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New-York tribune., 1906-05-06
oohn Burroughs Relates His Impressions and Ex-
Periences in Yellowstone Park Side Liahts
the Nations Head

heroine went down the middle with the man that
shot Sandy Magee.' 4.
We spent two weeks IN the park. and had fair
weather, bright. crisp days. and clear, freezing
nights. The first week we occupied three camps
that had been prepared or partly prepared, for US
In the northeast corner Of the park, in the region
drained by the Gardiner River, where there was
but little snow. and which we reached on horse
back.
'The second week we visited the geyser region
which lies a thousand feet or more higher and
where the was still I'VE or six feet deep
This part Of the Journey was made in big sleghs
each drawn by two spans OF horses
'On the horseback excursion, which involved
only about fifty miles OF riding. we had a mule
pack train. and Sibley tents and stoves with quite
a retinue OF camp laborers, a lieutenant and an
orderly or two and a guide. Billy Hofer.
THE President had stated his wish to go alone
into the wilderness Major Pitcher very naturally
did not quite like the idea, and wished TO send
orderly with him
NO. said the President. Put me up a luncheon.
and let me go alone. I will surely come back
"And back he surely came. It was about
O'Clock when he came briskly down the path from
the east to the camp. Il came out that he had
tramped about eighteen miles through a very rough
country. The day before he and the major had
treeless hillside. and his purpose to find those
elk, and creep up them. and eat his luncheon
under their very noses. And this he did, spending
an hour within fifty yards Of them. He
came back looking fresh as when he started
New-York tribune., 1906-05-06
HOUR OF TRIUMPH.

Much however, remained to be done. There were
some changes and unavoidable delays. Not until
the other day, eighteen months after the some
thing began TO be builded, did Asens Monster
Sightseeing Automobile" ramp at the approach to
the Williamsburg Bridge. There, in twinkling, 1t
was surrounded by a wild mob Of East Sders anx-
ious to tour the gilded darkness OF Fifth avenue
For this Asens purpose, and here lay his
genius still more than In producing a homemade
car. He would turn the tables on the Summers
exhibit Fifth stare at the sarers, show the
Other Half how the First Quarter live. make the
Waldorf-Astoria familiar and remove the St. Regis
from the realm Of yellow legend. The uptown
slghtseers thrilled at Chinatown and the Eldridge
street police station. paying 81 apiece. He would
charge 25 cents and move his customers with views
Of the Maison de Rockefeller, the church where
sa9s567.Os2 has been transferred TO foreign dukes
at the marriage altar. the safe deposit vaults
where S119.62S.57s IN family jewels and silver
reposes the crested carriages with sk-calved foot
men, the clubs where elegance sits in the window
eating terrapin soup and smoking monogramed
cigarettes.
It would be a sociological study OF conditions
among the upper ten. first hand view Of the
pleasures. pains. diseases and divorces OF the
wealthy class. Such investigation could not but
arouse sympathy for the overfed. a desire TO i'm
prove the state Of the overworked cotllon leaders
and might result in the founding Of Settlement
houses In AIiuonaires' Row.
These were Asens deep thoughts but. like other
modest geniuses, he did not proclaim them from
the housetops. Clad in a short coat. leather cap
and big leather gloves this philosopher stood in the
swrling mob in front Of the ticket of1ce-barber
shop az No lT Delaney street, and invited people
10 get aboard the sightseers' car as If It was
mere pleasure trip. He spoke witticisms that were
doubtless parallels.
'AI aboard for Central Park! We VIII see all
the animals. One pretty girl carry free. A few
more seats left. Each seat holds four fat and one
thin person Babies don't cost anything. 1t is an
hour ard a half ride. Twenty-Five cents. All
aboard"
There was scarcely need of exhortation. A beard
ed German. three pale garment cutters delicates-
sen man and his wife. grandmother with a wig
and a Turkey shawl five young men with tall
collars and finger rings, a brunette matron with
gold earrings. three gigEIinE. eomely maldens IN
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Aaron Asen IS building q something" said one
4l1dish neghbor to another. confdentially
On that smart. quiet fellow with the little black
nlstache who keeps bicycle store in Broome
sueetE What kind Of something is he building?"
He VIII not tell He works II secretly at
hight. saving and pounding"
How big is it. and what Is the shape? We
might tell from that"
Already it fills the stable behind his shop, ana
keeps growing. The shape IS long and square,
Maybe he IS one OF those who believe in
ond food He IS making ark"
Yes, maybe 30. But the Talmud says the ark
must 800 cubits long 50 cubits wide built Of
gopher wood, pitched inside and outside with pitch
ARron's something is too small-it wouldn't hold
hale the animals-and he uses oak and iron and
paint"
Wen. Il IS wcrth watching You let me know
what you find out and win go to the shop some
tine 70 rent G 80 cents an hour bicycle for a quar-
ter OF an hour, so I ask him questions"
'Res. it ls not right that such things should be
made secretly II it Is q public benefit, We ought
% Be informed
Aaron saId nothing. but kept at work on his
steel and wood mystery in the stable. He rented
ana repaired bicycles before, did versatile Jobs
Of tinsmithing and mendlng sewing machines. but
he had faraway look IN his clever black eyes.
H1s heart vas IN the mysterious building. While
he worked az Il only one thing besides a cash
customer could drag him aWay-the ehug-chug OF
passing automobile Then he would run 20 his
window or even outside the shop and follow the
car with eager eyes Il iE was q sightseers' auto
touring the East Side on a Summing trip he
watched with double attention He looked at the
Eaaohlnesy thoughtfully ana locked at the proud
Passengers with In expression that seemed 20 say:
@Abs5 Ts IS g1ssr turn 70 stare Walt Not yet
Sstssme fimel"
And he went back 60 the mystery work with new
nneEEH
Months passed The upper part OF the ark was
rnishs6 between winter ana summer, when the
nsghbors discovered the advent OF truck springs.
Springs meant wheels. Wheels for an ark! Great
Noah!
After al. why not wheels, so the ark could slide
down AFarat when the nood subsided?
Aaron. who comes from Russia, which Is. IN its
way. as wise a place Missouri, let the people
tek and began 10 negotiate for electric battery
@oout this time he engaged the services OF Henry
sehik. young widely experienced as a rural
AalesHlan Of medicated soap. automobile ma
Nllnist and chauffeur. To him conhding his
.ssiefy and showing his work. 6elnik fell on
N1tons neck and cried:
4ou are q genius, Mr. Asen! without plans.
@--Aoat technical knowledge. 10 have built 3 two
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SHOOK HANDS WITH ALL.

