Royal Roamings

Man, Woman, Boat. Above six feet in height, full of face and broad of figure: Oscar Frederick William Olaf Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Skane and Crown Prince of Sweden. Small, dark, sharp of feature: Louise, Crown Princess of Sweden, daughter of Prince Louis Battenberg, second cousin of the Prince of Wales, great-granddaughter of the great and plump Victoria. Under their feet: the motor-ship Gripsholm making its way into New York Harbor.

The First Interview. Upward of 60 cameramen crowded around snapping. "Very amusing," said the Prince. "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen of the press," he continued in English. "The Crown Princess and I are glad to see you this morning and so many of you. ... I shall be glad to answer any questions"--he qualified this by excepting questions on politics. Then for the first time in history the Crown Prince of Sweden was interviewed. Yes, he had been called an archeologist. No, he was not a criminologist. He had done some carpentry as a boy, but was not worth 25-c- a day as a carpenter. No, he had never played poker.' He had not taken a drink in 15 years. He danced, but did not enjoy it much. He did not play the accordion or any instrument, except the concertina.

Welcome. The Swedish Minister at Washington, the U. S. Minister to Sweden and J. Butler Wright of the State Department took the visitors on a city ferryboat. Governor's Island fired 21 guns. The municipal fireboat sent eight streams of water high in the air. At the Battery a guard of Marines escorted the party to the City Hall. Mayor Walker made a speech. The Crown Prince made a speech--quite professionally--into the radio microphone--departed for Washington. (See p. 5.)

Sightseeing. After a visit to the National Museum, where the archeologist forgot the Prince and stayed an hour and a half, the Prince and Princess saw Vice President Dawes and Senator Borah at the Capitol, sat unnoticed in the Senate gallery for five minutes, were escorted to the House gallery by Speaker Longworth. The Representatives rose and cheered. Two speeches were made for the Prince. In the hall Congressman Upshaw slapped his fellow Dry on the back, exclaiming: "Hurrah for Sverege!" The Prince smiled sweetly. Speaker Longworth and the Foreign Affairs Committee had their pictures taken with the Prince. Mr. Upshaw crashed the gate, entered the Committee room and got into the foreground of the picture.

Formalcies. Prince and Princess unveiled a statue of John Ericsson west of the Lincoln Memorial at the river brink. It was a plaster model of what is to be. The President spoke, then the Prince. The Prince and Princess visited Mount Vernon, and laid a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington.

Furthermore. Prince and Princess set out into New Jersey for commencement at Upsala (Lutheran) College, then to Princeton. Returning to Manhattan, they went directly to the Metropolitan Opera House through a mob of several thousand street-peepers; from the J. P. Morgan box heard a concert by the American Union of Swedish Singers (58 male choruses from 50 U. S. cities), which later was variously acclaimed by the critics.