New-York tribune., 1900-10-18
MARK TWAIN CLOSES BAZAAR.
THE H1fMORIsT MAKES A TEN MINUTE
SPEECH AT THE BENEFIT FOR
HOMELESS ORPHANS.

The bazaar for the benefit Of the homeless Gal
weston orphans which began Monday night at the
Waldorf-AstorIa, was closed last night by Mark
Twain in a ten minute speech. The attendance
was the largest OF the three evenings.
Mr. Clemens in fine voice. He talked as II
he were addressing his best friends. as indeed he
was, for If he did not know them ALL they all knew
him. He said
1 expected that the Governor of Texas would
occupy this place first and would speak you. and
in course mis- remarks wound crop text torme
70 talk from; but with the prover6al oPstinaey that
is proVerbai with governors they go Dack on lneIr
duties, and he has not come here and has not fur-
text. I have no text except what you furnish me
with-your handsome faces. and-but won't con-
e ehq aoe @ G2qd E9
But. after all compliments should be in order in
i have been in New.-York two or three days and
have been In q condition OF strict diligence night
and day the object of this diligence being TO regu-
late the moral and political situation this planet
put it on sound bass-and when you are regu-
lating the conditions of planet it requires great
deal OF 9 tax & IN many o m hes Gi sa
and get also in a position Of corking. When l am
though 1 sort of fraud; seem to be playing
a part and please consider I am paying part
familiar to me; have often done this before.
comns ng up IN car of the Elevated ROAD Very few
people were in that car, and in one end OF it there
fifty years old, with most winning face and an
elegant eye, beautiful eye, and took him from his
vocation He had with him very fine little child
Of cfon sfT@t w6cb exsed between those two judged
he was the grandfather, perhaps II was really
as he saw l was admiring her he began to notice
/ could see his admiration of me in his eye, and
1 did what anybody else would do-admired the
fna four tmes 9uF as much of his admiration Things
vent very pleasantly 1 was making my way into
his heart BY and by. when he had almost reached
the station where he vas to get off, ne got up.
crossed over and he said; Nov am & going to say
a compliment" And then he went on TO say: Il
portrait of him, and any friend OF mine viii tell
you that when have once seen a portrait of a
a ana Mark can Twain f TO he his brotber
he said 81 hope you take this a compliment
Certainty ] said, = take i as more than a
moment Of my life to be taken for Mark twain fer
most men are always wishing to Isg look like some
like some Archbishop or other; but all my life l
7 have wished to look like that synonyme, that
symbol of all virtue and all purity. whom you have
He said: You are very good imitation, but
when come to look s. closer lose you are are probably not
nv desire to look like that excellent character
e i9a sad is all tight that IS ali
right; you look very well on the outside but when
| il comes TO the inside you are not in 1t with the
So when come to a place like this. with nothing
say before sit down that When It comes to saying
a Fesr hfye in Sympathy w wh yo9 in
to help those who were sufferers IN this calamity
homeless and in saying this wish TO impress on
you the fact that am not playing a part.
No more loudly applauded Mr.. Clemens than
! Governor sayers. The Governor. with true South
! ern gailantry, asked every who had con-
trbuted to the Bazaar for her autograph.
J The few articles left in the booths sold at
auction last night and brought good prices. John
/ lie Hay, the comedian of the Rose of Persia
| company, the auctoneer.
Some of those present were Mrs. Stuyvesant
/ Fish Mrs. George ]. Gould Mrs. Joseph II.
| Choate, Mrs. c. II. Postley. Mrs. w. D. Dinsmore
1 Mrs Walter Peckham, Mrs Clarence A. Henriques.
/ Miss Helen NJ. Gould, Mrs John Jacob Astor. Mrs.
! Herman Oclrichs. Mrs Sidney j. Smith Mrs o.
ri. P. Belmont, Mrs. Edwin r. Ladew, Mrs. H.
/ Mex Twombly, Mrs. Richard Delaheld, Mrs. H F.
/ Dimmock. Mrs. Seth Low. Mrs. Edwin Gould and
| Mrs Timothy L, Woodruff
The managers estimate the net receipts for the
! three nights at between $4,000 ard $4,000.