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O - w THE SUNDAY OKECOXIAy. ronTLAyp, jr.Yiicir 0, 1019. Wk wlei ifeitfees Meet ike King " i Incidentally, How President Wilson Made All England Smile Look at the Picture) When He Permitted the Legs of His Trousers to Con tradict Each Other. f AMtP.1CNj -v: V' NY. -. . -rry v-;--". CEV- Zmt..r4. '-' - .. 1 1 I if 1 r-V 4 -.-. v. 'A' I, 1 1 i k" j - i. t. I Vjw .jcg.:--.,' -s'.i:-; t :. " 1 . . -t 1 , 'Good-by, King. Out west, where I came from, wc would call you a real lie man." King George and Queen Mary visiting a group of American soldiers and sailors at a Y. M. C. A. liuU BY f'TjIVR MARSHAI,i. A BUNCH of Yankees sat our day at Buckingliam Palace talklns to King George, livery man in the party found himself liking the rather quiet-manucrcd Briton. The talk "be came general," as the phrase goes, and it was found that the king could "mix" aa well as chat man to man In a way to mark him as being the sort of demo crat in Bpirit the average Briton claims that ho is. They talked about England, and America and war ,and newspapers (there were newspaper men in the patty), and there were some good sto ries. The stories a king tells may not always be so frequently repeated as Other men's stories, proper reserve tend ing so frequently to caution, but the fact is vouched for that his majesty made a highly favorable impression, and this brings to the front the point of this story. As the party was leaving one of the western men grasped the hand of George V. "Good-bye, king," he said, "I want to tell you that out west Where I came from we would call you a real he man." I think the chances are good that the king and queen are still laughing over that and with very real enjoyment. The chances are good, too, that Tan Iteeisms have made many a good laugh on the other side good laughs that might have been something else it not occasioned by Americans. An Ameri can is. permitted to say things, princi pally, of course, because ho would say them whether he was permitted or not permitted, and for the reason also that the older world likes the freshness of the newer world. When the American talks about democracy he means it, and lie means it because he lives it and locsn"t know" very rr.uch about any thing that lsn-t democracy. President 'Wllaon and the Kins. Of course President Wilson's meeting with the king and queen is the most conspicuous and historic instance at hand. Naturally, lor every political reason, the meetings were outwardly cordial in x striking degree. Until Mr. Wilson eits down some day to write his memoirs we are not likely to. know the details of these meetings. They were as intimate in effect as they well could be. for the Wilsons stayed at Bucking ham Palace itself. When it was Mr. Wilson's birthday the king went "down Hie hall of the flat" and made a morn ins salutation by way of wishing the American president many happy returns of the day. However, no incident of these meet ings is ever likely to acquire so much of distinctiveness as one that occurred on a certain busy day during the Lon don visit. The distinctiveness of this incident was not occasioned by any thing said, by any acclamations from the populace, any gilding of royal cars or splendors of civic decorations. it was occasioned by a simple- little item in Mr. Wilson's dressing for the day. The tailors of London and every sur viving Beau Brummel in Kngland must have shuddered when they saw or learned the truth. The photographer who innocently perpetrated the figures of the king and lresi-"?nt standing together must have ehive.ed and giggled when he eaw what he had done. And the simple fact is this one leg of Mr. Wilson's trousers was turned up and the other wasn't. The Manchester Guardian and certain other British newspapers recorded the fact with a irrimace of sheer joy. Other papers - probably were constrained to bo. -polite - chough not to mention the matter. Perhaps they wished no dis cordant or trivial note to creep into the oroltt-stratlon or cordiality. On this page is printed the photo gruph-that records the now famous sar torial blunder. Your guess as to how tiiat "cunt" was. on this particular morning, established on one leg and not on the other, is probably as good as any on else's. It couldn't have been the bootblack, bwcause Mr. Wilson ccr tainly put his bout outside the Uuor 92 J- v:,2 t f i ri H i.'--- '1st $ Queen Mary talking to an American soldier. the night before and found them pol ished in the morning In regulation British fashion. Or maybe his valet polished the whole set. At all events he didn't sit on. a bootblack stand to have the b6otblac!c make the blunder. Anyway, it was another of those Yankee originalities. The Kins: and the Soldiers. In France the king met many Amer ican boys. One day in Flanders the king asked an American soldier where he cam I from and was greatly amused when the lad answered: "From the village of Chicago." In an American hospital one of the wounded men piped up: "We're tickled to death to see you." These are incidents of the freedom and cordiality which seem to be in spired by the democratic king's way of doing things. The king ought to have thrown the first ball at that Yankee ball game, but as it came about he only handed the ball to the umpire and managed to do it so that the umpire and the crowd voted him a good sport. The king artd queen both tried American buckwheat cakes at Eagle Hut and declared them selves unanimously in favor of the British adoption of buckwheat cakes. 