New-York tribune., 1907-07-23
TWAIN GLAD HE'S BACK.
40 PLACE LIKE HOME. "
Found Sense Of Humor in England,
also Sac Their Jokes.

-,,-,e5 with some Of the choicest laurels Great
,..ir could bestow on him, Mark Twain came
+-,a Yesterday on the Atlantic Transport liner
,r,,nerorBa. one Of the passengers, an American,
800 that lie heard the veteran humorist sigh
,,g something about there being no place like
ror,e and when young newspaper reporter fired
,ris AZ him in the form of question, Twains
te III I'D and soon was covered with smile char
actertstic Of the man.
.-ovrg man. you're right. Whether sighed or
didn't there's no place like a mans own home, un-
less IL be heaven
~T5saven," exclaimed bystander. You're sure
n not thinking OF departing this world Mr.. Twain -
Then when the humorist was about TO reply, an
orher reporter said: Not afraid Of death I hope
Twain smiled again. In fact, the humorlst did
nothing else but smile at the attempts to draw
on tie way over he formed a friendship with
rloro-rv. the nine-year-old daughter of Mrs. L. g.
Quick, Of Plainhed, n J., and found much pleas
IRE he said in telling her stories Of his young days
though he confessed he was bit unwilling 10 au-
nit TO Dorothy that he was nearing the se'e"'S
second milestone.
The humorist presided last Saturday at CON
board and edited some resolutions q t'
10 and signed by the passengers. in when Caf
Lsyland and Chief officer Woolcock were 80 80
Hlended for the admirable manner in wh-c't - nd
handled the vessel in the collision between - 1bjs
the French bark Sterling. on July ID Inc pN
70 the resolutions read in part: ,,,, o.
Steamer Minnetonka, at sea- Ju'S =,
This sixteth voyage westward Of the slea-P p
Min-etonka las been marked Dy - o. ,7ov- ~,
which Will never be forgotten .! U '-- NT,r5a,
board. During the morning watch o' - -,-1-,a
July -. the fog which had enVelOleu | s-,E5arI,-
= less a1l night became very dense Suaael-Ig'
without any warning note OF norm - 800
70 mass of canvas looned up on our star ooa'u
= 80 80 = [---S sUff1y toward US. II seemed
-,r,ossi+,Ia for moment or Two 10 ANolt ei.Hel
-1,tring down or being cut down D l-ie oa- - -
carried it. but instantaneously ai.sI1s 10 G .g
7 ~ - l,.-rs5r IayIand. who had been on the
hri5qa for nearly thiTty-siX holF5' anu ms C4IeA
officer Nj. Wooooch w .,,,.re 80 rs HTinDa
$50 1 5-9,rably that the bark losing only her
-3- - head sails, merely struck US a glanc-
i-g fIoV and dragged along our starboaro SIDE
t3-oI,t seriously wounding our ship
- -ee,,It Of the collision the Mtnnetonka's star
as q 10 was badly torn. and. besides numerous
5e1+s in her plates there was puncture well
above the waterl.ne. The humorist said he was
7ot in The least alarmed. though he did run Oh
~ saw rom The deck he said, that her bow
srrIt had been carried away, and she looked 10 be
Considerably damaged. and I feared that she might
p0ssbly be IN bad condition. Had II occurred AT
o'clock in the morning. instead Of at s., said the
rr,r0rist. 7 might have been frightened, for You
know what Napoleon said Of ? o'clock courage
When / wake u0 al that hour feel old-seventy-
Two years old, as I viii be in the latter part Of
when do you feel youngest?" he was asked
oh when Shave at S o'clock in the morning"
vas the reply. From that time on am never
pl5er than twenty-five years
DO you ever take a Fairbanks cocktail 70 help
or % was the next question
y take anything that IS offered ne" was the
quick reply.
How about The ECgliSl sense O. EulnOr. ne
was asked. We told that you are the first
American hurorist 10 drive joke home TO the
British mind
.rlo, No. he replied. y had trouble IN doing
that thirry-7ve years ago. II IS all nonsense this
talk that there IS more hUrnor IN one part Of the
world than another. Human nature IS the same
n that respect everywhere-I presume even n
China : understand an English jOke-Then all
the details explained he added, and the by
stznders swore he smiled grtully. He found the
British newspaper men pleasant he said Some one
asked him If re did not dread the assault Of
England Fourth Estate
No he replied, Il have lived for seventy-tWo
years of varying luck and adventure, and am
nov ready 70 face anything, even the hereafter.
ard, anyway, you may be able 10 help me pass
that Ascot cup through the customs
Wien informed that Jacques Lebaudy, the king
Of the Sahara. now his neZt-door neighbor,
the hunorist replied:
'Tf the king calls upon ne, I viii return his
favor That s. the way 7 was trained IN Missouri
! found the King of England 10 bs pretty good
fe5w; = fact. I partial % kings, 50 10 SPEAK.
Becoming serious, he said
y was pleased and elsted. but was most pleased
because ths honor was intended for my country
en6 only secondartly for myself, the case.
found among OX5nians, as amongst the English
everywhere a strong regard for America and
osep Interest IN things American I had all sorts
OF questions fired at and surprised at the
Intelligent knowledge shown II things o. this side
r tie wzrer."