anadian stores, only there are more of them, and they are
bigger. Their windows make a dado of attractiveness along the streets,
but, all the same, I do not think the windows are dressed quite as well
as in London, and I'm nearly sure not so well as in Canada--but this is
a mere masculine opinion.

Through this attractive city the Prince drove in a round of ceremonies.
His first call was at the Headquarters of the American Red Cross, then
wrung with the fervours of a "tag" week of collecting. From here he
went to the broad, sweet park beside the Potomac, where a noble
memorial was being erected to the memory of Lincoln. This, as might be
expected from this race of fine builders, is an admirable Greek
structure admirably situated in the green of the park beside the river.

The Prince went over the building, and gained an idea of what it would
be like on completion from the plans. He also surprised his guides by
his intimate knowledge of Lincoln's life and his intense admiration for
him.

At the hospital, shortly after, he visited two thousand of "My comrades
in arms," as he called them. Outside the hospital on the lawns were
many men who had been wounded at Chateau Thierry, some in wheeled
chairs. Seeing them, the Prince swung aside from his walk to the
hospital entrance and chatted with them, before entering the wards to
speak with others of the wounded men.

On leaving the hospital he was held up. A Red Cross nurse ran up to
him and "tagged" him, planting the little Red Cross button in his coat
and declaring that the Prince was enrolled in the District Chapter.
The Prince very promptly countered with a dollar bill, the official
subscription, saying that his enrolment must be done in proper style
and on legal terms.

In the afternoon, the Prince utilized his free time in making a call on
the widow of Admiral Dewey, spending a few minutes in interesting
conversation with her.

The evening was given over to one of the most brilliant scenes of the
whole tour. At the head of the splendid staircase of white marble in
the Congress Library he held a reception of all the members of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, their wives and their families.

Even to drive to such a reception was to experience a thrill.

As the Prince drove down the straight and endless avenues that strike
directly through Washington to the Capitol, like spokes to the hub of a
vast wheel, he saw that immense, classic building sh