More Writings from Leota Henson Turner
Loudin's Jubilee Singers, Leota is seated to the right of the keyboard Continued from Part 2 . "About 5 P.M. we reached our destination and went immediately to Sheppards Hotel, the famous well-known hostelry. At 7 P.M. dinner was served and is customary in England and other countries it is the big event of the day, and a formal dress affair. We hurriedly tidied ourselves up as best we could and we were soon ushered into the spacious, well-lighted dining room. It was filled with Military men in full dress with plenty of gold braid, medals on their uniforms. Their ladies in formal dress wearing plenty of jewels of all kinds. We felt very much out of place in our traveling attire but no one seemed to notice us particularly and we went through the eight course dinner with good grace. After dinner we went to bed immediately as we had to arise at 4 A.M. At that hour carriages had been ordered to take us out to see the Pyramids. We arrived at the Pyramid ‘Cheops’ just...