The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-26
and know. Irhad had my goushfnl i'm
agination stirred by the stories Of the

agination stirred by the stories Of the
Atlantic cable, and always wanted to
see the man who inspired that vast en-
,terprise. The opportunity came during
the finishing of the Bartholdi monument
pedestal. met him FIRST in the Office
of Gen. Stone, the engineer in charge
of the pedestal, in the Field building,
at the foot of Broadway. We had a
pleasant chat and he could hardly be
made to believe that I, as a prin*er boy,
had set up the type in a country news
paper Office which conveyed to the read
ers of our little country paper the story
of the first attempt to lay the cable.
We had several pleasant meetings there
after. I always found him genial and
accessible, but the most remarkably
modest man concerning his own achieve
ments that ever encountered. In his
cable enterprises Mr.. Field earned the
friendship and good will of SO many
Englishmen that great many people
were half inclined to believe him UNI
American in his feelings and sentiments.
This was not the case. Mr.. Field was
grateful to the noble Englishmen who
had testified to their faith in him. That
was ALL One phase of this information
al friendship brought upon Mr.. Field at
one. time much odium. His friend,
Dean Stanley, of Westminster abbey,
filled him with the sentimental idea
that Major Andre, the unfortunate
young officer who sacrificed his life in
the Benedict Arnold episode, was en-
titled to monument on the spot where
he was captured by the three American
cowboys, near Tarrytown. Mr.. Field
very properly set up stone to COM
memorate the historic spot, but some of
his idiotic, and by no means patriotic,
fellow citizens in the neighborhood ex-
pressed their dissent by blowing it up.
This affair drew upon Mr.. Field great
deal of unpleasant criticism, but a
truer, more sincere and more loyal
American never lived than Cyrus w.
Field. New York city is not much
anything that is purely sentimental,
bit I trust that there is enough civic
pride left here to secure for Mr.. Field
in some one Of our parks the statue he
SO richly deserves
THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR INCIDENT.
New York has just emerged from a
strange experience. Never before in
the history of the metropolis have 3d.
coo members Of religious organization,
mostly females, swooped down upon it
like SO many spirits from a better
world. Only those closely In touch with
religious affairs had any idea Of the
numerical strength OF the Christian En-
deavor society. A new organization of
religious workers, the general public
was not prepared to hear that it num-
bered over 1000, 900 members, and was
represented by fourishing branches in
| almost every civilized country. Yet
| that is the Christian Endeavor society
which DIR. Francis e. Clark organized
up in Portland, Me-, in 1881. Includ-
| ing those who came along with the
| Endeavorers, to avail themselves of the
low fares on the railroads, not less than
so, 900 strangers were in New York dur
ing the week of their meeting in Mad
ison Square garden. Fifty thousand
people make very respectable
city in the matter of popula-
| ton, but these made no impress
sion on We" 1ofK. had u not Deen
snat all she members wore oadges con-
| sp,cuousiy alsPiay e. anoonus conpeiied
actenIion' tney would NOT nave oeen Cd
served IN tne greac unrongs Whlcn
CROWD 1ne seTeets ana the SURFACE ana
eieVasea roads. Ahefe was something
IN .heir drsss ana general bearing
Wnacn marked tnem as strangers. ana
even casual observer was opiiged 60
| take not.ce or the presence OF q foreign
element IN the pariors OF the Dig notels.
Prooaoly New YORK was never better
lnspecsea IMAM II was ny these slght-
seers. Fart OF thelf business mere was
TO see the ciDy, ana every minute OF
tneir time possipie was given up TO
that instructive pleasure. they
crowded the Dig stores and stock ex-
change, the art museum, the galleries,
the churches, and not lew OF them
took furtlve glances at the worldly art
treasures in the HOFFMAN house bar.
They took pleasure rides up the HUDSON
| 70 west Fofnt and down the cay 70
COnPy lS12nQ, where Lne elephant