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New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

Germany The basarniC. fir breezes from the noun
tains the nodding wild flowers that smiled at HIM
from the banks along the railroad, the calm NOUN
taius. cast a dTowSy cnChantmcnt over him. He
smiled encouragingy up into Mary distressed eyes
and dropped of into peaceful sleep. from which he
did not awaken until the train stopped at Oherarn-
nerEau.
NOTHING was going on in Dherammergau when
~ the American Baby arrived. on Sunday the
Passion PLAY had been PLAYED before five thousand
travellers gathered from the whole world, Monday
an overflow 1av had been given for those not able
10 get seats for SUNDAY. Then the village had set
tied down for the rest of the week It's usual quiet
l. was well for the American Baby that he arrived
in Ohcramnergau al this dull season else for one
time he might have missed hls wonted Difference.
But the American Baby was born lucky when he was
born abroad. From Tuesday until Saturday he was
the most talked Of person IL pherarnmerEau
Those Crazv Americans They stop al nothing
was the laughing word that went round the village
4 beautiful and oh rich American girl has come
10 the Passion Play, She has brought with her
colossally far baby, and, mrtn 1oh, what noise
when he cries
Even the thriStus came TO see the American Baby
and held him III his arms Baby looked comprehend
irglv into The calm blue eyes that hcamei down at
him and leaned his curly head in peace against the
warT brown locks If the great Passion Play actor
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
Drawings by Modest Stein

fu spot of all the lovely places about Oberammergau,
"a small natural grOt-o in the mountainsde where
these dear people have enshrined image of the
Virgin and Child, You will want to this shrine;
so. if YOU don't feel too tired from Your long walks
tO-dav.-and YOU look as fresh as Il rose.-Why
should we not 90 tonght2 know that our host and
some of the children viii be glad to go with us.
Oh, that viii be lovelyl" exclaimed Mary. I've
wanted all life to hear a nightingale sing, But
I've promised RoXic never to 90 anywhere | can't
take her and the Baby. She is perfect child about
anything she does not understand; and one of the
greatest bogies shes with in her life IS a
foreign language. 1t frIghtens her terribly if she's
left alone among people who can't talk English to
her. | really believe She thinks they are saving
wicked incantations over her; hoodooing her, as
she would say.
The poor childish creature," said the tender
hearted spinster- And She is efficient with the
Baby that | wouldn't have YOU leave her alone for
the world then Nv dear wen lust take her along
All but YOU d never get her to leave the Baby
with any foreigners minute She's possessed with
The idea that they'd hoodoo him or steal him,
laughed Mary.
TO hear the nightingale. too said FrdueIn LeChncr.
He Il he quiet, because he cant be out in this air
and stay awake and the mountain air will he good
for him
If You are willing to risk his good behavior,
can CO.
THAT night. soon after the moon. barely clearing
the fringe ot fir trees on the mountaIntops,
looked into the Passion Play village, FraucIn
Lechner had her party ready to start for the Virgin
tITttf t~l l'"hlil- very quaint III tl '4l.lt'i
oaIuehiu hood and round cloak led the way with her
father. Rosie. with the sleeping American Baby
suugly wrapped III "a ~ cape, came next. Mary and
Fraulciu Lc.hrcr walked last.
/ hear voices behind us, said Fraucln Lcchncr.
There are others as romantic AS We uu must re-
member Nary to hc very quiet not 10 speak al all,
II v,zl wish 10 hear The nightingale The ohcram-
rncrrau people say thar # one rrays 70 the N'rsln or
AZ least Is IN q rrau. mood, he viii have better
chance ru hear he nightingale sing
They followed the winding white path by the
Ammer. then iu single file a footrath through lush
and fragrant meadows. last path between dark
fr- round rhc mountain which descended into
natural ann hi,hca-er followed in the mouu,aiu<tc
Thi. is "a dream spot, whispered Mary into
Fraul,iu Lc,hucrs car. In the moonlight the tall
image Of the \lrrtr r1let lu
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
V. The Passion Play

