it was, and he
said: 'Evans, would you mind presenting him to me? I know how some of
your people feel about Washington, but I have always had great
sympathy with the African race, and I want to meet the man I regard as
the leader of that race.' So I went at once to Washington and told him
that the Prince wished him to be presented, and took him, myself, and
presented him to the Prince. Booker Washington sat down and talked
with him for fully ten minutes, and it was a most interesting
conversation, one of the most interesting I ever heard in my life. The
ease with which Washington conducted himself was very striking, and I
only accounted for it afterward when I remembered that he had dined
with the Queen of England two or three times, so that this was not a
new thing for him. Indeed, Booker Washington's manner was easier than
that of almost any other man I saw meet the Prince in this country.
The Prince afterward referred to President Roosevelt's action in
regard to Booker Washington, and applauded it very highly."

In 1911 Mr. Washington visited Denmark with the particular purpose of
observing the world-famed agricultural methods of that country. While
in Copenhagen he was presented to the King and Queen. This experience
he described on his return to this country in an article published in
the New York _Age_, the well-known Negro paper, in December of the
same year. The portion of the article describing his meeting with the
King and Queen reads as follows:

"Soon after I entered, the Chamberlain went in and presently
returned to tell me the King would be ready to see me in
about five minutes. At the end of the five minutes exactly
the door was opened and I found myself in the King's
chamber. I had expected to see a gorgeously fitted
apartment, something to compare with what I had seen
elsewhere in the palace. Imagine my surprise when I found
practically nothing in the room except the King, himself.
There was not a chair, a sofa, or, so far as I can recall, a
single thing in the way of furniture--nothing except the
King and his sword. I was surprised again, considering the
formality by which he was surrounded, by the familiar and
kindly manner in which the King received me, and by his
excellent English. Both of us remained standing during the
whole interview, which must have lasted twenty minutes. I
say we remained standing, because, even