Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-15
Corre.poudence Of TnE Evrvrxe STAN.


STAT Correspondence Of The EVENING STAN.
NIAGARA. NY. October IL
Although we have not completed the first
third Of the itinerary laid out for the excursion
a number Of the delegates are already talking
about the pilgrimage into the sunny southland
which will take place soon possible after
the Christmas holidays and several are inuuir-
ing whether or not they will be escorted to the
Pacific coast. They have forgotten that they
were tired; yesterday and today have been in
tensely restful and the entire crowd is willing
TO go wherever William E. Curtis leads There
is a very decided disposition on the part of
some Of the more prominent delegates from
tho south to have the United States send
delegation to their countries TO see for them
selves the present condition of the various re-
pQblics. To be sure the South American COM
mission did good work and it accumulated q
vast amount of information, but things have
Changed not little in the last five years,
particularly In the countries which look
up TO the southern cross. If the congress
achieves anything. and it certainly must, the
results will be O businessiike bargain betw cen
the countries concerned; how can this be made
satisfactorily unless all the governments are
equally well informed? II the South American
governments extend an invitation to the United
States TO send delegation down to spy out the
beauties OF their lands there could be no
fusal. and the result would be an excursion be-
fore which the memory of the present little
launt would pale into absolute insignificance.
The South American peoples are liberal almost
TO extravaganza, and they would spend i'm
mense sums in the entertainment of those
representatives whom this country might send.
The delegates would, of course, go in an United
States cruiser, and the whole affair could have
good many frills put on It. At the proper
time the southern delegates will breach this
proposition and they will be unanimous in re-
quessing the United States government to do
what they ask.
THE MAN WITH THE WHITE HAT.
Years ago children at school used to pro-
pound to each other a conundrum which read,
why does miller wear a white ha.?" The
often unexpected answer was. ITO keep his
head warm" Today nobody cares whether the
miller wears hat or not. but the people who
reside upon the line Of the tour which the con-
gress Is taking make frequent and persistent
inquiry ~ to why the special agent in charge
OF the party, Mr.. VIM L. Curtis, covers his
shapely head with soft white hat. There is
no desire on the part Of any on the train to
do MIR. Curtis an INJUSTICE; his appearance has
IN 10 many points which would distinguish him
from the average man, but l have heard it
stated hundred times that Curtis without his
white hat is only an ordinary member of the
party. whenever committee boards the
train and inquiries for him the chances are
ninety nine in q hundred that they will be told
to seek the man with tie white hat. Friday
evening MIR. Curtis talking to Delegate
Cornelius n. Bliss. and in the course Of his
conversation said he was going to get some
other kind of a hat; that his present tile was
altogether too conspicuous.
Don't do that" said Mr. Bliss THAT white
hat OF yours is just a. much part OF the ex-
cursion as the dining car. All the people along
mo route have either seen or heard OF that hat
and have been reliably informed that chill
dren cry for it. 10 take that hat of will be to
wipe out your Identity. When We arrived here
yesterday heard one man tell another to look
out for mo man with ii white hat"
Moved by these cntreGties Mr. Curtis con-
sented TO Retain his snowy head gear and now
ne never goes anywhere without wearing il.
A TRAIN PULL OF sMokERs
There are but few non-smokars on This train
and only one anti-:obaccoist, aud commit no
breach OF confidence when l say that the
anti" Is very lonesome when the crowd settles
down to smoke. There probably never Was q
train IN tie United States on which more
tobacco was consumed than On this one but
there II nothing extraordinary In that fact
when il Is remembered that the great majority
OF the party have been confirmed smokers
from ths time when they first commenced to
toddie around. We have boon out eleven days
II seems like SIX months. We have seen SO
much-and the lovers OF the wesd have burned
up fully two thousand cigars, TO say nothing of
between twelve and thirteen thousand cigar
cites. All the day long the odorous incense
ARISES, and although there have been several
polite endeavors made to have smoking con-
fined to one or TWO cars they have been unsuc-
cessful. l. Is a. natural for South American
10 smoke as i. ID for him to fall in love with
pretty woman. Nobody ever heard Of q South
American being male sick by the use Of to
bacco, and the natives who are on the train
tell NE that their immunity from such troubles
Is due to the fact tina: they use a superior grade
Of tobacco and a first-class quality of paper.
for they only smoke cigarettes.
SOUVENIRS OF NASUFAcroRIEs
The members Of the international excursion
party have developed an insatiats desire for
souvenirs Of the various manufacturing estab-
lishment, which they are called upon to visit.
and they have been grssifed to such an extent
that some OF the more active collectors have
been compelled to purchase additional trunks
and va!ise5 IN which to carry the accumulation
OF goods. Up 70 the present time the manu.
facturors have entered with considerable shirt
into the supplying Of the delegates and those
who accompany them, and it is regarded MS
more than probable that the same custom as
That lnauSuratsd by the thrifty and far-seeing
New Englander Will be continued BY the equally
wlde-awake western manufacturer The bag-
gage car Ii fairly well loaded with specimens Of
what the east can do. but in the course of a dav
or two good deal OF the surplus material will
be expressed TO Washington, where ii will he
next month. Those who conceived this whole
sale distribution OF samples have probably
bullded better than they knew, for there are
already visible results. Each OF the South
Americans displays q moro than ordinary inter.
est III this apparently small matter; each
sample Is carefully tagged, and upon the card
~ written the name OF the article, the name
and address of the manufacturer the price of
the goods laid down on the seaboard Of the
country that particular classifer represents
and such other useful information as NAV
easily DO obtained. Then the article and the
facts are slowed away for future reference
The contents OF one of these trunks, which has
been devoted TO samples, comprises AS odd a
collection as could be gathered together There
are bowie knives from the Collinsviiie edge
tool works. reams OF writing paper from half a
dozen mills, cutlery from several sources choice
little bits OF the silyersnlths art bite OF velvet
scraps OF brocade, yards of linen and spools of
thread, besides a hundred other little things
too numerous to mention in the columns OF an
eight-page newspaper.
RECEIVED BY THE ALBANY PopULAcz.
We arrived at Albany in the evening and
after wash and brush-down at the hotel We
were placed in carriages aud taken I'D to the
city hall to be introduced to Mayor Maher
Our route was through the most populous por-
ton OF the city. and all Albany and the sur
rounding country was there to see US 20 over
IL The crowd had evidently been waiting for
Us FOR some time and il We gagged their feel
Jugs by their expressions they must have been