The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16

con earne. Is necessarily aetuated by mo-
tiyes of economy or unacquainted with
Delmonicos
He is quite likely to be a rubber mag
nate from Brazil seeking Gn vain) for
what he considers decent cup of coffee,
or perhaps a sugar sultan who could
corner good part of Cuba's 1913 crop
of 100000 tons of the sweet stuff. says
the New York World.
The average New Yorker, indeed would
be simply astounded at a detailed tsate-
ment Of the number of widely known or
influential persons from Central and
South America and from the West In
dies who are almost daily coming into
town, with world famous political or mill
itary records, or countless millions of
money behind them or stupendous COM
mereial propositions up their sleeves
without ever getting the glad hand or a
welcome to our city,
Here, for instance, is Senior Don Au-
gusto b. 1eguia, X-President-also ex-
lied President-of Peru, stopping with his
two sons at the Ritz Carlton this week.
and not Peruvian flag In sight, nor the
national anthem played by the orchestra
IN the palm garden, so that you'd notice
it.
Sonora Dickinson Calls
Sonora Dickinson, belle of Rlfenos Aires
N%iANh
America, has also looked in upon u.s.
Being the daughter of United States par
ents, though herself born in Argentina
the sonora did not pass quite unnoticed
or uninterviewed. She said:
Your New York is grand, magnificent
but love Argentina. You estimate me
worth $40,OOO,000? 1 hope we have as much
as that-but don't know. You must ask
my husband"
Gen. Enrique Terry, special envoy of
he Chilean government. comes with the
important mission and huge governmental
appropriations of increa sing trade rela-
tions between Chile and the United States
and with plans for the immediate estab-
hshment of bureaus of information and
exhibition for the products of the repub-
lie of Chile In New York as we'll as for
the products of the United States In San
tiiago de Chile.
Senor Simon Truro Patino, the '"rin
Plate King from Oruro Bolivia will be
remembered on Broadway until long after
he returns from his trip around the world
AND ne Is due here again In time for
the opening of the Panama canal
Senor Patino slipped In on a fruit
steamer and put up so modestly that
Hudson Maxim and Robert Lee Dunn of
the Pan-American States association got
lost In the crooked downtown streets try
in gto locate his hotel
Come up Broadway with us and see
some of the rest of the town. they pro-
posed after they had finally unearthed
him.
Patno, sturdy keen-eyed. iovial boy
of 45, who spoke nothing but Spanish
and had never been so far away from
Cochabamba before, went along cheer
fully but questioningly and had the time
OF his life They took him In the Knlck-
erbocFer hotel. 1t appealed to him in
stantly, although he was frank enough to
own up that he had never been in a pas
seneer elevator before except the kind
that go up and down mine shafts.
How are the rates at 'this posade
dnn1?' he inquired, presently.
Something was said about rooms at
from 50 day upward.
A Large Retinue
ooh. l mean suites" the senior ex-
planned. My family is coming on. with
quite a party.\ Let's see. There is my
self and wife and our two sons and three
daughters, and then Sonora Patino's sis
ter, with her two children and maids be-
sides the men servants and valet: also
three secretaries and Interpreters for the
English French and German languages;
q correspondent of La Prensa the lead
ing newspaper of Oruro-which l own:
and the young Seniors Valvaviya and
Grundlach and Nogales, collegians whom
am taking to Germany, and-well we
shall be 20 or so, altogether This fonda
can conveniently accommodate us all?''
The hotel people-after hastily finding
out from Mr.. Dunn that Senior Patino
owned the chief tin mines of Bolivia and
a whole principality of rubber planta-
tions to say nothing of railroads, banks,
newspapers and government
monopoly OF the sale of alcohols-told him
to go as far as he liked in mapping out
reservations for the family and retinue.
The upshot was that he took the prin-
cipal apartments on two whole floors of
the Knickerbocier for month"; at cost
of something like $1,000 week.