During these brief recesses,
shared by Queen Astrid. he “lives
as a free man," playing with his
children or smoking his pipe and
drinking a glass of “gueuze,” the
Belgian national beer. He Is a
moderate eater and drinker, but a
confirmed smoker.
He likes sports, being a “com
plete athlete” who is fond of golf,
motoring, football, tennis, swim
ming, skating, toboganning, skiing,
climbing, hunting, riding, fishing
and dancing—but above all these
he prefers the home life.
Be it at the Stuyvenberg Castle,
at the Laeken Castle, at the Royal
Pavilion in Ostend, on the 10,000
acre estate of Ciergnon, or the ad
joining Castle of Villers sur Lesse,
LEOPOLD III
>
I he may be seen carrying little
j Prince Bauduin on his shoulders or
romping with him.
Sometimes they build castles and
1 forts in the sand; sometimes they
J turn mechanic as they play with
the tiny heir's toys. Princess Jo
sephine-Chariotte joins in much of
the frolicking.
THIRD CHILD BORN
I BRUSSELS, June 7.—A son. her
| third child, was born to Astrid,
i Queen of the Belgians, yesterday.
I Mother and child are doing well.
GEN. AINSWORTH
DIES AT HOME
IN WASHINGTON
As Adjutant-General Had
Charge of Army Busi
ness 20 Years
WASHINGTON, June 7.—Major
General Fred C. Ainsworth, retired,
former Adjutant General of the
Army, died at his home here.
For 20 years General Ainsworth
devoted virtually all his attention
to a reorganization of the business
methods of the United States War
Department. To his constructive
ability, demonstrated as Chief of
the Record and Pension Office, is
attributed much of the efficiency
of the machinery of that depart
ment. As a result of his energies
a controlling influence over the en
tire military establishment of the
United States.
