New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29
ENGLLSHMEN THROUGH GERMAN SPECTA-
Giles
From a Correspondent Of The Cologne Gazette

From Correspondent Of The Cologne Gazette
And now, as ! am on the point of bidding
farewell TO the last English colony when / mean
to visit IN my journey round the world DOR one
can hardly speak of Alden as an Engls1 colony
should like TO say o few words on the EngIsh
people and the English character Never. must
premise. have / become acquainted with nation
possessed of such genuine good .humOr-One sees IL
In every feature. This good humor. however, Is
a consequence of their strength and their SELF
COMMUNICATIVE qualities which something's appear
in a somewhat less agreeable form. Thus the
young fellow of eighteen or twenty who takes MS
ease al the bar of jun, with lis nat ~ the PACK
NAV be a very good fellow, with plenty of health
high spirits, and scf-contdence but the type Is
no other nation would toIeLate aodi n .he
first glance, every one says. mats az EhgAsn-
man, On n sea voyage once shared nv caDln
with Frenchmsn and an Engllshman. me Eng,
lshman was what one would cal " NICE lOIy eoou
fellow n thorough good Sort kind hearted. always
i'm good temper, and possessed an endless How OF
fun Notwithstanding, he treated the sharers or
his cabin with a. much eonsueraeo5n ,as ii,v
little room was his own private ana particular
property. 1t didn't seem to occur 10 nm that we
wanted a little time for DRESSING little room for
settling our scanty luggage. HIS boots his lneni
his nortmanteaus were strewn about on my bed
and the Frencsmans and all TINS our OF no eE j
mtent-the young man was far too go0dnatured TOT
hat-but from Pgre naive nan .bo Frenrbma5
threw all tile lumber ont OF the door ana tpped
one of the crew 70 leave great brlfte OF many
dog lying In the EugLshmans bed we al three
had a hearty laugh over the exploit and from
that time forward there was not the slightest
COMPLAINT to make against or fellow traveller
Now that is the way must treat these people
as nation rs we'll as Individuality they are not
10 become too much for one, and forget TO give
other people their due. II IL true that the Eng
fish have a proverb. At Rome do AZ the Romans
do - bpt they have obtained much of their success
bv acting exactly contrary 70 their Own. MAXIM
If In sp te of the sacrifice which u Womb NJ hrst
entail the Germans TO bind themselves Tor
certIan time 10 use no language but their own IN
their intercourse with 0thcr nations, the German
Language would be, within fifty years, as universal
a. English is now. All my ourneyings and al my
experiences have taught me this one thing again
and a0ain-that the German Is tit TO play any part
If he only makes up his mind TO 1t. lie must,
however look well 10 his footing, lest he los" The
German standpoint for in this respect ne - SUN
little unsteady The English are foncer or enter
prise and have more belief In themselves man we
have They do not make so much fuss before, they
enter upon an undertaking and. once embarked
upon H. trust more TO thar routine which so frchiV
falls into shape than 10 any deep and consslcn-
tlous consideration OF the matter. II herman
has 20 build house he makes his plans as II ne
wcre some government builder. Re raises
thousand objections against himself. ana oiteh
loses himself m details Ihr Eugnshman goes INTO
fhe matter Ike master mason VINO has already
had some experience OF the practical details upon
which h depends and expects soon TO piCk up the
rest The result Is that his selt-conhdence - al
wavs gaining fre SD announcements