, 1879-06-15

year MIS- noEte6se5-the Lady Of the Amer1c.
house where he spends most of his time, II
her young unmarried ststcr-come to England
and then the young man, who had been niut
emitten in America By the girl, and whose ardt
Is revived by the sight Of her in London, fnt
himself III difficulty. His mother and sfstel
do not fancy tue match; though they arc at Ia:
forced to call on the strangers, they are insole1
to them, and make them feel that they belon
to another social sphere; and when the ybun
man, from mixture Of liking for the girl an
defiance Of his womanklnd, a. last, after hoyel
ing about her Tor awhile, asks her to marry hin
he is refused, and the curtain falls.
This is the text on which Mr.. Hazeltine write
very interesting sermon. 1t is obvious, how
ever, that whatever may be his knowledge q
Continental Europe, bis Acquaintance with En-
glish society is not large. But this is matte
Of less importance. The interesting thing is t,
see bow the social position of his country-peopl
in Europe presents itself to the mind of candle
aud intelligent American. Let us frankly con
ccde at the outset that an English traveller II
America is much better treated than an Ameri
can traveller III England. It is no use blinking
tile fact. The experience of every one who
Knows the two countries will agree upon this.
An Enslishman, who is personally not unpre-
vIded with rassable credentials, will be hunGed
OIL from house to house and received everywhere
and a: once On footing OF cordial intimacy
How far this is from being the case with Ameri-
can travellers in Enciand it is needless to say
An Englisbman WHO has enjoyed American
hospitality can hardly reject on the matter with
out feeling certain conjunction. But, secti-
mcnt apart, it is worth while asking what are
tic reasons for English reserve in this respect,
a,i II, or how far, this reserve is justified.
MIR. H3TRltf1e nf hat
which bis -couutrywon1cu in the sIuternatio
Eoisode" rot from the English ladies' of rank was
1 no more than might lave bcea fairly expected
Ihc same snubbiuc, he implies, would have
the highest class who aspired to ally themselves
with u future Duke. Ne NAV remark
parenthetically. that Mr.. Hazeltine seems
3:nnerfcctly acquainted with tile divisions
and eraoations OF English society. 1t is incor-
rect to talk, as he does OF wealthy and cultiyat-
ed people engaged in the learned professions or
III commerce as the lower middle c1ass'' Nor
Is it true 1aat there is in England any hard and
last line Which separates such people from the
nobility. Nor, further, is it true that the AMER
1csu ladies iu question would have got III all
likelihood much frankcr welcome from En-
E'lsh people q lew pegs lower down, il one must
use the phrase. on tie social ladder All that
was known OF them Was that they we're good
LOOKING, !e Wen-mannered, and well-dressed, and
that The young gentleman who was in love with
one of them had passed some time very pleas
antly at their house. 4 mother need moi hc a
Duchess to be shy OF ]avishng invitations on
strangers \ under such circumstances. And if the
American young lady had said "let us eo,n for
"supDose We go,' or II quarter to ~ Instead
OF "a quarter before III Mr.. Hazeltinr
may be quite sure that neither q Duchess
nor ANYBODY else would hare found anything
9n'lss N her speech. We appreciate tic can
dor which can see that there are 1wo sides to |
an Affair Of this kind, and We agree with Mir.
Hazeit1ne that IN this instance the American Ia
qies lad no right to feel themselves aggrieyed, |
put We do not agree with Linn in The explanation
~ gNes. had ooth the ladies'. instead Of one |
only, beeu married, or had the Young man him |
keft been married, they would probably have |
met with Very different welcome But when
Young man, himself great prize in the matri- |
niontd market. falls in lore with girl who is |
not great prize, who does not belong tx, his
order or bis set, and about whose family and
cariy associations aud position generally very
l1tfle IS known. it is not to be wondered that the
e1,l, whether American not, should get thc
5' 5lu snouloef from bis female relations. The
c7:ahces are that, it had not been for the i'm |
ninent peril Of natrmony which any advances
'n the part OF the English ladies' would huve in |
'oi7eo, -they would have been only too happy to |
selp Inc visitors to a social success, and Mrs
" sesteate anu Miss Alden would have had the
'onor, before the season Was over, OF daucinc
nth Royalty itself.
Still, 1t RENAME true that Americans In pen-
ral fnd 1t bard to acclimatize themselves In
ILL., hand <f,rro l
ay. at the Lakes where Il neno1ir peirs 1ntee .
alf 1av at Chester. md nerhans dax a1' 10 ssop
.orth. on their way to London, visit the Tower,
Westminster Abbey, the Zoo{opica1 Cordens' |
nd the Houses Of par1iamcns 80 +hs., hnnue1s, .a,,
,e train TO Paris. It js cIca2 that +beE ea a. 'ase
adj tie time nass n,oas,nt1v ~ Fnn ansy oo not
-e not IN hnrrv 20 Iasr.. ~ pe.; aIe1anq: M 1ney
ben once they arrive thrre Thar " ,i,"ae m
ter ali the sights have been seem hecamse +1. un
le there suits them. They make good rcsolu- {
ons to sec England we'll On their way hnme
hch last uutil tGev oct AZ far ~ P,r;s AZ mo ~
turn tourney. Bit ileTe The f..c;no,;o,,. n 11
e theatres, the di,storiness of Wnrt1, ~ h
feux to friends 1ht. shnnea,d ~ a~o,,e". ~
ople make for not do;na what s5ex %n.5n Gn
It ike, detaiu Them I'm +hrea oJ aa-e ~
fore the steamer sails from Ltvernooi ri. =
all natural enonph rho c1;nna+e - @,r;ans trs :,
far from perfect. ,e hotal ~ "a rno*1fr d. 81
stable. Life in ;odrin~s' unisss +ns.a,;o - -
ge party, is intolerably duh. IN ninateen 4
les out Of twenty thev ne-er eea ,hs ;nsdH 81 T.
English home. There is no outdoor io lie for or a. a,