Their Majesties Receive

The interparliamentary Union was held this year at Copenhagen, capital of Denmark. Last year the meeting of world parliamentarians took place at Vienna.

The object of the Union is to encourage the world's politicians to meet, with a view to reaching an understanding of one another's problems.

King Christian and Queen Alexandrine received the U. S. delegation to the Union in the garden of the Palace. Their Majesties had a word and a handshake for each of the U. S. Senators and Representatives present. The King spoke in English with Senator McKinley of Illinois, Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Representative Burton of Ohio.

Christian X, nearly 53, is the son of Frederik VIII. He ascended the throne May 14, 1912. His sons are Prince Christian Frederik and Prince Knud. His younger brother, Charles (51), became King Haakon VII of Norway in 1905. (TIME, June 18.)

King Christian is the third ruler of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, to which House the Great Powers of Europe assigned the throne of Denmark on the death of the 16th King of the House of Oldenburg, Frederik VII, who died without issue. The first King of the present house, Christian IX, ascended the throne in 1863. He had previously married a niece of King Christian VIII of Denmark.