Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-27

his ndttNe country ne becomes an
Irishman an whin he is four miles out
at sea he Is as much an American as
Preserved Fish. But a German is niv-
er an American EXCEPT whin he goes
back to Germany to see his rilitives.
He keeps his own language, he plays
pinochle, he despises tn dhrink fv tn
country, his food is sthrange an he
on'y votes FIR Germans FIR office or IL
he can't get a German, FIR somewan
who's again tn Irish. I bet We, If We
was FIR to suddenly ask Schwartzmeis-
ter where he is, he'd say: AT Hook
heimer in Schwabia.' He don't raaly
know he liver come to this country.
I've heeri him taIkin' to himsilf. He
always counts in German.
But I say about Prince Hinnery that
fr a German he's all right an I'm
glad he come. hear he wrote home to
his brother that Is tn imp'ror over
there: Dear Willum: This is a wond-
herful country. an they've give me a
perfectly KILN rayciption. I've al
most died laughin'. We was met forty
miles out at sea be a band on a raft
playin' the Watch on tn Rhine. We
encountered another band playin' tn
same plain harmony ivry five miles
till we got up to New York. I wisht
had come over on a man-iv-war. In
tn bay we was surrounded be a fleet
Nv tugs carryin' representatives iv tn
press, singin' tn Watch on tn Rhine.
/ rayceived siveral offers through a
migaphone- 20 write an article about
what We say in ye'er sleep fr tn pa
apers, but declined thin awaitin' in
sthructions firm We. At tn dock we
was greeted be a band playin' tn
Watch on tn Rhine, an afther some
delay, caused be tn Delicatessen San
gerbund holdin' us while they sung tn
Watch on tn Rhine, we stepped
ashore on a gang plank neatly formed
be tn gov'nor Nv state holdin onto tn
feet iv tn mayor, him clutchin' tn
iditor iv tn Stats Zeitung an so on.
tn gang plank singin' tn Watch on
tn Rhine as we walked TO tn dock.
4" I am much IMPRESSED be New York.
I hate Il. Tn buildin's are very high,
but tn language is higher. II was to
go home now We wudden't know me.
Afther I hear a speech don't dare to
look in tn glass fr fear I might be
guilty Nv treason 70 We, mein lieber.
Our illustrious ancesthor, Fridrick tn
Great. was a cheap an comman man
compared to me an ye, august broth
er, niver got by tn barrier. / hope III
have time to cool down befure I get
home or yen have TO lock me up.
They're givin' me tn fine line Nv
intertainmint. Ivrywhere I go they'se
music or something that does as well.
/ have a musical Instrument called a
catastrophone in me room that plays
tn Watch on tn Rhine whin I go in
at night an get up in tn rnornin'.
Win go out on tn sthreet tn
crowd cries, Hook tn kaiser wish
they'd stop hockin' We, dear brother,
an hook tn Watch on tn Rhine.
CThis here Is an American joke. I'm
gettin' on fast. I'm goin' TO be took
10 tn opry some night this week.
They've fired a lot of la-ads out iv
their boxes to make room FIR me. Wan
iv thin objected, but he was fired an
nyhow. Aftherward I'm goin' to ate
dinner with tn iditors iv tn country.
Won't that be nicer suppose I'm tn
first Honezollern that liver took dinner
with an iditor, though our family has
often given thin food an lodgin'-in
Jail. I wish ye was here to go with
me. Ye've had more journylistic ex-
peeryence an nanny Nv tn things
we've had printed wudden't seem too
untrue to tn guests. TIL newspapers
has been mos kind to me, might
say, almost too kind. 7 am sindin We
a photograph Nv mesilf IN me bath. took
tn top iv tn clothes press. an an in
terview be a lady rayporther who rip
risinted herself as tn Queen iv Ohio.
Z" But tn big ivint comes of tomOr-
rah. I am actually invited TO a dinner
iv wan hundherd iv tn representative
business men fv New York an a few
CHRISTIANS asst in aftherward. Hooray,
hoorayl Mind We, these ARE not
ordhn'ry business men. Far firm it.
No man gets in unless he has made at
Taste eight millyiOn marks out Nv tn
sivinty millyiOn marks in this coun-
thry. An I'm asst to NETT thiml What
funi 1 bet twill be jolly. I'm goin'
to buy me a table FIR computin' in
Unrest, a copy iv tn naytional bankiR
act an a good account Nv tn thrans-
actions I'm sterlin' exchange FIR tn
current year an when tn quip an jest
go round I'll be no skeleton at tn
feast.
'Ye can see be this that my life has
been almost too gay, but tn merry
mint goes blithely on. Firm here / go
to BawstOwn. where I expict to pat
tn Bunker Hill monymint on tn head
an have a look at tn new railway
station. Then 1 will take i'm Buffly,
Cichago pronounced Sichawgo). Saint
LOOey, Three Rapids, Idaho, Pinnsyl-
Ndnga an mos Nv IN large cities " IN
west. includin' Chattanooga. where wan
iv tn great battles Nv tn revolution
was fought between Gin'ral Sigel an
Gin'ral ZollycOffer. T ixpict to larn a
good deal about tn steel, pork. corn,
lard an lithrachoor iv tn country
befure / raytuTn. But this BUTTERFLY
existence Is KILN me. II is far too
gay. suppose whin was younger I
wud've injyed IL, but me time FIR social
festivities has passed an long FIR tn
quite iv home life among tn simple
ryelties iv Europe. Ye-ers, Hinnery.'
Yes. he's havin' a good time. But
what tn pa-apers calls tn climax Nv
tn intertainmint wiz be reached whin
he arrives I'm Chicago. Schwartzmeis-
ter an I will rayceive him. Schwartz
meisteE's family knew his In tn oil
country. He had an uncle that was
booted all tn way firm Sedan TO Paris
be a cousin iv tn Prince. We've ar
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