~H ras Americans, You crazy Americans. as
q They say here said Fraulein Lechner, throw
~ --- ur her hands II mock despair. as Mary
----- - II, end he account Of her travels and ad-
------- with the American Baby 1t the day
after Na-v's SUNDAY II Paris She and trauleln
T-7-e- -.e-e chatting over their teaCups while the
4-,e-:e-- Baby took his afternoon nap.
IL was q crazy American plan for Mr. Clay 10
1esze his wife and Baby 10 rush OF to Egypt. she
--i--e- ed l. was crazy for Elizabeth TO leave her
Rsfv 20 rush OF him But the craziest thing OF
IN was ---- starting for Egypt 1nchaperoned, and
VIII !. B.rv / wonder truly that something more
serious than your ENHANCEMENT with the English
---- did -rr ha-ren. / m not surprised a. anything
M CLAW would do after his marriage here ana l
Lev -fe- that Elizabeth would always be Led 10y
her and. Bur / didn't think. my dear child,
-r- they would lie conn ro-lISlrg You 10y their u-l-
convent nal notions. You did Just right To come 20
ms -r dear for shall not ao" Young glrl- whose
Interests have II heart travel So far without pro-
-ec-l.-. ] shall take yoa down 10 Naples. c can
f-e.z The --.- lv stopping at Rome. and shall not
shall only he -allrg my italian TIP a li't.e earlier
han had planned. and YOU HiI find II rIeasauter
sa--.-- from Naples than from Iriest-
.Ur F-a--ei- LeChue-- VIII YOU really go, That
v5- I'd. ,.ve-v And YOU 4 spend the RESI- I'd. the week
r--r -.- II Oht-a-uue--au. Mary r,;-r-.ct -T I'D
fe- ---.-.re way and Rugged Fraulct1 Leelrer for
TIL next afternoon. Mar. aeca.ar rariel hy Frau
-l- Legil-e- got on The ll,tle electric car that
PULLED -- The mountains 20 orera-llliltrtl Ntle
Joke her cousin had PLAYED upon her had Taur-hed
before her pleasure II -eEisirirg Munich She was
cra--.-eE to have frightened Frauleu LecLner into
--are--- with her 20 the seacoast. The land travel
q g. long -a-r-ey always The most t--eeg--le and
lonely -----
She .--- -lar The American Baby had cause 70 be
ez----a-r ZOO. She had -h-1"u away the last c-a Il
o-.---el milk brought from London AID bought
.o- him fresh Jersey milk III Munich Tucked away
r. her little hand sa-chel was bottle ot heated milk
ta- -le small travellers raE1-lshuent ou The tram
And truly The American BalE was more quiet and
lamb ike than Na- had ever known him 80 lie. Like
most older Americans he had Yielded ar once 10 that
calming. peaceful influence that German air and
German SOL have for travellers.
Nary and F-aulein Lecire- ieguilcd The hours
.-- -ea-ar- conversation. When ~ the end OF The
-5-- hour Marv confidently opened her sa'ehe and
-----.-a--.et the al important milk bottle. banE
-.- her lock Il horror as she saw the broken place
.- rl.- The life giving, peace bringing fund was
-5e-s-- He read her rerturied soul perfectly. AS
s-. debated whether / would he better to give him
The remainder ri the milk and risk the chance Of
z-- L--- with ST Inter IT glass. or 70 suffer HIM
q. scream until the next station was reached.
E..r held ll,r-e Hamlet zaiosuE ot h'= own
whether II would he better 20 die ot spurercd glass
o refrain Tor one time from expressing hl- DIS
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

To the children. The little
American was "a wonder Baby.
since he had come All the way
from great London, and he
wore The halo II vet wider
travels. for was lie not TO
loarur. 20 EgErr and larer go
u-a1 "a great ship 20 Tar AWAY
-lmeerceka, bu-. 'n@l'
,hev cooed 20 him. How
side in the world hast ;~ar-
ele5r Thou wou.l-t also come
-o the Passion P'av. is T. ror ?
Children followed Rosie IN
troops wherever She appeared
with The Ba'r- Rosie WAS
mistress oi the universal lam
rua-e If chilth.oi singing.
dancing. sporting. with the
Banr She was made happy NE
the aaeks ot laughing l''le
Bara-iaus thar pressed about
her. CIa' f. goodness. Mis-
Nav She said. aia seed
uo real folkscs hut desc here
chuIcrn -encc we Ief Lu.uou'
! mos h'hcve # | WAS 20 I..c
IL an tell 'cm bout Mas ka.-
hitt an. dc Tar Ba.E. tcE !
oucrs-aa' ies. ike -E gll-lcru
II home
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

A T supper oa their second
~ tav II GterHu-uerEau.
F-aulein Lcchrer said 20
Marv. Ny dear. have you
ever heard "a nightingale sing ,
! know "A place acrc where one
can be heard the Virgin s.
Grotto. Il is the most hcautl-
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
AN AMERICAN BABY ABROAD

How He Played Cupid
to Kentucky Beauty
By Mrs. Charles N. Crewdson
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-02-10
Ancients Loved oysters.

