The morning call., 1893-04-15
WITH GREAT MEN.
How the Red Baby Made
an Interview Easy.
Frank q. Carpenters Interesting Dis
course at Metropolitan Temple
for the Press Club.

The newspaper man who plucked up
enough courage TO interview James G.
Blaine by making mental comparison be-
tween the great statesman and a red baby
put aside his innate modesty long enough
last evening to stand out on the rostrum at
Metropolitan Temple in all the conspicuous
ness Of swallow-tail suit and deliver an
hour and a haIfs entertaining talk about
noted men to an appreeiative audience.
The lecture was given under the auspices
of the Press Club and because its presI-
dent, Mr.. Tod, was unayoidably absent the
Introduction was made by an old associate
and friend OF the speaker, Mr.. F.. II. Trusdell.
Frank G. Carpenter. whose interesting
syndicate letters are read every week by
many thousands, admits TO tipping the
scales at 100 pounds. But this is probably
an exaggeration. He ought at least to
weigh I20 pounds, for what he lacks in
horizontal expansion is in a measure COM
pensat ed for by his altitudin al growth.
He started in by saying that the red
baby "a junior Carpenter was three
months old when he received a telegram
to 60 to Biaine's Washington mansion to
Interview him on given topic.
Spontaneously with the recital the lights
went out, and first the WaShin gton home
OF Inc blhiueS anu tOen ll6 great man
himself appeared IN black and white fac
simile on the big sheet behind the lecturer.
"Chief Justice Fuller of the United States
Supreme Court gets salary of S10,500 a
year aud walks down to work every morn
ing, said the lecturer, and the stereopticon
enlargement of Mr.. FullePs photograph
appeared on the canvass.
4 good picture OF the four Field brothers
Cyrus w. Field, David Dudley-Fied, DR.,
Fl. M.Field and Supreme Justice Field-was
next shown and entertaining data concern
ing each was given by the lecturer.
Harrison, Cleveland, Mrs. Cleveland Mrs
Logan, the noted Senators aud celebrated
personages Of the national capital follow ed
IN their turn, and the pictures of the per-
sons were interspersed by some Of the capi-
tai buildings.
Among the data that accompanied each
portrait shown were many entertaining bits
of gossip and some good stories.
In the list of great inventors DR.. Gatling
was shown standing by his gun that will
discharge 1900 shots minute. The story
of Telephone Bells mute wife was told,
and Thomas Edison In his laboratory,"su
rounded by an odor of the hell broth of
Maebeth's witches" MADE an entertaining
picture and story.
Then TO Mexico MIR. Carpenter took
his audience, even into the presence of
President Dlaz. To Japan next, stopping
for a chat with the Mikado, then on again
into Corea Though the palace city, past the
holy of holes to the presence of the red
coated emperor himself
Bismarck and his dogs appeared In due
season, followed by the Sultan of lahore
with his 100000 worth of diamonds, the
King OF Greece, The Parthenon. the Patri-
arch OF Jerusalem, the Khedive and all the
other celebrities and royalties In their turn.
The pictures shown was far superior to-
those used in most such exhibitions, and
the data furnished was from personal inter-
views with most of the great men of the
earth.