New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

success to be completely awake. I
pause before him. I am sorry for
him, this lonely creature OF the night
in whose accustomed eyes, no doubt,
the frosty fire of the stars has come
to burn dim. We were alone and
so we became human to each other,
as two mariners shipwrecked, upon
an island. / might ask him what
he thinks Of the weather prospects !;
or suggest to him that the days run
wasn't bad: parlor conversation has
its laws on board ship as on land.
But instead Of that, / say to him:
"We will be in on Sunday, | gather.
I am feeling very excited"
He does not at first reply. The
steward is very tall man, very
thin, with fiat, dry, slightly sunken
cheeks, pursed mouth. He is made
mainly Of bones held together by a
well tanned hide. Evidently he does
not want to talk. But he is polite.
So he replied: "I guess 80, the first
time"
This sympathy encourages me.
''It's going to be wonderful" ! say.
"I've been told that the entry into
New York is one Of the great sights
Of the world. The skyscrapers
thrusting up to heaven, the shipping
Nand the crowds and all that"
To which he replies: "Yep. I
guess it'll start you rubbernecking. "
This unsettles me. Fellow Of all
men though I be, too many years
Of England have accustomed me to
servility in nenials. This human
creature must be a real l@real Yank.
From one Of those hard New Eng
land states, from Maine, because
{ that's the northern limit. So I say,
"What part OF America do you come
from?"
''New Mexico"
I internally despair. How Is one
to know these things?"
"Well," he adds, "it's long time
since was home, and me earning
my living on the sea-" / become
paralyzed. This form of sentence
recalls Connemara or Donegal
eyes," he says, in reply to a ques-
tion, "I'm from Kilkenny"
Kinder Get Shuffled
I nearly give 1t up. The rankest
looking Yank I have seen is an Irish
man who comes from New Mexico
I comment on this. I suggest to
him that this mixture Of origins and
locations defines the national breed
that, in q way, internationalism
defines America. He does not quite
see what I mean, 80 sums up: "In
the States one kinder gets shuffled u
"Once a foreigner always ar
American?" / suggest.
He grows interested. Differing in
this from the average Englishman
he takes note of general question
He points his view that Gin the States
one kinder gets shuffied" by telling
me that he has married a Swede and
that his small children bring home
friends with German and Italian
names, but that you can't tell them
one from the other. He hasn't read
The Melting Pot, has never heard
Of Mr.. Zangwill. When / state Mr.
Zangwill's theory that America will
absorb the nations Of the world and
melt them down into unity he grows
Sarcastic and guesses that this tai
ented writer knows how to hand out
! the dope. resume my enthusiasm
though ! realize that by now I, must
be boring him stiR.
"You know" say, 'it's won
derful thing for a European to 60 II
America. Thaye is something hal,
romantic in your long struggle fol
freedom, in the fight Of the Sons o!
Liberty, who upset George III. One
can't help thrilling TO the though
that in America opportunity is opeY
to eli men, that there are no class
distinctions, that people stand b,
what they can do and not by some
sseaas& 6s@ asfafnNra4fa 1msnal All. &hnS