The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
SIR THOMAS Upton CHATS
ABOUT MANY THINGS BESIDES
CUPS AND YACHTS.
lambs Here and In Ireland; Also o Police
man w Onders He Finds In America
GOdchIld. Cedric Upton Cooper.
Recalls HIS First Coming TO America.

man-WO nders He Finds In America
His GOdchIId. Cedric Upton Cooper.
Recalls Ills First Coming TO America.
The actual appearance of Sir Thomas
Linton is certain to surprise those who
have formed an idea OF him from snap
shots exhibiting him as a yachtsman. As
he comes from the inner room Of the suite
st the Waldorf Astoria which is reserved
for him from year to year he has less the
look " a sailor than OF a successful inancier
who spends his leisure hours wisely and
well. which is evidenced in his ruddy COM
ulexion, keen glance and springy step.
His .limness rather detracts from his
height at first view. Then he has a student
stoop. When he s~traightens up you sec
that he might easily touch the six feet one
or two mark on a measuring machine.
The interview goes on subject TO inter
%rlptions. There is a gentleman whom Sir
Thomas introduces as owning railroads to
burn and who tramps up and down impa-
,ientlv while he waits to take the y8chtsman
10 dinner. while Sir Thomas himself, blandly
o~nliyIols OF anything so material az food,
talks with ease and hueucy abont every
thing and nothing with a charming sug-
Ees, ion Of brogue.
Then there is a Colonel who sits in the
shadow of a far corner. Whenever the
Interviewed loses himself in a maze of
glperlatives anent the greatness Of things
American the Colonel allows a subtle smile
70 steal over his face, which he brushes
swav quickly, but which persistently re-
turns AZ the next need OF praise. Just what
that smile meant the interviewer did not
have time to discover.
There is a secretary, too, who sits at a
desk with a notebook in his hand and when
ever Sir Thomas tells OF SOM pressing
engagement that he expects TO keep on a
certain date hlandly oorrects him and states
politely but firmly that both engagement
and date are wrong.
Occasionally a valet with bushy hair
breaks into the circle and volubly protests
that the article Sir Thomas said was in a
certain place isn't there at all and then
breaks out again.
Sir Thomas begins with his latest and
most important engagement.
Half past 5 when ! made port this morn
ing, he remarks with a smile that is pleas
antly reminiscent, Il was entertained at a
gambol by the Lambs. They say they
have them every once in a while. / don't
see how they stand it.
i met there a lot OF the brightest men l
have ever seen gathered under one roof.
] believe there was a roof, at least l now
we started with one
There was a sketch written by one of
them-mighty good. as ! remember through
the haze-and il was acted by artists of the
thousand dollar a night variety with as
much spirit as il they were playing to a
packed theatre with a personally hired at
tache TO keep an eye on the box Office. The
banquet was given in my honor and, yes,
] made a little speech.
Il told them that it was not the first time
] had beer in the company of Lambs, al
though the last time l did not escape quite
70 easily.
Il was in a motor car and was running
the machine myself and had with me a dear
lid Irish gentleman who had never been in
one before. We were going at a pretty
good clip and in comparison with us you are
in the rudiments Of clipping along. speak
on good authority, for l spend some Of my
spare time in paying fines and making eX-
plantations before local justices.
AS I was saying, it was getting dark
and all OF a sudden some lambs and their