'Like m Kaniaa Mayor.' Representative John R. Connelly's re port of his meeting with the king wan warmly appreciative of the British ruler s simple, democratic ways. Mr. Connelly says: "'l ne King gave us a regular Kansas handshake and then we talked for halt an hour. The fact that he spent four years in the navy while a boy perhaps made him at once find the subject upon which we were both best informed. Ho discussed the subject with much in terest and understanding. "The committee came away with the impression that the king is a most hu man fellow. M knew how to meet the committee as just ordinary Ameri cans and make them feel easy. He treated us fine just as if he were the mayor of a tmall Kansas town. CoraparioK the lvlng to Kooaevelt Sidney Brooks in writing a charac ter sketch of the king says: "Sitting in an easy lounge chair, in an easy lounge suit. In a room over looking the grounds of Buckingham palace, ivingr i,eorge reminded me, moro than anybody else, of Colonel Roosevelt! It had never occurred to me before to associate the two men together. But in mi hour and a half's talk that I had with the king I was constantly being struck with points of resemblance. Both are great talk ers; both have emphatic views which they are at little puinn to hide; both on occasion tan be delightfully indis creet;, both uiuko use of, natural and ri - V . - "' ..-. " . - 1 - -- , . - rr " ' : u - j ' ' - i-r K.tt" ' i ... . - . - " . ' i.1"- i , . j TliU'" I '1 i ! i i M P ilMn - .. Ail. i may not all call one another "i-oinrade" or V!tiii." but there will, doubtlrs. be somo equivalent. Then we bh;ll have no more anxiety. In that day we shall never wonder how to dress an other perplexing matter that bothers Americans on the other ndc bccauio we t-hnll all drc as we cllOOe. I'rrliaiis It is true that tin Is a period of transition and tlmt th era of absolute d' mocrm y for all iuclt mat ters is nearer at hand th.n vo Mipri-i HOOn U1VER. Or.. March 1. tPpe- elal.) "Saw the Rhino a few days go," writes Corporal K. r. Lewis to His father. A. t;. Lewis, member of tho directorate of the Apple Growers' asso ciation, "but the Columbia any day H prcft rable." Corporal ljcwif, l:nown to iiis local friends as Bun. cnliriled with the 3d Iowa reriment. He Is now with onipany 16Sth infantry. A2d divi sion and experts to be assigned to per manent duty with the army of occupation. Corporal Lewis' last letter was writ ten from Xiederbresip. He says lio Is eager for mail from hnme and jintces Photograph of King George and President Wilson, showing the little incident of the trousers "cuff" that made al England rmile. Notice the historic variation in the arrangement of Mr. Wilson's trourers. animated gestures: both betray in every word that they are men of downright temperament, of eager and impetuous disposition; both have a hearty sense of humor; of both one instinctively says, 'Here's a man who is thoroughly frank, human and positive, full of the zest of life, and meeting whatever comes along half way.'" By the way, the king made a very good impression as a "real he man" when he met the American labor dele gation last year, and no delegation was likely to be mora critical than this. All of which may go to show that meeting the king has, on the whole, turned out rather successfully for Americans. , One vf tliu ctubarrabsiuenlii ol meet ing kings and titled people of lesser Importance lies in the difficulty of naming them. Baying "your majesty" Is a nine difficulty to an American. Thus, "Good-bye, king!" was not at all an unnatural method. As a matter of fact, royalty, or at least tho modern version of royalty, rather likes the free and easy American way. of course. It does make a btg difference that it is an American. There is no disrespect in the American brevity. The styliFts on tho other side ato al ways Immensely stirred either to amusement or contempt, when a wouM bo proper person, not fully Informed, says "my lord" to Korthclirfe, for exam ple, "ily lord." In the etrvants' una. "Your lordshtp" Is held to be the cor rect term for thoeo who really are "in the know." In the matter of the'klnir or any titled person whatever "Sir" Is always a permissible and acceptable term of address and Is n much safer proposition for persons not accustomed to nan tiling titles. If you are untrained In the matter, whether you are con temptuous about titles or not, and wish simply to show a polite respect for the Individual In a purely democratic spirit you are quite on comfortable ground In saying "Sir" as you would to your president or your bishop. Some day. naturally, all flummery will bo bru;.ln.d. out of the, world. Wc Rhine Doesn't Compare With Columbia, Says Soldier. tornoral IT. II. Lewi of II noil Hirer rlten ml lirrntinlon ef tiermaa Territory by American 1'orees. he has an abundance on the way. Th- last letter lio receivrd was dated Octo ber 1. It was received on ISovember IS. In his last letter, written January 1!', he s.is: "Tomorrow is my birthday. Tho last was spent in France and now t am here in Germany. 