ENGLAND'S QUEEN IN-PARIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 23, 17 June 1914, Page 6

ENGLAND'S QUEEN IN-PARIS.

KOYAI, KISSES FOR HOSPITAL PATIENT.

The King and Queen of England -stepped out oi I'aris into England at eleven o'clock as their carriage rolled by the gates of Hertford British Hospital in t.evnUoi« Ferret, which Sir Milliard Wallace limit, and which the executors made over to Government control some time ago (wrote -John It. Raphael in the London Evening News) on April 22nd. They were greeted by a British cheer from British Boy Scouts born in Paris and British school children shouted "Hurrah!" The lew members of the. British colony, wlin had obtained admittance to the hospital courtyard stood in the background cheering lulily as their Majesties walked up the red-carpeted steps, at the lop of which the stall' were waiting. The matron ami Professor Prull'ier, the premier surgeon, Dr ltoliinson and Dr darvis, visiting physicians, and the Rev. Anstruther Cardow, the chaplain, were presented in order. Other members of the stall' bowed from their places. Their Majesties then made a round of visits to the wards, in which every bed was occupied. One or two patients looked so well that it is possible they were ill on purpose for the occasion.

THE QUEEN'S DOUBTS. The Queen evidently thought so, and one of the first, patient* she saw she addressed in. these words: "Are you having a rest cure, my.dear?" ''l was at first confused," the patient said afterwards, "but I answered I hope not, your Majesty,' and the Queen burst into a' merry laugh." Her Majesty -made a point of visiting each of 'he bid. in the men's and women's wards alike, talking to every patient for a few moments, inquiring into their condition, and wishing them a speedy recovery.

To one old lady who has lived in Paris for 52 years, the Vuecn said, "I hope you will get better soon and will live for 52 years more." "I will do my best ma'am," tls« old lady said with a broad smile.

The King and Queen both spoke to every man in his bed, and to a stable lad the King said that he was going to the races this afternoon and was sorry the patient could r.ot be asked there too.

THE STAPLE LAD'S VIEW.' "He is a good fellow, the Kiitg," was the patient's comment after their Majeaties had gone.

In the women's wards there wei'M ■three litlle children. .Madeleine, Odette, and Mary. All three sire children of English parents, and all three speak >n pretty broken English which so nmny 'Franco-English children speak. Odette was very happy when I saw her after the Queen had passed. "' introduced my dolly to her," she said. "The Que"i'i hoped I would soon he well and 1 said Dolly wasn't ill, and there was nothing much the matter with me except a' bail leg. and Nurse Smith was looking after that. "The Queen kissed nw, but she didn't kiss dolly. That was because I made a mistake and said, 'Yes miss' to the Queen, while Dolly remembered and said 'Yes, Majesty,' but it was a long time afterwards."

Miss Nancy Robinson, the daughter of the. vi-iting physician, is eight years old. "They told ine to bow from my place," she said, "but when father steped forward. I stepped forward loo.''"I said, 'How do you dor' to h'er Majesty and curtsied right down to the ground. The Queen said, 'How do you do?" to me, but the. King took no notice of me' tit all."

.SYMBOLIC MEDICINE. After visiting the wards, which were beautifully decorated with red and white roses and with blue noi'stonsilas', red, white and blue medicine in bowls, and the <;i'. : iliming st.ili' of white and pink nurses in blue uniforms, the King was taken by Professor Pruflier and Dr Robinson to vwit the operating theatre and the kitchens, while the Queen remained chatting to the. patients. As their Majesties left, the Boy Kemil.s and the xdio.d. children and all of us sang them into their motor-car with "God Save the King."