The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-22
AMERICAN TOURISTS
EXPERIENCES ABROAD
All Kinds Of Queer Things Hap.
pen Those Doing the
Continent.
From TIE Paris Edition of the New York
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From TIE Paris Edition OF the New York
Herald.
How cat language is unalterably con-
fused with his first impression of
France is a story told by one of a trio
of farwestern Americans who have az
rived at the Hotel du Louvre after do
ing Europe for the first time.
The party is composed OF Mr.. w.
Viri;es, q lumberman from Tacoma, and
Mi. L. L. Coovert. Il Portland. Ore,
attorney, and his wife, who has been
studying operate singing In Dresden.
II didn't know we had crossed the
Ge,man-French frontier" said Mr.. Coo
vert to Il Herald correspondent. II was
asleep on a seat and a French lady
With a cat in a basket got aboard and
went asleep alongside. Suddenly the
cat started to cry, and waking up L
discovered that l was leaning too close
to the lady probably MASKING the caD.
and as she awoke, too, she pulled u
her ticket, waving ii in my face. AS
! couldn't talk French, / told her in
English l didn't want her ticket, but
to give it to the conductor. When some
body aalne to explain discovered the
trouble TO be that ] was taking up too
much of the seat. Things like hat
don't happen ut home
MIR. Virges, the lumbernan, had an
! even more curious experience at AiX-la-
Chapelle.
Il thought | saw a friend of mine,
although / see now he did look too
much like Bismarck said Mr.. Virges.
Il introduced myself INC found he was
Mr.. Charles Johnson of Berlin and Gin
cinnati and former consul at Hamburg.
He talked so pleasantly that L forgot
my luggage and got on the train for
Paris, leaving my trunk in the station.
After telegraphing and explaining, how
ever, have got 1t at last
Mr.. johnson Joined the party and also
is now at the Hotel du Louvre.
AT Mayence Mr.. Virges says he
worked a unique scheme to see the
kaiser during the maneuvers.
someone told me it would be almost
impossible to get close enough to see
him." said Mr.. Nirges. But I went to
the authorities and told them l was a
Journalist from some Pacific coast
newspaper. and after ] had secured all
the necessary papers l went to the
maneuvers in an automobile, pulled out
saiuted. l took with me to a hotel after
wards two Philadelphinns, and we
dined overlooking the boulevard where
the kaiser was to pass. Almost imme-
diately he appeared. and when the two
looked up and saluted."
Mr.. and Mrs. Coovert nearly got
locked up in the opera here.
Mrs. Coovert, whom / came over to
bring home from her studies in ORES
den. wanted 10 see The Valkyries,'
said Mr.. Covert. II expected to see a
big ballet. but instead two or three per.
SONS came out and sang until one died
The curious thing was that when we
left our hats coming in neither Of vi
took n notice where. When we came
out we could not FIND the same cloak.
room and neither of us could speak one
word of French. We presented the
ticket at four different places and
was getting mad. After everybod,
else had gone out one Of the attendant,
taking my wife by the arm showed
us The place. They were Just slammins
the doors when we started out of tn.
building.
After these experiences l am strong
ly in favor of a universal language ant
that ought to be the American Ian
guage."