When we reached Medera, where the train
scheduled to stop hour, It was nearly dark. but
the whole town and country round had turned out
to welcome their old townsman. After much hand
shaking, the committee conducted down 20
little hall, where the President stood a low
platform, and made short address to the stand
ing crowd that filed the place Then some fash
light pictures were taken by the local photog-
rapher, after which the President stepped down.
and while the people fled past him. shook hands
with every man. woman and child Of them, calling
many of them by name and greeting them all most
cordially. I recall grizzled old frontiersman
whose hand he grasped. calling him by name and
saying: How well I remember youl You once
mended my gunock for me-put a new ham
rner.' Yes said the delighted old fellow; Tn the
man, Mr.. President He was among his ola neigh
bors once more. and the pleasure Of the meeting
was very obvious both sides heard one Of the
women tell him they going to have q dance
presently, and ask him IL he would not stay and
open it, The President laughingly excused him
self. and said his train had 20 leave on schedule
time. and his time was nearly up. thought Of
the incident in his Ranch Life, in which he says
he once opened a cowboy ball with the wife Of a
Minnesota who had recently shot a bullying
Scotchman who danced opposite. He says the
scene reminded him Of the ball where Bret Harte's
New-York tribune., 1906-05-06
WOULDN'T DIsApPoINT CHILDREN.


