New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-24
The Plain Citizen
.cootiuuea from fourth page.


,rh.t is an easy one. They are reporters
,.a,se they come up the ladder with
80. ,r their hands and folded copies OF
s-s+ editions in their pockets No one but
.o,orter would think enough Of his cane
:. 10y IT along when he was UP against
~ ,,cklish work Of climbing thirty
-, ladder from a bucking tughoat TO a
rolling liner
.ne disappointment OF many passengers
srho wanted to see some one fall over
,.,-s the obscure citizen again has a fine
1No,ce 70 break into type. There, for in
stance. is Otto Fritzhach
90 is one Of the best known and most
.-,,,ar deIrcatessen store owners In Am
s.a~5,v, avenue between 18th and Ast
.,-.,+s Having attained the ripe age OF
a,.,. and a fat bank account. he has left
tore with some misgivings, in the
u..ss ~ his three sons and paid visit
rts old home in Bingen-on-the Rhine.
-r..-o no buried his glowing countenance
=. spoces4ve stems OF beer that WAS
- ard. finding all his old friends at
-. same pursuit in the same haunts, he
- God the trouble Of having 10 go
sho,,t and look al things.
>-.,.,-,b,less on the liner coming up New
-, ps,, with the prestige OF the trip
- ,boyt him ike an invisible toga,
-, connstent il appears. 10 forecast
-. .o-,,rr election in this country or TO
-, ,,ou exactly what secret motive the
- ~ renmark had in mind when he
- the remark that the coming winter
he lF4r
- herring industry. He also thinks
.ba. woodrow Wilson or Governor Har-
Won has a mighty good look in on The
re,,ocratic Presidential nomination, and
,,st waldo has proved 70 be one Of the
hss, no,.ce commissioners that ever passed
,h-ourh that exceedingly transitory job.
waving delivered himself Of these. he lands
and Immediately is swallowed UP in the
obsourltv Of the delicatessen business in
Amsterdam avenue, becoming again mere
" one OF the five millions. But his re-
marks are duly published.
on the boat with Otto was Spencerian
parks and wife. Parks and wife left these
shores four weeks previous, with rice in
,beir hair and eyes and eloquent ribbons
IN their baggage. They have just finished
one OF these table d'hote tours OF Euro
mean countries. When one taxes a trip OF
This kind the strain Of keeping up takes
so much Of ones energy that there is little
left 70 waste on what is being pointed out.
Then the fact that the Parkses are honey
r9ooners would necessitate their paying
cor,rIeto attention 10 each other, TO the
disregard Of the customs, ancient cathe-
drals and elaborate institutions Of Europe.
Yet spencerian is sure that Russia is
lettering 70 her fall. and that the French
nation is on the absolute bum. Mrs.
Parks also discovered that the French the
atre is on the decline, as are the rest or
the much praised and overadvertsed al
nrements OF that country. Partisan drama
NAV be all right for Parisians, says She
but 10 would never. never do in New York.
This latter phenomenon may be due TO the
fact that French plays usually are writ
ten in that tongue and cater frankly TO
the reopIe OF Paris. Il would be rude 10
suggest such a thing 20 the charming Mrs.
parks-and dangerous while the husband
was around.
There is nothing 10 be learned from
the French" she concludes. "Our own
productions are better written, better act
ed and have better scenery. The French
stage OF to-day is utterly and deplorably
decadent The best playhouses produce
pieces that would have 10 be heavily blue
penciled before they could go on the stage
Of Miners Bowery Theatre
And shouldn't she know? They went TO
a couple OF cabaret shows during the
sorty-eight hours that the memorable
guide allowed them in the gay capital
OF course. there are a great many first
column rs--page genuine celebrities who
cross the wet every year. and though
some Of them travel under assumed names
% sidestep publicity they rarely get away
without having 20 answer a whole lot OF
questions or al least 10 make the stereO-
typed remark: Il have nothing 10 say"
Suppose 10 be a banker-a real banker,
who is returning from the devastation Of
European art centres. He can utter
couple Of unkind words and the stock
market begins 70 bend al the knees. At
q really harsh statement from him a Wild
eyed panic would sweep the markets Of
the country The best way for him 70 do
is 10 have a statement all written out for
his secretary 10 hand 10 the reporters
when they advance 20 the inevitable at
tack While This is going on the banker is
fighting his way through the swapping
cameras % his chugging motor car The
statements they hand out are usually