The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-11
JIM BROWNS COME O NJ
"HELJo, JIMp' R04RED THE WHOLE
PEN, AS CkMPINIA DOCRED.

HhUht" ~ . W oNl hMNkHN
-vSouidnt Make n speech. Although I'm
yited to DO SO Rnh.rnh-rahl Browni
Jim Brown is back from abroad. There arc
undoubtedly q great many persons in New York
who either don't know who Jim Brown Is, or
who know so many jim Browns that they
wouldn't be able to identify this one even by
description. But everybody who went down to
meet the steamship Campania when she camo in
on Friday night will remember Jim Brown as
the hero of that occasion-one Of those heroes
who have glory thrust upon them. Others there
were upon the ship OF greater intrinsic promi.
nenco than Jim Brown, but mono who got 50
warm a welcome.
The welcome came from half a dozen stalwart.
voiced youths who stood on the end Of the pier
and watched eagerly the hugo bulk OF tho
Cunardcr looming up through the darkness like
another world. While the ship was still SO far
away that the passengers lining the rail were
but indefinite black splotchos. the group on tho
dock conferred with itself and broke out, to this
effect:
"Rahrah.rah Rah.rah.rah! Rah.rah.rah !
Ya-a.a-a-ale! Jim Brown
The only answer came in a thin voice from a
man In tho bow, and it didn't seem TO fit tho
occasion exactly.
Tighten up that rope" was all he said.
II Jim Brown was aboard he was keeping
QulBb- 1uC Clonu bOlilk lhuNh U
pier.head crowd waiting for a steamer to dock Is
always nervously interested in everything and
abnormally good.natured-suggest that tho
delegation try 1t again. So they gave the slogan
once sSn %oso jim GSi must Mlsh SaSe sb been left behind" sug.
gested a friendly individual who had climbed n
'Or spent his time on the rail. and not feeling
sufficiently recovered to come out OF his BERTH
"Ore got himself spread eagled for mutiny in
the face OF the enemy added q third.
"Oh, try him again. said a dozen voices at
"0no.two.three."' counted tho leader of the
delegation, and they wlhooped in unison. Are
where the steeragc passengers were crowded.
Him ,ersl 20 hare y9q eoyes; anyw.'Xl,
as aJ Jim r. "ow dyer like the 6bloOmin' trip.
The weloomers were indignant. They nut
tered among themselves that their Jim Brown
had better pipe up Il ho was aboard instead OF
thunder, But the storage Jim Brown was con.
sumed with curiosity to know what kind friends
you want mt Jim fnif Brown sSHl HIM PIN. jim Brown: Put a
Try vi il asain," advised the Crowd. "whoop
1t up for tho Yale Jim Brown. You'll get him
There was a short consultation. and the youths
"~Raw:raw-rew! Rawraw.raw. Raw.raw-
Ao" anu . vohitS
oh. rats T. said the man on the lumber pile;
You can't fool us. Jim aint from Harvard
or Yale either. Jim's from "hitcchapel' Jim
vox Populi took it up in earnest then.
y%op S,sf sHo aya ft;; =" the pF d % gu: Been fes 'S sss;;
sick. Jimmiei" Come to our arms, James
Hey. Captain; send James Brown ashore, in
the long boat. His friends are getting tired
BROWN SHa%s but ' this. ere! ere i IS 60 o. h HfhSSh public {i%
v"Rah:rah:Tah! RahssH-Eeh. Rsh-rah-r1h,
% "Ysie, ~ Yale : Y Pate 81 9i5 af BPSMn II their voices
"Wot's all this ere tommyrot about Vile T.
asked the complaining voice on the ship. "
a ae cove &C can't You :"
Then from the rail amidships there came a
very different rent y voice..
The delegation expended its breath in joyful
and Jim browns. Welcome must have been as
much q surprise to him as it had been to the
s RI: TTS r. e p; ;4$ r: Jim s sS S!s% s5 you ;% rs; E, "' s5:5 $ss
y.GSs on the . sGn OF T gigm cid eR ~ are ES0 ka hiown for Of
!hes!s sYHle's favorite son. Jim Brown
The man on the lumber pile chanted sonor-
ously:
jim, Browns body stands a.moulderins on the deck.
But his voice goes marching on.
Now the starboard rail OF the ship was so near
that Jim Brown could DO deserted dimly. way.
ing a hat of unusual design. Tho welcomers
shouted in chorus:
"Oh, Jim! Is.that-an-E nglish.hat T.
Yes" yelled Jim. Amt 1t a peach r.
Throw it over. JIM" cried Vox Populi.
Let's see the mark oh, where did you get
that hat I" "G'wan, Jim; you devil, you! Amt
you q dude!"
Make your bow, James Speech! Speech
Speech from our eminent fellow citizen. tho
Hon. James Brown, newly arrived from patting
all tho crowned heads of europe"
plank was WASH heard: and yor Popuii split Up Si into
hundreds OF individual voices. each calling on
the name OF some friend or relative. Jim Brown
had served TO enliven n tedious half hour Of
waiting. With the landing of the first pas.
senger he was no longer a public character.
Probably his tulnultuOus Yale friends seized
and carried him away, English hat and all.
Anyway no was lost In the shuttle.
An hour after the last passenger was off a
shrill-voiced littlo Londoner was ENORMOUSLY in
curing Of every one he could buttonhole II they
could tell him what bad become OF his friends.
1t was the other Jim Brown seeking his lost wei.