The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-01-10
ACosrnopolite
in a Cafe

In a Care
Copyright. 1850 BY Tho Wheeler
Syndicate. fno.J
Al midnight the cafe was crowded
By some chance tho little table at
| which I sat bad escaped the eye OF
incomors, and two vacant chairs at
II extended their arms with vcnai
hospitality TO tn. influx of patrons.
/ And then a cosmopoiito sat Ia one
: OF them. and was glad. for ! held
a theory that since Adam no true
citizen OF the world had existed. We
hear Of them. and we zee foreign
labels on much luggage. but we find
travellers instead Of oosmopolitcs.
I invohsFyour consideration of the
scene--ths handicapped tables. the
range Of ieathrr-upholstared wall
seats. the gay company. the ladies
dreascd In demistate toilets. speak.
luw In an exquisite visible chorus Of
taste. soonomy. opuienoe or art' the
sedulous and larxess loving garcon.
the music wisely catering 10 all with
itn raids upon the composers. the me-
ianae OF talk and iauxhtcr--and. II
you viii. the wurxburger In the tall
glass cones that bend 20 your lips ns
a ripe cherry swayr on It's branch
10 the beak Of robbcr jay. waA
told by sculptor from Mauch
Chunk that the scene was. truly
Partisan
My oosmoporits was named u.
Runhmors Coglan. and he VIII be
hoard from neat summer at con-y
Island. lie In to establish a new "At.
traction there. he Informed me. of.
fering ktngiy diversion. And then his
conversation ran along parallels OF
latitude and longitude. Hs took the
great round world In his hand. NO
TO speak. familiarity. coutemptuoua.
". and Il seemed no larger than the
seed Of q Marazchino cherry I'm q
table dfho,e grape fruit. lie spoke
dlrr~spectfuily OF the equator. he
skipped from continent 10 continent
ha dsrlded the zones. he nopped up
the high seas with HIS napkin. With
"a wave Of his hand he would speak
Of certain bazaar In Hydcrabad.
4 W NM tte Nbdtu HAFN 91A VA EhE
In Lapiand. Zip. Now you rode the
breakers with tho kanakaa at
Koaiaikahiki Presto, lie dragged
you thru an Arkansas post oak
swamp. let you dry for a moment
on tho aikail plains OF his idaho
ranch. then whlried you into the so.
cis,y Of Nicnnesc archduken. Anon
he would be telling you OF q cold he
acquired In a Chicago lake breeze
and how old Enramila cured II IN
Buenon Ayres with hot infusion Of
the churhula weed You would have
address a letter 10 - Hunhmore
Cosian. Eco. tho Earth. Solar Hys.
tenn. the Universe and mailed n.
feeling confident that II would be de-
iiyrrod to him.
was sure that I had found ~
last the ono true coamopoll;s since
Adam. and ! listened 10 his world.
discover In u tho local note Of the
mere giobetrotser. But his opinions
never fiutscrcd or dropped: he was a.
impartial 20 citira. countries and con
tinenn a. the winds or gravitation.
ton
And an Y. Rushmors Coxian prat
tied Of this little planet I thought
with riee 81 a great airno~t-c osmop-
ollia who wrote for the whole world
aud dedicated himself 20 Bombay. In
poem he has 10 say that there In
pride and rivalry between the cities
Of tho earth. and tina, "iho men tina;
breed from them. they traffic up snd
down but cling 60 their cstlss' h~m
AZ a child TO the mothers gown"
And whenever they walk by roaring
streets unknown they remember
their Nstive city most faithful. fool.
lhh. fond. making her mcrrbrcaihed
name their bond upon their bond"
And my gice was reused because
had caught Mr.. Kipiing mapping.
Here I had found a man not made
from dust. one who had no narrow
boasts Of birthplace or country. one
who. IL he Dragged at all. would brax
OF his whole round globe against tho
Martians and the Inhabitants of the
moon.
Expressions on shcse subjects wns
prccipstated from u. Rushmore Cog
ian by tho third corner to our table.
While coglan was describing TO me-
the topography along tho Siberian
railway the orchestra giidcd into a
medley. Tho concluding air was
Dixie and as the celebrating notes
tumblcd forth they were almost
overpowcred by a great clapplng Of
hands from almost every table
II In worth paragraph 20 Say that
this remarkable scsnc can be wit.
messed every evening In numerous
cafes In the city of New York Tons
OF brew have been consumed over
theories 20 account for II. Some have
conjectured hastily that all South
erners I'm town hie themselves to
cafes nj nightfaIl This applause OF
the "rebei" air In a. Northern city
does puzzle a little. but II In not In
solvabie. The war with Spain, many
years generous mint and watermelon
crops. n few iongHhot winners at the
New Orleans race track, and the