Arizona republican., 1899-10-04
mr.. DUMMIES IMPRESSIONS
Almost Everybody in ireland. He
Says, is Like rIr. DooIey.

'-Docley" is in. New York. He is reg
is.ered as Finley Peter Dunno, and Il
reporter fer the Commercial Advertise
er found him today. The bright young
Chicagcan was in his tub when dis
covered
81 am removing some of my Irish
"reminiscences" he said Il have spent
the summer abroad and my visit 10
Ireland was in every respect the most
notable OF ALL
Here the author of ''Dooley' emerg
ed from the bath room and locked for
an immaculate collar.
'FSuch things he said, "are more in
style in New York than in Ireland
THE Irish are an agricultural peO
pie he resumed, land that may ac-
count for some Of their idsas about
linen. / found that almost everybody
in Ireland is more or less like Mr..
Dooley. The habit of having impress
sions on political subjects is well dis
tributed in the land Of Cork. Almost
anybody there sees something in his
own Irish way. In London it was
quite different There the ordinary
hanson driver or coachman has opin-
ions about politics, but they are net
his own They think in types in Eng
land. In ireland, however, it's the
man that thinks"
Mr.. Dunno was very enthusiastic
about the beauty of Ireland. 1T is
worth going there" he said, simply to
see the color 1t is a fine green, very
soft It's s0ftness is its popularity 1t
is the only green thing about the place,
however, except the visitors. Indeed,
one OF the characteristics c.: the Irish
is their commercial shrewdness. Ore
time at an inn I gave "a half sovereign
to pay a bill of four shillings. The
man touched his cap and said:
'Thank'ee, sir and pocketed the
change"
why is it, then that your ordinary
Irishman is a poor devil?''
partly" Mr. Dunno replied. be
cause they are agricultural people and
the land is very poor. They have had
a hard struggle for existence. But
when they ccme here they make for
tunes Some of the richest bankers /
know are Irishmen. 1 don't mean to
suggest that l have vary large ac-
quaintance among bankers.
1.-The Irish govern we'll. t0o-when
they get over here he resumed. Look
at Richard Croker. Perhaps it is be-
cause only the most energetic Of them
leave their native land. Between 1920
and 1860 a large crowd of the b5st
Irish immigTated to this country. L
think Croker must have come over
then
Speaking Of bankers" said M.
Dunno, reminds me that l ann going
to have another book published soon-
1t will contain some DOoley papers [
wrote too late fcr the last book and
five sets OF Dooley opinions on the
Dreyfus case. In one OF these papers
Mr. Dooley discourses On the Guerln-
Fort Chambro1 matter. If my pub
fishers. Smith & Maynard, will get a
big sale for this book and the public
cooperate I will promise not to write
any more. Sc that if the people will
buy my book they can kill two birds
with one stone.
part of my summer I spent in
Paris proceeded Mr.. Dunno. 1T was
a very quiet summer. The Paul Der
oulede incident was a tame affair. On
the 18th of July thousands OF AmeTi-
cams assembled before the statue Of
to hear M. Deroulede
deliver a revolutionary address. NJ.
Deroulede appeared, followed by
twenty decadent poets. A policeman
told him he could not speak.
he and the twenty poa,s with long
hair and anaemic faces went away.
That was the most exciting incident OF
the summer. The next day the Lon
don papers had full accounts OF the
speech that was not delivered
What are your impressions of Eu-
rope, MIR. Dunne?"
when 1 was in Lond0n," he replied,
Il got some excellent impressions of
America. l saw fine specimens CT
wherever went Ameri-
can plays were at the theaters, Amer
leans in the hotels, restaurants, streets. !
all public places. 1t was hard to find
an EngEshman. In Paris, too, I had
some good impressions of America |
Now and then, however, 1 did see a
Freedman. 1 could identify him by
what he said: "Conspuez Zola!' a
bas Dreyfus!' 'Vive Parmee!' etc Since !
returned to New York my impress
sions of America have been strength !
aned. ''-ChicagCl Times-Herald