National Magazine-That the oyster
was In common use by r-.lscval man
has been conclusively shown b. the
discovery in the Kitchen niddens' Of
Denmark of many thousands of oyster
shells. showing every evidence of hav-
ing been artificially opened. In an
Client Greece, also. the oyster appears
to have been a recognized delicaey,
for Or. Henry Schliemai. the eminent
German Archaeological tho. 1t will be
remembered, became an American cit
lien during the great { alifornla gold
rush--in his historic arch for the
ancient and somewhat mythical city
of Troy, found many oy ter shells In
the ruins of the five prehistoric set
Elements of Hissarlik. But 1t was
Rome IN the height OF her power and
opulence that, by singing out the
oyster as the piece de resistance OF
the Roman banqueting halls, conferred
upon the oyster its Just title as one
of the most delicious and appetizIng
foods within the grasp of man.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-02-10

weakness NJ his vessel ~ rorlrared 20
the squadron. bis snip Represented three
thousand guns % the SEQ There was
10 louIbardmrui
About - wears ago ibe 81 Msrys VAS
turued over 10 fhe New York Nautical
School. and ~ TO the past summer she
was uFe0 by that Organization she WIS
practically rebuilt ihree years ago. but
the desire u the school 20 obtain n
more modern raft led the government
70 condemn Hud dispose of her.
Her ultimate fate was thai she was 70
Gently PLACED 90 th= he-cn at Poin; OF
Pines. Mass end burned. for the sake
Of the copper and other metal with which
ste wss put together
The steaA. siDop Of war Enterprise IA
the fourth u that name 10 IS the ma
tioual war flag The SECOND was the
armed schooner wbfes from her remark
ably successful career 90 the brief naval
war with France. 1910 ISyJ. 10 tie hri.
liant Operations against the barbary pow.
ers. isji1S5. and 81 the war with Eng
land. lslZ 1914, became known g. tie
service as The Lacky Litt. EDter.
prise. 90
Among the young men who asw fervics
or bar deck we're Hull, BsinbhdGs. De
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-02-10

lief decorations are carried out by
means of stuffiing with hair Or tow
the same as a cushioned seat in a
buggy These are then giided and
colored the same as wood carvings
Beer Instead of Lemonade.
There are no sideshows, concert or
lomonaed privileges with these shows.
but plenty OF beer instead of the last.
This is carried around among the
seats exactly the same as lemonade
in an American circus. There are no
peanuts, but instead of these sand
witches and sausages When you visit
the stables during the ten minutes
pause" in the middle of the pro
gramme the grooms and stable at
tendants shake a tin savings bank al
you and into this you are supposed TO
drop some pfennings or trink-g 4.
This is not SO much characteristic OF
the European circus. as it Is Of Eu
rope generally, for everywhere you en-
counter the tipping system to a great
or or less extent.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-02-10
Bringing Him Low.

He was a solid man. near six feet high,
and he wore SIX hat and carried q
cane. As be enterei the car he looked
around with freezing dignity, and the
passengers on the right-hand side made
I haste to shove along and give him q
s1St. He was 8 man of standing, and
ghey unconsciously recognized the fast
and aid him reverence. All but cns,. He
was a little, sawed-off man with a cast
IN hts eye, and there was no reverence In
bis soul. When the high and mighty citI-
sen had got seated and was looking cut
q the windows on the opposite side and
giving people to know that he held him
self sacred. the man with q cast cleared
his throat and leaned across the aisss
and Inquired;
''Str, we elected AT Taft president Of
these United States last November"
The big man never noticed him. though
al the Others 90
Sir he continued. there is a Ques-
ttoa among the engineers of the world
a. to the stRbilit. Of the Gatun Dam"
The big man moved uneaslly. but ~
fused TO look AT him
"Sir, that Gatun Dam must he made
safe, ana We nave the word ~ the pres
hent-elect that 1t shall he made safe"
The big man now looked at him. ana
tried his hardest 10 glare him out o.
sOuntenance.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-02-10

