The New York herald., 1922-03-31
FOLEY BECAME TOO.
HOMESICK IN EUROPE
Cherry Hill Leader, Back From
14,000 Mile Trip, Says
Never Again
LOOKED SPHINX IN FACE
Feels Sure n. Y. Builders Could
Skin to Death Old Greek
Architects.
LOOKED SPHINX IN FACE

Thomas +. Foley, known to his inti-
mates in the Cherry Hill district as
big Tom" Democratic boss or the Sec
ond Assembly District once Sheriff OF
New York and celebrated locally among
the kids for his annual spectacular AMI
bountiful blowouts, got back yesterday
from his cruise of the Mediterranean
aboard the Cunarter Caronia. looking
we'll and feeling. as he expressed IL
later. somewhat FED up on the Near
East
Big Tom has been abroad before. but
never on a 1900 mile Mediterranean
voyage. and it was the first time he had
aver looked the Sphinx in what remains
Of its mysterious face. lie did not say
1T reminded him OF Charlie Murphy. be-
cause there is nothing suggestive or the
Celt in the desert Mystery.
Mr.. Foley. although he said little
about the subject. is understood to have
been much impressed by his visit 20
Jerusalem. which. in a measure. re-
minded him of some OF the most inn
portant parts of his political domain
He may give out his impressions later
to those of his constituents who passed
longer time in Palestine than the ex-
cursionists of the Caronia, and who have
expressed a strong interest in this par
ticular part OF his travels His remi-
niscences of Italy may win him regard
among his Italian following. which is
large.
Primed to Get Greek Vote.
With an eye to the growing Greek
vote of Cherry Hill, MIR. Foley gathered
in some memories OF Athens. He did
not care much for the ruins OF Greek
architecture feeling pretty sure that
the builders OF his own borough had
the ancient Athenians skinned to
DEATH" Besides, Manhattan's buildings
were "all there" and had no second
hand aspect.
lie noted that foreign women smoked
freely and when he got the wireless
news of the recent effort to put a ban
on smoking here he remarked that he
was rather glad the women OF his dis
trict had not begun to indulge. at least
they had not when he sailed away on
January 2S.
Mr.. Foleys previous European trip
was also his first vacation and it was
away back in 1905. so with him II Is
a pretty long time between vacations.
He went away then unannounced. with
out the brass bands that his constituents
would have been glad to furnish. and
come back after spending only about
week on the other side in places
where the English language was the
medium for exchanging sentiments. Part
of his vacation was spent in Ireland
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in the places he visited on this, which he
saws il his last, trip abroad. Mrs Foley
was with him. and she frankly declared
that she enjoyed every moment Of the
tour and that her husband had had the
time Of his life. He heard her, and did
not contradict her. being a good politi-
clan.
But when Mr. Foley was alone he
unbosomed himself freely about the ef-
feteness OF that part Of Europe and
Egypt that he had taken in. lie said as
much TO friends Of Tammany Hall
delegation led by Representative Daniel
Riordan that greeted him at the pier
According to Mr.. Foley, he glued himself
to the rail Of the liner as che game w
the bay and North River and gloated
over the architectural magnihcencc OF
Manhattan. He may not have mentally
put 1t that way, but he said:
You couldn't drag me away from the
rail- when we got sight OF the skyline.
never knew how great II was until ] saw
il this time coming back TO my old dis
trict."
When the Cherry Hill boss noted the
roar Of West street traffic he cooked
his ears and said that 1t was good to
hear it again. and that things were
dull and slow in the European towns,
and ne did not even except Monte Carlo,
although he declined to say whether
he had made any effort to break the
bank in the immemorial fashion of
first American visitors.
Mrs. Foley Is Enthusiasts.
Mrs. Foley had said enthusiastically:
The trip was magnificent. | never
enjoyed myself so much in all my life.
All OF Italy is beautiful. Tom enjoyed
it. too"
II was when Mrs. Foley was busy
with her baggage later that Mr.. Foley
let himself loose. remarking:
Don't believer her. boys. All this
travel stuff is bunk. Travelling may
be all right for some people. but leave
me out hereafter You can bet I'll never
70 on another vacation except with the
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