Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-08-18
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Solomon Berliner, U. 3. Consul
to Tenerife, Canary Islands.

His disappointment After the war
Hung Fire.
NEW YORK, Aug 17.-[Special. THE
departure from this city of the Hon.
Solomon Beriner, consul to Tenerife,
which is the chief town in the blue
Canary isles, referred to in the well
known song anent my Last Cigar" will
create void in the list of topics avail
able to the political reporters Of the
New York newspapers ms space filters
that cannot be filled readily.
1t is possible that Mr. Berliner's fame
has not penetrated throughout the coun
try. 1t is possible that he is believed by
many who have read about him to be a
mere myth, II sort of bogy man like unto
the imaginary Dink Bolts of Georgia.
Here in New York Sol Beriner is known
personally to all who pervade the hotels
frequented 10y politicians and by reputa-
ton to all who read the papers.
Sol Berliner's Exnct status.
Mr.. Berliner's friends think his APP
pointment as United States consul to the
Canaries a bit curious, inasmuch as his
father made tis fortune in the cigar
business, and Mr. Berliner himself is re-
circumstances SAVIOR somewhat of the CO.
incidental Whether he has ever looked
at the matter in that light is, however,
doubtful, for it has long been considered
quite the proper thing for the local
scribes to put almost any old saying into
his mouth with the certainty that his
fondness for seeing his name in print
would cause him to "stand for it, with
out protest, unless altogether too doubt
full an Interpretation could be placed up
on the words. To put it otherwise. Mr.
Berliner is an easy mark for the boys so
long as the light in which he is shown is
only humorous, not disgracoful.
Sol Berlucr is Il man OF middle age.
| He wears pince nez his hair and mus
tache are always well trimmed, and his
clothes are invariably of correct cut and
good fit He has never been obliged to
earn a living. the property left by his IA
Their from the cigar business insuring
| him n good income. Years ago he en-
tered politics as an amateur and the Of
| fee of a well known law firm as a stu
| dent. He has been considered an anna
teur in politics till now, though his ap.
pointment to an Office stamps him as the
real thing undoubtedly. He is still n stu
dent in the law office, and nothing more.
never having found the time To bother
about being admitted.
His Appointment ms Consul.
Berliner's appointment rs consul at
Tenerife was made just before the
breaking out OF the war with Spain; but,
the Canaries being a Spanish possession,
| it was thought madyisable both by him
self and his friends for him to go thither
as long as the Cuban question was I'M
settled. He couldn't go after war be-
| 4 al. Il, h..u
tiles he expected a reappointment,. but
his expectations had been dead and bur
led for several months when the paper
came along one day last week. With II
came an explanation Of the delay.
No one who knows Sol Beriner needs
to be told that there could be no duplica
ton of his personality. 1t is truly unique.
But it appears that there could be and
was another person of the same name.
This extra Sol Berliner was not the son
of a deceased cigar dealer. He was new
err an amateur in craftsmanship nor a
student nj the law He was just n com
mon actor man. Pursuit of his vocation
led him to San Francisco, and from
there he embarked on voyage TO the
Hawaiian Islands This voyage how
ever was never finished, for on the first
day out he got into a fight and at last
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