catgr. IAwrcare MaedouoYEh, SoB'"rs,
Burrows aud mans utofs. VITO either
lived 70 write thc.5 0aneS high au iia
scroll 81 f8me .t give iheii lives f"s
their rouufrs nrd = tfe eHuai fame Tut~
little vessel uas laf ~ Baltimore tn
1879 sIoag With sls'er.hii named tb"
Experiment She sa- Gnauy wrecked
81 the Wes1 iad.cs-
There was 90 dpep - wur named fbe
Enterprise tbat tn1a par ia the lake
Champian -mpoiGa aud battles of 1876
but II her ,ug-+ausHt history Gltle l.
known. AMI z.e was o.. ably destroyed
by The American 70 rTPgeut uer falling
into the h8aas ~ tae British.
The THIRD Enterprise a. d schooner 81
1874 tons porrhssed in Sew York 10 1881
and "a yeurs later -oid. becoming 8 mef.
chantmau She made no wat record ana
Der principal claim 20 recognition Is that
she YVES commanded ~ many officers wbo
later distinguished themselves.
Daring the ClgH War there uas 20 yes
sci 10 the VaYy named Enterprise buf 10
1879 at Kitten. Ne. there vas launched
the present vessel o. that Bame She
coEid steam about y knots per hour and
with Der sail area suflcient 10 work Der
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-02-10

has heeu rchn,H Sc onsr
not much % me oitelial I'm. q.
- Is what sbr Represents tburt. ban nbuI
lie "a 'iuai mEt-~ her so rrvprcd hv
all Americans who eau never forget the
gallant part she So wen played ami the
name she made for herself vheu tuen
fought hind tohard conflicts on ypssr'.
iished side 60 side
with her onre lofty spars Represented
hy three slender sticks mud her hmkS
covered with shed that mikes her took
more Ike hpussltoHf than anything else.
he old Constitution presents Ct eorrv
figure when compared win some ~ the
great steel warships ~ the Nc'y Hump.
shirf or Rhode fs'aad finss vbiio She
Inks into iusiyulfran,e whom ranged
!"pRsidc of he NorfH DAKOTA
I}ui what ~ hint She belonged to an
"ra when sts. aas iget as representative
- the f"hftng strength Goit H4 .r, anv
~ tho ships Of 'uiv time linr history
fills pH2 gee ~ the hr'ybtosf annals 81 mari
dine warnr" rud hel dcrls rHu rcd wtb
ile blood ~ urH uto yer, hghtlrg for
their sights fud made po~rih" to-" ,iaiion
as il IT, ioaay
~ FL u, Hs.fnn.a ne -ofare tha thls
unl.ip rrHu snJaH geo tu fhr iHrR Jonlcrv
ari trenup prev 2" ttD tor"h ~ tho
shirHrcntcrt Not Hfsrt HJl IL b. Naelv
fhat r bcf ruh"ra WV Loid toErtner
sir ail be u pi,.fru.p tlru mauy
.rocl uafsbin NJ % ae,..da of tsso ago will
hare beeo broken 49, DE- worthless
rhr Saws alsu has other mariilmc pen
-...
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-02-10

- 20 81 ycars aga o., Wing craft. hut
uaw scattered .. -adt ut the many
uayv .nrdz where they are used for yari
"ts purposes Az ~ ihrm are housed
"s"r, just ne i~ Constitution aus
present ati odd up.. anre These yes
SETS are listed rs ..ascrvl,e1he ani
among them Is the jamestown. In the
Marine Hospital Service aud stationed 10
Hampton Ronds
There are eight 81 the old craft Frank
iu. Wabash. Independence Pensacola
Richmond, Philadelphia. Hancock apG
Lancaster used for receiving ships n
different navy ynrds. while there are
some 9thcr. Ike the old Sautce aud the
Dale, fhat the government hardly recOg
uigts ST al rs being NO of mention
IN the lst The old Hartford. Admira
Farmguts flagship is sti,l 10 rumlnission.
and only ia~t year small fortune was
rsurndrd upon The o'd Constellation te
rcbuid her thnt she might again curry
nndrr her own canvas the flag she horr
iu 1872 while another ship Of the snme
mime. built a. the Norfolk Navy Yard 10
1854, is numbered among The traininS
shirs FOR recruits.
W. iHtN ftHNH. Ht"HE WIN ~" iUiEfVtt
sud Cumberland modprn steel CRATE
nnhched IN 1907. are the old Alliance
lallt 10 1870: the MnuongahelH. built So
1852 and the Portsmouth. built tn lS43
These gallant old vessels sprfe II mos
uScfui purpose training Young men 10 the
rudimeuts of seaf8riug iife. making them
ncqualnted with sails and preparing them
for sc.e..re upou the gigantic floating stee
forts the modern naval vessels
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-02-10
European Cent Shows One Bundred
Years Behind Che Yankee idea
Alfred T. Ringing in shOw-wOrId.

