Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-23
ToADYING TO MRS. MIDAS
<<E EW of the hotel guests were
aware that the simply gowned,
Il orav haired woman was one OF

<<T EW of the hotel guests were
aware that the simply gowned,
Il gray haired woman was one of
the most notable visitors that Coronado
has known for many a day. She chose to
start forth as the humblest tourist
might
We do not select this text because
we have any prejudice against Mrs j.
Pierpont Morgan or any other human
being, rich or poor. We have not. We
are all sons and daughters of Adam
and Eve. We are "all Jock Tamson S
cairns" But the quotation which is
taken from an article about Mrs. J.
Pierpont Morgan, published by con-
temporary, illustrates in marked de-
gree the insidious corruption to which
true Americanism is being subjected by
spirit which disparages the plain,
everyday American citizen when he Is
put in odious comparison with another
citizen who has big bank account.
Even IL the Coronado hotel guests had
been aware the old woman in the SIM
pie gown was Mrs. Morgan, what
should they have done? From the tone
OF the article, we infer that they should
have laid velvet carpets or cloth of
gold for her. and the band should have
played God Save the Queen"
The bankers wife Is being treated
by some newspapers in the very
phraseology which is used by Euro
rean lickspittles when her Serene High
ness the Princess of Pumpernickei
takes a morning walk, or His Grace
the Duke of Bilgewater condescends to
allow railroad to haul him from one
part of Toady land to another.
Let us from the newspaper account
inform ourselves with regard to some
more of the activities of Her Majesty,
Queen Pierpont Morgan.
"She was slipping away in the early
morning mists for simple street car
ride to San Diego"
Dear suss the day. Slipping away!
She had given the royal escort the slip.
She was incognito. The simple street
car was not permitted to have
a chance OF being aware that this was
no ordinary mortal that it was to take
to San Diego And the simple street
car whizzed along in an unaffected
manner to its destination. 1t ought to
have progressed in leaps and bounds,
uttering yells of triumph and JOY
Where ignorance is bliss 'twere folly
for a street car to be wise. The car
will never know what it missed.
But-harl-harl Trumpets and
drumsl Sound a fanfare! Not for
long must the simple street car OBJ
scure the destiny of one of the most
notable visitors that Coronado has
known for many day. At San Diego
''the most sumptuous private ear in
America, the Independence, which cost
over $5o.0O0, stood in readiness to con-
vey Mrs. Morgan and her party to
Redlands." Oh happy day, red letter
day for Redlands.
The chronicler, who seems to be SO
overloaded with laudatory ideas that
he can hardly utter the thoughts that
arise in him, observes that ''to elude
the curiosity of the public makes Mrs.
Morgans cheeks flush with pleasure"
obi profanum vulgus. you see, even
in the United States. Perhaps Mrs.
Morgan does not understand Latin. for
no method has yet been devised by
which money may buy the simplest
kind of knowledge, but it is evident
that, in any language, the vulgar mob
is odious to her.
We deny, out and out, that Mrs. j.
Fierpont Morgan is one of the most
notable visitors that Coronado has had.
The statement is an insult to Ameri-
canism. We also deny that she is a
remarkable person. That statement is
merely a symptom OF a we'll recognized
type of dementia Americana. We cam
not deny that Mrs. Morgan is mote
worthy" because we have annotated
her. However, ours is not a footnote!
Mrs. Morgan is no doubt a dear old
lady. amiable and estimable, like thou
sands OF other sweet American grand
mas God bless them, every one. But
we assure you If ever we met Mrs.
Morgan we would stand bolt upright
while we were shaking hands with her.
wouldn't YOU?