, 1912-03-27

with all that L was trying to do for the Ne
groes in the South. He referred to the fact
that Denmark was interested IN the coloured
people in their own colony in the Danish
West Indies, and that both he and the
Queen were anxious that something be done
for the coloured people in the Danish pos
sessions similar to what we were doing at
Tuskegee. He added that he hoped at some
time | would ind it possible to visit the
Danish West Indian Islands.
AS l have said, l had been warned ms to
what might be the result of this visit to the
King and that l had best be careful how I
made my plans for the evening. As the in
terview was closing, the King took me by the
hand and said, ''The Queen would be pleas
ed to have you dine at the palace tonight al
the same time naming the hour.
The Minister had told me that this was
his way of commanding persons to dine, and
that m invitation given must be obeyoi.
OF course, l was delighted to accept the in
v%itation, though | feared it would wreck
my plans for seeing The country people.
The King was SO kind and put me so at my
ease in his presence that l fear | forgot Min
lister Egan's warnings not to turn my back
upon him, and l must confess that | got out
of the room in about the same way [ usually
go out of the room when I have had an au-
6uC Will L AcSAll6uI 1ull.
Leaving the King and the palace, l found
out on the street quite q group Of newspa-
per people, most OF theD' representing Amer
lean papers, who were very anxious to know,
in the usual American fashion. just what
took place during the interview, how long l
was with the King, what we talked about,
and what not. They were especially anX-
iouS to know if | had been invited to the
palace for dinner.
As soon as the audience with the King
was over our automobile Was ready and
we went straight to the country. The
automobile had been provided by Mr.. Cav
ling because he was anxious that | cover
just MS mu Ii territory during the day rs
possible. We drove through magnificent
farming districts, saw some of the finest
cattle that one can find anywhere IN the
world.
Our first stop was at a typical Danish high
school, at Roeskilde, the former capital of
Denmark, one of the unique institutions
which has made education III Denmark in
nous. The usual term high school, how
ever, has little meaning in connection with
the Danish high school. A Danish high
school is an institution that has for its OBJ
iect the instruction of the masses of the
people regarding Danish history and Danish
traditions in Il word, its object is to inspire
the people. These high schools are not only
attended by the youths OF the country, but
during certain seasons of the year they are
attended by men and women. For a given
number of weeks the wives attend these
schools, living in the institution. At the
end of their time the wives go home and
their husbands come and remain several
weeks.
The first high school at which we stopped
was, l think, about forty miles from Copen-
hagen. Though it vas during the vacation
season, much to my surprise, when reaching
this school [ found a large audience of peo-
pie from the surrounding country gathered
for ihe purpose of giving me a reception and
listening to me speak. After being intro
duced to the members of the faculty and
Inspecting the surroundings of the high
school and partaking of a well prepared lunch.
a large audience assembled IN The chapel
and l spoke for twenty or thirty minutes,
telling them about our work at Tuskegee
and elsewhere in the South. But as | min
gled with the people, men and women, L was
SUI prised to find that they already knew
almost rs much about Taske6ee and its work
as any similar audience in America.
From this high school we went into an