Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25

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looked like the awning for boys lemon
ade stand, we signaled and got replies,
but could not make them out.
Finally l asked an officer near me:
"Does he not make out your signals"
Yes"
"And can't you get nearer: He is
drifting away"
He says he don't need help"
But won't they starve::"
"Oh, no, think not. Four times ale
ready we have asked him at least to take
some of our gravy, but he thanks lis and
says he wouldn't choose any"
The Germans are very hospitable. The
gentleman who sits next to me at table
asks me in the morning:
Have you through the never-to-be-
forgotten-get-up-and we'll
slept?"
At least that is my translation of it.
He is just going home after visit of II
days in America. asked him if he pro-
posed writing book on Life In Ameri
ca" He said he thought he might do so.
Sarcasm cannot disturb a man with a
nice. pure heart.
He suddenly left the table last evening
to go on deck and see the sunset. Iwish
l could think of some of those subter-
fuges in time, but 1 am not gifted that
way. do not think quickly when old
man Gastric ''gets his wires crossed"
When my stomach is in the air, as it
were, think slowly.
We have handsome and well behaved
young baron on board ship. He has the
Heidelberg scar on the cheek, which
would admit him into the best society
without his title. He is certainly a
gentlemanly, quiet fellow. He told me
that being baron is not hard work. 1t
is almost as good as play. told him
that our folks had always been looked
up to socially good deal, and realized
that much is required of such people.
We can't romp and turn loose as we
could if we had been middle class people
and tradesfolk.
The baron said it was sort of tough to
feel that the eyes of the world are on one
all the time, even when he goes in SWIM
ming, and that he cannot get out from
under the restraint and thraldom of so
cial reform. We talked that way for
quite a spell and enjoyed it right much.
The man who sits next me at the table
is of musical nature, and when the
orchestra plays at dinner he snaps his
fingers and directs the orchestra with a
stalk of celery. Sometimes he whistles
the air, and thus fills his whiskers with
succotash and asparagus. Often wish
that he would not do this. If l had
brought my other trousers, as 1 was
tempted to do, would not mind, but
people in London will think I've been
working in a corn cannery, fear.
find that most every one aboard talks
much of the fair at Chicago, but on gen.
era1 principles, while greatly admiring
it, regard the American as artistically
still in nebulous or gummy state. They
generally consider Washington the most
beautiful city and praise her streets with
out limit, also her cleanliness.
Still there seems to be general desire
on board to congratulate Germany on
having the finest set of people on earth.
After all, with our American boom and
swagger, which is simply funny, it takes
a German to be perfectly free from envy
or jealousy regarding the popularity OF
the management of the universe.
He would manage the universe, OF
course, if he had to, and there would be
no irregularities, but he would stipulate
before he began that he would do it in a
German way. He would have it scrubbed
every night, for one thing. and he would
see that gravy was more general.
Germany will soon have q standing
army of 100, 900 men. This is worse than
presidential election every four years