HERO WORSHIP IN AMERICA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2605, 23 March 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)

HERO WORSHIP IN AMERICA.

Naturally the President elect of America, says the Daily Telegraph, is the hero of the hour. Some twenty reporters, representing the leading papers of the country, are kept constantly at Indianapolis, and no details in the doings of Royalty were ever so faithfully reported as the incidents and daily life of this modest Indianapolis lawyer. He has recently returned from a hunting expedition, and we have been told with thrilling circumstantiality what a fine shot he is, and how much more adroit and skilful he was in bagging; game than any of his clumsy associates. In one of the papers there appeared a story of this distinguished huntsman stopping at a farmhouse. The neighbors flocked in in a great numbers. Everyone who came was invited to sit down at the with the President elect. The host himself waited upon his guests because, to quote his own language, he had never hud "alive President in his house before." Three ladies of the neighborhood waited upon the table, and as the President elect disposed of one dish the plate used by him was cleaned and put away as a souvenir. In the distribution of these souvenirs one poor woman who came in late found that the cups and saucers and plates used by this distinguished guest were already distributed, but she was fortunate enough to find a piece of American apple pie which had been partially consumed by the President elect, so she seized upon the trophy to carry away with her, and to preserve as a record of the memorable event. No one will say after this that the Americans are not hero worshippers.