The First Lady compliments the future Swedish ambassador for eating a worm.

>During the Cleveland presidency, a young second secretary from the Swedish embassy at a White House dinner cut into a wedge of lettuce and found a live worm. He was about to push the plate away when he noticed [Mrs. Cleveland]( https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Frances_Folsom_Cleveland.jpg) watching him intently. He stiffened in his chair and then ate the lettuce, worm and all. >”That wasn’t necessary,” said Mrs. Cleveland, “but it showed fantastic poise in time of emergency – you will go far, young man.” >Fifteen years later, he was back as his country’s ambassador in Washington. _________________________________ **Source:** Humes, James C. *Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous*. New York: Harper & Row, 1978. 159. Print. _________________________________ **Further Reading:** [Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland Preston]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Folsom_Cleveland_Preston)