The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-13


saw nothing whatever OF the kind. Where
a Car Is crowded men will generally
gre seats 10 women, Just as they do in
| metropolitan railway in London; but
never saw anything more than this. On
the contrary, 1t seemed to me that the more
purely American OF the American women
those who are not accustomed TO spend
money In an ostenlatious way in Europc,
and to over-dress and over-peacock there
are very nice people indeed. 1t is the Daisy
Millers, and the Daisy Mile's mammas,
who to some extent have given the Amcri.
can women bad name. See them at home,
and they seem to me among the incest Of
their sex. Women's rights, too, are not
much overdone in America. Women's SUI.
frngc is entirely Mt 4 discount. Nobody
has it, and nobody seemed to me to want
II, except In some remote States where
they have established some new-fan-
gled social experiments. Although they
do not claim female suffrage, the
American girls are certainly more indepen-
dent than our gifts are. In this respect I
hope many OF our girls are following their
example. Ladies OF Il class who would not
i like to so out as school teachers and tec-
| graph clerks with us do so quite freely in
America. I think the last school was in
before I came to kirkcaldy was Il black
school for little negro children in the south
crn States, taught By young white north
crn lady, whom we should think quite su-
perinr TO that sort Of work. I am sure our
women have much 10 learn from the Amcr-
can women.
THE MEN.
GAS to the men, liked their style in
manners and dress. There was compare
| lively little OF. the Yankee about them. l
heard Il story of my friend, Mr. Holmes, i,
member for Paisley, who made tour in the
United States, and when he got to Chicago
he was very anxious TO see typical Amer
lean Yankee with his slouched hat, big
boots. belt with revolver stuck in 1t, and so
on. He could not find one for a long time.
At last he found man who exactly came
satlon with him he said, Have you been
long here?' 'Naw,' was the answer !:
Pm list month from Glasca.' Laugh.
teri Perhaps the men, too, have
been somewhat affected by English crit-
cism. AT all events it is now the case that
in their conduct they are exceedingly
quiet and orderly, and only spit to a mod
crate extent. In fact, rs regards smoking
and everything Of that kind, the American
regulations are much more strict than ours.
Mr.. Trollopc denounccs the lower class OF
American men as rude and barOarous in
the extreme. For my part, l can say |
found them Just the contrary. When
ever had occasion to talk 10 any OF them,
l was always impressed with their civiliy.
intelligence, and education. Applause.
One thing particularly struck nc, and that
was the quiet and orderly character
most say the dulncss OF them-for
think they were somewhat TOO quiet.
They never interrupt 4 speaker. but
always let him say out his say with
out the smallest hndrance, however dis
tasteful his ideas may be TO some OF them.
When said that sometimes they are very
orderly to the point OF dullnrs>, | might it,
lustrate that by telling you CT al American
politician whom | met. lie had been up
attending Il political mcctiu" at Il country
town. said. How did you get = oh,
he replied. exceedingly well; gave them
three solid bours OF it, and they were rs
quiet rs ii they had been TO church.
| ILau. htcr.l Upon the whole. my impress
sion Ct Tie Americans is, that in point OF
energy aud enterprise they are rather above
tie average Br!'i>her. but not above me aT-
eragc Scolchman apiIIausel-about, l may
say, equal TO iii average ScoIc!lnan.
THE CITIES.
- do not know that there is anything
very special in the larger American cities,
except the trees in the streets, which have
mentioned, and the strictly rectangular cli;-
ractCr III heir ARRANGEMENT, whc" leads TO
the numbering of the streets in the way you
have often heard. There is one Institution
in New York which struck me as verS'suc-
cessiul, and that is the elevated railways
inst opened. Instead of destroying the mar
row streets, full OF traffic, b. laying tram
WAYS in them, they leave the streets for the
ordinary traffic and carry the railway on
elevated sirdcrs above the heads OF tue poo
De and the carts. That seems to be sue
ces<iulIy done in New York, and hope TO
see it done in London also. My only com
rlaint OF the American cities Is that they
are too big-that is to say, too many
Deop!c come TO the towns who had much
better 60 and work in the country. | was
almost tempted to say that among tic
Americans, for every man who really works
with his hands there seems TO be two who
seek to live by specializing upon him-espe'
cialv by insurine his life. That seems 10
be the great business now to which retired
gentlemen, governors, and other great men
devote themselves. 1t seems to me that
Washington is the plea>antest and best OF
American cities. Mr.. Trollnpe describes il
in very horrible terms. Indeed, 1t has Ger
tainlv been very mulch improved since those
DAYS, and seemed to NE TO be 4 charming
place Boston. as you know, is delight
fully English looking place. Chicago and
those new cities seem to me to have been
oycrdone, and 10 he much too large.
HOTELS.
eft seems to me very strange that, WIN
the experience OF continental travelling
which the Americans have, after seeing the
nice, comfortable drawiDg-rooms In SWISS
and other hotels, they won't condeScend 10
Introduce something OF the kind into their
own hotels. Then, in the mode OF feedln@,
the Americans are certainly peculiar, aht,
their ways are certainly peculiar, and
their ways are certainly quite different from
our ways. You never see such tnlnG
IS an English joint or an English d'sl
upon the table. Nor, on the other hand,
have YOU welI-cooked dishes handed round
in the French style. They have style Pc
culiariy their own, which is that your meal
is served in large number OF cnrlously-
oval little dishes, which are put before
YOU or mixed up together, without Inc
smallest regard to time or tide, or holiness
or GOODNESS, or anything else; and especially
you have to this duy what Mr.. IroIIop@
yiyidly describes Il waiter who stands over
you as q sort OF taskmaster, and makes you
eat your meat not at your convenience, but
at his. [Laughter.] | do think it very
great pity that the founders Of the Amer!-
can republic did not introduce 4 little
Scotch cookery among their eally institu-
tons. am very happy to say that more
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