Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-23
THE PAN-AMERICAN TOURISTS.
Chicago Spreads Herself and Tries Her
Spanish on the Delegates.

Spanish on the Delegates.
TIE PEOPLE SURPASSED BECAUSE THE DELE
oArEs WE'RE NOT ARRAYED II soMBRERos-
BooNISo COMMITTEES AT woRK-uow THE con-
DRESS GETS ALONG WITH THE AMERICAN GIRL
STAFF Correspondence Of The EVENING STAR
CHICAGO, October 20.
According to the table of distances which il
attached to the itinerary Of the international
American congress the party has now travelled
2,322 miles, and the same authority says en-
phatically that the special train has to roll over
3,0Si miles more before its present mission is
ended and the delegates reach their journeys
end in that haven of rest-that city Of which
every American is justly proud-washington
A military reception awaited the tourists last
night, but the splendor Of Mars was dimmed
by the rude assaults Of clustering Boreas-
fresh from the rufied and chilly surface Of
Lake Michigan. In spite Of the nor'easter
goodly number Of Chicago's citizens decorated
the sidewalks on streets which were exposed to
the night wind, and as the long line OF slowly
moving carriages approached the Grand IA
cihc hotel the crowd was really extremely
large. It was q disappointed gathering In the
main, for, as at Boston, the idea had taken root
and grown that the South Americans would
make their appearance clad in heavy 'ponchos
and trousers with lambrequin attachments and
wearing on their heads sombreros fully three
feet In diameter.
COL PARKER's SPANISH.
An impression also prevailed that none Of
the party could speak English and there we're
many manifestations Of surprise when it
davned upon the Chicagoans that the visitors
knew very nearly as much about the Anglo
Saxon tongue as any Of the jewellers by the
lakeside. 1t was q bitter and disappointing
awakening. The habitues of the Grand Pacific
are having lots Of fun at the expense of Col
Sam Parker, the well-known manager Of the
hostelry. One Of the first of the excursionists
sol RVi m 40 appearance was ''n'' '''A'O' Oh
"Seenyore," began Mr.. Parker.
"Call me mister" said the Bolivian; "and
kindly ask what you call front to show me to
my room, for / am very tired"
Col Parker has not smiled since.
THE CHICAGO BOOMING COMMITTEE.
Just what weighty influence the international
congress will have in settling the question Of
the location Of the exposition of 80 does not at
present seem to be apparent, but the busy men
who are endeavOring to push Chicago's claims
have already started to fill the members Of the
party up with facts, figures and fancies. to the
end that Chicago may be glorifed and her long
time rivals discounted i find In Chicago
only the kindliest feelings and expressions to-
ward Washington and its candidacy, but the
fight on New York and ST. Louis is going to be,
if it is not already. hot one. New York had
its chance at the delegates when they arrived
in this country. and that the opportunity was
improved has been evident from the commence
ment of the trip. The foreigners have appar-
emily regarded it as settled that the great fair
Is TO go to the empire state, and up to
the present time they have discussed 1t from
that standpoint. Now the western man is
getting in his work and it is only simple justice
TO say that he is doing it we'll. Chicago "boom-
ing committees are abroad in the land in
every direction and If the prize should chance
to so elsewhere the people of Cook county will
have nothing to reproach themselves with.
Three or foar powerful arguments are being
advanced in Chicago's behalf, first and fore
most among which is the one that the merchant
princes and the lesser financial dignitares have
already raised a fund that foots up the enor-
nous total OF IS. 0OO, 900! None of the Chicago
people can bring themselves to believe that
Congress may insist upon preserving the purely
national character OF the exposition by locat-
ing it on national territory and paying the ex-
penses out Of the national purse. Congress
can never refuse to accept the immense sum
which We shall collect as fund with which to
pay the major portion of the expenses of the
great fair, said Secretary Cragin of the main
booming committee to me today, land" he
continued. Congress will never appropriate
the entire amount of money necessary to make
the exposition what II should be-" That's how
they all talk. One thing is clearly established
however, aud that u that Chicago will do It's
utmost for Washington as soon as it realizes
that its own hopes have no substantial founda-
ton.
THEY TOLERATE BoAsTFUL SPEECHES.
"How thoroughly refined these foreign dele
gates are" remarked one of the trainmen yes
terday, aud that is what everybody says who
meets them. That they are cultured gentlemen
has been evidenced hundred times on this
trip. / might state number Of extraordinary
instances OF forbearance. but will be content
with saying few words about an offense which
they have continuously condoned almost from
the commencement of the trip. At every ban
quet and at every public breakfast and lunch
local speakers have given utterance to senti-
ments which could not have done otherwise
than CRATE upon the feelings of the foreigners.
OF course the American eagle must ny, but
there is no good and sufficient reason why he
should be forced to take such extraordinary
and unnatural flights when strangers are
present; he Is infinitely less imposing when
he is being ''shown or than at other times,
and II he ever appeared at a disadvantage he
he has done SO during the past three weeks. No
American doubts for an instant the statement
that TINS Is the greatest country on the face of
the globe, but 1t does seem to me that it is
hardly the correct thing to tell a company of
guests that we are In every way greater and
grander and more civilized than they are, yet
that Is precisely what native orators have been
doing to the foreign delegates right along.
lou think the foreigners don tnotlce II! That's
another error. l have watched their faces
while the eagle was soaring so high that the
orator could not see his subject, even through
the bottom Of his frequently emptied wine-
glass, and know they were in their hearts
Disguised, but / never heard one Of them give
utterance to a sound that would indicate wear
mess or displeasure. Every man of them is a
gentleman. Not one of them but freely admits
that the United States Is without a peer-they
can see for theHselves-but it must be very
tiresome to be told SO every day.
THE AMERICAN GIRL
More interested in the personnel Of the in
ternational congress than even Secretary Blaine
himself is the great American girl, and it is an
indisputable fact that the majority of the con.
gress cares a good deal for the girl. The girl
Is everywhere, and whether she greets the con-
gress in New England or In the west she is JUS,
about the same kind of goods. At every sta.
ton where there Is a stop, no matter how brief
she climbs on board and parades through the
train. For a while Conductor Eye was inexor.
able and refused to allow the dear little things
to ramble through the cars. but it did not take
him long to find out that the delegates were
not averse to seeing feminine beauty at shor,
range and then he allowed the fair
trespassers to do anything they pleased
How differently the girl looks upon
the citizens, respectively of North and South
America The foreigners may squeeze he,
pretty hands and whisper airy nothings in her
pink ears with impunity, but the homemade