The sun., 1903-08-16
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West Z3m Street.
NEWS OF R. CROKER, FARMER
HE'S 4 REFORMED CHARACTER
DELIGHTING IN AGRICULTURE.
Brought a Little Butter and a Few Eggs
and chickens Down 10 Abe Hummel on
the 81. Paul and Told what He Hasn't
Done About the Mayoralty-Abe Tells 1t

Abe II. Hummel, who has been having
time abroad, got back last night in the
American liner St Paul with big, jolly
and good-looking company OF player
folk. Mr. Hummel reeled off a column or
so of his impressions of life, art, the drama
and literature in Europe. Then he told
these things about the Hon. Richard Croker:
"Mr Croker came down to London to give
me good-by Just before left the town for
the ST. Paul He brought me two pounds
of butter. four dozen eggs and twelve
chickens, which we ate on the ship He
delights in farming He told me that he
was out Of politics for good. He has burned
his poIitic bridges behind him, and be-
lieve We will never hear of him in the
political arena again, He told me emphati-
cally that he had no candidate for Mayor
Of New York, and had never suggested
any one for the Democratic nomination.
"To-dny Mr.. Croker leaves England 10
attend the fair in Dublin, as the guest of
distinguished Irishman, He will spend
the rest of the summer in Ireland
Mr. Croker's man OF affairs, Usher. is
sick and Mr.. Croker has been personally
experimenting the work on his place at
Vantage, He told me that neither the
pursuit Of politics, nor pleasure could
tempt him to leave his country life. His
beard and hair have become very white,
but he looks almost hoyish in the face and
steps with the suppleness Of a Young man.
He has erected stables ON a new piece Of
land he has acquired al Vantage, and is
going in for breeding draught horses
He has the finest stallion in England. The
profits from horse breeding, he said. event
uallv would he enormous.
Mr. Hunmel remarked that Yankee
couldn't yet homesick i'll any Of The capitals
of Europe. as everything including rag
time music and vandevilln-is American
there. The word abroad was synonymous
with Success
He was chairman Of the Thursday night
concert and was ably assisted by fourteen
fair young women of the Three Little
Maids" company and several actresses Of
the "Everyman" company. The Three
Little Maids" chorus girls induleed in a
footrace, twice around the promenade deck,
for purse of s25 Marie West won
II was neck and neck between Miss West
and Miss May Gordon. Some envious
chorus girl, Miss Gordon thinks, tripped
her and she fell so hard that she tainted
For consolation Mr.. Hummel gave her the
privilege Of buying, at his expense, every
thing she wanted in the barber shop to keep
as souvenirs. The other girls did likewise.
and all the barber had left when the ship
docked were few razor strops and razors
The "Evcryman company. which is
in charge of Cecil A Collins, will open
on Aug 81 in San Francisco, where Ben
Greet. its manager, is waiting for il Mr.
Collins SAYS that another company will
be sent over from England in September
Tho company now here will open in New
York aft or several months in the West.
The three Little Maids will open at
Days in September. There are forty
girls in the chorus and those on the ST
Paul make up the first contingent from
England
Other passengers by the ST Paul were:
Mrs < rhealham-T Thompson. the enter
taiucr William Winter Jefferson and Frank
Jefferson sons Of Joseph Jefferson Christie
Macdonald. the actress. wlf" Of william VIM
ter Jefferson Wilton Hcrot, Mrs MOllie A.
Sgoone,T Of tn" Sr22onGSr Stock 6Come..nX. and
STANCE. plnywright Augustus Phillips, Mrs
Spooner's leading man. Capt J. f, Barr.
Billy $. clifford ! Myron Leavitt, A, r. Patton
and j, " SCatrrgo0d.