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Show BRYAN'S REPUTATION IN RUSSIA ! i The Russian people arc netting 'queer ideas with regard to the vara-'tions vara-'tions of our Secretary of State. In the Reitch. on the leading dally news-j papers of SL Petersburg. I find, under: j the heading "Bryan s Evening Occu-patlons," Occu-patlons," the following account of the "Chautauqua Clrojs" (a mistranslation mistransla-tion of "Chautauqua Circuit' . Th? i (editorial is based on the partial ml?ap prehension Ol the facts, but it Is evl-jdent evl-jdent not Intended to be either humor-,ous humor-,ous or exaggerated "The United States has a new sen-Ssatlon. sen-Ssatlon. The conflict with Mexico, the 'case of the murderer Thaw, and Sul-1 ;zer's fight with Tammany Hall, have' all len thrown i n t th. r und by the decision of Secretary Bryan to Increase his earnings by going into the I variety show business. He has just) (concluded to contract with a traveling; iPennylvanin circus known as the 'Chautauqua Association' for a two weeks' tour, In the course of which he will read ereping lectures In the Intervals Inter-vals between the performances of ac-jrobats. ac-jrobats. sword-swcllowers and clowns, jln the Washington papers there have alreadv appeared big advertisement' ot a series of lectures to be given by 'the American Minister o.' Foreign Affairs Af-fairs In the circus! He is to appear flrsl in Salisbury (S'ate of Maryland). ; where he will be supported by musica! clowns, fiddlers, juggler , a Florentine orchestra, Bavarian dancers and a I ' Dicta reader. His .-n'acement is for twelve nights, and his pav .-.ill be I $10,000 a niKbt. exclusive of traveling jexpenses The latter will necessarily be heavy, for the reason that the sec-1 I rotary Is pxpectoJ to return every day i to his pot of duty in the ministry at Washington. Bran. according to lat-, lest accounts, is dlsturled by ihe com-, iments of the press on hi proposed dett as a lecturer In a circus. In explanation ex-planation of his course, he gays that In I the circus where be la to appear thrc will be. It is true lU'ht genre performance, perform-ance, but they will not be nearly po I prominent as his serious lectures, and will merely furnish neceasary dlver-Jslons. dlver-Jslons. The people will be fatigued by ,ihe lecture?, and the light penre performances per-formances are Intended only to restore i the mental and emotional equlpose of the audience." There are still a few traveled countrymen in the United States whoj Ithluk that the Recent. Circus in Lon-!don Lon-!don Is a public entertainment given jln a tent, but only in Rustle OGUid the '"Chautauqua Circuit be ta!:c-n to mean "a traveling Pennsylvania circus," i where a puOllo that has been fatigued with lectures i refreshed with the lgb( penre performances of acro-bata acro-bata Bword-swollowers an.i clowns. George Kennan. in New Yr.rk Times. oo |