Show personal Pers Perso oual fial Sli sketches etches FRANCIS TRAIN mr train is indebted for his widespread reputation to the speeches he made in europe some years cars ago and which were copied into the newspapers of this country as tile the novelty of tile the hour mr train really seemed by these ringing ring ing utterances to be be bearding arding th the british lion tin in his den but the fact which was made known in these columns a few afew days since that these speech es were delivered for the most part to a small circle of boon companions in in it a little chop house down the strand has served to dissipate any lingerin lingering ra r impression 1111 pres siou that may have rena remained ined respecting the sm sin of these dinner speeches not that mr train would not have delivered the same style of speech in the presence pre sence of the queen herself if he could only have got the opportunity port unity like most men who speak with so much extraordinary fluency on all sorts of occasions any anywhere where and everywhere without preparation or even warning ta mr train sometimes gives utterance to a good deal of vocal gibbish nib bish ile he is however we sincerely believe thoroughly honest in his devotion to whatever h alever hobby lie he may stride whatever reform he be nia may y advocate ho he has tho the rare merit of being an earnest outspoken advocate of american Amei ican institutions in whatever land he may be and in this respect differs from the bulk of traveled americans who gryto try to ape foreign ma manners and come back to their own cou coun 11 aly to sneer at its cus customs its pronunciation cia tion its di diess ess and all the rest of it who think a man is a boor if ho he wears broadcloth in the morning and declines to say baff mawst nine when he half balf past mr train is a sti strict act temperance man averring that he has never once in his lire life tasted intoxicating liquor a state merit ment which those who have seen him at a ceremonious dinner can easily believe having met him at more than one such inner dinner when champagne was as free as water and other wines were lavishly provided we never ance saw him taste a drop thou though 0 it pet perhaps haps every other man in the room wis slightly lightly ex with ailese aln se beverages but mr turns conduct in in genera general 1 is so eccentric that we have often heard him accused of being in a state of wild intoxication and when this was demon de mon satiated impossible his ei ratio conduct was attributed to insanity one of mr trains is to talk in rhyme and the effect of tills is something deiy funny when lie he intends intend 5 to be impressive we once heard him ask a lady this double question have you oil seen my charming daugh ter the fairest maid across the water and have you seen my my blue eyed wife the prettiest woman I 1 ever saw in my life yn it was impossible not to laugh 0 at this and when the lady did so mr train felt very much hurt and instantly said in a vexed tone why do you on smile at my verses pray be very glad to make as good I 1 dare say another of mr trains peculiarities is his respect for bi high b sounding n names ames spite of his strong republicanism and the questionable position in which he be is sometimes content to place himself in his endeavor to show that he receives from distinguished personage age abroad As an instance his hid residence in liverpool lie once gave a fourth of july banquet and with a coolness COO IDess which is is very amusing seni letters of invitation to all the prominent men in england including the prince Cou lorde lord elgin 4 agin earl russell etc it is needless to say that no notice was taken by the prince Cons consort of mr trains train 8 offered hospitality nor indeed by any other of the nobility with one exception lord elgin permitted his secretary to write a note like this sir youage you are informed that lord elgin will not be present pree crit at your fourth of july banquet this thid rather curt communication mr train was quite proud of showing t to his friends still another amusing a 1 musing peculiarity of our subject is his style of visiting card in europe lie used a card of superlatively small size on which was printed in ludicrously small type george francis train residences new york london liverpool paris vienna berlin another was an immensely large card with the following in huge type george francis train cosmopolitan many people thought the last art word indicated some hotel at which lie he was staying r mr triin train tr is best beat known own in england a as 9 the tramway man mail and by his persistent efforts to get gel london intersected after the manner mannar of philada philadelphia el phia was led to bo be considered a nuisance by our english 0 brethren his efforts were unsuccessful in the main though there are one or two miles milca of track laid down we believe near kensington gate london and some also at birkenhead erl head near liverpool in paris mr air trains efforts were equally unsuccessful the emperor sent lum hun word down that if instead of laying down more tramways tram ways lie he would abolish the se de fc Aman Amari cain which runs to neuilly lie would be very mu much ch obliged to him also that paris was a ville lie de it cit city r of luxury ard aad no american ui utility iliev was wanted in it in london mr train tasted the joys of imprisonment on account of some soine financial difficulty arising out of the tramway ba business siness he wrote one or two indignant and amusing letters about this episode mr train is a zealous advocate of the water cure and is now or was very recently at least so sojourning sojo J at the clifton springs cure he first received the benefit berie fit of the water cure fl fi om am the celebrated establishment in en england known as aa great Id Mal alvern vorn tile the haven han of liver diseased dis cosed bombay and an d calcutta officers and their sickly wives and children until the physician left for his home in switzerland mr train lived at the water cure establishment in fourteenth street near sixth avenue his wife and children residing aiding le ie in 1 a I hand handsome soma house in madison adison 31 avenue mis train is is a beautiful lady with light hair and large blue eyes beating a remarkable resemblance to julia dean the actress they have three fine Lh hildren children As illustrative of mr trains intense patriotism we may relate that on one bocc occasion aaion sent his wife on a ninety days voyage from australia to new york that their coming child chila anig might he be born on american would be ble future president of the united states tates the journey was a roost most troublous one at and id the lidy lady came very near bein being P shipwrecked but at last reached this th S country in safety the child was born boll and it was a girl mr thain may often be seen at th opera with his wife the lady is remarked for the elegance of her toilet tes and the gentleman is conspicuous by his failing blue coat with brass buttons lie he is a veay tall man but the stoutness which has bas come upon him in late years somewhat takes away from him the effect of his hia hight bight he has black hair with ceils in tight ringlets all over his head bead ii light eyes and a ion long 11 nose his foi chead id aud alid ebin chin are both retreating his profile therefore not so good as his front face but mr T is ia fond of having liis his face painted p photographed hotell t graphed and cut in marble in iii profile pio plo file two boo books 1 I have emanated from mr trains pen we believe one of which I 1 is s entitled spread er hia 11 h wi wife fe is a daughter of mr divis davis the celebrated louisville journalist and the first man in america to start a one cent piper paper the ladys first name dame was the curious one fur for a lady of willie mail |