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The English at Hohie.

cat iiome assn his home. * As soon as he
has completed his days toll, as soop as. he
can turn the key of his tdesk.'his safe, or his
manufactdry door, then arise = the vision 4
s'raitway Of his evening paradise. Them
for homc--for wife and baJics-for dsSt' j.
ner. lie aligh,s n, his gate about five o.
clock, and goes up through lawn green
as emerald, over walks smooth as MARBLE,
and through shrubbery as carefully trained
and tended as a bIooded racer for. the der.
10y day" The house is Of yellow Portland
stone, or else of brick succeed to a. cream
color. This makes fine contrast with tue
green of the foliage. At tho door, Johns
Bull Is let in 10y the rosiest and most whole
some OF servants, very tidy and "handy,". !.
very obi'gng and obedient, but little too
obsequious in manner. In England, the =
laborlng classes are as subservient as GER
tain class of American "lelp" is saucy ands
impulcut
"Wl'at bright glow breaks upon one
in entering the English home The walls
are parcred with IL warm tint; the CRATE
Is b'az'n" with a rudly flame, (no black
holes III the floor for the hot air ab infer: !:
ms y the carpet is ankle-deep in Wilton
sottness the good genius Of hospitality
floats in the very atmosphere. BY six o.
clock a half dozen frienls have been 'sset
down at the door, and duly announced by
a white. crava'ed footman. The gentlemen
are we'll dressed the portly women are
sensibly dressed, which is more than can be
SAID OF dinner-party in Paris, or at the
tive hundred dollar feeds" Of Mrs. Poti-
phar:s When, as the guest Of the evening
you have hande the lady of the. house 10
the dning-roorn. you will find that every
thing that is stiff and higid in John Bull
or his woman,kind is rapidly thawing out. :.
"The dinner is boun,ifu and genuine.
! No tit-bits on three score dishes, as on the
Continent. No haf.cooked "experiments''
of new cooks and young housekeepers. Tt
is solid roast beef and plum pudding af-
fair. When MIR. Bull wishes to honor a
draft on his hospitality, he dresses his sal
mon, and roasts his beef. and toasts his
grouse, and brings out his choicest old Bur.
gundy, which his grandfather bottled up
| full five aad twenty years ago. All these
gooi things are punished" through two
mortal hours ;,and, in despite Of Solomon
and Neal Dow, the company "tarry long at
the wine" Not so bad, though, are the
drinking usuages as in days of yore.< The
wine-botle is not passed so briskly, or
pressed upon so per,inaciously, MS before the
temperance reform "Shyed a stone" at the
decanters. May live to see the day .When
the last one is shattered !!
"a French lady can givea splendid en-
tertainment on two.emons. But it. takes
time, and toll, and terrible !"'sword exer-
else" npon ribs aud hind Quarters, rounds
and dtsirloins. before you are through with
an English dinner. AT haIfpast seven, the
ladies withdraw to the. parlor, and then
comes short ""grace" aud long talk over
| news, trade or politics The Indian 5.mut.
iny is discussed for the twentieth .timeZthe
suspension Of the Bank chartcr.-tlie new
Reform project-,he winner Of tliezacnps at
the'St. Leger race-the last serial by Boz
the proposal to grow cotton in India-ths
furore over Spurgeon-the launclfofH the !
unlaunched ,Lcvia.hah. ASIAN American
guests, you will be asked q. score of qnes-
tions about the men andS movements sons
this side Of the waters Avast deal of GU
riosity is felt in regard to tile very /. things.
that yon will he least likely&to expect
cross,questiohipg. The vicar Of he3aparisi
(who is constant guest at,the tables. .ofb;
flnck) will inquire about the workings -
the voluntary system" in. American chul-.
ches, and whether our "public. school sSss
tenn comes up to our expectation. q" Mr..
High Tory says thathe doa't believe any
such system will ever q nswer at all ins old
England: Captain FulEBottle will inquire
ofyou whether "there really Is such a thing:
as the, Main Law in America, y - Young.
Mr.. Fi,zfunny wishes you to tell bin,sswhat
a Mississippi sawyer is, aud whether the.:
border rnflians are still tronblesolaeain, the
neighborhood of New. York nsalH sides
you will be beset with inquiries about. tke
Mormons,, for tl'ismost outlandisb people
are n perpetual riddle and mysterysto otirss'
Anglican cousins. They cannot compfe.ss g
hen.i them, or why We should lets then. .ex.s
| ist among ns. ES,s,sass
"When the dinner and the granes AIS
disposed of, theremainder ofthe seye1ihgSis
passed with the ladi's in the; xdraWilG
room In extcrnals, the English woma1s
| superior to. her. American cousins. Not iii iiiS
k.prightliness, culture, or force Of character
In these traits the New World boasts a. sua,
periority.5 American girlhood is& &alsps yfars
more lovely than English. Bot akehtws
ty-five. American benuty begips.te. tails otf
like rose leaves in a shower |; just then En-
gish beauty is anproaching its prime! e The
British live slower, and live longer, and
last longer, than weever havet6r ever cans
lsinthis severe. climate, aud under theT high
pressure ofeoasaat excitelSent zn:aa8ork
j. fatalto our bea lib doors ffeslteasS
English cheeks, afdNgiyes riQof fos 9EnfifjslSs