The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1854-08-03
AmerIcan VS.. English Ho,e Is.

| william Chamoes Journal OF his trip 10
the United States, now going through his
own press Of Edinburg, contains as impair.
tial and Iraihful a statement Of things in this
country as we could reasonably ask for. He
is especially delighted with our hotels. He
calls the Burnet, in this city kingly place,
and TO the Astor he devotes an elaborate ar
ticle. Two or three paragraphs we copy, to
show that the SANDERS OF men like Captain
Hamilton, and women like Trollope, are be-
ing put down in the right quarter. He
writes =,
We could hardly picture 10 ourselves
greater contrast than that between an old
country and an American hotel. The two
things are not in the least alike. Arriving at
an inn in England, ycu are treated with i'm.
mense difference, sllowed the seclusiou of
private apartment, charged exorbi,anlIy for
everything, and, at departure, curtsed and
bowed out at the door, as if prodgious ia
vor had been conferred on the establish
ment In the United States, things are ma
naged differently. The Americans, with
some faults of character, possesses the sin
gular merit of not being exclusive, extor-
tioaate, or subservisnt But where all Irav-
ei, hoiel-ksepers can afford to act magnani-
mously. Instead of looking TO livelihood
from few customers, scheming petty gains
by ranaine up tih forrhe use OF candies,
firing, and other conveaiencies, and smooth
ing everything over by mercenary bow,
the proprietor of an American hotel Is
capitalist at the head of a great concern,
and would despise doing anything shabby !;
hundred pour into and out of his house dai.
ly, he notices neither your coming nor GO
ing without ceremony you are free of the
establishment; and when you pay and de-
part ,there are no bows, no thsnks--but you
are moi Aeeced !. ami that is always fel. to
be comfort.
Speaking of our reputation for fas. eating,
he says:
Here again, though looking for il day
af,er day, did fail as on previous occasions
to see the slightes. approach to hurried eai-
ing, and as until the last moment Of my
stay in America never saw such thing.
am bound SO far as my observation goes,
10 say that the nstional reproach on This
score, II itevsr was true, is so no longer
Calling for dishes, by printed bals Of fare,r
q custom now all but universal, in reality
renders any scramble unnecessary. So far
from being hurried, any man may draw
out his dinner for an hour, il he pleases,
and all the time have waiter in attendance
al his back to bring him whatsoever he de-
sirss. think il due 10 the Americans 10
make this remark on very commonplace
topic, and likewise 10 say OF them, tha,
their temperance al the table filed me with
no little surprise. 10 the slargs dining .parlor
in the AsIor Gas at other houses there wss
seldom seen more than one or two bollles Of
vine. Nor did any exciting beverage seem
desirable A soble, Of pure water, with ice
was placed for the use Of every guest, and
in ineuIgng in this simple potsiion, felt
how litlls is done in England TO promote
habits of sobriety by furnishing waisr, at
-ifaciiye alike FOR its brilliant purity and cool
ness.
The bar a, tho Astor, an exchange ID its
way, was sometimes tolerably crowded, but
never saw SO many as dozen at time
engaged in drinking. The greater number
did not drink at all, il being one Of the good
points in those establish menls, that you are
LEI, 10 do exactly as you like. No one iheeds
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