The American Ambassador,
General Horace Porter, presided at the banquet. My address on this
occasion seemed to give satisfaction to those who heard it. General
Harrison kindly devoted a large portion of his remarks at dinner to
myself and to the influence of the work at Tuskegee on the American
race question. After my address at this banquet other invitations
came to me, but I declined the most of them, knowing that if I
accepted them all, the object of my visit would be defeated. I did,
however, consent to deliver an address in the American chapel the
following Sunday morning, and at this meeting General Harrison,
General Porter, and other distinguished Americans were present.
Later we received a formal call from the American Ambassador, and
were invited to attend a reception at his residence. At this
reception we met many Americans, among them Justices Fuller and
Harlan, of the United States Supreme Court. During our entire stay of
a month in Paris, both the American Ambassador and his wife, as well
as several other Americans, were very kind to us.
While in Paris we saw a good deal of the now famous American Negro
painter, Mr. Henry O. Tanner, whom we had formerly known in America.
It was very satisfactory to find how well known Mr. Tanner was in the
field of art, and to note the high standing which all classes accorded
to him.
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