The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-25
COLONEL SAM
GETS HOME.
Republican Boss Back
Among the Boys Af-
ter a Delightful
Respite in
Europe.
aWHO is THIS LINDSAY 2"
Colonel Dickinson, Getting
Points on the Drift of
Politics, Asks a Gu
rious Question.
ELUSIVE ON CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Gossip on Everything But the
Right Thing-One Way to
Order a Dinner.
ELUSIVE ON CAMPAIGN ISSUES

Col. Samuel D. Dickinson, State Treas
urer and leader of the G. o. p. of this
and every other county in the state,
get back home Saturday, after an alb
sence of several weeks, during which he
was roaming about the Low Countries.
This morning he spent ''gadding about"
the city. looking up his friends and find
ing out what has been doing while his
back was turned Although only back
one day the Colonel has been well posted
on political affairs and particularly the
antics of a certain gentleman in the City
Hall, whose name, as the immortal
Sairey would say, "betwixt frens" shall
be nameless.
DIDN'T KNOW LINDSAY.
"Ah,' he remarked to a reporter of
"The News s. they tell me that a man
named Lindsay has been appointed to
the Tax Board"
Colonel, didn't you"
Pray who is he?" he blandly inter-
rupted, with a suspicion of smile lurk-
ing about the corners of his mouth.
Don't you know him?"
s'Never heard of him. was the care
less reply. ''You ask me about politics? :?
/ don't know what is going on. l am
picking up information today. Repub-
lican nomination for Sheriff? Let me
see who are being mentioned? Kaiser
aud Toffey, you say. Both good men,"
THE COLONEL'S LITTLE WAY.
(Which will the machine"
x,,oc b,oI-a ~, +l,o
Colonel, 81 have had a delightful holi-
day."
but you weren't saying thatw
81 am now, anyway" and he switched
off into chat about his trip. Il left,
as you remember, on July 5 and went
direct to Rotterdam. From there / went
to the Hague and TO the famous Dutch
watering place, Scheveningen, and to
Delft, where they make the ware;
Amsterdam, Isle of Marquen, Antwerp
and Brussels. OF course / went to
Waterloo and visited every place of in
terest on the great battlefield. Then to
Ostend and Paris, back to Rotterdam
and home.'
Having plenty Of time at his disposal
the. Colonel spent several days at each
place and a week III Paris. In the fair
capital the colonel is quite at home,
having visited it thrice. The Bois,
Boulevards. Magasins, etc. etc, all re-
ceived their share of attention and so
fluent was the Colonefs French that the
garcons in the Cafe D'Angleterre charged
him a double pourboire and he never
kicked To get on well in Paris two
words are only necessary, dam and
rosbif," and had one of the Colonel's
friends remembered that the following
little incident wouldn't have taken place:
HOW TO ORDER A DINNER.
Look here Colonel Dickinson the
gentleman said, on entering the cafe,
.it's all very well for You to talk learn
edly about hors d'oeuvres, entries en-
tremets and ali that sort of thing, but it
isn't necessary to know word Of this
lingo to order dinner. Now you keep
still and I'll do the ordering. Simple
plan. Here is bill of fare. Now I
will place my pencil on this line marked
potage a la something Guess that's
soup. Here, waiter, that" (pointing to
the line.)
Away sped the waiter and brought two
plates Of soup which they both enjoyed,
Pointing to another line the colonel's
friend nodded his head. Back came the
garcon with two plates Of puree.
"Eh. what the devil-welI, I guess|
we'll swallow this. Good. amt il? Next
order III skip three lines, and that ought
to bring mp into the joints.
SOUP .SouP, S0IP.
The colonel said not word as his