THE STORY OF AN ENTOMOLOGIST 



It will be remembered that after this European visit, following 

 his African trip, Colonel Roosevelt went to London as President 

 Taft's personal representative at the funeral of King Edward 

 (May 1910). 



It must have been about 1913 that I was dining one night at 

 Mr, Charles Francis Adams'. Mr. Henry White, ex-Ambassador 

 to Italy, who greeted Colonel Roosevelt on his arrival from 

 Africa and accompanied him on his European trip, was present. 

 After dinner he told a number of anecdotes of the trip. They 

 were all characteristic and extremely interesting, and I hope that 

 in his reminiscences Mr. White will tell them to the world. One, 

 however, I can not help jotting down here. It seems that after 

 the funeral, the Colonel said to Mr. White, "Well, Henry, let us 

 pack up and get ready to start home." 



Mr. White replied, "We really must make some calls before 

 we leave. For example, we should pay our farewell respects to 

 the Kaiser" [who was then quartered temporarily in Buckingham 

 Palace]. 



"Oh, thunder!" said the Colonel. "Of course. Come, let us get 

 it over." So they went out, took an open barouche and drove to 

 the palace. They found that the Kaiser was out, so they left 

 their cards, reentered the carriage, and were driving away when 

 up came the Kaiser, also in an open carriage, with outriders. 

 Seeing Colonel Roosevelt, the Kaiser leaned out and said in his 

 excellent English, "Oh, Colonel Roosevelt, I am so glad I caught 

 you. Turn around and come in, and we will have a good talk." 

 Mr. White said that the Colonel deliberately pulled his watch 

 from his pocket, glanced at it and said, "Your Majesty, I can 

 give you just twenty minutes." 



Gifford Pinchot was a warm personal friend of Colonel Roose- 

 velt and saw him almost daily during his Presidency. In fact, 

 the President publicly acknowledged that the birth of the con- 



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