New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-17
TO ENTERTAIN FOREIGN NII1oNS'

On some accounts il seems proper ana dc-
s;,,hle that fac authorization TO spend $4,000
in entertaining i'll this city distinguished IDI-
cicncis arriving here on their way t. Inc I'M
cago EXPOSITION should be granted. IL Is NJ
ma. cS.arv 10 specify what manner oil cht'r'1iH-
mont i; shall b. The municipal authorizes
,,o VOL I'M in that sort of thing. and d. not
mood +, Lc instructed how 10 spend so. 600
80 ~ f, make il pleasant for foreign nations
ard their representatives. The first thing that
will stlike foreign nations through their repre-
.cntativcs rs they cCmc into the haIbor VIII
naturally be Jenkins. who may ID" INTRODUCED
by Mr. Era>,uS Wiman in his great role oil
Uoratin, at the Bridge or by himself IN
hi, ether r.c Of promcthcu>,' II II happens
to be one of the days for the "Vnit"re u
..Thc Ncw-Ncik Evening Post t. pck ri ms
vtals with the boak of "A remembered "f'hS
or lap his liver with the Latin tnguc' IN
either he will he impressive II iprclSh ha'loh>'
and serve a. a Soit of Introductory course -
the Tammany entertainment To follow. II inc
municital government j. u entertain foreign
majors nothing uld be more appropriate than
sor tbc b,othcr-in-law f the government -
meet them nj the threshold and perhaps give
them few trips between Jersey and FIRE
Jsnpd TO famiarizc them with the coast and
shake the cholera germs ont OF their clothc'
This entertainment goes any way; with or
without an appropriations
The $4,000 will naturally - for vIctualS
and drink after the visitors come ashore, mol
necessarily for the forcigncrs-thai would be
va,te-but for the Mayor and Aldermen and
their friends. Our city government has enter
tanned foreigners before. and knows how to do
if. Realizing that the first thing foreign ma
tjons desire 10 find out abo.t the customs Of
this country is how the ruling classes iccd
themselves. it has always been customary 10
provide banquet for the Aldermen and their
friends TO which the visitors are invited nom
inally as guests. but really as spectators. In
this way curiosity is grathcd and entertain
mont furnished 1T the same time. stu more,
an opportunity is afforded - remove from Tor
cign nations the false impression that New
York Aldermen eat with their knives, drink
ont Of the bottle and wipe their mouths on
their sleeves. TO prove this by actual demon
s,raticn is worth at least 500 and 10 doubt
taxpayers will chccrfully pay it. No foreign
nation by It's representatives. should be per
Chicago without seeing the rulers of the town
at their feed. II is very inspiring spectacle
and should be set down on the Exposition pro-
prammc rs exhibit No. l." unless indeed
Jenkins insists upon the first place, IN which
case it will have to appear as " Exhibit No. ="
Tho great thing, of course, Is to have the
exhibit: which is impossible unless the money
is appropriated for the victuals and drink The
usual custom will. of course. be followed. That
is the city government will install itself in one
of our fiji 81 class hotels and during the coming
summer while the Exposition is in progress
will hold itself constantly on tap, as it were so
that no foreign nation by its representatives.
can pass through without being entertained
One OF the most famous entertainments ever
given by the city government was in 1860,
when ono hundred rooms in the Metropolitan
Hotel were hired for scvcnty-t two persons in
the Japanese Embassy, and dinner was given
to seven hundred Aldermen and their friends
while the Foreigners looked on after which
from seven to ten thousand persons danced be-
fore these strangers in Niblo's Garden. il
made great impression on the japanese, who
ate and drank very little and did not dance at
all. lHc SdIic year tnc C"y government c"-
terainod the Prince Of Wales in like generous
fashion, and the Board of Aldermen may be
said to have covered itself all over with glory
and soup. In later years they chartered a
large part of the Windsor Hotel to entertain
the King of the Sandwich Islands, David
Kalakaua. They made it very pleasant for
David. The city government lived with him
DAYS and showed him the town nights. There's
no doubt about the ability of the city govern
mcnt to spend $50 600 in entertaining foreign
nations next summer, and we presume the
Legislature will authorize the appropriation
Foreign nations certainly ought to see Tam
many city government before going to Chicago.