The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-10-15
AMERICA AMAZED DUKE
Boris Says This Country's Prog
ress Is Terrifying.
CALLS NEWPORT A CITY OF GOLD

The Russian Grand Duke Tells o
His Impressions In an Interview Ii
the Paris Matin and Again Denies
Weird Stories of His Antics Here.
Grand Duke Boris, who was recently
n visitor in this country, was inter
viewed upon his return to Europe by
the Paris Matin. He did not in any
way beat about the bush, but plunged
at once in medals res, says the Paris
correspondent of the New York Her
aid.
"And what do people say about all
that here?" was his first question.
"All that" was the stories recounted
in America The reporter explained
that the French papers had simply re-
produced accounts published in Amer
lean journals.
1T was stated" continued the re
porter, that you brusquely quilted the
table of a lady because her butler
served her before you and that you
were absolutely adamant in regard to
etiquette"
The grand duke on hearing this burst
into a hearty fit of laughter.
ooh, it is enough to make one die OF
laughing" he said. ''In all that there
is not a single word of truth. The
lady in question, who belongs to the
highest society in America, is charm
ing woman. l received a most cordial
welcome from her, and l assure you
that neither during nor after the din
ner was there even the shadow of an
incident of any kind"
IAN error on the part of our Amer
lean confreresY suggested the reporter
of the Matin.
The grand duke rectifed the express
sion ut once. mo, no; not an error.
Fancy-pure fancy. They are eXtraor-
binary, the American journalists. l did
not receive them. All right! Next
morning l read in some journal an ex-
traordinary and side splitting inter
view.
"Then | decided to accord a short
interview to them, and in an endless
series of columns l was represented as
making long speeches and indulging in
remarks which greatly astonished me-"
His imperial highness continued:
"Ah, American journalists are not cas-
fly embarrassed. They know how to
write a story 1t is very simple. Wheth-
er you see them or not, whether you
speak to them or not, journalists affirm
in their papers that they met YOU
that they questioned you and that
naturally you have made most sensa-
tional declarations to them. They sell
many copies of their papers, and ev-
erybody is content"
"You take the affair gayly," observed
the reporter.
"Why, if had tried to rectify things,
all my aids-de-camp would not have
sufficed for the task. Look at this!'
The grand duke held out an illustrat
ed paper, in which he was represented
with crown on his head drinking
champagne out of little boot.
That's how it was. A number of
journals declared that in Chicago
only drank champagne out of the shoes
of soubrettes. 1t is funny. is it not? !
do not get annoyed about it, since that
amuses them.
but now that l am in France, where
the press is serious, l take the oppor-
tunity of declaring that all that the
American papers said about me is pure
invention, a fake of the most extraor-
binary kind"
The grand duke was silent an in
slant and then he resumed: Il have
not the same opinion in regard to the
American people The progress they
make is terrifying. 1t is all activity.
fever of work and uninterrupted pro
duction. There are no useless people
over there. Everybody works. every
body is occupied. millionaires and sons