Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-10-03
ALL COMRADES THERE.
Warm Fellowship Exists Between
Americans in European
Countries.

Countries.
what impressed me most" said Rob
ert Kahn, teladng OF his four months "Trip
through Europe. was the spirit Of com
radeship and good fellowship that seemed
to exist among all the Americans that
one met. If one ran short of money, for
instance, after banking hours, or some
thing Of that sort, all one had to dc WAS
TO apply TO the first American one met,
ana he would invariably hand ever
enough cash to see You through. And
! there were no enc Of Americans abroad
| this summer My brother and | met sew
eral Milwaukee and Wisconsin people
| among them Will Dodsworth in the
| american Express office in Paris, and
/ Fred hull. who was center @n the Uni
| verSlty of Wisconsin football team in '96.
| in Rome there were 1850 Americans stop
| ping at the Hotel Continental We were
| there on the Fourth of July aud had a
grand celebration. The hotel WAS decorated
/ with American flags, every American
were steamers of red white and blue,
and band in the music room played
The Star Spangled Banner and all the
| rest Of them during dinner"
Hobert and Gustavc Kahn. sons of \.
y. Kahn, 800 GreeRbush street, went
abroad last April and spent over four
months travelling through England and
uhe continent. visiting nearly every place
4
Wisconsin students, hobert being soph-
0morc and Gustave entering upon his
\ ifreshman year this fall They took II
\ camera with them and returned with
4 over 600 pictures.
+ Went with Sousa's Band.
\ We sailed on the odd of April, on the
IsSt. Paul going over with Sousa's band"
said Mr.. Kahn. Ave went first to Eng
i.land, visiting London and then on
/, through the Shakespeare country. We
lasaw London from the top of an omnibus
fand took snapshots of the city from the
/ tower of st. PaUl's, as well as hosts of
/ views of historical spots. We went TO
the Shaftes3uryv M the hope of seeing
1 Arthur Weld, but he was not in then.
lie made an appointment to meet us la
ter. but something interviewed. and we
| didn't see him. Ii seemed queer enough
70 see the men in London going about at
| all times of day iii frock coat and silk
hats, Even the office boy at $50 month
| is attired in this fashion. The women
are notwithstanding and dress with
| very little taste. They act as ushers, no.
tel clerks, post0tlioe clerks and bar
maids.
''From England we crossed The chan
neAtO France, proceeding to Paris, where
/ N&&pent seven wGaHSs. Wewisited uncles
OF ours, Leopold and Benjamin Kahn.
They have summer home at Montmo-
rency, next door to ROstand,s, and there
we met the wife OF the celebrated au-
thor. OF course we spent "A great deal
/ of time at the exposition, and | must say
I,that II didnt come mp TO our Worlds fair
in 93, though it was "a grand show, new
I ertheleSS. | was disappointed in the
United States exhilsits. So many of our
leading industries were left unrepresent-
ed. For instance there wasn't Il single
exhibit of our railroad equipment, the
finest il the world ] looked in vain for
( N az 81 mi
they were not TO bee fGunG. II was too
bad, too, for those Europeans ought to
have seen how we do 1hose things over
here. And while we're talking about
railroad equipment. j want 30 say as to
street cars. that in all the critics we visit
ed both in Europe and America, we did
mot see anything to compare with the
equipment of our streea railway right
here in Milwaukee. OF course London
gets ahead of us with her system of
Oanlibuses, which run with hah-minute
Roadway, but when you come to compare
the ears and the roadbeds they're moth
ing like we enjoy at home.
A Storm i'm the Alps.
"Fnam France we went to Switzerland.
We didn't do any extensive climbing
there though we made the trip across
the Aler de Glace. We LETT Cbam0uui
in terrible rainstOrm, which last,4l un-
til we returned to the hotel again. Two
HtuhS GhuitS Jolntfl our IidFlN LOT 8ilc
trip. Miss Hayden Of London. EhO
writes for the Spectator, and Eassar
graduate whose name | do not recall /
We were all drcnched to the skin, and
while our garments dried my brother and !
myself We're rugged out in clothes loaned
by the walters, while the young ladies !
borrowed clothes from the chamber /
maids.
We stayed in Rome a week. and
would have Gkcd To stay six weeks. /
there Is so much to SEQ. We saw the |
Pope while we were there 4 band OF |
pilgrims visited the Vatican and he was /
borne to the chapel and gave them his |
blessing. j saw men cheering for him I
with tears in their eyes, hut they were /
mostly Americans. The Pope is not be /
loved III Rome. TIE populace. that is. |
the poorer classes. are beginning 10 muir /
muir against the pomp and state in which |
the papai household is maintained. Tho |
burden of taxation is heavy Oh the poor. |
and they feel oppressed. 1t is quite "A /
sight on pleasant afternoons to stroll ont |
along the Appan way and watch the /
carriages of the cardinals drive past.
There will be fifteen or twenty hand
some, closed carriages. each one with
two attendants, while a third rides in
side with the cardinal.
We saw King Humbcrt driving along
the villa BOrghese one day not SO very
long before his assassination.
The Studio del Mosaico. or uapal
mandatory Of mOSalCs. in tho Vatican. I
is one Of the most interesting places that
we visited. There they turn out won
derful mosaics for the churches and ca
thedrals. The material used j. q kind Of
colored glass and they claim that there
are $1,000 different shades.
Saw the Shah of Persia.
When we were in Cologne IN" Shah
Of Persia was there. and my brother and
took several pictures ~ him. IN
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