The time Of the passing OF the Presidential
train seemed well known. even on the Dakota
pTair1es- At point remember little brown
schOolhOuse stood not far on and near the track
me schoolHa' am. with her flock drawn up In line.
we were at luncheon. but the President caught a
glimpse ahead through the window. and quickly
LOOK IN the situation. with napkin in hand he
roshed out on the platform and waved to them
1hose children he said. he came back, wanted
20 see the President of the United States, and
could not disappoint them They may never have
another chance What a deep impression such
tnlnss make when we youngI
AT some point in the Dal1otas we picked up the
former foreman OF his ranch. and another cowboy
friend OF the old days. and they rode with the
PRESIDENT in his private for several hours. He
was as happy with them a schoolboy ever was
IN meeting old chums. He beamed with delight
an over The life which those men represented.
ana of which he had himself formed a part,
meant so much to him: It had entered into the
very marrow OF his being. and could sea N. ,o,,
OF II all shining in his face as he sat ana lived
parts OK IL over again with those men that dav
ne Ounoieu with laughter continually The mon
pnOush1' seemed a little embarrassed by his
open cordlality and good-feIowship. He
hnaseK evidently wanted to forget the present ana
70 live only In the memory OF those wonderful
ranch oays-that Free hardy, adventurous life
upon the plains 70 all came back to him with a
rush when he found himself alone with these
heroes OF the rope and the stirrup How much
quicker his memory, than theirs! He was con-
stantly recalling 60 their minds incidents which
they had forgotten and the names OF horses and
dogs which had escaped them His subsequent
life, instead OF making dim the memory Of his
ranch days, seemed 70 have made it more vivid by
contrast
When they had gone said to him. think
your affection for those men very beautiful
How could I help itT he said.
Still. few in your station could or would
go back and renew such friendships'
g Then pity them.' he replied.
He said afterward that his ranch life had been
the making Of him. Il had built him up and hard
ened him physically, and It had opened his eyes
TO the wealth Of manly character among the plains
and cattlemen.
Had he not gone West he said he never would
have raised the Rough Riders Regiment; and had
he not raised that regiment and gone to the Cuban
War, he would not have been made Governor OF
New York; ana had not this happened. the politi-
clans would not unwittingly have made his rise 70
the Presidency so inevitable. There is doubt,
think that he would have got there some day:
but without the chain Of events above outlined, his
rise could not have been 80 rapid
New-York tribune., 1906-05-06
IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.
Features Which Help to Determine
ITS Solution.

The three great features OF the problem OF imrnI-
grafton selection. distribution ana industrial
assimilation. or. IN other words. who and what
our Immigrants are. where they are eolnR ana
what they intend 70 DO after they gee there. ana
whsther they viii readily conform 70 our social
and industrial life and become Amaricanized,
says the Massachusetts, Labor Bulletin for Janu-
arg. II existing laws and regulations are enforced
it would seem that our immigrants must be physi-
cany ablebodied. have some money IN hand. be
fairly educated. have definite location IN visw
have friends or relatives. q rule. 20 welcome
them ana generally occupation upon which 70
depend for a livelihood for themselves for their
families.
The report suggests that the most important
practical feature Is that OF distribution II the
United States were a great employer OF labor and
each State or Territory were engaged IN q great
single industry the question OF distribution would
be an easy one. for the immigrants would 50 20
that locality where their services were required
As it is now the personal preferences OF the immi
grants and not the country's Industrial needs are
complied with. II AL the immigrants wish to re-
main IN the city OF New-York there is no way
% force them 20 go where their services would Be
more IN demand. Yet Il certain lines Of Industry
IN city OF State over-suDDHed with workers
it Is injustice % those who are there. as well
as Co the newcomers. thus further to overstOck
the labor market. When goods are plenty prices
fall. unless maintained BY mOnopolies or Oombl-
nationsS so. also. when the supply O. workers +
IN excess Of the demand wages are reduced unless
maintained By labor combinations.
In Massachusetts, the number OF foreign born
inhabitants IN 1915 about $4,000 an increase OF
2OOs per cent over 1884 against q native born ropu-
lation Of 3.Os5.OOO being a gain OF 201S per cent
It VII be seon. therefore that IN ten years there
has been practically no change IN the ratio Of
native to foreign born persons IN Massachusetts,
More than one-half Of the religious profession are
OF foreign birth or descent within one generation
One-third Of the artists and musicians and a
quarter Of those engaged IN medicine education and
science. Nearly fOur-hfths OF the domestic SER
wants are OF foreign birth descent, and nearly
One-half OF the mercantile classes. In one branch
Woollen goods the percentage rises 20 s2.S0 while
cotton goods Is a close second with OLEa In the
professions the smallest proportion OF persons Of
foreign birth and descent within one federation -
in the laWs the figures being ISL
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cious vehicle. They made invfdious remarks which
proved their jealousy.
The educative effect OF polite environment was
shown in the Of the girl in the lavender gown
She began to sniff. and finally remarked:
Dear me- I'd enjoy myself II the gasolene didn't
smell so rank. This machine is Just fun OF It."
But this is an electric car"
"Oh. is It? don't care. There must be sasolsne
IN the joints
The denizens OF the Waldorf could be seen dis
tinctly through the restaurant windows eating
lobster rareblts: the location OF the Palm Garden
and the Louis something suite could not b. missed
Sherrys was noted as the resort where life insur-
ance companies gave violet balls. and Delmonico's
as the place where Charley Murphy learned eti-
quette Aaron Asen invited all the tourists 20 step
into Delmonicos and have luncheon: this was In
cIuded in the price Of the trip. The momentary
delight OF the passengers faded into resentment as
they realized that It was passover and nothing
eatable except matzos. Aaron grinned.
ST. PatricFs Cathedral was identified as Grace
Church. and ST. Thomas's stated 20 be the
place where Anna Gould and other hard working
young girls got married TO titled Foreigners who
robbed them Of their savings. It was q regular
business OF these sharks to deceive girls They
promised that title would only cost so much. but
It cost twice much L was like buying fish n
Hester street
New-York tribune., 1906-05-06
A WoMAN's CLUB.

