The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-05
Che aairita Daily eagles Thursday E1orse Bay 5, 1904

| try and Paris as the one feature of her
personality She will talk with one and
will meet person half way. There is
nothing about Miss Whitney that is toe
| high in rank for the common people to
know. She does not know classes when
it comes TO people. No true American
does And this one characteristic has
gained for her the deserved praise OF
thousands of friends.
Not long ago Miss Whitney attended a
dinner at which several barons and other
titled persons were in attendance. She
was the only American present and of
course the party looked upon her with no
little curiosity and interest. After being
seated at the table baron began TO
boast boast OF the bioated manhood of
France and in his remarks he said that
there were no gentlemen in America.
What do you mean?' asked Miss Whit
ney, quick as a fash
Il mean answered the baron. that
America is too common to possess gentle
men, And he did rot stop at this but
continued to degrade America and her
people here. He also said that the women
here We're not equal to the French and
English Miss Whitney being of a SEN
sitive nature and having within her breast
that fire of loyalty. affection and patriot
ism that goes TO make up an American
al once proceeded TO tell the baron ex-
actly her thoughts. She told him that
America had nothing else but gentlemen.
Il told him. said Miss Whitney with
sparkle of determination in her eyes.
that Americans did not need titles 10
make men and women out of them. And
l gave him to understand that he was
not a gentleman even though he was a
titled baron
Miss Whitney tells this with satisfac-
ton to herself, as if she were truly proud
that she had taken some of the boosted
starch out of the baron.
While Miss Whitney likes this country
she says here is 10 placer 10 live like
Paris There it is perfectly quiet and it
is an altogether different kind of atmos-
phere. AS she says it is like being in an
other world There the streets are wide
and the buildings low. In this country
everything is hustle and hustle and in
Paris ii is still and little or no rushing
is ever done about any of the business
houses. People are hardly ever seen in
the resident portion OF the city before
noon and then they go out riding and the
streets are verify lined with carriages
and automobiles. ce
One does not have TO be a Frenchman to
visit Paris or do business there according
to Miss Whitney. In every store there is
a placard tackled up letting the people
know that they speak English. 1t is this
same way. she SAYS in any foreign coun-
try. English is the ruling language of the
world.
Miss Whitney says that the French do
not understand how to pm out play.
They write good pieces bat when it comes
to placing them in life before the world
they fall down. Americans are far ahead
Of every other country in this respect.
In this country people are looking for
new and original. In France
and England the titled lords have to lis
ten tor out-of-date music, worn out dra-
mas. and to everything that has been
hashed and rehashed in this country for
watha' Under the Bamboo Tree" and /
other old songs which would not be al
owed in a backwoods entertainment in
his country are just now being sung in
all of the big play houses Of both London /
and Paris
In addition to making visit to her /
here Miss Whitney came to this /
for the purpose of securing some
hing original for one of the best theaters /