The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-03-31
The PheIans and DarroWS on
Their Trip to the Panama Canal

Dickinson, NJ. d., March 2s.-To The
Forum we arrived In New York
early, in the afternoon Of Jan. %.
After crossing on the Twenty third
street ferry, like true "tenderfootsn we
received directions from people who
pretend to know the intricacies OF
street car service and sought the Park
avenue hotel via surface car line. The
good DR.. barrow was still tugging the
young steamer trunk. / carried my own
and my wife's grip, while Clara Dillon
Darrow and Clara Lincoln Phelan play
ed the perfect lady and sympathized
with us. The weather was sloppy and
somehow we arrived at the hotel, but
could not go by the same route again
If paid wages for extra time.
Before dinner started out and Sc
cured four tickets for Maud Adams at
the Empire in What Every Woman
Knows. First row in second balcony
was the best ! could do at rs cents
per. When we reached the theatre that
evening we followed the well dressed
multitude into the front entrance, but
we were ushered to the street again
around to side entrance up three
flights of stairs and landed near the
roof, thence to where our seats were
located. 1t was like descending lad
der toward the pit. But once located
the show was fine. Maud Adams, as
Maggie Wylie. with her three Scotch
brothers were worth climbing. TO and
over the the roof to see. John Shand
tho Scotch student, and later the hus-
band of Maggie wylie, and member of
parliament, all set in Scotch thrift and
humor. BY the record Of the play,
John Shand, for nine years never
cracked smile, while his wife lament
ed his lack of humor. AT one point
he soliloquized that he had read some
where that 1t required a surgical opera
tion TO get joke into Scotchman's
head. but he couldn't see how they
could put a joke into mans head with
q surgical operation.
Witnessing such q play ranks as
one Of the pleasures Of life time
while to get a 50 show for rs cents
was a novelty and a treat. II it were
not for the inconvenience of climbing
the show can be seen and heard In
the second balcony from a better
point or vantage than the pit.
The following day we went by sub
way to the battery, and then the whole
length of 1t into the country, when
it comes out Of the bowels Of the
earth. My wife declared 1t was al
alike and one block would have done
just as well as the whole of it. Nc
use trying to please crowd when
one is travelling, but the Darrows were
polite and pretended to enjoy It. ! am
glad saw the whole works anyway.
That evening we had a box at the
Academy of Music and saw David
Warf1eld in The Music Master. David
can act that play just as long as Joe
Jefferson acted Rip Van Wrinkle An
other pleasure to add joy to ones
thoughts for a life time.
can't describe it. Go see him il
you get a chance
We, had good, spacious room at
the Park avenue hotel, but they had
a pair Of elevators that were evil
IDENTIFY built to demonstrate that an
object could move and at the same
time be almost standing still.
6 We left there early Saturday morn
ing, reached Hoboken via TROLLEY
through the Hudson river tunnel. From
the terminal to the wharf, / hired q
boy to carry the two grips as a mat
ter of necessity. Soon another boy
Joined him with a little grip that would
just about hold tooth brush and 9
nightrobe, and. and / looked around
the doctor was grinning and said he
could put on style. too. He had sent
the young steamer trunk from the
hotel to the wharf by baggage express
Thus quickly does an ideal Dakota
doctor give up his ways of economy.
At the wharf everybody was cheer
full and animated. We found our cabir
steward, who relieved us of our grips
assured us our baggage was all located
in our cabin and we were also soor
located among 314 other passengers
for thirty days trip of 1903 miles
by water.
About 10 a. m. the steamer pulled
out from the dock and headed out
into the bay. The morning had beer
little sloppy but fairly clear, but
we had not more than cleared the
dock, when a fog began to settle and
cling about the harbor. making II diff
cult to see beyond few yards in any
direction.
We anchored there for twenty hours
and did not get under way to gel
out of the harbor until O'clock the
following morning.
The wireless telegraph instruments
were busy and rumor had 1t that q