Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-14
"LIKE WAX FIGURES"
What the Pan-Americans Say About
Their Treatment in Philadelphia.

There have been a great many stories
printed about the reception given to the inter-
national American congress by the Union
League club of Philadeldhia on Monday even
ing last, and in several essential particulars
there are discrepancies in the narratives.
Philadelphia papers have loyalty insisted that
the occasion was most brilliant one and that
the guests were highly delighted with the
affair. Newspapers published in other cities
have been equally positive in proclaiming the
reception failure and disgrace to the Quaker
City. The delegates and attaches and the news
paper men who accompanied the excursion have
returned to this city, aud representatives OF
each of these three classes were seen this
morning by STAR reporter Very naturally
they were averse to saying anything on the
subject, because it is a delicate one, but ulti-
mately theywere all persuaded to tell OF the cir
cumstances which have raised so much bother.
Diplomatically and properly they would not
consent to allow their names to be used, but
should the necessity arise for affidavits 1t will
not be difficult to procure any reasonable num-
Der of pretty positive statements 1t is true
beyond question that the delegates and the
ladies still feel very indignant over the manner
in which they were treated.
WHAT PROMINENT DELEGATE SAYS.
One of the most prominent men in the con-
gress said this morning that the reports of the
mismanagement of the reception as printed in
papers outside of Philadelphia on Tuesday
were practically true and were not in any in
stance over-stated. II went there" said he,
las escort to couple OF ladies and, of course,
we went in full evening costume. After we
had disposed of our wraps and overcoats
we were conducted upstairs and placed in rows
in an inclosure-roped off SO that any attempt
to escape would be futile. There we stood
hill LIT 4
cred by. What was the crowd composed Of?
Well, suppose some of them were nice people
all OF them, maybe-but
THE WOMEN WERE IN STREET COSTUMES
and they invariably wore their hats and bon
nets. The club men, Of course, wore dress
suits, but the great majority of men in that
perambulating, curious crowd were clad in
business suits. Naturally that was astonishing,
but it was as nothing when compared with the
foolish, farcical exclusiveness or ignor-
ance, or whatever it was, that made
introductions impossible. We stood in a
row like wax figures and this crowd of mop
portunely attired Philadelphians walked past
us and made remarks as to our personal ap-
pearance and the evident similarity which ex-
listed between the features of North and South
Americans. 1t would not have surprised me if
some one had poked finger in my ribs and
said: Well, he's in pretty good condition. ]
don't know that one of the ladies in the party
was introduced to one of the fair ones of Phila-
delphia, and the whole thing completely upset
my ideas of what constituted reception; il
was run
ON THE PLAN OF DIME MUSEUM,
only the audience didn't have to disburse q
cent"
The delegates will not pretend to say who
was responsible for the arrangements they
complain Of. The delegates say that Mr. Cur
tbs has behaved throughout In a most circum-
spect manner