Il want to see the Divorce Club We read about"
said a garment cutter. "a clubhouse. have they
not?'
"Schandlich. schandlich.'' murmuTed the grand
mother in wig and shawl ''0Fust De poor vimens
be glubbed togeddeFT''
The mems belong too. I guess. Dare pretty
happy and soon dey all marry fresh again." said
the dellcatessen man
The 81. Regis Hotel was pointed out the place
where a bed for one night costs more than @ does
on the Bowery for one year. where the guests
have altered hot air pumped into their system
winter ana summer. where champagne runs from
the faucets. and detectives have 70 examine OUT
going baggage for solid gold soup plates FOr g.co
a week poor man might sleep IN the attic and eat
in the servants hall.
broWnstone front. identified IS John D. Roeke-
feuer's house. criticised as not big enough but
some one said the oil had other houses and
was chased about often BY process servers from
one to the other that he didn't have time to think
about the size OF a house.
Poor feller. dot Rockefeller" said the decates-
en- mans wife And he such gOOt family man.
keeping all his OIL dividends In the samly. w a
aey ehassn hinge
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FOUND STRANGE BIRD.

THE next morning we set out Sor our second
camp, ten or dozen miles away and In reaching Il
passed over much OF the ground the President had
traversed the day before. AS we came to wild,
rocky place above deep chasm Of the river, with
few scattered pine trees. the President said Tt
was right here that heard that strange bird sing
We paused moment And there II is now he ex-
claimed
Sure enough. there was the solitaire singing
from the top OF a small cedar-a bright. animated,
eloquent song, but without the richness and magic
OF the song Of the tropical species. We hitched
our horses, and followed the bird up 1t few from
tree to tree. The President eager TO see
and hear 1t as was It seemed very shy. and We
caught only gliInpses Of It.
Across the canyon, in front Of our camp, upon
a grassy plateau, which was faced by a wall OF
trap rock, apparently thirty forty feet high. a
band OF mountain sheep soon attracted our atten-
tion. They were within long rifle range. but were
not at all disturbed by presence. nor had they
been disturbed by the road builders. who. under
Captain Chittenden. were constructing a govern
New-York tribune., 1906-05-06
WORLD OF EXPERIENCE.

