The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-05-14
The Lecture Of Wendell Phillips on
street Life An kurope.r


street Life I'm Europe
Ia Europe men carry the signs Of
their yocations in their clothing. In
Paris some years ago the lecturer
was refused admission by sentinel
to public building because be wore
cap, which, in France. was only
worn by servants. He finally con-
vinced the sentry that he had anoth-
or cap at home. and was permitted to
go in
Americans think it Is an evidence
Of manhood to repress their emotions.
Homer made his gods whine and
howl, and did not imagine be was
detracting from the dignity Of the
god, much less than Of man. This Is
the sentiment in Europe. After one
Of the sessions of the French Assem-
bly,, Jules Favre and the orator Ber-
ryer fell upon each others's necks and
kissed and wept Imagine Sunset
Cox and Ben Butler kissing each 9TH
er I, Laughter
@One thing that forcibIy strikes an
American in Europe IS the lack Of
what we would call enterprise that
the application Of brains to work.
Ralph Waldo Emerson SAYS: I Yam
kee has as much brains in his hands
as a European in bis skull. We har-
ness steam. and send lightning on
errands 4 genuine Yankee baby
looks over the side Of his cradle. plans
new one. and get out a patent for
it before he i nine months Old
[ Laughter The difference between
the Yankee and the European is Illus
trated By the above. in connection
with an anecdote Of Horace Greeley.
Mr.. Greeley, when in Fr nee,
once said 20 q Frenehman. whom he
saw moving with a rusty old knife
Why don't YOU yet a good, sharp
modern scythe II viii DO three
times as much work.
"The Frenchman's reply was fuller
Of economy than the Tribune ever
was: All, Monsieur. | havn't three
times the work 10 DO.
in Europe wood Is -old bv the
pound, and bread by the yard. The
Italian wood saver places the saw
between his knees, and rubs the wood
on the saw. This, according IL the
lecturer. was the dead low tide Of the
application Of brains 20 work. TIE
high tide Of the application Of brains
70 labor is found in the operation Of
one Of our grain elevators. which the
lecturer characterized as an instance /
Of the YaHkee skulking the final
curse Of getting his living by the
sweat Of his brow
The Europeans. he said. were
much more polite than Americans
Ask a New Yorker the wav 10 Wall I
street, and he viii send YOU to a place I
hotter than the 4th Of July
Laughter. Ask an EngIishman (
and it Is chance if be don't send /
you to the same place. Ask a.
Frenchman the wav 70 a salon, and
he viii direct you with the greatest
particularly. Ask a German the
way TO place and he wiz 20 with
YOU.
In America everybody travels.
In Europe the man who travels is q
curiosity. This fact explains Monies
quieu's remark that Paris i France. =
Paris pulls down a king. and the mat
ter is accomplished before MarseiIles
hears oft.
In Europe almost everything Is
governed by economy. The lecturer
was once instructed in Italy by an
officer in the English navy how to
save Z cent.
The next place where we see
Europeans is at the church, the doors
Of which are always open. In the
churches there is no hateful aristoera-
cy ofpews He had seen the blood
royal Of Naples kneeling side BY side
with the ragged lazzaroa, both equal
before God.
In the matter Of alms-siving the
Europeans are far superior to Us. In
America we waste more than Italians
eat, and vet in that country he had
never seen q beggar turned away
from house or store without having
something given him as a testimony
that better of owed something to
worse of.
"Woman's work in Europe in some
what multifarious Thev do two
thirds Of the work-draw wagons.
propel boats, dig plow. and in fact.
perform ell kinds of labor. A brother
of the last Emperor Of Austria, who 4
married his wife in the Tvrol, married .
her because she harnessed horse. so
we'll
1T has been said that the word 4
home is not to be found in the French 1
language, and consequently we i'm
agine they have not homes there =
The lecturer had seen houses in
France in which might be found FIVE
or six generations Of the same family. I
The prejudice against color. so 1
strong in America, has no place /
among Europeans. At st. Peters /
in Rome, Mr.. Phillips heard a sermon /
delivered in most melodious voice.
and when he moved toward the
priest to note his personal appearance,
he was astonished to discover that
the speaker was negro. This struck
him so foreiblv that be exclaimed, Il
must be 5000 miles from Boston"
[ Laurhfer and Annlanse I Chtcnlto