The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-11


and the lunches! Think of those lunches
and how they appealed to one who had
been living on green pepers and frijOles.
When I would go to lunch with Senior Hig-
inbotham he would ask me. Senior, which
will you have, oysters or clans? If 1 hes
itated he would say to the waiter: Bring
him both Then he would ask: Which do
you prefer, the red or the white wine?'
and unless 1 responded at once he would
say to the waiter, Bring him both one
day, after lunch, the waiter asked of me:
Which is it you choose, a large or small
cup of the black coffee? Away with your
cried Senior Hignbotham, bring him
both All, those were the days when the
Spanards and the Americans kissed each
others hands and wept with fraternal
joy"
Now that you mention some of the de-
tails. / do remember that we gave the in
fanta and some more of you folks just
about the limit" said the Chicago man.
1T Is truly what you call 1.-THE limit.
When the Infanta came! All, that day!
Men who never had silk hats before were
wearing them that day. The populace knelt
in the gravel. It was supposed to be the
proper thing. The women in the Ladies
Building or, the ladies in the Womans
building, 1 forget which, cut up 200 yards
of red and yellow ribbon into Spanish col
ors, and one woman who was personally
presented to Eulala tainted and had to be
carried out"
1--WE were doing the best we knew how"
said the Chicago man ref1ectively
"Ah, but when the caravels came! AL
ready the good Seniors of Chicago had paid
the Duke of Veragua's bills at the Audi
forum Hotel and erected a private throne
for the Infanta, but when the caravels
came, can you ever forget that day.
what happened?"
ooh, bands, soldiers, flags beautiful la
dies! Senior Palmer met US when We came
ashore from the Nina, the Pinta, and the
Santa Maria and he said that the Ameri-
cans loved the Spaniards as brothers Then
Senior Sherman, the senator, made a long
speech. IL was what you CALI here in this
country a Jolly He said that America
had, oh! such a burning affection for the
land of Ferdinand and Isabella, which had
sent the great Colon on his triumphant
voyage to the New World"
Eyes, there was great deal of that kind
of talk served during the worlds fair, +"
said the Chicago man.
Yes but here, here was the honorable
senor the Secretary of the Navy, Senior
Herbert. He stood in front of Capt. Con-
| cas- and told. him-oh, such things! Wait
and 1 will read to you. 1 have it here"
The Spanish brave fumbled in a pocket
under his military cloak and brought out
| a small clipping, which ne held SO that
the light from the arc lamp al the corner
| could fall on it.
"Listenr' he said. This Is what Senior
Herbert told to Capt. Concas" And he
| read as follows:
You have been entertained at other
| American cities but l am confident in say
ing that Chicago will not lag behind. This
will be but another bond of friendship and
| amity between Spain and America "
rs this Capt Concas the same" began
| the Chicago man.
"Ah-h-h. at Santiago, poor Capt. Concas
| He jumped overheard. His ship was sink
| ing His coattails were on fire! Who set
them on fire? The American navy-the
same American navy. Not Senior Herbert,
maybe but some other senior. And every
time he took a shot at poor Capt. Concas
he said: This will be but another bond of
friendship and amity between Spain and
American
''Oh, well, it's all over now, and you
might as well stop hollerin',' said the Chi
eago man. you brought all this trouble
on yourself. and I think we've treated you
pretty well-after licking you.
1T is not for defeat that l mourn" said
the brave, putting his right hand out
through his cloak and laying il on his
heart "A brave man does not fear death
i'm battle, and he does not shrink from
honorable defeat. But my pride-my only
remaining assets-Caramba!"
What about it?'
when l was here before the club doors
stood open to me. i could ride in Senior
Armour yacht or on Senior Caton's coach.
! seldom was l compelled TO buy a meal. In
The morning when / awoke there stood a
black slave with four kinds of cocktails.
| | was taken out by Senior Hobart c. Chat
deld-Taylor, and the American senorita
threw herself to entertain me. Now the
| clubs are closed to me and society will
not admit that l belong"
"Then why are you here? What are you
! doing in Chicago in zero weather? Why
aren't you picking grapes in Malaga?'
Il knew that question was coming. l
| knew that would have to confess the full
measure of my degradation. l. a Spanish
brave. once the real thing in Chicago. the
| pet of society, have become the property
| villain of punk melodrama. Tonight, on
| The South Side, al the ten-twent-and-
| thirt l will have to insult a Red Cross
nurse pull down the American flag three
times put yellow fever germs into a war
correspondents coffee and throttle an
aged reconcentrados. Also. tonight, on
the West Side, win be expected 70 blow
up the Maine, put a dynamite bomb IN
der Consul General Lee, and torture an
American sailor with hot iron. On the
North Side l am TO appear in three ANA