Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-09
AFTER AMERICAN DoLLans.
The ForeIsu Idea or the Loosrress
OF Money in This CountrS---i isecis-
oning without Their Host.
rsUncle Blln in Chicago Herald
ThfllSf xx,rrr hand into Ama1.sca. sr,r..l.

p'Uncle Biil" IN Chicago Herald.
Thrust your hand into America, as,t Il
full Of dollars, and then pull it out fhAsss
tn. fnse4e,a itiea et the plenty and iooseness
/, Of money in this country. lnnying to carry ID
into practice the visitor is pretty sure to
learn that we are good bargainers, never
buying anything that does not at least
promise TO be worth its cost in qualification
Of some sort. have read that we are fools
because we paid high prices for views Of Mrs,
Langtry, the accusation being that we let
ourselves be swindled by expecting to see a
good actress. We simply bought a sight Of a
notorious women and got it. In the case OF
Sarah Bernhardt we were willing To give
more, because she brought great talent in
addition to notoriety; and who can say tina.
we We're cheatedf Scores of European per-
formers sorrowfully know that we have ie-
clined to purchase their entertainment,
though cleverly importuned 10 do SO. In
the present instance of Irving, our instructive
demand of value for value has kept us sensi-
bic. New York has liked some of bis roles
and disliked others, praised his merits and
condemned his demerits. bought tickets at
high rates for such performances as pleased
and left the spectators heavy losers on the
others.
Two men Of eiuinence in holier profession
than play-acting are now being rather un-
pleasantly instructed in this matter Of get
ting American money. They are Cspel, the
English Catholic priest aud orator, and Hya-
cinthe, the French seceder from the Romish
church. Each has worldwide celebrity, each
needed q replenishment of his church fund,
and each concluded to come TO the Yankees
for the money. Neither is getting it. They
have been socially made welcome in this city,
and it may be that private subscriptions will
help their entirely worthy causes, but the en-
tertainment.buying public is not dealing with
them to q remunerative extent. Hyaeinthe
lectured las. evening in Chickering hall, which
can hold 5000 persons, but did contain only
800 The receipts could have no more than
covered the expenses. The metropolis cares
little for lectures, and appeals FOR charity on
behalf Of foreign building projects do not
touch cur hearts. Another fact is that our
own clergyinen justly believe that thee are
as yet plenty Of eligible sites for new
churches on this side of the ocean.
Capel has had no backing from Cardinal
McCloskey in his mission, ard Hyaciathe re-
ceiyes no Protestant sympathy Of an infiu-
entail kind, The failure Of the hitter 90
draw a crowd to his lecture was nanifestly
depressing to him, and his eyes seemed TO
have dread of the rows of empty seats. His
gaze was carefully adjusted, so as not TO ex
tend beyond the occupied front pitied hiia.
Nevertheless, had 10 laugh when O tti.d uf
tho originally small audience departed In
mild panic. There had beea no intimatf9n
in the advertisements that ho would sIrak
in French, He had not delivered six sen.
tences in that language before horror Of
hearing him for an hour without understand
ing him took possession of those WHO w-re
ignorant of his tongue, A bolder man than
the rest led movement to the door, and prs
followed like sheep after a bellwether