Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-10-26
A BARON WHO WORKS
AN EUROPEAN NosLEMAN LAeoRlNG
HARD FOR SMALL PAY.

How 1t Came About That Foreigner.
Who Was at One Time LionIzed by
New York's "SweII set,'' Is Now AN In
terpreter on Ellis island.
Ring went the pilots bell, the wheels
tplashed and we were off for Ellis island
where | made the discovery which en-
ables me TO tell this tale and right
wrong
Ellis island, unfamiliar to most New
Workers, although at the very door of
their harbor, is the place where immi-
grants land from the steerage of incom-
ing steamers 1t is place full of quaint
and picturesque scenes of human life-a
rare place for philosopher and found
one such
who is that dark featured man with
the heavy mustache?' inquired of an
employee when he had made landing
The subject of my query was bustling
about in the swarm of foreigners, speak
ing half dozen languages at the same
time; now showing some stupid Dutch
man the way to the railroad Office; now
saying a kind word to some forlorn
Polish peasant woman; now speaking i'll
perfect English to a fellow official, for
the gold letters on his hat told me that
he was connected with the service.
There was something about the man
which at once interested and puzzled me.
All! shure, sir. an that's the count, rs
we calls him, seein as he wears them
hoy toned clothes and toothpick shoes,
but he's a dacent chap enough for all
that, sir.
| now noticed that 1.-The count" was
dressed in excellent. almost elegant
style, his Prince Albert coat having GER
tainly been made by London tailor;
his trousers falling in faultless lines and
creases over pair of patent leather
shoes Once or twice as he moved about
caught "a glimpse of scarlet waistcoat,
such us the extreme swells of Paris are
fond of wearing. His linen,. too, was
such as betrays the gentleman, and the
careful droop and curl of his black mus
tache could only have been obtained by
long familiarity with the curling irons.
Here" | reflected, ''is a man who
dresses and carries himself and looks
like bowling European swell, acting as
interpreter for a mob of unwashed emf
grants. | wonder who he isY'
asked the question of another man
wearing the official cap.
He's the dude, that's what he is,
was the only answer could get. An
other man called him 1.-THE baron, and
finally got hold of the chief of the rail
road department, who gave me the key
to the puzzle.
The man you have noticed, said he,
lis one of the most willing and efficient
employees in my department, and you
will be moderately astonished when
tell you that he is known and received
in the best society of dozen cities, in
Guiding New York, London and Paris
He is no other than the Baron de Grune
baum"
What, the Baron de Grunebaum
New York society made such fuss over
few years ago?'
Precisely The Baron de Grune-
baum, whom Mrs. Astor and all the rest
of the Four Hundred danced with and
Iionized.
The baron was bowling to fat woman
enveloped in an antique shawl with the
same courtly ease he might have dis
PLAYED in sal..ting a millionaire partner
at the Patriarchs' ball A woman was
a woman wherever he found herl
do you suppose he would mind talk
ing with me:" | asked. forgetting my
own business in this newly aroused in
terest.
Il will ask him, said the good heart
ed superintendent, and he presently re-
turned with his distinguished employee.
A few words put us at our ease, and the
baron, not without hesitation, finally ac-
cepted my invitation to a quiet dinner a
few days later. Then he went back to
his duties and to mine.
The dinner came, and | hope the
baron enjoyed it as much as did. The
conversation was entirely in French,
which he speaks, as he does English,
German. Italian, Hungarian, Bohemian
and r. doa't know how many others.
with scarcely trace of foreign accent.
Why, you know | came to America
about eight months ago at the wish Of
my father, he said; "but stop moment,
these papers have said so much that is
false and outrageous about me that am
not sorry to have chance to set myself
right. | viii tell you how my father
came to send me TO America had been
living at a pretty rapid pace, with gam
bling and so ON, and had run myself into
debt up to the eyes, as thought had a
--srhs 70 do being fha only son of n man