The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-15

does, for he has many personal
friends, as we'll as thousands of ad-
mirers from a distance, in New York
In 1898, when he was here last
think, he was guest at a New Years
dinner given at one of the Chinese
restaurants in Mott street. Besides
Hope there were several persons of
prominence present, though the party
was not large among them being Paul
Leicester Ford, Julian Ralph and
Robert E. Peary, of Arctic fame.
OF these three, only Peary remains
alive. Speaking humanity Peary was
then much more likely to be taken
first than any one present, since he
was planning the trip toward the Pole,
which he has since made with a meas
ure of success.
Ralph, it will be remembered, went
to South Africa as war correspond
ent for one of the London journals and
there suffered hardships that undoubt-
edly led to the disease which killed
him.
Paul Leicester Fords death, tragic
and horrible beyond degree, and at the
hands of his brother, created an i'm
mense sensation some time last year,
and ended a literary career that was
about equally divided between per-
Torrance and promise.
Mr.. Hawkins likes New York, with
qualifications of course. being an Eng
lishman. OF it's transportation service
he has many things of a good natured-
ly sarcastic sort to say. One wet rainy
day, when an interviewer called to see
him, the English writer asked how one
could get about in New York in such
bad weather
Why" said the reporter, there are
the horse cars, the trolley cars. the
elevated roads and the
The caks?" Who, pray, can patron
ize them?"
''Millionaires," replied the reporter,
who knew how 1t was himself.
We'll, should think So" sighed the
Englishman with an air suggestive of
probable tilt with a cabman. He
couldn't be induced to relate the story
though.
Anthony Hopes dislike for the cleo
trio car of all grades is fully matched
by his aversion to skyscrapers.
When Hope was here five years ago
his chief mission was the gathering in
of American shekels by giving read
ings from his own works. He did fair
~ well with them. too, but his intake
was not SO large as Ian Maclaren's by
a good deal.
Maclaren CDR. Watson) got more out
of America in this way than any Brit
Usher since the days of Dickens. He
won a small fortune. Thackeray did
very well too, and DIR. A. Conan Doyle,
the creator of Sherlock Holmes, got
something, though not nearly as much
as he hoped for.
Possibly it was his comparative lack
of success that soured Doyle bit on
America; anyway, his temper was
rather bad a good part of the time he
was here. Once or twice it led him to
be positively rude, they say, to his
hosts.
Visiting foreigners Of distinction
generally are made much of in Amer
lea. DIR. Lorenz. the Viennese doctor,
who practiced bloodless surgery on the
children of rich and poor alike. evil
IDENTIFY had the time of his life" in
America
He has long been known as a good
surgeon at home. but he never knew
himself how truly great he was till
he stepped on these shores. Neither
did his countrymen.
In England. whittier DIR. Lorenz went
after leaving the states. ne was re-
ceiyed in 8 friendly manner. but with
not nearly so much effusiveness. 1t is
possible that there was something OF
sslf-sssking on the part OF certain
Americans In the way he was doomed
here. IL did no harm, though. unless
20 DIT. Lorenz himself. That seems
hardly nh~As. for sooording 10 al sG-