1 suit- hope tho m-xt will be spent in God's rountrj. All of the rumors at ftift indicated an early homecoming, but thlnKS arc dif ferent now. I hardly think we wi!l he home or even out of here infcidc of six months. Gc-, how I long to net home and back on a ranch, or at lra?-L at work al something that seems to be useful. Thcr in to Im: biir fi-ld meet held in France, under the auvpicrrt of the A. L. I-'. In June. No It eftnis that-the higher tips arc figuring on quite a stay over here." The hike through t-i the Kliinc i a strenuous one, acenrding to Cor poral Lewis' lettrr. The Journey re quired 15 days and the soldiers traveled at the rnto of Ifi-lS mth-s a day. "New Haar Wall Sfairt l i Powerful Secret for Hair-Koot Developing. AIho New Way of I'osilivcty Hemovinp; WrinkleK ly Refining the Texture of the i?Kin. S. that your roinplrxiou N fully I ra i 1 1 f ir,l in a f 3 together an ounce f ta blespoonf ul of glyci not make up this cream xmrself. and turn )uu will be a tsolu t r ly rertnin will be wonoer- few weeks'." Mis siiitont, and two snoonfula of alvceiln In & mnl nf A w ater, to form a ream. Huh in well. and use twice r. day at least, if you can. Your freckles and all miiddlnrs-i and blemishes will very soon give way to tho exquisite tint and spotless love liness you have so long wished for. The r.intono will cost about fifty ccntj t any drug fctore. By Taleaka Suratt. IT SEEMS almost a shame to seo how much valuable time is lost In. an ef fort to save the wasting away of a for merly beautiful head of hair. A great many use materials which are abso lutely Ineffective: they believe they are nourishing the bwir. but Instead they sturvc tl. Premature snaynrs ft hair Is one result. How wonderful it is then that the hair ran he so treated that It. will immediately lake on new life by being given the very materials which It readily lakes into its own cell life. This, for Instance, is what occurs when the following formula is used on the hair for even a short tim. It l a tremendous hair forcer, it infuses pew vigor In the hair roots, so that Ihe dif ference Is tasily seen in a few weeks. Get from your druggist for nbout fifty rents a one-ounce package of betn qulnol and mix the contents with a half pint of water and a half pint of bay rum. Use olten and liberally. Your hair, for one thing, will at unco begin to stop falling. ACACIA Any skin will respond nulekly to the following treatment. The cream given below should be made up by yourself, which you ran do In a few momenta. It makes Ihe texture of the skin very fine and as a result you will eoon note that the small and deen wrinkles, crow'e-leet Rnd the sag ging of the tleiFh will leave and in Its place bring a splendid youthful plump ness and lgor to the skin. To a half pint of water add Iwo ounces of eptol. and adtl also one tablespoonful of s'J rerin. This cream Is remarkably nutri tious to the skin and after a few days you will be abb' to say that you have found- the secret of keening the fm-c voting-- Any drucaist will supply you "with the eplol for about fifty cents. MISS B. O. It. You remember once befon- 1 told you that you were wi st ill tluic utius what, you mcuUon. W hy LOOK r.larkheads? Tt Is .rr cj-r lo get rid or them. I will tell vou how, and you will get rid of Iheiu in onlr a few moments, too. On a wet rlotli sprinkle some neroxin, costing about fifty rents at your drusgist. Rub tMs on the blackheads. mu! then look in your mirror and tee it I am. not ritfliu MTSS T:. K.. Fatty arrumuTat ions ro constantly forming on every scalp. Soap cannot remove them: it simply re moves the looser dirt. Ii.-solvc a'tea spooilful of cgijol in half a cup of water and use s u Icd wj-.-h. This will di.soivc away all tlie.-e r i-cumula t ions and leave the hair wt'ii a .-plendid sheen just lllte .silk. " Vou can get enough eggol for twenty-rive eenta to give jou ovir a duzeu shampoos. MRS. GRUMBLE Your comptalrt about chalky face powder is well taken. 1 want you to try the face powder which I had made up for myself in or der to avoid this very rhalkiness. It i "Valrska Suratt Face Powder," and is sold at drug stores in anv tint tnr- I fifty cent. MISS O. O'C. Here Is the best way In Ihe world lo get rid of any superflu ous hair and do it without reddening nr irritating the f,kin. It is the only way known to "dissolve" the hair. It leaves the skin In perfect condition and leaves no spot or redness whatever. It is glo rious to use. ciet a one dollar bottle of Kiilfo solution. It is a liquid which you apply to the hairs. It is all ready to u.-c. In a lew moments the hairs dis solve completely away, and the "work" Is entirely done. a PIMPLES Apply some livdvelirrd laic the arm pit and you will find that it will do more than anything e'.- to regulate that txees.-ive perspiration in the armpits and destroy ail odors cointilctwly. You can obtain the h- iiroiused tat; lor lifty cents at any drug tWc-Adv.