THE ROYAL TOUR
EMBARRASSING EPISODES MRS ROOSEVELT’S REVELATIONS CATASTROPHES AT HYDE PARK (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) Received June 15, 3.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 14 “Could anything be more embarrassing when entertaining Royalty than to have the serving table collapse, strewing food and broken china about the guests’ feet?” The answer is “no,” according to Mrs Roosevelt, who reveals in her syndicated column, “My Day,” that this catastrophe occurred at Hyde Park last Sunday while Their Majesties were dining. Later in the evening, she relates, a servant was carrying a tray of (glasses of water and ginger ale bottles when he slipped and fell on the library floor, spilling and breaking everything.
Mrs Roosevelt comments: “On each occasion Their Majesties remained completely calm and undisturbed.” "Perhaps the most personal impression that remains with me is the never-failing thoughtfulness and graciousness of our guests.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20831, 15 June 1939, Page 8
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