New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-27
AN EASY WAY TO IRA VEL.
PEOPLE WHO MAKE A TOUR WITH MR. GRlswcLD
HAVE GOOD COMPANY.

HAVE GOOD COMPANY
IIardman Hall and Jog round" the world with
A. Miner GriswoM last evening probably laughed more
In the space of couple of hours than most tourists
plagued with baggage. foreign languages. making train
and steamboat connections, and mastering hotekeep-
er, eccentric systems Of arithmetic do in year.
The charm Mr. GrswOld's discourse lies in his ill
cxhaustible fund of opposite allusion. in his unex-
pected sallies both at himself and his audience, and
his Machlavclian faculty of prcpounding the most
strocous but pardorable puns.
Mr.. Griswold not only is compact human edition
Of Baedcker with witty nterneatons not to be fouhd
in the ordinary editions of that classic. but he Is a
magician, student of peoples and manners, a Keen
politician. poet, and above all rolllchins IT.
icsistible humoris who would have made Diogenes so
stout with laughing that a tub could not hoid MS
generous proportions.
In his Introductory remarks, the speaker hoped that
his physical proportions would not diSapp0int HIS
audience lie had so long written under the peh'h''o
OF the Fat Contributor" that some folk imagined '
was unusually corpulent. When lie made Ms uco"'
as a lecturer in small town ont in Texas JIG ia0'
to give satisfaction to his audience. which eohs's'o"
Of one critical individual. The audience rose up 80
one man and protested against the commonplace 'p
re,rancc of the lecturer. lie had eNpc0'e"
a dime-museum freak" At the oloSc "a INV
lecture reconciliation took pace anu w ,,
u,red him 10 lecture again. and promiseu 'c sno"iu
h.va a large audience. lie unable TIC saiu
TO attend himself but he would sehd HIS "he' o'c
,-cirhed over 400 pounds This was reported 10
lie the best town in the state to start lecturer III
or from He lectured the compensatons OF
tanning and the local critics declared he knew as
much abont farming as the editor of all agricultural
paper. .s,..o.
Mr.. Griswold is chaimnely frank with his audience.
If Won don't sec the point of my Jokes" said he
call and sec ne in Harlem, and I'll explain EN- 1t
is unfortunate for You not to cultivate your humorous
bump. l don't mind you obliging myself bit
md please don't repeat these jokes, as l may want
them again myself
The audience in Iiardman Hall was little more
satisfactory than one 10 which Mr. Griswold le'tuIed
fifteen wears ago in PENNSYLVANIA. II was German
audience. Every person in the hall was solemn As
il IL had been a funeral \ week later faint ripple
Of nlirth shook the town: in three weeks everybody
wa shaking with laughter and. SAID MI. CrlsWon'
in a voice choked with emotion. suppose cohNul-
sons are OF frequent occurrence there now.
running commentary the pictures presented bN lhf
sereOptcon. Upon the eve of departure Tor Europe
MIR. t,riswOM pointed ont Castle Garden. iuIl OF
American statesmen a. soon their CHARACTERIZATION
papers have been taken ont staten Island i -
part of the United states found by an adventurous
Railroad and Bar,hodi's statue. Mr.. Gr.wod OK.
planned 81 holds in hand the torch of Liberty ana
in the other book in which are inscribed the names
Of the -Four Hundred
Those who want TO laugh and grow fat should
join Mr.. Griswold's congregation.