While IN camp we always had 81. IRE at night
N the open near the tents and around this We
sst upon logs or camp stools and listened 20 the
SFesioenrs talk. What stream OF Il Ia uoured
10rtn! and what varied and psctur-suue stream
sneCuote hlstorys scenca politics. adventure liter
eture bits Of hts experience as ranchnnarl hunter
1.oush Rider legislator, Civil Service Comuais-
sioneF, Police Commissioner Governor President
tne trankest confessions the mos. telling ericlsns
hsppy characterizatOns OF prominent political lead
ers' or foreign rulers. members of his own Cab
inet always surprising by his candor, astonishing
Dy MS memory and divertns BY his humor. HIS
reading has been very Wide and he has that rare
type OF memory which retains details as we'll "a
mass ana generaities. One night soretbfnr
started him on on ancient history ana one vvo,,I1
have thought he was just fresh from his COLLEGE
course in history the dates and names ana events
came go readily. Another time he discussed neIa
ontolOgy and rapidly gave the outlines OF the sci
ence and the main facts as IL he had been readIn~
up on the subject that very day. He sees 4btnTz
as wholes. and hence the relation OF the parts
comes easy % him.
ION another occasion we asked the President II
he was ever molested by any OF the had nan, or
the frontier with whom he had often come n con-
tact. Only once he said. The cogbovs haH al
ways treated him with the utmost courtesy bo4b
On the roundup and IN camp; and the few real
eesperadoes have seen also perfectly polite
once only was he maliciously shot at and then not
BY cowboy nor a bona fde bad man. but bv a
Droad-hatted rufilan Of q cheap and commOnplacs
type He had been compelled to uass the night
at little frontier hotel. where the barroom occl-
pied the whole lower floor. and was IN CONSEQUENCE
the only place where the guests OF ths hotsl
whether drunk or sober. could sit. AS he entered
the room, he saw that every man there was beins
terroTized by half-Grunksn rIF-an who stood Al
the middle OF the foor with a revolver IN each
hand compelling different ones 20 treat
went and sat down behind th. stove sals
the President. as far from him ss I could get;
and hoped TO escape his notice. The fact that
wore glasses, together with my evident desire 70
avoid fight, apparently gave him the impression
that could be imposed upon with inpunity He
very soon approached me. hourishing his two
guns and ordered me 20 treat. made no rsply
for some moments. when the fellow became 50
threatening that saw something had 20 be done.
The crowd. mostly sheeDherders and small grang-
ers. sat or stood back against the wall afraid 70
move. was unarmed, and thought rapidly. Say
ing. well, II must. must.' got up as If 20
walk around him 20 the bar, then. as got opposite
him wheeled and fetched him az heavy blow
the chin point as could strike. He went down
like steer before the axe. firing both guns into
the ceiling he went. I jumped On him, and,
with my knees on his chest. disarmed him In a
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This IS where the old swells used TO live said
a volunteer megaphone man. THAT house on the
corner -
If dey are broke now vat Is the use Of talking
about dem?" asked passenger. elf US some live
ones"
well. there is the Players Club. where the great
actors 60"
Il don't beliefs IT," said the delicatessen man.
"Kalich und, Jacob Adler go to de Atlantic Garten.
aind t?'
The tourists became somewhat more respectful
the swung past the Flatiron Building and
entered Fifth avenue. Knowing that the land was
worth thousands OF dollars square foot they ex-
amned it carefully to il It was different from
any other land Specifically It looked to be the
same
My, myl wonder why it is so more suspensive
than Essex street?' said passenger
'Oh, look at them lovely hat storesl' gurgled the
young person in the pink frock They must be
the real thing from Paris. I'd like to be model in
a store and try them hats. My sister she pulls
IN millinery customers Division street, and
saw
New-York tribune., 1906-05-06
TIE LONELY GREAT.

What a business for a 20 I've alone IN q
house like that" said bearded tourist so lone
some must he get NIT association OF marble
statues Maybe sometimes he ehius with his neigh
Dor over de dumb waiter
IT feel a sadness for de widow" said the deli
catessen mans wife "Her man vos hardly cola b.
fore she married nice looking young boy. and he
goes and hooks the bed sheets NIT lace amt itf'
Il sympathizs for the dead man who AEsd every
thing good for al his wives when he - alive. ana
then when he Is dead one OF them takes an advan-
tage' declared q garment cutter
The young tourists IN blue. pink ana lavender
were more occupied IN admiring the caFFiagss ana
costumes "a the park drives. When the ear cir
cled back from the Mall they protested indirnanty
desiring 70 sss the animals and further sights.
Tho trip down Broadway did not arouse many
emotions for several tourists had visited the the
atres before on billboard tickets or otherwise
anyway. what actOrs Oe the Rialto cuuuarod
with Jacob Adler. OFlenor and NasImoRF ne
scenery might b better ana the froa cigarettes IN
ths smoking room attractive. but IN purs octiur
tho East Side ehausged comparison As for con-
mon amussments. the Rialto vaudeville ana oornio
opera paled before amateur night a. the Inndon
Theatre. on the BOWery.
Aaron Asen. steering By inarrant instinct
honked and changed his way back 20 Islonser
street where crowd of i've hundred eaCisr rei1-H-
boF8 shouted and huTrohed They asked the tour
lists 20 relate all the details OF their Marve, o,-
10 danger. bought tickets for the next trin TEs
Mayor o. PoveFty Hollow, Tony the Barber anl
Professor Mondelsohu, the corn doctor 1s4 fra a.
s4ss.s--Sl tat hailed AaEgl Ase1 Is GTsss LA,
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ton electric motor cart can see how you have
wrestled with the problems and done everything
original You couldn't buy a car like this for less
than Sc 600. and you say it has cost only $1,000 1t
Is wonderful
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ana at night, sitting before the big camp fre re-
Aaeeo his adventure. and talked with his usual
emphasis and cOpiousness Of many things He told
me OF the birds he had or heard; among them
he had heard one that was new 70 him. From
his description told him thought It was Town
sends solitaire. q bird much wanted 70 see and
hear. sssi heard the West india solitaire-One
OF the mot impressive sOngsters ever heard-and
l wished 20 compare our Western form with Il