The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-26
SOL BERLINER REVISITS US
AFTER TENERIFFE orr NEH
TOWERS DON'T HURT ms NECk.
Town Has been Growing NiRe Years
since He saw u-He Has Been sick
and Was Carried Aboard the Beat
That He sailed on From the CanAries.

Inat Use sailed on trom the sanartes'
Ten years ago it would have baen
suplerhuous not To say impairment
to explain 70 New York who the Hon
Sol Berhnsr Is solomon. who was in all
his glory in the gladdest nights OF tina
old Fifth Avenus Hotel and it, Amen
Corner from shutdown until It was time
to hurry back to the city Hall at day
break to get the cards ready for day
Of pinochle in the Aldermanic Chamber
with Charley Sts1kler. now a lawyer.
and Billy Leary. now Superintendent OF
Elections, and Jim Olmsted. now Justice
Olmsted. and Jack Tinker. who is now
in Washington. and Al Downes. who Is
dead.
But in the ten years striplings have
sprung up who fancy they know all about
politics. even though the name Sol Ber-
liner may he as new to them as was tho
sight Of the Metropolitan tower 60 Sol
as he looked for the first time in nine
years at Manhattans skyscrapers fr ON
the saloon deck OF the White Star liner
Arabic while she was being warped into
her dock early yesterday morning
For the benefit Of children Ia, u he told
that Sol was ono Of the brightest pupils
in the late Frederick y Gibbs's old Twenty
seventh Assembly district school OF prac-
teal pohtics. One Of Soils fondest memo
ries Is that of the founding IN this dis
trict thirteen years ago OF the Better
Element Club. which got together to
try to prevent Sol and other Republican
party wor kers from naming delegates
TO conventions But the worst that hap
psned TO Sol WINS that lust few months
later Representative shannon recon-
mended Sol TO Congress for the job Of
Consul to Tenerids. Canary Islands
and IN the senate Sol Was ndorsed by
the late Senator Piatt and was appointed
by President Mckinley. He's Consul
there still
And So said Sol yesterday as he
landed, my eight year odd boy Is called
Julius for his grandfather. Frederick
for Fred Gibbs, Thomas for Senator Plat,
Berliner for nv. And my hoy can speak
a different language for every rame he
owns He's got a younger sis,er too.
named Miriam. who could think IN two or
three languages white she VAS learning
30 talk
Sol's wife brought Miriam and Julius
Frederick Thomas to the States a month
ago and they arr now with their grand.
mother IA Washington, where Sol hastened
yesterday as soon az he had shaken the
hand Of the Honorable GoldfoRl- soils
recent Illness lhis long absence from Broad
way and the height OF tho thermometer
Y
not appeal Ia him ~ stimulants 10 inter
viewing stunts
They had Ia carry m. aboard the boat
when | lett the Canaries said Sol. VINO
has loot twenty four pounds since the
beginning ~ summer. weighed only
about 10 pounds o. h-gln with, and so |
applied for a eINty day leav" Of ahsenC,'
To pull myself out ot the breakdown that
followed the hard work that tell to m" after
NiC,.-C onsul Perez kIVus al ID few months
lgnf tHTsfV
IN about a week e. 500 Il good doctor herr.
When Spi first went to l"naTif- h. ob-
leCted u the native method oi laundering
his daintl~st shirt creations 10y pounding
them with sharp stones and wrote HON"
plalutlVely about ia" matter Aud neat
he grew lrrItated when the Islanders
learned that he was IN" ni'ad States
Consul this was immediately after the
spanish war; and began TO throw tbs
sharp stones at SOL.
was glad 10 say yesterday. We've got
a busy Office ~ fsnerife Thpee folks
that think all consul to the Car art.~s ma.
To do II Ia shin up tn" Peas ut Iruerth.
once - month 10 -. iIat the l,iat il are
still there no aTOth~T guess coming. In
the last ten wears tho exports from the
Car aries To IN. Crifet States have jumped
from ss5D 90 "a year Ia 81 .OSO.uDO. and Ne
have a busy consulate there.
Every month the CanaTi.-s want more
and more ~ our petroleum. tobacCO.
lumber. four. lard. hardware, cotton
textiles. machinery all kinds 80 American
products We're exporting abou; tlSO. 40
worth Of our own products To the United
states every year. mostly onion sc''t
drawn WORK, cochir cal and OF ions II
was bal enough when most Of the work
connected with thes" exports and imports
was -atdlsi upor me after the death Of
my Vice Consul Then the Nice-C onsuls
clerk died. and ! hal three men = work
Ia look after. No wonder I'm thin. The
temperature II always about the same
hut that's tho trouble with Il IL grows
monotonOus.
Sol said that he hasn't followed local
politics durIrg his absence Before h."
left for Washington tn. Hon. Goltfogls
told him "A bit about recent happenir -
When he gets hack 10 Broadway next
wees he's going To brush UP some more.