CHAPTER X

MORE AMERICAN EXPERIENCES

Through the Great American Desert--A land of desolation--An adventure at Santa Fé--“Hands up!”--Railway strike methods in the wild and woolly West--At Kansas City--The Magicians’ Club--“Welcome to our city”--A disappointing show--In the land of the Mormons--Salt Lake City--Brigham Young’s seraglio--The Mormon Temple and Tabernacle--Something like an angel--Brigham Young’s statue--My worst Press notice--A journalistic tragedy--In New York--I am served a scurvy trick --Hammerstein’s--A row with the management--Sharp Yankee practice--I perform in the New York Synagogue in the presence of the Chief Rabbi--A unique honour--Rubber-neck cars--The almighty dollar--The Statue of Liberty--A suggestive pose-- New York hotels--A tip as to boots 136