Vernon the prince stood bareheaded before the tomb of ' George Washington, and later beside it a tree planted chestnut in tribute to the "greatest rebel of all time." To rest up after the round of social events which had been giv en in his honor everywhere. "Baron Renfrew," at the sugges tion of Buchanan, went to the fa vorite summer resort of WashWhite Sulphur ington society Springs, W. Va. (then Virginia) But, as it turned out, he didn't do much resting. For the entire population of the resort turned out to greet him and plans were immediately made to hold a grand ball at which the flower of Southern society would be presented to the royal visitor. The gay young prince did nothing to discourage the party and while arrangements were being hurriedly made, he amused himself by riding about the countryside, He attended the county fair which was then an important event in Virginia. A great admirer of horseflesh and beautiful ladies, it is little wonder that a beautiful woman bareback rider at the fair caught his attention, His hurried courtship of this talented performer is one of White Sulphur's many gay traditions, and legend has it that the bareback rider rose to the pinnacle of her profession on the strength of her harmless but enthusiastic flirtation with His Royal High ness. As for the ball, the records are meager but it was apparently the most brilliant in the early history ' of this famous resort. Fifty-nin- m Washington In 1860. (Courtesy the L. C. Handy Studios). blade who entered with the greatinto the social whirl with which he was welcomed on this side of the Atlan tic. At balls and parties he was indefatigable and he refused to leave them until the band had played its last note. .When embarrassing situations arose, he extricated himself from mem with an ease and savoir faire that endeared him to his flustered hosts and hostesses. In Quebec while dancing with a partner, his spur caught in the damoiselle's train and both of them instantly sprawled upon the floor. But his princely dignity was not as much upset as were some of the officials there. Before they could spring to his aid, he laughingly helped his partner rise and they calmly resumed their dance. At the same affair, the waiters over- celebrated the auspicious occa sion and the guests were forced to serve their own food an emer gency measure which seemed to horrify everyone except "Bertie." "Baron Renfrew" Arrives. Always ready for an adventure, he shot the famous Rideau rapids of Canada, to the amazement of a vast crowd lining the banks of the At Niagara falls he river. watched the daredevil, Blondin walk a tightrope over the cata ract and when Blondin offered to carry the royal heir across in a wheelbarrow, the prince accepted the invitation. Whether he would have gone through with it or not is unknown, but fortunately perhaps for him, Canarl'nn officials put s stop to the affair. est enthusiasm ed I e first-bor- n IUUU travels. "He cannot sufficiently praise the great cordiality with which he has been everywhere greeted The duke of Windsor, photo graphed at the Spring House- in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., which he visited in 1919, when he was Prince of Wales. - Canada, went to Washington to renew his friendship with Woodrow Wilson. The President was very ill at the time and con fined to the bed in the White House which had been used by Edward VII when he visited President Buchanan there. How ever, he was received in the Presidential bedchamber and an interesting account of that visit is recorded in Mrs. Woodrow Wilson's book, "My Memoir," pub lished recently by the Bobbs-Merill company. Like his grand father, the Prince of Wales was taken to Mount Vernon to visit the tomb of Washington but, un like his grandfather, who went by boat, he motored there, accompanied by Vice President Thomas R. Marshall and Secretary of State Robert E. Lansing. Princely Resemblances. Just as there is an amazing similarity between the two princes of Wales (as a glance at the pictures accompanying this article will show) and a similarity, in their temperaments and tastes. there is also an interesting similarity in their visfts to this country. Both were accorded tumul tuous welcomes wherever they went and both won the hearts of Americans with their simple, And like democratic manners. his grandfather, the later Prince of Wales also escaped from the round of gayety to rest at the White Sulphur Springs resort In the case of the younger man, however, there was no official in cognito during his visit there. Of ficials of the Greenbrier hotel, weekwhere he spent a three-da- y end, recall that he merely ex pressed the wish to be left alone. to be permitted to come and go as he chose and to have nothing done in the way of official cele bration. The pricce spent his time in sport Roinng, swimming, rid ing and hiking. a bed. SMART new house it was, how the valance problem wai and all the curtains and slip solved, As my clever young hostcovers were made by following ess pointed out, this is really a my sketches in Book 1, SEWING, bright idea because the valance But and its foundation make a cover for the Home Decorator! when we came to the second floor for the springs in case they are it was my turn to get a few not the boxed type. With the help of Book 1, ypu can pointers. The treatment of each of the two make many of the things you have principal bedrooms was quite dif been wanting for the house. Book ferent. One was very simple with 2 Embroidery and Gifts, is full of a lovely old quilt used for a bed- ideas for ways to use your spare spread; the other was in flowery time in making things for yourglazed chintz with strong accents self or to sell. Books are 25 cents of bright greenish blue. Both beds each. If you order both books, the required a valance that would not quilt leaflet illustrating 36 authen be removed with the spread at tic embroidery stitches will be in- -, eluded FREE. Address, Mrs. night. Here is the flowered bedspread Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St.. Chi- and the small sketch shows you cago, 111. A valance for A .1IU "Your letter of the 6th. ult. has afforded me the greatest pleas ure, containing, as it does, such kind expressions with regard to my son, and assuring me that the character and object of his visit to you and to the United States have been fully appreciated, and that his demeanor and the feel ings evinced by him, have se cured to him your esteem and the general goodwill of your country men. "I purposely delayed the an swer to your letter until I should be able to couple with it the an nouncement of the Prince of Wales' safe return to his home. Contrary winds and stress of weather have much retarded his arrival, but we have been fully compensated for the anxiety which this long delay has natural ly caused us, by finding him in such excellent health and spirits, and so delighted with all he has seen and experienced in his ns Edward VII, when be was Prince of Wales. From a photograph taken by Mathew B. Brady favorable impression which the royal visitor had made upon the American people was confirmed by a letter which President Bu chanan wrote to Queen Victoria. In reply, the queen, according to Laura C. Holloway in her "The Ladies of the White House," ac knowledged "her sense of the cor diality jot his reception by the President in a letter in which the dignity of an official communica tion is altogether lost in the personal language of a grateful mother thanking a friend for child kindness done her it is the Queen's English em ployed to express the sentiments of the woman." She wrote: "Windsor Castle "Nov. 19th, 1860 MIT up the party. The prince next went to Boston where there was another round of gay parties in his honor. There crinoline-and-lace-gown- 1 in your country, and the friendly manner in which you have received him; and whilst, as a mother, I am grateful for the kindness shown him, I feel im pelled to express, at the same time, how deeply I have been touched by the many demonstra tions of affection personally toward myself which his presence has called forth. 'I fully reciprocate toward your nation the feelings thus made apparent and look upon them as forming an important Items of Interest AROUND the HOUSE to the Housewife No More Frayed Edges. Trou Longer Life for the Broom. An sers will not fray along the edge ordinary broom will last longer if if a strip of skirt dipped in boiling soapsuds for a of the turn-u- p binding is sewn just inside, where minute or two each week. they rub on the wearer's shoes. For Tar Stains. Rub tar stains Replace the binding when worn. on cloths with lard, and afterWrap Up Meats. 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