The sun., 1897-10-03
HOME AGAIN FROM M1rKARrorFEb.
Some Good Polnts About New York discovered
by the Returned EEiics.


The New Yorker went TO tho steamship pier
to meet the EXilcs when they returned from
Mitkartoffcl for visit to this country.
welcome home TO Amcrca" hc cried.
"Homc" exclaimed Mrs Exile. "1cn years
makes such n difference! We have almost for
gotten that we are Amcricans!"
Really" added Mr.. Exile; I'm not sure I
remember how to vote"
The New Yorker took them to n restaurant
to recruit their exhausted strength after the
Custom House agony
II suppose you will find life here very differ.
ent from whit YOU have been accustomed to-"
he said, half rcgret(ully, as they seated them
selves at the table.
"Ics," sighed Mrs. Exile. I'm Europe the art
of living is so much better understood; every
thing is plcasanter"
The make n study Of 1t, you know" OK
planned Mr.. Exile. "Thcy soften the asperities
Of living"
"Of course yon know that MitiartofFcl is not
one of the principal capitals OF Germany" con.
tinucd Mrs Exile; but 1t is noted for having
good society. The Grand Dukes court gives
II n peculiar charm hard to describe. I. @
Grand Duke hnsclf-oh Joint" She broke oil
suddenly, as the waiter appeared. "sce those
'"By Joyc! oysters!" shouted Mr.. Exile with
some excitement.
DO you object to oystersl" asked the New
Yorker anNiousy. Here. let mo tell him TO
mo. no." cried Mr.. Exile hastily.
Indeed, no added Mrs. Exile. ~ didn't
mean. that in the least. You see, Mr., Exile is
very fond Of oysters, and ] was 50 delighted TO
he has had any. The last timc was at Schwcn-
ngen, in Holland, when we made trip there
a year ago last summer, and he's been talking
WHAT asked the New Yorker. "You
surely have oysters in EuropSt ,
ing face as he bent over the plate Tho very
finest In the world"
But explained Mrs. Exile "you sec Nit
kartOifcl Is interior city, and oysters are
very expensive, so they never hnve any there.
They are Il small thing 10 give up in comparison
house in Mitltnrtotfcl Is in the midst of It park
and and how mucp rent do you suppose we, payi
couldn't gct a gnrrat in New York for m that that.
Try some of this celery" said the New
Mrs Exile looked at it. Il dubious expression
came Ovur her face. and she loOi. u nt her hus-
| band. TIC hcsintrd, homlncd, and declined it.
| New Yorker and he launched into lecture
ON It's virtues. Mrs Exile was puzzled; then
| she laughed
She didn't know what it was, she con-
| fcsscd. 'Of course we have celery in Nit
kartofel, but it is always stcwed and it isn't
- pon my word we had forgotten about it,"
added Mr. Exile. at is so long since we have
But il we don't have celery" resumed Mrs.
! ENlc, we don't have trouble with our ser.
wants. We pay them u third of what they get
| here. and if they don't behave we can complain
to the police. We have three times as many as
we could afford here, and - What! Toma:
! toes! The very thing We been longing for for
/ months! This is perfect feast.
-, You see, put in Mr.. Exile hastily. before
! the New Yorker could put the question he was
iramin... we do have tomatoes mt Mitka RI Of
! fci. magnificent ones: hut they raise them in
hoih2usGs, and 5" they re very cNbe,. i've.
! must he a nice place Now. whatll you have
! for dcasertt You know, we have ice cream in
America that think fairly good. though
m tybc II wouldn't amount To much in the good
society OF Mitkartotfel. If you haven't had any
, Or is there anything else you can think OFF,
Mr.. and Mrs. Exile looked at each other a
moment without speaking.
| AS we were coming along" began Mrs.
Exile.
Yes. that's it," said Mr.. Exile approvinely.
| I'VE saw a man. an Italian, | think he must
have been Mrs. Exile vert on slowly.
| "Ho seemed to be selling fruit at a street
corner" interiectcd Mr.. Exile.
| And we both felt like jumping out Of the
carriage and running to buy some" concluded
! Mrs. Exile.
",.Frui,f repeated the New Yorker.
| YES said Mrs. Exile apoogetically; ~
tomatoes in Nlitkartoncl.'
Why didn't you come back earlier in the
season., . nskcd the New Yorker: Mr.. and Mrs.
had some fruit worth talking about. Now the
best Of it's gone, and there's only the peaches
and the grapes and the pears and the plIms and
/ the
After they had pushed away the finger bowls
, in happy conteutmcnt the ENilcs looked at en- ch
, other IA shamefaCcd way as they caught a
! glimpse of the expression on the New Workers.
| face. Then Mrs. Exile broke into Il laugh.
81 don't care" She said dctantly. There is
good society nt Mtkartoffcl and it does have
, its advantages