New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-08
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soo1on =. oresept abou nds in AMerIeans
On their way 90 che Vienna Expossicn.
MANY of them are commissioners from Va
r;ous States. Some have 'apds to sell ~
G.an ham Hotel 10 full. The kanSham il
the nearest approach to an American hose!
in London. There. though not guest. you
NAV pass in and out without explaining -
the hall porter who you are. What you are
where you come from. Or what 20" waH,'
YOU may there enter and retire without CIV
inc yOur pedigree, naturalization papers. er
a certificate Of good character. At other
English hotels something analogous 70 tNa
is commonly required.
We. who have been IN England fulI
year look down with an alr OF superiority
or the raw. the newly-arrived American.
We are quite English. We have worn ous
our American clothes. We have OF Eng
lish hats with tightly curled rims ana eng
Ush stub toed boots. We know the intrlca'
cies of London street navigation and lsllns'
ron. Blackfriars. Camden Town. Hackney:
the ..Surrey Side" Piccadilly, Regent anu
Oxford streets. the Strand and Fleet street,
are all mapped out distinctly IN our aa'n9
eve. We are skilled in English money. ana
no ION ger PASS half crowns tor two shilliuS
pieces. We are real Apglo-Amer!ean"
But the raw American. only arrived
week, is in a maze, q contusior. a hu:ry.
He is excited and mystitied. he trIes u
aupear cool and unconcerned. and Is sin'
piS; yidculous. His cards. bearing as
name. title and official status. ne d!st!'outes
a. freely as doth the winter wind she snew
fakes. Inquire a, the Langhani office for
Mr.. Smith. and you lind he has b!oss0We1
| into General Smith.
Hell. always partakiu. or about to psc.
| take of official dinners. lie 1eels tAa1 tno
! eyes Of all England are upon A1R he -
| dressed la bandbox-hat Immaculate 10
! it. pristine gloss. white crarat' amo:eIa %
| the film nest iucased in silken wrapper. 4
| speck Of mud on his boots would tarnisa
IKE national honor. Commonly DE is taken
| for a head butler. He drinks much stOut.
| He eats whitehall dinner before being
! forty.eieht hours in London. and tells ct it.
! Al: this makes him feel English
| You meet him. He Is overjored. He
| would talk Of eyerything-youf Mntua!
experience in America. his sensations and
impressions since arriving in England. He
talks intelligibly OF pothing. His Sran IS
! a mere rag.5ac, shreddy. confused, parti.
! colored Thus he empties it: Passage oyee
| rough;" "London wosGerfui:" ''Dined With
! the Earl of yesterday: dime with Sic
- to day." ITO the Tower "Wessni1.
| going, going. yons: and &c shakes hands
with YOU and is off at Broadway gait
! straight toward the East End OF LosdoD
! for his hotel. which lies al the West End.
In reality the man is not IN his righS
mind. He is undergoing she mental &c.
! climatization fever. Should he stay in Lon.
! don foy three months he might recover and
| begin to find out where he is. But six months
! hence he will have returned TO America.
! faucying he has seen london. Paris. Rome.
| Geneva. Vienna and whatever other places
! his body has been hurried through. Rot bic
mind: for that. in the excitement and rapid.
ity Of his flight. has s.yeaMe1 behind nina
like tue tail OF eonet~lighe. a:.eauated.
va:.ory. catching nothing. absorbing 40
| thing.
Occasionally this fever takes a. abusive
phase. He tilIs in England nothing to Ike.
| nothing to admire. Sometimes BE wishes
| immediately TO seyoluciorize che govern.
! nen.. He is incensei at tie cost Of soy atty.
He sees on every side INDICATIONS 81 paliti.
| ca! upheayal. Or he becomes su!laarilr
| Disguised. Because there are nc SUcisw heas
cakes. no Goldfish cakes. GO hot bread. 10
pork and beans. 30 mammoth oysters.
stewed. fried and roasted. he can ina Aot..
ing to eat. The English can not cook. Be.
cause he can find no noisy. e;a:teylng. dish.
smashing, restaurant. tall OF acrobatic
! walters. racing and balancing immense
piles of plates, and shouting ;argon uu.
tfanslatable. unintelligiDle, and unprO.
| louncable down into the lower kitchen. he
! can not. can not eat.-P:eHsie. .u.at..'.