Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-20
THINGS PRINCE HENRY WON'T

IT. ii. writes TO the New YORK
Evening Post: Alas! when Prince
Henry visits us in New York the real
privileges of our life be will not en-
joy, some of our deepest experiences
he cannot enter upon. No naughty
customs official will take a plug of to-
bacco out of his mouth, and after care.
fully storing it for future use dive into
Prince Henry's trunk, and rummage
among his linen and underwear while
the prince stands by with the air of a
beauty of Hoboken as seen from a
ramshacllle cab will burst upon Prince
Henry's eyes at the moderate cost of
So to his hotel. Prince Henry will
not be permitted to risk his life with
the rest of us surging mortals at the
Brooklyn bridge. nor will he be jabbed
in the ribs by worn-out nervous
street car conductor, and told to step
lively" as he frantically makes his
way amid a clinging, surging throng
of women, children, Italian wurkmen
and colored washerwomen. hanging on
to the straps, and swaying to and fro
as the car stops to permit six more to
squeeze on to the platform. Not for
the prince will be the true delight OF
a luncheon at counter on American
pie. nor will he be permitted to find
his way along the street amid the eX-
pectorations of the conn. = crowd.
The true Joy of standing all the way
from Rector street to Harlem on the
elevated road Is only thoroughly
tasted by one who does so day after
day. as the prince can hardly be ex-
pected to do. What Is even the likeli-
hood of his becoming well acquainted
with the hideously desolate waste of
brick, unrelieved by any pretense of
beauty or even common cleanliness,
which men call Brooklyn? He may.
as a curiosity, be shown expurgated
editions of our yellow" journals. but
the real article as we serve 1t up to
our youngest children and fairest
daughters can only delight us after
we have been used to 1t by constant
perusal; the real flavor Prince Henry
will not get. For him there will be
none Of the delights Of bargain
sale" at a great department store. with
thousands of high-voiced, pushing
women in the widest adornment of
extravaganza without taste walking
all over him as they rush the weary
shop girls for the things they do not
buy.
II the prince Is really to see America
he ought to be induced to take a trip
on a New England railroad without
parlor car. He should get an idea
of the comfort OF American travelling
as he creeps along from 5 o'clock in
the morning until 2:30 In the after
noon to cover 1853 miles without any
thing to eat. In such car he would
really see American life (and smell
it,. Books and papers would be
piled up on his knees. Babies would
cry, children spill water all down the
aisle. as they helped themselves to-
the water and supplied their COM
panions. The fragrance of oil, oranges
and peanuts would minister to his
sense Of smell. while the train hand"
sweetly bawled the stations In his
ear. and the conductor woke him
whenever he mapped to punch his
ticket. These things, again alas!
Prince Henry will not see. but they
are large part Of American life. He
will only gaze upon environment pre-
pared for him. The glitter Of our
gilded -four hundred" will dazzle his
eyes. The barbaric splendor of the
feudalism Of wealth will be unfolded