Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-28
MEETS THE KING.

MEETS THE KING.
MAYOR JOHNSON MEETS THE
KING Oh. DENMARK IN HIS TRIP
{ THROUGH DENMARK, AND
TELLS ABOUT 1T. q
Mayor Johnson met the king Of
Denmark on his recent trip through
that country and tells about it in the
following letter. Unless Editor Tut
tie OF Mandan shall meet King Edward
and write about it, johnson: will hold
the record for hobnobbing with roy
atty. The mayor writes: :
= 4 had the pleasure of ar %introduc-
ton to his royal highness on Saturday
evening at the legation. and had long
talk with him. On leaving, as he
stepped up and shook hands to bid me
good night, he extended a personal IN
vitation for me to call on him before
l left for home, and IN my telling him
when I was going to. leave, set the
hour at II a. M. yesterday. In the
the invitation to call on him he coup
led also the offer of a photograph of
himself. / will now tell your readers
| how 1 was received. At the outer
| door-or rather outside of two glass
doorsJ found a footman in livery.
He opened a door that led into an ante
room. On my entering there I found
a number of military officers in uni
form, who all saluted. One came
forward and asked if I raj the Ameri-
can gentleman his royal highness ex-
pected.
/ replied in the affirmative, and was
told that he would be ready to receive
me very soon. I was requested to
step into a waiting o and take a
seat. I went in, but was followed by
the officer who met me at the door, n
who remained with me and talked
with me until the prince was ready to
receive me, which was not over five
minutes. I was then escorted to the
door leading to the princes apart
ments and passed through a small an
te-room. with doors wide open and on
entering the princes room he met me
nearly at the door with extended
hands. l talked with him a long time,
principally about America. He is
well posted about the United States.
He asked me what l had seen in Cop
enhagen and whether I had been at
Roskelde cathedral. On replying that
l had, he asked if I had seen his
mothers coffin. told him I had.
) In speaking of his dead mother,
though a grandfather himself, saw
the tears gather in his eyes. He is
one of the most u~nassuming and pleas
ant men it has been my fortune to
meet and all who have met him say
the same thing. when I met him at
the legation he, like the other gentle.
men guests. was covered with medals
, and decorations, but when I met him
at the, palace he was dressed as any
ordinary business man would dress
not a particle of decoration in sight
Before leaving he showed me photo
: graphs of his wife and children ane
!. grand children, and presented me witt
Z a late photograph Of him with his
J autobiography and date, and requested
me to take it to America with me
, which | shall surely do. He also ex'
tended an invitation to me to call AGAR
: should I ever. come to Copenhagen.
also met Prince Hans, a brother tt
7 the king. He is ~ years old but al
: sprightly and lively as a young man
!. They all speak English fuently, al
. well as nearly all the European Ian
guages. 1t will be seen that Will.
J, Denmark is one of the smallest Of thu
European nations, she is connected II
marriage and blood relationship to th'
reigning families of all the great Eu
ropean powers So
1t is here that you can see royalt.
& at it's best in the summer time. Hers
is where they gather and lay away thu
cares of state and formalities Of cour
: life = From the middle of May unit
late in the fall you will find kings ant
queens, emperors and expresses, an
) their children, riding, boating, play
ing golf and tennis, walking, riding
driving, without servants or escorts
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