Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-09-15
ENGLISH INNS AND ENGLISH
SERVAN rs.

NofthumbeTland county, England:
81 have had cause 10 be surprised at
the comforts TO be had at the country
inns oil England, equalrug, IS they gen
orally do, those Of the best hotels OF
London. | say surprised, because The
terms, as compared with those ln Lon
don, are so moderate, At this inn, the
price OF lodging such aS prince might
be content with, 10 only one shilling -
Meals are not quite 30 cheap, but much
lower than the same in London You
know The hotels are bally high |
priced, the world over. This is moi al
all wonderful, when you consider, in
addition 10 the heavy taxes upon every !
thing that is used, the extraVagance with |
which all their departments are eonduc-
ted. The loss inevitable from this ex
travagance and waste, must come OFT ol
the pocket Of the stranger who patron |
zes the establishment Any one, too,
who will look al the servants and man
ner in which they dress, will moi be sur
Prlsed that they want high fees from all
upon whom they attend Imagine as is
actually the case, lhe waiter dressed in
fine broad cloth, rufl.d shirt, white
craVat, elegantly worked collar, pumps,
and occasionally, white gloves, and what
a contrast do we sen TO those we have
been accustomed to see around US This
hnery in which these servants dress, is
no doubI borrowed from the servants Of
the nobility, who are very gaudiy array
ed. The srislOcracy seem 10 have quite
a passion for handsome servants or
course they are dressed in livery; but
as livery is not confined 10 nobility, but
extends to many commoners as well, |
cannOl see lie use. unless It be 10 dislin
gulsh the servant from The master. A
stranger, without this distinction. would
be al loss TO know who was the gen.
tleman the servant being in many in
stances the better and more intellectual
looking man Of the two, as have often
observed in Hyde Park.
"The practice OF giving fees 10 ser
wants in England, has become as much
a part OF her system, as the revenue
, laws themselves. 1t iSa custom The
more especially vexalious 10 Americans,
, because they have not been used to it,
, The evil does not consist in any thing
= so much as the uncertainty as 10 whsl
/ you have 10 pay. If, when ones bill
! we're presented at tavern, the amount
\ due TO servants were added on, accord
0 Jog TO some fixed and general rule
e there would not be much reason 10 com
o plain. But, as it is, the traveller is Of
g ten put 10 the necessity Of paying more
9 than hs can afford. or than the servicet
Il are worth, Tor fear OF seeming 10 in
pose upon a meniaI by paying too lit
tie. At many public places, where M
tickets of admission are sold, antique
places, churches, nobemen's seats, &c.
fees are regularly expected, and gene
rally the qualification felt by the slran
o ger is such as 10 make him feel that any
n little sum he may have to bestow, is vel
o spent. | can tolerate a door widow
making her livelihood by exhibiting th'
'. memorials Of such a man as Shakespeare
can excuse 4 workman, in hot manu-
Il factory or foundry, ,oiIlng and swealn.
u from day TO day for lean wages, asking
y for the wherewlh 10 buy bottle OF ali
= or soma comfort for his family, but wbeI
see DobemeU, who are rolling il
, wealth and splendor and superhuity
, making as It were, public places ol thsl
seats, grounds and galleries, permitting
d their establishments to be shown fo
81 money, which indirectly finds it's way II
IS their pockets, or else paying their hous'
J. keepers and porters with What is recelv
: ed, and thus permitting these gentle
K men in Ivery,"to TO levy contributions up
o on the public, wherewih they may gan
. BILE, and carry on high life below stairs,
can find no justification for such prac.
y ticss being carried on by men, who as
+" sums to bs above every thing sordld
o and more than that, who style them,
T. selves "nobs." ! do not know how lht
10 practice OF taking fees, could have be
10 come 60 general, unless it bO sort o
u extension Of the principle upon which
J John Bull has acted-tha' oil laxn e eV'
9 erv thing that would bear ii. You know
D that servants the world over, will imi
u tate the adVices OF their masters.
}, think the English msniaIs, seeing Wha
q large sums their masters, who governed
y the country, raised ry means Of take
n and protective tariffs, only adding lii
$, tie to the price Of every article, resolved
D that they would do the same, and proIec
% themselves by screwlOg small sum, o
% as much as he could give, Out Of ever.
Is geAllsman they met,