Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-21

or the peOple, Lne QOliaE IS the uulVef- sal standard of excellence.
 When asked what you think of Ingersoll, the lecturer, you have but a single comment. You say nothing of his agnosticism You make no men, ton of his profound learning, you pay no tribute to his exquisite use of Eng lish or to his incompatible eloQuencc. You simply say, oh, well, Ingersoll was a great lecturer. He called out . $1 ,000 house a night When asked what you think of the genius of Bern hardt or of Nordica, you instantly ex- claim: How magnificent her dia- mondsI how gorgeous her costumes.
 This subordination of the aesthet- ical to the sensual has made the Amer ican people the laughing stock of the whole world.'"
 "Your remedy, O conceited Ameri- cans, is to be found in a higher form of worship than idolatry of wealth. Man must worship either God or Mammon. He cannot wor- ship both. To obtain the highest destiny, a nations trust must be tn God. Its places of elegant resort must be not the saloon, not the billiard room, not the variety theater, but halls of classic art rendered sacred by the pencil of the Italian and the chisel of the Greek, the higher emotion of it's citizens must be stirred, not by the vulgar ditties of the cafe chantant, but by the music of the mighty orches- tra of nature voiced with every note from the glad warble of mated bird to the hoarse thunder of the sea-"
 The speaker said it was cheaper to live in Europe than in America. One needs not be an American of wealth to travel in Europe. He had taught school for three years, at the end of which time he had saved $1,200 with which he enjoyed trip to Europe for several years. One must exercise tact caution and common sense in travel ling. He should conceal the fact that he is an American, not because he is ashamed of his nationality but for economy's sake. They charge Ameri- cans the highest prices for everything. Europeans think as they did centuries ago that our streams are full of gold. Do not take your trunk witA you in travelling. Tt will cost as much as yourself. Interpreters are paid high prices in Europe and are rapidly grow ing rich. A most disagreeable feature Of travelling in Europe is the presence on every side of beggars. At first they confront you. then they DBldly en- treat and if you still refuse to give them aims, they curse you. Travel in company. It Is cheaper than alone. A. bed may be shared for two at the same price that would be charged to one. A guide book may be used by five as we'll as one. Board is rather reasonable ranging from $10 to S20 dollars a month. Railway fare is cheap. The passengers are divided into three class es-frst, second and third. The trains are funny looking affairs. They look like line of old hacks. Clothing is cheap and so are books on the other side of the water. As whole travel ing is cheaper than in America. Hon Mir Chandler then continued as follows:
 ssI have been asked if would like to live in Europe. I answer, No Why? Because I am an American The sentiment of nativity is an over whelming and an unconquerable pass sion. 1t led Themistocles, the Greek, to prefer the barren coasts of Attiea to the luxuriant fields of Asia Minor It lead the Cossack of to-day to pre- fer Siberia with it's snow and ice and frost, to Italy with its sunlight, wines and flowers.
 Were a Scotchman, I would live forever in Bonnie Scotchland.' Were Frenchman, I would spend my days among the vine-clad hills of Sum- ny France. Were a Swiss, I would live forever in Switzerland. I would build me cottage among the crags where could hear the melody of AL pine bells and listen to the rolling of the avalanches. where could dart my boat across a mountain lake and watch the sun as it sank in blaze of glory behind the distant snow-cap- ped peaks.
 ''But I am an American, with an Americans heart, and an Americans sentiment. I love my state, the im- perial commonwealth of New York, I love my common country, the Great Republic from the Lakes to the Gulf. and from where Old Oceans waves for ever lash New England shoes to the imperial confines of the land of the Montezumas. To me the republican simplicity of the white house is a thousand times more charming than the dazzling splendor of hundred European courts.
 And, notwithstanding foreign criti- cism, our government, as she exists to-day, Is good enough. Her distin- gushing trait is the royalty of man and not of kings. Her faith is the God of Christian nations. Her corner stone is freedom. Her sentinels upon the tower are Justice, Liberty and Equality. Her escutcheon is as sub lime as the dome vault of midnight, studded with glittering stars.
 'eThen, my countrymen, one and all in the name of constitutional free dom and republican institutions throughout the earth-in the name of Washington, Lincoln and Lafayette in the name of all those brave and splendid souls who in every age have maintained the freedom of tongue and brain, and have died for the liberties of their f5llowmen-in the name of all our revolutionary dead that sleep in distant and sunken graves, with