484 DISTINGUISHED MARKS OF HONOR. 



nore the party boarded a steamer for a trip through the sound 

 that separates Denmark from Sweden. 



Honors usually accorded only to royalty were paid to Colonel 

 Roosevelt by the Danish and Swedish Governments which ordered 

 their squadrons of warships to take positions at intervals along 

 the Danish coast and to salute the ex-President as he passed on a 

 passenger steamer from Helsingor to Copenhagen. The flags on 

 the warships were dipped, officers and men stood at attention, and 

 the ship bauds played American airs as the Roosevelt party 

 passed by. 



In an interview given just before his start for Christiania, Mr. 

 Roosevelt said that the little nation of Denmark was able to teach 

 several lessons from which greater Powers might well profit. The 

 Danish system of small holdings and intensive farming, he said, 

 was the only answer to the problem of how to make a densely 

 populated country self-supporting. The system by which Den- 

 mark cares for her aged and infirm is also, he said, a phase of gov- 

 ernment that other nations should study. 



A SPLENDID VIEW OF THE COUNTRY. 



Before sailing the Roosevelt's had a splendid view of the 

 country. Accompanied by several members of the Cabinet, 

 American Ambassador Egan and other officials and friends, they 

 motored to the castle of Fredericksborg and visited the National 

 Museum. They then went on to Helsingoer, where they were 

 luncheon guests of Vice- Admiral DeRichelieu on board the steamer 

 Queen Maud. 



Following the luncheon Col. Roosevelt was presented infor- 

 mally with two loving cups by the steamship company. The 

 loving cups are of Copenhagen ware, one bearing the Danish arms 

 and the other the American arms. A representative of the Royal 

 Porcelain Works gave the former President four plaques upon 

 which were pictured several of the beasts of Africa. 



Col. Roosevelt accepted the plaques graciously, and while 

 examining the figure of an elephant looked up suddenly and said 

 smilingly : " This is not an African elephant." 



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