WHEN MRS ROOSEVELT MEETS THE QUEEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 122, 26 May 1939, Page 14

WHEN MRS ROOSEVELT MEETS THE QUEEN.

Subject Of Much Discussion In U.S.A. I hoio .in I. i' 'I I "pics i" *"" ii pi- w -i v .1 Vi-w \ •■' U w liter, one i. i hi' \\ ... ill - I'm li I her- well, ii 1i,.,. i ii- \ ,■« -ii," .ii\- tin' man „,1 h i i,,. ,i. |..vv -lum-<, peering, at I In' ,li.ri living !"• i>' hit highball I>t- -. "I : .ii,... a!• ,ir.. .ill -i'l I'm i In' Kiiij: mi'i (Mi.'i-il. what •! i■■.. •j. t i«. 11 they'll _~.i i .tii.ii.. i' U ir« w in in- millung to it. We'll .ill jn IIIM wire." pound I In' l.iiil-.!.. tables tin- women .lull lor. "They're such it i.i 'ini|i|i\ s,i mil mill. I'm miri- they'll like us." At, the vil In *_•«• crossroad*, in flic jrri'H t department, stores nf t hi' cities, the I pic mi- talking- "they ti'll mi- the King's nil expert tennis player . . . yes. tin' favourite colour is blue— I HIW it, ill tin* paper." In tin! buses mill tin' subways, at the street, corners, nnU in thi" skyscraper oltlooH tli" talk goes mi . . . tin: King uml Queen mi' I'mnin;. Km" the I'rp^itlciit"<4 wife tho visit will In- tlif crowning event, nf her life a» r'irst Lady of tin- I'nited States. Mrs. Koosevolt in soi:iethiii;r "f ii wonder woman. Slie writes ii daily newspaper column, lectures three times n week, holds Pros* conferences, makes n. (In/en rjmwlipm ii month. n|i»'iis exhibition* aml liIVM corner stones during her liineli Inmr. Hie* almost everywhere, mill still has time tu Imik niter her husband uml fiimily. ' In mi article in (lie "Sunday (iraphio" and "Sunday Xi>«>," t lie New Zealand writ or. Heetnr Uulitlm. ghos his opinion of the Hist, lady of the land and her all important, meeting with the Queen. "I did not met. Mm. Koosevolt ill Washington," he says. "I had to wait tor nil enormous dinner party in New York hefore I could realise tho nni<|lic charm of the lirst lady of tlie land. "Her power in the I'nited States is 11rii■ |ir•• and it arise* entirely from her sineerity. I like e.-pooialiy her two replies to the vexed ipiestion of whether she would how to the Queen. Washington has worried over thin more than over the war debt*." "Her first answer was, T shall be told by Hie State Department exactly what to do, and I shall do exactly an [ am told." "After tlm State. Department had wrinkled it* brow* ou»r the matter," raid Hector Hoi It ho, "Mrs. Koosevelt made one more announcement, 'I wouldn't mind curtsyinjr to the Kinjr and Queen when they visit the White House. I wouldn't mind curtsying to anyone, hut. as a matter of fact the State De partrncnt tells me it will not be necessary.' "