454 ROYAL HONORS FOR THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 



On the way from Luxor to Karnok Colonel Roosevelt halted 

 at the American Mission, where he delivered a brief address. 

 Later in the day he visited the German Consulate, and there was 

 shown a book bearing the signature of his father and Ralph Waldo 

 Emerson, which were written in 1873. 



Colonel Roosevelt finished his sight-seeing by inspecting the 

 Luxor Temple. The party left at 7 o'clock on the night of the 23, 

 and reached Cairo the following morning. 



The Egyptian capital gave Colonel Theodore Roosevelt the 

 most enthusiastic reception accorded to a foreigner in fifty years. 

 This historic old city turned out en masse to greet the former 

 President of the United States, and official Cairo vied with the re- 

 mainder of the population in heaping honors upon the mighty 

 hunter, whose exploits had been followed with the most intense 

 interest. 



THE COLONEL RECEIVES A POPULAR OVATION. 



It was Roosevelt Day, and everybody was out to acclaim the 

 famous American. The Khedive greeted him cordially, the crowds 

 massed alone: the streets cheered his carriage and the Americans 

 shouted themselves hoarse at Shepheard's Hotel. Erom early 

 morning until far into the night the ovation lasted. Colonel Roose- 

 velt's name was on every tongue, and his appearance at any point 

 was the signal for a tremendous demonstration. The city made a 

 holiday of the occasion. 



The Colonel was met by Lewis M. Iddings, the American consul 

 general ; Mr. Strauss, the American ambassador to Turkey, and the 

 leading government officials. 



He took lunch at the American agency, and was afterward 

 received at Abdin palace by the Khedive, who warmly welcomed 

 him, and listened intently and interestedly to the Colonel's account 

 of his shooting expedition, the story of the country he had traversed 

 and the various classes of natives he had met in the course of his 

 journey. 



The Khedive sent a palace carriage to Shepheard's Hotel to 

 convey the visitors to the palace. It w^as the first time this atten- 



