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Show king and quean . . . maids, aecre-tariss, aecre-tariss, ladlea-in-wsltlng , , . private telephones Installed . . . six cooks assigned U prepare meals for the party . . . I remember today's duke of Wind-sor. Wind-sor. thsn the prince ef Wales, kind, unassuming, asking me to remove the Urge regal-looking armchair that had been placed m the dining mora for his use at an slaborats dlnnsr . . . saying to me: "Oscar, If you don't mind, plsaae take Viat chair away , , , I'm I m afraid It's too big - In an unending line . . , crowds outslds waiting for glimpses of celebrities , . . Mrs. James Harrl-man. Harrl-man. magnificent In black satin and tulle with roves of turquoise: Mrs. William Jay, Mrs. Charles Oalricha. Mrs. Oouvsrnsur Morris, Mrs. Reginald Regi-nald ds Kovsn, Mrs. Chauncey M. Depsw with hsr husband, diplomat and bon vlvant, raconteur and famous fa-mous after-dinner speaker: Mrs Bayard Cutting, Mrs. James 8. Frlck, Mrs. William K VanderbUt Presidents And Princes Presidents and princes came to the Waldorf. I remember the genial Taft and hla preference for baked applsa for dessert . . . William Mo-Klnlsy, Mo-Klnlsy, even before he became president, pres-ident, and the frequent times he came to dine at the Waldorf . . . Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson, Harding. Coolldge, all men with simple tastes In food . . . It was a great occasion, the visit of the king and queen of the Belgians Bel-gians to America. I remember how painters worked day and night redecorating re-decorating an entire floor In the hotel , . , the arrival of the royal entourage, 40 people In the party, with ISO pieces of luggage for the Glittering Personalities "Buffalo Bill" who registered at the Waldorf as W. F. Cody, Nebraska Ne-braska ... Nat C Ooedwln, Lillian Russell, who was glamorous long before that word was lightly used . . . "Diamond Jim" Brady, glittering glitter-ing and generous; John U Sullivan, Charles Frohmaa. I rsmembsr, too, when It was decided de-cided that the Waldorf that bad enoe been "uptown" was Bow "downtown" , . , and the day It was dscldsd to close Its doors, est May t, 1829. I remember that day and the doaena ef people who had spent their honeymoons at the Waldorf rushing to Nsw York to buy a chair or a lamp from their honeymoon suites. Thsn came the choosing of Park a venus and forty-ninth etreet for the site of the aew hotel, aad the months that followed when the new Waldorf-Astoria waa rising floor on floor Into the sky. I remember the flurry ef the day,, before the hotel waa open, before It' waa completed, when the king and queen of Slam came to this country and Lucius Boomer gave a luncheon lunch-eon for them there. They war our first royal guests. Opening of First Waldorf Events came thick and faat from now on , . . memory piles en memory mem-ory . . . opening night at the first Waldorf, on March 11, IMS . . . rain drenching the city and the carriages car-riages coming down Fifth avenue |