New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-19
GAYNOR FINDS PEST
UNKNOWN TO DOCTORS
Black Plague Is as Nothing to
Yellow Press, He Tells
Visiting Physicians.
WHEEZES ABOUT ABUSE
Some of the Staid German
Medicos Took Professional
Interest in the Mayor
as He Talked.

Mayor Gaynor addressed two hundred
German doctors. delegates to the inter
national hygiene conference. at a recep-
ton given in their honor by tho German
Medical Society at the Hcdcrkranz last
night. and almost forgot to mention the
newspapers Of New York and the yellew
press. He corrected the oversight.
The Mayor began in jocose and colo.
quail vein. but under the piercing SAFE OF
two hundred pairs OF German eyes. all Of
which were set i'm an "operatc-by-all-
means expression. ho turned to serious
things. He began with yellow fever, hut
left ii for the black plague. The plague
had no interest for him after he had taken
up smallpox. and smallpox was forgotten
when he reached the sweating sickness.
The sweating sickness brought him To the
latest and greatest 81 plaques. the 'yello "
press" and the underworld"
The affair was called a reception. bat
the word was probably used after the
together Of the mind. but much more
substantial. Before the Mayor spoke,
Or. Wolff Prudential. chairman Of the
reception committee. and Or. Carl Phster,
president OF the German Medical Society.
addressed the diners In German.
Possibly the leading position Was not
given to the Mayor because OF the fact
that tho visitors. after the Continental
manner. went after their beer and lob
stcr vehemently and with much rafting
81 glasses and clatter OF knives all
through the first two speeches. They
seemed to regard the talk Of hygiene
and the progress Of medical science as a
sort Of advanced cabaret. None ~ the
diners clsttered knives when the Mayor
talked They were through.
- am very glad to come ne Mayor Of
New York to welcome you began Mr..
GaInor. II understand You still have
your sea legs. as We say I'm English The
Mayor paused for al least n ripple OF
amusement. hut none came. "Tm afraid
they don't understand me-" he said TO
Or Prudential the toastmaster. who
had introduced him as a national char
acter"
In Germany" continued the Mayor.
you know how 10 speak many languages
and keep silence I'm many others When
I was I'm Germany the people used 10 say
/ was North American. ] heard moth
ing but North America and South Amer
tea II seemed strange 10 me. for We al
WAYS think 81 ourselves as Just Awcri-
cans think perhaps We know less about
South America than you do. rs our mer-
chants can testify
After his tour through the other plaques
the Mayor came 20 the newspapers.
Though you may read our yellow Jour
nails i'm vain for any account Of your ar
rival. much less your proceedings. still
want you to know We have an appre-
ciatlve public hcre-that We have our eve
on YOU"
The Mayor spoke OF the advance in
medical science. and con,rasted the con-
dltIons in the Canal Zone to-day with
those which existed when De Lesseps was
there The death rate in Panama was az
low "a that OF Now York. he said, and
asked Or. Lcderle 10 bear him out.
~ YOU people keep on" he said. mo
body will die of anything after this. We
will live forever, which would be very
monotonous.'
After rcnarkng that some of the vlsi-
tors must have had misGiyings ABOUT
coming to New York. after all the bad
things they had heard about 1t. the Mayor
said: Altogether, II II pretty Good
city. for the awful Mayor we have, ac-
cording TO some people. nav" croSsen
tho ocean twcnty-siX times. and nave
seen all the large cities Of Europe, and
without undertaking To say anything
against your cities. YOU VIII Ind here as
orderly and decent q city as any IN the
world"
He smoke Of the people who give New
YORK a bad name. and said: And yet
,ho, live here / don't know what's the
matter with them. or 80 such people
think li9 want to be Mayor
Mfr. Gaynor ended his speech by saying
that he hoped to see the delegates wiz"
they returned from Washington. The or
chestra signalized the end or the some
,,bat lengthy talk by playing I'VE Won't
co Home Until Morning" II was a Ger
man orchestra. and meant no harm.
Among those who were present at the
dinner were DI. w Ills. Dir. Ludwig kast.
IN. Iohn 4. Wyeth, Or. Max Einhorn, Dr.
Alfred Herzfcld. DR. G. T. Kileani. Dr IL
Fisher. Dr. August Seibert Dr. Abraham
Jacobi Dr. Richard Koyacs and Dr.
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