, 1912-03-23

journalists, educators and other distinguish
ed persons.
I was Immediately conveyed to my hotel,
where [ found q suite of rooms had been
placed at my disposal. I spent a tremen-
dously busy day. All kinds OF invitations,
from all kinds Of people poured IN upon me.
They were invitations to speak at various
functions and TO see this and that interest
ing object. AS my sojourn in Denmark was
limited, [ determined to follow the plan
which [ had previously found advisable else
where, namely of letting myself be guided
during my stay in Denmark wholly by the
committee of gentlemen in charge. This
meant that I had to disappoint a great many
people, but l found that the committee was
well informed as to who and what L ought
to see and what not to see, and had my pro-
gram mapped out. The chairman OF COM
mittee was Mr. Viggo Cavling, editor of the
"Politiken'', the leading paper in Denmark,
to whom I am indebted for many courtesies.
Soon after I had finished brushing the
dust from my garments and had gotten my
self into some sort Of presentable condition,
l was taken by the committee to q famous
restaurant on the water, for breakfast. From
this restaurant | had a fine view Of the har-
Dor. Among other things, my attention was
attracted by the English man-of-war which
was occupied | was told, by the Queen
Mother OF England, who was then on u visit
to her Royal relatives in Denmark.
Soon after breakfast we called upon the
American Minister, the Hon. Maurice Fran
CHS Egan, to whose kindness and considera-
tor [ am indebted for much of the pleasure
and success of my visit. Mr. Egan had pre-
viously sent q cablegram to Mr. Carnegie at
Skibo Castle in order to learn the exact date
of my arrival in Copenhagen. Then having
informed himself on that point, he shortened
his vacation and returned to Denmark tor
the express purpose of being of what service
he could to me during my stay III that coHn-
try.
After calling upon the American Minister,
we spent a good part Of the day viewing the
many points of interest about the city, and
that evening III accordance with the pro
gram which had been arranged for me, l
spoke in one of the large auditoriums OF the
city.
I had not been prepared for the hearty
welcome which I had already received, [ was
still less prepared, upon entering the hall, to
see the audience, which filled every part of
the building, rise to its feet and cheer as [
came upon the platform. l had beeu uneasy
all day for fear hat my speech would not
be understood, but I was positively fright
ened when I saw this large audience and,
from the enthusiasm with which [ was greet
ed, got some idea of what was expected of
me.
/ had already had some experience with
translators. While at the beginning it was
not so bad to have to be compelled to stop
at the end of every few paragraphs, to have
my words translated, ] found that when I
was fairly launched on my address, and
reached the point where I began to feel my
speech in my blood and bones, it was very
trying to stop, with my mouth open, so to
speak, until the audience with the aid Of an
interpreter, caught up with ne.
7 had not been talking more than a few
minutes, however, until I found that the
majority of my audience were able to follow
me almost us we'll as if [ had been speaking
in their own ton@ue. Even the anecdotes I
told, which were based very largely upon
the South, were for the most part under
stood, and so l went right to the end of my
address without stopping. [ think I must
have spoken for at least an hour and a half.
One of the professors in the Royal College
of Agriculture, whose name unfortunately I
cannot now recall, followed me. This gen
tleman took notes during my address aud,
after it was over, translated the substance Of
my remarks to the audience. AS near as I
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