The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-14
TALES OF A CONGRESS IN SPAIN
AMERICAN DELEGATES HOME
WITH EXPERIENCES TO TELL.
Royal Party wouldn't Notice the Cubans
At an International Medicah Gather
ins--Queen wanted To Know II America
Is Jarge-No CAN for our directing.

Nine OF the fourscore delegates OF the
| United States to the fourteenth Inter
national Medical Congress landed yester-
day from the North German Lloyd steam
: ship Princess Irene. The congress war
held at Madrid, and the party had inter
! esting stories to tell about a seeming slight
put upon the American delegates and an un-
, mistakable slight upon the Cubans during
It's session.
The congress was attended by $500 dele
gates from all over the world. The meet
ing place was the many galleried National
Library. Each section Of the congress had
a gallery to itself, and when any delegate
didn't like the paper delivered in his Sec
ton, or didn't understand the language in
which II was read. he wandered of and
looked at the fine old paintings and books
until something more interesting came up.
On April % there was public reception
and formal opening of the congress at the
Opera House. Tho King and the Queen
Dowager were present. and Dr. CAIRO OF
Madrid, the secretary of the congress.
presided. On the stage committees from
the delegations Of the various countries
were seated. Each committee had pre-
pared a polite little speech expressing
pleasure at their presence and Secretary
Cairo was supposed to call on repre-
sentative Of each in turn to come to the
front Of the stage and deliver it. He called
on every one except the Americans.
DR.. CAIRO never explained to the AInel1-
can delegates exactly why he left them out.
A rumor passed around that 1t was their
own fault for not having notified him OF
their presence. Members of the party
however. say that this notice was given.
Qlnrihp n
inevitable to an opening day. Some of
them were angry, but none Of them so
much SO as not to attend on the succeeding
days.
the second day. Each delegation had
its separate room. The Americans were
drawn up in one hung with two immense
portraits of Ferdinand and Isabella and
with ancient tapestries. When the royal
party, consisting Of the King. the Queen
came in. the first expressed mild interest
in where the United States delegates came
from. Then the Queen Dowager wanted
to know whether America was large
the direction Of the Cuban room.
At this, however, they never stopped
at all, the women of the party holding their
hea ds particularly high as they pe ssed.
The Cubans were, nevertheless. invited
to the Queen lawn party given to the
This was held in the great public park.
Buen Retro. Excursions to the Escurial.
70 Toledo, and TO various hospitals took
up the rest of the afternoons On the
Sunday of their stay the delegat ties attended
a bull fight in which four animals were
killed. and tried to ina CINE what il was
that ma de the Spaniards throw their cigers.
flowers. and even hats, into the ring,
Az the banquet rendered by the president
Of the insa ne asylum of Madrid br 4. f.
Ma dona Id. Superintendent Of the Man
Ia ttan State Hospital En- St. was the guest
of honor. sitting at the right of President
joss Maria Esquerdo.
The object of the congress was to pro-
mote. cordial understandin between tho
physicians Of the world. The delegates
who returned yesterday were DR.. Ma cdon-
. Id, DR.. Nicholas Zenn of Chica go, and Drs
G. Y: j. Brown, q. W, Cohen. j. D. Griffith,
G. H. Hughes, Carl Portius. X. Harvey
Reed and Dunn of Wa shington. With
the exception of DR., Macdonold, they all
took the first trail, for, Washington to attend
tho American Academy of Medicines
convention.