out on the street
quite a group of newspaper people, most of them representing
American papers, who were very anxious to know, in the usual
American fashion, just what took place during the interview,
how long I was with the King, what we talked about, and what
not. They were especially anxious to know if I had been
invited to the palace for dinner."

And further on he thus describes the dinner:

"The dinner was not at the palace where I was received in
the morning, but at the summer palace several miles out of
Copenhagen. When I reached the hotel from the country it
soon dawned upon me that I was in great danger of being
late. To keep a King and Queen and their guests waiting on
one for dinner would of course be an outrageous offense. I
dressed as hastily as I was able, but just as I was putting
on the finishing touches to my costume my white tie bursted.
I was in a predicament from which for a moment I saw no
means of rescuing myself. I did not have time to get another
tie, and of course I could not wear the black one. As well
as I could, however, I put the white tie about my neck,
fastened it with a pin, and earnestly prayed that it might
remain in decent position until the dinner was over.
Nevertheless, I trembled all through the dinner for fear
that my tie might go back on me.

"I succeeded in reaching the summer palace about ten minutes
before the time to go into the dining-room. Here again I was
met by the King's Chamberlain by whom I was conveyed through
a series of rooms and, finally, into the presence of the
King, who, after some conversation, led me where the Queen
was standing and presented me to her. The Queen received me
graciously and even cordially. She spoke English perfectly,
and seemed perfectly familiar with my work. I had, however,
a sneaking idea that Minister Egan was responsible for a
good deal of the familiarity which both the King and Queen
seemed to exhibit regarding Tuskegee.

"As I entered the reception-room there were about twenty or
twenty-five people who were to be entertained at dinner. I
will not attempt to describe the elegance, not to say
splendor, of everything in connection with the dinner. As I
ate food for the first time in my life out of gold dishes, I
could not but recall the time