Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-18
MRS. LINCOLN AND TAD.
Their Experiences and Travels
How They liked Eur0pe-Theih
Movements for the Future.


How They liked EurOpe-Their
Movements for the Future.
From the New York World. 13th.l
One of the lady reporters of the World
called to see Mrs. Lincoln yesterday on
her arrival in New York to ascertain
some of her experiences of Europe and
European society. Both Mrs. Lincoln
and her son have brought back with
them from the Old World thoroughly
European distate of getting into the
newspapers, as they term it. Mrs. Lin
coin was dressed in deep mourning. She
has enjoyed exceedingly good health
during her sojourn in Europe, and is as
stout as ever, but looks very pale, and
complains Of we're severe headache
consequent upon the tediousness of the
voyage. When introduced into the pres
ence Of Mrs. Lincoln and her son Thad-
deus, the following conversation took
place:
Reporter have come, Mrs. Lincoln,
to welcome you home again, and to see
if you will grant me q few moments
conversation.
Mrs. Lincoln-You are very kind In
deed to manifest so much interest in me
and thank you very much. 1t is my
desire to live very quietly and not be
| talked about. Still | am willing to
spend few moments with you, although
feel very i'll with sick headache.
R.-Very much obliged toyou, madam
Will you please tell me where you intend
to reside?
Mrs. my plans are as yet very in
definite, and hardly know what shall
do. If / am able intend to go to Chi
cago tomorrow or early next week
where ! shall reside for the present with
my son Robert. Beyond that cannot
tell you.
R.-Then you do not intend to return
to Europe?
Mrs. LII cannot tell. | may, ant
may not. l have enjoyed my journey
abroad exceedingly, and like the Euro
pean style of living very much, but homo
seems very pleasant and | was very
glad when landed in America again.
R--Was your voyage pleasant one
Mrs. L.-No, indeed; it was very tire
some and monotonous, and nobody coulC
be more glad than / was when it wa'
over We had very long trip for one
of the Cunarders.
R.-Did you have pleasant people OF
board2
Mrs. Lit was as social and agreeable
a set of people as. | ever saw together Al
travellers. There were three generals OF
board, including General Sheridan. be
sides three captains, an earl and coun
tess (who, by the by, were on their wa!
to Canada to visit the Governor General)
and many other persons more or les
known to the public. The journey woul'
have seemed three times as long if thest
people had not been very pleasant ant
polite.
R.-You had very rough passage
did you not2
Mrs. L.-Rough2 | guess you woulC
have thought so! Rough was no nam
for it. We certainly thought we wer
doomed to destruction every momen
during the tremendous gale of Thursda.
and Friday last week. All of the ladie
and good many of the gentlemen wer
obliged to keep their be rths three who'll
days, and when we did go out on decl
we were almost frightened to death, 70
the waves were actually mountain high
and the swell was so tremendous we wer
tossed about like leaf. Strange to say
the sun was shining brig htly all the time
and the sky was clear, but the wind wa
worse than tremendous storm of rain
RI don't wonder you were glad t
come ashore. You were, in England tn
last BART Of the time, / believer
Mrs. L.-Yes. We have been in Enl
Land during the last six months, most {
the time in London and vicinity. Pre-
vfous to that we spent two years in Gel
m any, principally at B'rankfort-on-tht
M ain, which we were much pleased wit
asi a place of residence. My son ha
be zen at school in Germany, and speak
G erman nuently.
R. How did you like the German pee
ple2 :.
Mrs. Live were kindly treated b
tn EN-, and liked them very 'mucf
although their habits and way Of livin
seemed strange to us at first. We wer
very cordially treated among them an
ma de many pleasant friends
l2.-You said you were in England 81
months. What was your impression Q
the, English people2
Mrs. Live were also very pleasant
received there, and enjoyed our stay eA
4 ceedingly..
R.-Did you find that the memory G
your husband, our late President wa
respected abroad?
Mrs. L.-Everywhere. His shockin
death seems to have overcame all prejr
dice the people in Europe may have ha
against him for political reasons. Thi
was, of course, exceedingly gratifyin
to us. People spoke of him as if the
honored him greatly, and | know tha
the mannerof his death made all person
his friends.
Mrs. Lincoln here said that she wa
feeling entirely too i'll to talk any more
and begged to be excused, leaving he
SON to continue the conversation. Tha
young gentleman evidently did not quit
relish the idea of talking, and showed
manifest dislike to "getting into tn
newspapers" as he called it.
Cheap Pleasure.
Did you ever study the cheapness o
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