The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-14
A STATESMAN ABROAD.

A STATESMAN ABROAD.
Bright Observations of Representative
Tarsncy Concerning Some Phases OF
European Travci-Docsn't Take Much
Stock in the German Emperor or the
English Barber Paris a Dslusion and II
Snare.
/ Representative Tarsney. of Missouri,
Just after his return trom three
months tour &C Europe, chatted pleas
antly with n VI ashinSton Post reports +.
! Below are some Of une bright things ne
said: "'fhrce months running about III
Europe is plenty ior me. I'm glad To
| get hack. If an American wants 10
! invicorate his patriotism let him so to
| Europe. When an Americans patriot
/ ism is falling out and he feels his 10y
| atty becoming prematurely bald give
! him q dose of Europe. Three months
| in Europe as n restorative will cause
! ones love of country to grow like the
locks of Sampson.
The one thing noticeable in France
is its hatred of Germany. and the most
emphasized trait in the German make
up il its aversion and contempt for
everything and everybody French.
There's going to be a war over there,
not far in the future either. Whatever
may become of Russia. Italy and Aus
tria in the fracas, one thing is sure,
France and Germany will be against
| each other.
1.-The chances now would look like
Russia and France against Germany
Austria and Italy. with England fit
| ting about the suburbs of the rumpus
| rohi n ba rnnlnt. N all pnnnarna1
therein.
"Germany's kaiser is not loved. He
suffers from what Is colloquially known
as a swelled head He isin his esti-
mation--an author a poet, a warrior,
the like of whom has not been seen
| since the bloody days of Attila, The
ScOurge of God
".is poet the kaiser-who, by the
way also writes music-is apt to make
things go. He wrote a poem recently
which l fingered over for hours. Not
for its beauty exactly. You see. my
German is Il little rusty. and there's
nothing swift about the aid you gain
from Ollendorf. | tackled the kaiser's
poem with Ollendorf. 1t took all one
afternoon. but when l got through I
thought very well of it.
Some German students, however
went after It, and said it was not so
good as poems which Goethe Schiller,
and several other German gentlemen
had written.
''These critical students We're being
tried for high treason while was
there. The assumption is that they will
like the X aisers Verse better when he
lets so of them. In view of their fates
| was glad that-with the aid of Ollen-
dorf-1 liked the Kaiser's muse.
'"The German public, as I said. does
not enjoy its Kaiser. He subordinates
the civil to the military and keeps the
populace more or less in a condition of
mimic war. What / mean is this: While
| was there, for instance. the kaiser
arose one morning and suddenly pro-
claimed Berlin in state of siege.
Every shop had to shut up; all work
came to an end: traffic of all sorts had
to clear the streets. 1t was like stop
ping the heart of great city for
twenty-four hours. What was the
cause? Merely that the Kaiser was
in mood to frolc with the $4,000 troops
stationed at Berlin, and the city must
be swept clear and free of every scrap
of business and litter of trade to af-
ford him a playground
Going up the avenue Of the Lindens
one day my driver suddenly announced
over his shoulder: der KAISER in
growing voice like bear. 1t was
the Kaiser's carriage coming. There
were two officers as outriders, q sort
of, advance guard. The horses were
coal black and loaded to the eyes with
prance. The driver sat straight up like
a ramrod. On each side of him sat an
officer Of the Kaiser's household, epau-
letted to the ears; and like the driver,
of the ramrod family. The Kaiser and
his wife held down the rear seat of
the carriage. which was built like one
of our victorias. 1t was noticea BILE
that as he came along not a cheer was
raised not a hand was clapped not
hat was lifted. All was sober silence,
and the street was crowded, too. 1t
gave me very sinister impression;
it would worry me If | were the Kaiser.
"But If you want to see n change in
q German or get any demonstration
from him better than a shrug. mention
the old Kaiser Wilhelm. His eyes will
light up like lanterns of admiration.
At the name of 'UnZer Fritz he will
weep. But name the present ruler, ho
will be dumb. sullen, gloomy. 1t all
gave me q bad impression.
"The European barber Is the worst
I ever saw. In the best hotels in Lon
don, where you pay six pence-as much
as you would here-a felon with u
razor as wide in the blade as q sheet
Of writing paper and as sharp as the
hoe of commerce, will set you up
straight in a stiff. high-backed chair,
tuck q back-number towel under your
chin, lather you in supercllious and
uncomfortable fashion. and then give
you a series of rasps which bring
beard. and flesh, and tears, and pro-
family frCm you all at once. Then he
gives you another back-numbcr towel
and gruf'y intmates you may wash
your face and comb your hair to suit
yourself He's through with you.
That's all yor get out of an E,nrlieh
barber. In Paris they are a little bet
ter. they treat you as brutally and Go
as little for you. and do II as vile!v as
the London BARRIERS. But they rs least
seem sorry for you in Paris: whereas
the British barber exults In n morosc.
bloody way over the tortures he has
inflicted and tho ruin he has wrought.
''Paris is deluson and a snare.
Even Its vices. which Paris prdes Itself
on and which indeed make up the Paris
ian stock In trade, are shoddy and de.
plorably shabby.
you hear q world-wid, exclamation
over the giddy dizzinesses of. say. The
Moulin Rouge in JParis. American pa
pers will illustrate the doinrs at the
Moulin Rouge. You are given to under
stand that Bacchus was sedate citl-
zen In the most protlgate days OF
Rome COMPARED 20 the gods and god
desses to be met under full heads Of
steam at the Moulin Rouge.
Don't you believe 1t.
II got Mrs. Tarsney to go to church
and taking n preacher of the gospel to
chaperon and protect us. party OF us =.
all Americans-went out to do the
Moulin Rouge.
1T was a dreary affair; as tame as n
flock of sheep. The riot and license OK
lists only In the volatile minds of those
who write for American papers. There