The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05

America
France, they are so brave, so generous, SO
hospitable and so free. Their hospitality
have partaken of, and their generosity,
ma foie, it almost overwhelmed mel
Their bravery! Did they not call tho
bloof, as my manager, Taidy Marks say,
of that great bette, Angleterre- gland
you call him-the great bandit and bully
of the world? And free! Eth bien, do they
not do as they WILL with no gouverneur
or president to halt them as long as they
break no law? VOLTA, the press have great
Hbertel 1t jump on bad people, bad laws
and even bad rules. And the great Amer
lean people believe in the press.
The country I like because it is So big,
so grand, so magnif1que, with its char
mant scenery, high mountains, fine rivers
and beautiful lakes.
Helasl I stay not long in America.
I leave New York this week for a petit
tour of the provinces Then L go back to
la belle France. [ say I go. But return. L
will come back to la grnnde Ameriquo aft
er play my engagements at home. This
was tour made upon what you Ameri-
cans call the spur of the moment. It was
only a trip of plaisir. And it was pIaisir.
Work all the time, but amusement besides.
1 have driven all over New York in tho
daytime and seen all it's great men and
women. Most of them indeed have seen
at the Olympia, where I sang. I saw Taidy
Roosevelt. My manager say to that
Taidy shoot one million people off from
beer and wine OIL Sunday. Miracle! Taidy
would not do in la belle France. Then
see Monseigneur Tom Platt and Monsei-
gneur Dick Crokair Taidy Marks say these
monseigneurs are the greatest men in
America. Monseigneur Platt, he SLY,
chooses congressman, senators, gouver-
neurs, and even presidents, and thus save
the people the trouble of electing them.
MonSeigneur Platt must he saint to do
all that work. Monseigneur Crokair, he,
too, my manager say, generally select the
mayor, aldermen, and commissionnaires Of
New York city, and tell them how to
spend the money for the good of the town.
Parbleu, he is a grand man, too, to do all
this work, vraiment all angel, but Taidy
Roosevelt says no; that M Crokair is
looking for angels.
saw, too, the ten Beau Brummels of
New York, my manager says They are
Messrs. Berry Wall, Ollie Teall, Jack As
tor, Delaney Nicoll, George Law, Eddie
Schmidt, George Work, Senator Dry Gold
Dollar Sullivan, Padda Divvair and Fred-
dy Gebhard, once lie cher ami de Ia belle
Langtry Of Jairsay.
/ agree not with my manager. saw
one monsieur who was more beautiful
than the ten He was Petair Mahair, the
gladiateur Of FIreland. He is tojours beau
sabreur, big, broad, strong, with hair like
the raven, eyes like the gaze1le's and
cheeks like the rose. More power to his
arm, as my friends of lIreland say, when
he meets NJ. Robairt Fitzsimmons of Aus
tralia.
I have seen all the great women of the
town, too, writers, artists, journalists, ac-
tresses and women of fashion. Most of
them are beautiful as well as brilliant. OF
the actresses Ada Rehan, Agnes Booth,
Blanche Walsh and Julia Nelson make on
me deep impressions; they are SO earnest,
vigorous and finished in their work.
And, ma foie, what lot of foreign art
lists there are now in New York Among
them is the great Bernhardt. The divine
Sarah is so jealous of my success IN New
York that she say that she never see me in
Paris. Tonniere de ciel, Sarah's great
ness is waning, if she say she did not see
me in Paris, or her memory must be fall
ing. There I am as great an artist in my
kingdom she is in hers. Mine is mu-
sic; hers is tragedy. Bah, which is the
sweeter and nicer of the two? Music, Of
course. If Bernhardt did not see me, the
misfortune is hers. She missed prettier
sight than when she stands il front of the
mirror.
I spoke of the American men. like
the ladies too. They are so pretty, SO
clevair, SO bright, or, we say at home,
SO chic. They dress in good taste too. In
all these little matters they are something
like Frenchwomen, even to their line hg-
ures Women of other countries, say OF
Germany, England, Holland, Austria and
Belgium, lack these traits. They are not
bright they are bundly in their build,
they do not dress well, and they do not
talk we'll. That is why charlnant AmerI-
can girls capture foreign noblemen- IL Is
their accomplishments, quite as much as
their money, that does it.
Helas, far too many lovely girls put
their Leads into the matrimonial moose in
America too quick. They do not kno"
their own minds or those of their lovers.
VOLTA, what, then? The divorce COURT
AND JIle fssl=a "a Eazf7iaav f1-Ting baen
committed l think divorce is the best
remedy at hand. 1t frees the woman from
the letters of fool, knave or tyrant.
For myself, I have been fortunate SO far.