The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03
Tue America Of To-m~srs~ =.

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grim FATHERS aud others provided mor'
comprehensihle material for travellers
! than the red Indians. hut never. We ven
turs to say by moro amiable observer
ar ono more gifted with the traveller
most precious attributable wish ca
/ view things sympa,hssically. compre.
hendingiy and not from the purely critica
point 81 view Of an older country than
the AbtA FELIX KLKIS. His -L'AmSriqa'
! dc DsHd:s- uIbrairie Plon. ParisI comes
90 complement his volume M PAYS de Ia
: Vie Intense. and also. 10 may he saId
his book la D-couverts du Vieux Monds
par IAN Erudiant de- Chicago both ~
which. have been considered worthy al
translation into English 'Fhe very idsa
and title Of the last named volIHns fur
nish a hint Of the authors impartial ait
his appreciation 81 the light in which hi.
Studies of olT ways is hound Ia appeaI
to us. UnhAppily he feels called upon "a
rspress himself throughout the grestsI
part Of his volume. and the reader suffers
a keen DISAPPOINTMENT when h" settle-
down To enjoy looking IN the mirror oi
wit for the portraits ~ his acquaintance
mo one ever discovered himself Of coiIrss
.
can-I after tho delightful nrxt chapter
This delertabi~ chapter contains dc
scriptSon Of his voyage across the ocean
on tho steamer Noordam. he admits
that such ignorance of America - hecorn-
ing rare 40 was displayed h. a foreign
grand dame who said to an American whu
was presented "a her: You are from the
United STATES DO you live in New Norl.
or IN the country But he DECLARES thar
the kIhd 81 Americans to fe found on the
SLOW steamers ~ very iittle known and
accoriin glv all the more InstrIr'Iys. The
foreigner T'~rr"ives VITA pleasure what
nigh Ia -lIspsActed bu' does not ar
pear IN boOSs on the suhjsCt-'gai nor
all Americans ar" rsstlsSs or eccentric
or even Inilliona.r-s BIO discovered
among his fellow voyag~rS families whose
members did not .r~'ar each other a.
strangers children who came - , IS
their father good night and ynin. girls
" o actually spoke - their mammss
The prominent citizens On board he
describes - ia I'D doctor. . clergy
man travelling with bi- invalid vile
and three bealThy daughters all from
New York u have a'most mover znen
. -
three daughteTs no r-sSrks ~ sup
pose he leaves hls tire" ~ons m college
The doctor of Irish extra ctiIn. - =
fiisnt speaker and talks seven ~ eight
np'.rs a dsy, without any eNagRery.iion
p~rnratIng ~ the SMOKING rprrn y, 'h-...
young phv-lciau- and Oh" clergyman
on all pDA-,pi" -'IbIsCts every moment
that Ia" - not Engaged an eating ~ Sleep
ing "" even a. stTuct- ths. lpUt IN hI.
u~n r" igion. and the abb, -lyly r.Irr,rkS
thai "a" frsuu"ntS thIs little otrci.. u good
dsa - b." 'nds o. an sNrpIi@ri Ba.rhtI
.ch"ul from III" start -r'-"ntlv rho
author enters lur, rhr spirit - a.. ur-
lsl-Iuu and d"s"rib-s -ympa th.ttD,tiy
80" Fourth ~ luly .Nr-rI-.- .snd ~.
games, IA vhI"h ne VH- entered for th.
p"iat" race and the pig eve dr,Uing
c"n'"-t. tut was glad 10 ~" rvcri.s.d from
the thre. legged race l., Whlch H.. had
con .aU'-d
Euf - soon q h- and- ~ N.s N.rl
the raider dr-gppoin' m-ut u.giu- D.,
rait-riug disappointment. since. C -
t.ss.d nl regret a. 4Asiax - Ifti.. = the.
Vri'-r through rha ma - ~ ms statistic.
aud "details \ Rres' mass -, rhs-.. - e,,,I.
-.."-di.d. quite naturally. a. rhc Enrnan
tatnolir church and o.. p-i..st- and u.,rk.
and ~ doubt they viii prov. ..y.r..r,..l,
valuable. aud Interesting o., French r,.,d..,-
who oaunu' readily -.r,r, them .l-...
where Moreover. -, IN Ir.vio,,- vo,u,,.
about the -tr.nuous Ijfe- S.-c d.s,r,t..,-
u.-, If the F,st.-t mari If ,l,. ..,.,,,,,-,.
n. SKINS most subject, IA r,raf r.,,..,p
recording only h. .yrng ,r.,r- =, ,I,.