The ciTcuses OF Europe are good TO
look upon. We would perhaps say
they were a hundred years behind the
times compared to our ideas. Possibly
Michael Angelo, Beethoven and Dante
would be called back-numbers too,
measured by some standards Of mod
ern painting, musical composition and
literature; nevertheless their work
lives on and with eyes, ears, and intel
lect the world enjoys and wonders at,
the things they wrought
1t is so with the circus of the Con
tinent 1t is ridiculously old fashioned,
unprogressive, unpretentious and at the
same time delightfully."- charming and
fascinating; a pokey little thing with
one ring, around which an enchanted
audience radiates in exact circles on
comfortable seats and happily blends
itself with the performance. To i'm
prove and modernize this show would
be to spoil its quaint charm. to rob it
o. that peculiar and sympathetic union
OF audience and performers; a sort of
fellowship between entertainer and en-
tertained. which makes each strive to
render TO the other the pleasure OF
mutual good feeling and appreciation.
Harmony Prevails throughout
This kindness of audience to artist
and artist to audience might be likened
TO story teller relating his yarn to a
circle of intimate friends where each
listener considers it his duty to ap-
plaud the effort TO amuse, where mirth
bubbles over before it has occasion to
explode and kindly eyes watch the
speaker in anticipated pleasure. The
audience is friendly circle asking not
what have you prepared for us?' but
in what feast are we invited as
friends and well wishers to join your"
The one-ring circus prevails in Eur
ope in all its char ning simplicity.
The European round uUp tent is not.
however, so charmingly simple. It has
two center poles This may sound
like riddle to the American circus
man, yet it is fact. 1t seems strange
at first, to sec a round tent with
perfectly circular arrangement of seats
me ring in the exact center and no
pole rearing up from its middle.
even asked Mr.. Behrens, manager OF
the Norton B. Smith show. the size OF
the middle piece I have forgiven the
smiles of the two proprietors at the
question. They are both Americans
and OF course knew that I would ex-
pect the center pole in a round top to
be in its right place in the middle of
the tent; instead of the latter resting
on two poles twenty-five feet away
from their proper place. It really
looked foolish until I was put wise"
The European manager is welded to
the round top but not to the center
pole; for he would very wisely see it
outside of the ring instead of inside,
so he has contrived to have a round
tent made with two poles so placeI
that forty-fve or fifty feet of the tents
center assume the relative position OF
a middle piece to the poles, having
the rings unincumbered.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-02-10
Ten Days in a Small Town.

| Whatever we may think of the bust
ness-getting organization of the Euro
/ pean circus, it is impossible not to ad-
nlire its artistic arrangement and de
sign and it seems that it meets the
business conditions as they exist on
the other side. It is small On an az
erage fifteen to thirty wagons embrace
the motive equipment of a railroad
show and one or two of these wagons
contains an electric-lighting outfit,
These wagons are not carried on cars
owned by the circus as a rule, but on
so-called company cars Messrs.
Smith and Behrens. for instance, put
in the entire season OF 1908 in Switzer-
land. They were ten days in Lau-
same; a city of about $4,000 persons.
We would call this a one-day stand.
yet their show had a profitable en-
gagement If they had left cars stand
ing on the tracks in this and other
cities where long engagements were
made. there would have been NOR
lost in depreciation, investment and
track rental. than the difference IN
trans portation could possibly have
been. Neatness, good lights, fine ward
robe and a really high-class show ara
characteristic of this as well as every
one, o. almost every one, of the nu-
merous shows 1 saw on the Continent.
Good and Pso- Acts.
The smallest of these shows EN-
braces, usually, in its program, sew
eral really high-cIass acts, hut with
these are sandwiched filters, clown AMI
August stunts, second acts, and, gen
orally a prize riding contest by lma-
tours from the audience The last is
made much of and seems to be highly
appreciated by the audiences. A prize
of money is offered to anyone who can
ride standing on a padded horse twice
around the ring. For safety me
chanic is employed. The mechanic is
a double safety device protecting the
rider from accidental injury and the
managers cash account, for. if by
chance any leaden footed contestant
should show ability to maintain
standing position twice around the
ring, he is promptly jerked off his feet
before the end of the second lap. This
is seldom necessary for the candidates
sprawl about in the most ludicrous and
laughable positions: they sail, swim
and claw the air in frantic fashion,
circling over the horse at his side,
back of him and on his head and are
finally landed safely in the middle of
the rings where the clowns add to the
hilarity of the occasion by stuffing
sawdust down the candidates necks.
For a finish an employee of the circus,
supposed to be an outsider, enters the
ring has the mechanic adjusted and
mounts the horse At Altoona, Ger
r4any, in the Strasburger circus,
heard a woman scream to her com
panion, Zach, Colt, er hat die hoseu
verblatzt." and sTlra enough the center
seam in the rear of his trousers had
separated and showed a long rent
filled by V-shaped piece of cloth that