New-York tribune., 1910-11-13

70 talk with = born American two days
...o- his arrival in America is an inter
.--t,s thing. seeing that born Americans
Tho can talk at all a. t1rat period are eX-
-.a5tnrfv rare To talk with Walter l..
V-irans Is also a delight. Mr. N1hans
are+ saw America al the age OF nfty-elght-
v-hau he arrived q week ago with the PICK
IF his English stable to be an eShlmtor al
.ha F,e-Se show. He Is An ardent morse
-, ana an expert revolver and rife shot.
In TIE frs place. let IT be understood
-. NJ N-iaans has grounds for suits Tor
1i,eI against aIl his photogs -aphers. Neither
= - rszgmau, burglar OF counterfetter,
~ when seen II the flesh, does he in the
,ase. look like one. He is middle sized
,Feqssnt gentleman, with frank, Ted-bro"n
.,es and an alien growth ON his upper lip
trs one reproach against his country is
-re4 1our newspapers mentioned his 'svfis-
- They are not wh:skers; they are
- . rnz.stacf1e. They are mous1achios.
--+av splead They swirl They flow
-.,---e-5 Ike twin deItas across the re-
- ..arjea-ing his ears. They are like the
sv-aar, OF sabres. Ike curved clouds At
- ike two waves out of St. PauFs
.,,F.-rack rs il is pictured in old Sunday
.-to,1 books They are the strangest
,,lasbes Of hairiness that ever took Amer
- b-aezas. and vet they are not unhe-
coming 70 their wearer
t4a mas having coffee and toast in his
-,,-, On the fifth floor Of hotel when
=. r-ss,,ns reporter talked with him, and
za--snr came IN on the heels Of his caller
~ a., EXTRA CID that had been ordered
q anticipation
.s.r,on my zvord.' the host exclaimed.
-+.,n.- down The SUGAR bowl when he had
/. bslf ngssed. Il quite forgot Not using
x,i-i+s myself YOU krtow, I sometimes fail
= ore- them 10 otHzsrs-rather nasty Of
me"
The reporter checked the others move
,rs-+ toward the call button
This Total abstinence isn't exactly Brit
;eh NJ Wirans"' he suggested.
abstinence Not the least in the world !
--s.- are ysite fond OF brandy and sodss
over there. Especially the journalists. 7
believe
.1-or'vs never been IN America before?" |
Never"
And nov zhat do you think of II
Most interesting They thought me
.or,afbi-g Of a fool on the steamer TO get /
M A. hasf-past O'Clock, but I said. No 1
UsSr,t- / wanted to see the harbor. /
Just fancy That was my first look at /
ny own country. II reminded me n1ucn /
Of Hamburg, but. OF course, the river : /
much larger. Everything here seems 10 be I
quite large"
And what do you think Of New 7 ork2'
Il was quite surprised I had expected /
70 lnd IL much Ike London It's not IN
tn least-reaIly- It's more Ike Austria /
hardly Ike Vienna in the arrangement Of
the streets. but IN other ways there's a
strong resemblance. I fancy I would .
guess was II Vienna If You set NE down
here IN the street That is, If I had my .
ears rnuf1ed- AS soon as 1 hear you
speak. OF course. ! know the Inference.
No New York Is not the least in the
world like London. It's far more beauti-
=uI The buildings are finer, larger and
,esides that they ara clean Here is the
Sherman statue out IN the park ThaI's
bea ufifaI thing. The London statues are
lesstly. I'm a bit Of a sculptor myself,
-ou know And I've heard such a lot OF
par abort Gae ugiineSs OF America that its
nos PLEASE n find it different" i