486 DISTINGUISHED MARKS OF HONOR. 



Mrs. Roosevelt on his arm, Colonel Roosevelt following with the 

 Queen. 



When the dinner had advanced to the fourth course, the King 

 arose, and all the guests stood. " It is with great pleasure," said 

 the King, " that I welcome you, Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt here, in 

 the name of the Queen and myself, and extend you our hospitality. 

 I do not speak in my name alone, but am convinced that it is in the 

 name of all Norwegians. The reception given you to-day will con- 

 vince you of the truth of my words. As you know, we are all 

 grateful that although your time is so limited you have been able to 

 come to Norway. Many Norwegians live in America, and although 

 American subjects, they are Norwegians at heart. I feel it such 

 and therefore we feel particularly pleased to have this opportunity 

 of offering our hospitality to some eminent American citizen. 



THE KING'S RE-ASSURING WORDS. 



" I express the hope that you wall get the impression during 

 your stay in Christiania that real feelings of true friendship and 

 relationship betw&en the United States and Norway exist here, and 

 I hope that these feelings will continue for all time. I drink a toast 

 to the United States and I drink a toast to the health of Mr. and 

 Mrs. Roosevelt." 



The company remained standing while the ex-President re- 

 ponded as follows: "It is a particular pleasure for me to be in 

 Norway," he said, " and I have been deeply impressed with my 

 generous reception. Norwegians have made such good citizens in 

 the United States that I once remarked to a group of traveling Nor- 

 wegians that I rather grudged it that they had left anybody in Nor- 

 way. 



" As your Majesty has said, the Norwegians in America love 

 the land of their birth and they love the country of their adoption. 

 A man can love his wife all the better if he loves his mother a great 

 deal." 



Colonel Roosevelt touched on Norse literature, and spoke of his 

 pleasure when, as President, he was able to cable his good wishes 



