The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-17
THE TRAVELLIN0 PRINCES DIARY
Last Days In Philadelphia before GoiuG 70
New York.

TINS evening we start Tor New YORK, winch am
growing quite impatient to see. We met yester.
day T., who with us In Spain for a couple OF
years, and who is now living in this country
lie saws that New York Ia here the only city
whore Europeans can both live comfortably and
| re- lily enjoy themselves. lie promises to pilot
| US, and expect to see more In the Forthcoming
| six weeks than I have seen since left Europe
! Tho great thing In New York Is that you need
not know English 10 get along. Among tho
| people you are brought in daily contact with
there Is always somebody who understands
| French or German. The educated classes are
| generally conversant wi'h both languages, aud
n large number Of Cubans residing In the city
make even the Spanish tongue quito familiar.
While here, had it not been for the inf * Of
foreigners to tho Exhibition. we should have
| red very BADLY Indeed.
With reference to this subject It must, how
ever, be acknowledged that tho Americans are
much more indugent u the bad English OF
the foreigners than Englishmen are. II they
! don't speak your language. they at all events
understand that YOU are quite as much justin d
IN not speaking theirs. 1his IA by no INC ms the
case In ENGLAND. People scorn YOU there when
you address thcm In an uninte eligible manner
while here they try, In KIND OF patTonizing
way, to find out what you want. Ani as they
become accustomed, through constant In err
course with emigrants. to all kinds Of broken
dialects, they sometimes manage to make out
the meaning of even our English attempts.
As general thing, the more l see Of THIS peo-
pie the more like them. They frequently
shock you by their manners. the comic 1 vul-
garitv OF which exceeds all conception. bat
they seem to be good naturei, generous, and, In
their own way, extremely polite, especially To
ladies' The foreigners here say mat they are
very sharp and cheating In business trans1o.
tions, nut Of the truth of this accusation am
unable to judge All know IA that everything
Is much dearer than la Europe; but | am not
aware OF our having teen more subjsc to ex-
torlipn- by the hotel and shop keepers here
than we should have been under the same cir
cumst noes in any part Of the ola World.
Another pleasant peculiarly Of this couatry Ia
that there seems TO be but little begging going
on. | don't believe we have ever seen a beeear
yet, except few deformed negroes in the South.
and have certainly never been solicited for money
for any charities churches, or any other institu-
ton, even when we Visited them. This Is quite
a pleasant surprise after a sojourn In Mexico,
which has cost u5 thousands of dollars In dona-
lions for all imaginable and unim aginable pur-
poses. From dawn TIL night there WIS some
body soliciting for something, and we were
everywhere admirably entertained at public re-
ceptions, we could not possibly refuse any de-
msnd for money Tor charitable PURPOSES. The
result OF all this that had a splendid
tine there, but at the same time exhausted
nearly all the funds whoh were destined to last
throughout the journey, and had to telegraph
home for some fresh supplies. The old General
took, OF course, advantage Of this circumstance
to become more stringent tnan ever, and even
suggested that we ought to give up carriages
aud take to horse cars. a proposition Ia the re-
lection OF which r. and VI. were jl.t as violent
"a myself. The question OF pocket money grew
stili more vexatious. He grJmDled over every
ten dollars or the young men asked him for,
aud d iily threaiensd to give up the control Of
the Treasury Depar. ment." Happily enough,
we have lately discovered way 10 get money.
and yet keep him quiet. Every one OF us asks
bin under different pretexts tor carriage money,
aud. when CARR ges are actually taken, We have
the charges put ON the hotel bh. In thls way
we have made q lie deal at money within the
last few dais. or course, when the bill cone,
for pasmen'. he will raise a disturbance; tut ne
wiIl have to pay all he same. l sh II take good
care TO he out. or to fan asleep when this hour
OF retribution strikes.
The reminiscences we carry away from Phila-
delphia are not delightful, but they are pleasant
enough. The week spent here was very usefully
spent. We learned great deal, and w thlngs
may never have the opportunity OF seeing
again. The next Paris Exhibition VIII probably
be more bnllilni; the former EK1iuition OF
Paris and that u Vienna we're certainly more
elegant and lively: but as far "a the industries
aud natural products of tbs New World are
concerned, the present generation will never sac
a dlsplAy OF this IN lguit.de Agnn. wnen say
the New World, don't mean tie United states
only. Australia Sou'h Amer. CO, Mexico. Clina,
and pan are all Represented mere "a they have
never teen represented before. Europe seems
20 be too fAr away TO- them, and they nav pos
siblv also DE under tho impres,lOn that tho
United states onsr them better market ANY
how, the highest classes OF Euro 'eln Industry
and art are but poorly represented, whlo the
natural products and more or less primitive In
dustFies Of AL other parts OF the glooe are here
to be seen In unparalleled variety aud profusion
Sorry, very sorry, do | feel that dear Spain
proved unable to make a better show IN TINS
gre 4 contest. The Government has evidently
done everything that w,sin their power to rake
the Spanish section appear to the best adyan-
t,ge. They even sent over party 81 engineers
to construct tho building and the enclosure OF
the seoion, and tue work was done well. Hut
the spanish exhibits, outside Of SD 'cimens of
our minerals and wines, and OF our pictures In
the art lery are far behind those OF many
other countries. Our Californian cotton prints,
for instance, look quite pitiable oy che side Of
English or American articles Of tue sa ne class
So do many other EXHIBITS. And stu more
backward appear the Industries OF the Spanish
speaking country OF this continent. II is our
mdfIdIld, and the utter inoapacity OF Spaniards
TO arrive, either In the mother country or In the
colonies, atA stable aud sll1 government that
the OF all this. II Is sad, but It Is true.
l Intended at tho outset 10 make notes OF
| ever thing SEQ but found II utterly imprao-
tic .ble. The papers here give dahl column upon