Last Saturday afternoon the King and Queen visited the London
Hospital. The drive to the hospital was arranged with that simplicity which is nowhere so successful as in London. No troops lined the route, and the police controlled the crowds with a suave and indulgent authority which scarcely made itself felt. At Holborn Bars the King went through the ancient ceremony of receiving the sword of the City. The streets were full of a " holiday " crowd, and the King and Queen no doubt had chosen Saturday afternoon on purpose to show themselves to as many people as possible, At the hospital they talked with much sympathy and feeling to many of the patients, and the King appears to have beaten the record of the Royal Family—which must be bard to beat—m remembering names and faces. The return journey was made by the south side of the river amid much enthusiasm.
