Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-13
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thought this was the big gambling
house."
There are few Americans who have
lived in this country more than six
months but can tell many instances OF
similar gross rudeness on the part OF
their visiting countrymen and women
And some Of the more experienced Sc
dread the tourist and fear being APP
preached by specimens Of the class that
when they see one they begin the use of
| Spanish, and if approached in a con-
versational way will deny all knowl-
edge of English.
The ignorance of the tourist is mon
| umental as his rudeness. Some of
them expressed surprise recently when
told that General Diaz did not preside
at bull fights given in this city.
Each tourist has special fad, in the
execution of which he goes to the ex-
IRENE of his rudeness. But all tourists
have one fad in common. They think
that the efficient and hard working am
bassador of the United States, the
courteous consul general, and all their
secretaries and the members of their
STATS, We're sent here by the United
States government for the sole purpose
of acting as free guides and sources
of information for the itinerant Amer
lean.
They walk into the embassy and de-
mand passes to the presidents private
quarters or to anything else they may
happen to wish to see, and feel them
selves aggrieved If the ambassador does
not stop all diplomatic business to give
1t to them personally. and to also give
them q private note to the president.
They seem to think that the consul
general should leave the business of the
American merchants to carry itself on
while he does himself an hour by TAX
ing the visiting tourist on street car
ride. They want the government to
turn itself upside down for them, and
then they want to take q snapshot of
1t in the act Some of them seem to
object because earthquakes. revolu-
lions and other interesting things are
not given daily for their amusement,
they being provided with safe quarters
from which to view the sites.
One of the impertinences of the
members of large tourist parties is to
imagine that their coming has been
looked forward to and constitute an
event In the daily life of this city.
whereas. as is we'll known, it passes
of the capital, unless their
attention happens for half second to
be attracted by a lot of Ill dress ad and
odd looking people walking about to-
gether. The people of this city know
nothing about the coming of tourists
and care still less if possible.
This class of tourists is considerably
nettled when on arriving here they no.
tee no particular signs of excitement
over their coming, and the cosmopoli-
tan throngs on the streets seem to be
going about their business as If moth
ng extraordinary had happened. Now,
f the Mexican people would only treat
is right" said one of this class yester-
lay, evidently nettled at the fact that
more had not been made of the coming |
# the party, I'VE might return here
leXt year. The reporter did his best, |
With what success he can not say, to
ook impressed with the awful contin- |
;ency implied in the above remark.
Another class of tourist is the one |
Who thinks he ought to be received in
pecial audience by the president of |
he republic. never seeming to reflect
hat if a miscellaneous party of wan
ering MeXicans We're to go sightsee-
ng to Washington, they would be con-
idered fit subjects for a lunatic asylum |
f they were to ask that President
eosevelt should hold special rccep-
ion In honor of their arrival.