Prince's Week

Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden continued their royal roamings in the U. S. The Prince--

Attended a concert by the American Union of Swedish Singers at Manhattan; told the singers: I heard you in Washington last Saturday."

Answered with boyish enthusiasm the reception in his honor in Independence Hall, while the Princess sat in George Washington's chair.

Enjoyed a momentous ride in Thomas A. Edison's four-year-old Ford at West Orange, N. J.; shouted loudly into Edison's deaf left ear: "What are you doing just now?" Edison made a sweeping gesture toward his laboratory with both arms: "Oh, any quantity of things." In an awed tone the Prince said: "Really!"

Lunched in Manhattan with four clerical organizations; said the religious forces of the world constitute the most hopeful resource of humanity. Rev. Arthur J. Brown discussed eloquently the pleasant relationships between U. S. and Sweden, world peace.

Presented an altar cloth of rose and. gold tracery to, and received the thanks of, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Bishop William T. Manning officiating.

Heard in Manhattan at the Plaza Hotel ten-year-old Oscar Throngren recite a poem, "The Bells," composed by the Prince's brother. Little Oscar was dressed in the costume of Varmland, consisting of yellow knickerbockers, white stockings, red jacket, red and black cap. The Prince knew others of the children gathered there from a visit they had paid him in Sweden: "How you've grown!" said he.

Worshiped in Gustaf Adolf Swedish Lutheran Church, Manhattan, at a special service in commemoration of Gustaf Day, royal holiday of Sweden; was given a specially bound volume, The Lutheran Church in American History.

Reviewed the marching cadets at West Point, where commencement week was in progress.

Arrowheaded, encyclopedic Hearst-Editor Arthur Brisbane recorded an incident in his column "Today" (reputedly read by one-third of all U. S. literates):

"You remember Carlyle's rage because the old monk, describing King John's visit to the monastery, did not describe the king.

"Gustaf Adolf, crown prince of Sweden, among us taking notes, will later be king.

"The crown prince invited by Dr. Henry Goddard Leach* lunched at the Century club in New York yesterday and met 'The great editors of New York.'

"He sat at a little table for six. Others at that table in the order of their importance were the Swedish ambassador, Mr. Ochs, of the New York Times; Mr. Reid, who owns the New York Tribune, and this writer. This is a closeup, taken at a distance of about two feet.

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"The prince attends to his job, which is the welfare of Sweden. He thought he hadn't time to accept Mr. Ochs' invitation to see the Times presses, running nearby. This writer suggested, 'You ought to see how fast our American presses can eat up paper made in Sweden.' That interested him, and he went."

'*Wealthy, distinguished, Scandinavophile; editor of the vitalized, issue-hungry monthly, the Forum.