Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1913 — Sovereigns Are Always Hosts. [ARTICLE]

Sovereigns Are Always Hosts.

London.—When the king and queen honor any of their subjects by being present at dinner the banquet differs from all others in one respect; the sovereigns, although actually guests, are Nominally the hosts of their entertainer. It is they who lead the conversation and keep it up. for when .royalty is disinclined for speech leas exalted mortals perforce remain quiet.