Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22

of refreshment. To-day welcome you. and,
expressing the wish that your labors may
be crowned with success, I declare open the
Eighth International Congress OF Oriental
| ists''
shall not attempt any report of the ad-
dresses which followed and with which the
| public exercises of the day were concluded.
Nearly every nation on earth was repre-
sented by speech-maker, except our own.
1t was one of the acts of our late economical
administration to return to the Swedish
Government its invitation to the Congress,
with a perfunctorv statement that there
were no funds with which to send delegates,
and that without consulting the Smithsonian
Institute or the American Oriental So
ciety. If the American contingent here
has received something less than its share of
consideration here it can hardly be won
dered at. We feel honored, however, in the
election of Prof. G. r. Lannan to the Secre-
taryship of the Aryan section, the most i'm
portant of the subdivisions of the Congress,
of which Prof. Weber, Max Muller and Dr.
Spiegel are Presidents in turn.
At 6 o'clock we forced our wav through
the immense crowd of gazers-on at the Rid
darholm quay, and embarked on three of
the small steamers and sailed into Lake Ma
lar, upon the outlet OF which Stockholm is
built. The royal yacht, bearing the foreign
delegates, steamed at the head of the pro-
cession up Lake Malar, body of water
of great picturesqueness and beauty.
Lake Leman is hardly so clear, nor has Lake
George more unexpected windings or more
striking islands. At every turn we came in
sight of pretty villas perched on rocky
knolls, the summer homes of the Stockholm
citizens, and groups of people before them
waved the national colors to bid us welcome.
THE KINGS SUMMER PALACE,
In the course of an hour we landed in
front OF the royal summer palace of Drott-
ningholm, from which the standard was
floating, which told of the presence of the
King. While we were landing a military
band on the terrace in front of
the palace began to play, and as
we entered the unusually beautiful
hallway, another band on the broad upper
landing greeted us with stirring. march.
The staircase was lined with royal guards,
looking as stiff as if they were frozen, and
footmen in the royal livery OF blue and
silver showed us the way to cloakrooms on
the upper floor, from which we went, by
way of a number of splendid chambers, into
the "Salle des Contemporaries" stately
hall large enough to contain the whole COM
pany. Around the walls are lie-sized ]
portraits OF the sovereigns of 80 years ago.
While the conversation is at its height |
someone announces the arrival of the King, |
and space is at once cleared in the middle |
of the chamber. The King and Crown |
Prince enter, followed by the retinue of the |
mornings ceremony. The terror of actually |
standing face to face with royalty caused an
amusing stampede as His Majesty ap- |
preached any part of the circle. With an
I-am-not- -worthy-of-this-honor air, some of
the groups scattered and backed away as
the King came near. However, he had a !
long conversation with the Shah's envoy,
and Count Landberg laid hold of different |
distinguished delegates and hauled them up
one after the other.
I saw one well-known English Oriental
st summoned to be presented with his wife,
but each time the good lady came in sight
IF the royal presence Der courage failed her,
ind at the last effort she cried out: "No, no;
can't be introduced to the King'' and her
llustrious husband had to bear the ordeal
llone, though, as a matter of fact, it was
nothing terrible, for he gave each person a
hearty greeting and conversed affably for a
ew minutes. The American members we're
IL presented by our Minister, General
Thomas, who has shown US every kindness,
nd to whom we are indebted for many un-
ought favors.
A GLITTERING PAGEANT.
But suddenly the band strikes up
hunderous march. and the King and Crown
Prince lead the procession to supper, max
ng the brightest spectacle in all the gay
ageant OF the evening. As the King ad-
ances the groups in the different apart