Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-06
Lesson i'm Making outa Ri,I,

Speaking OF sections reminds the philosopher
OF the syracuse Herald OF a story which one of
the Old members or the craft used TO tell He
had funeral TO conduct for the family of
Mr.. NJ, wealthy but eccentric merchant.
When 1t was over he handed in his bill, made
out according TO his usual custom. Mr. NJ, put
on his eyeglasses, opened the bill and read IL
carefully through. Il see you have a charge of
thirty six dollars for KID gloves here said he
was the answer. And here again a'NS You
Lave fifty dollars charged for the scarts
worn In the procession. How many scarf5
Il had to have a dozen-two OF them
rev, and the rest cleanei and made
over. Their entire cost was about thirty-five
Lire at fifty dollars. How many carriages had
yGU?' Eight In all" And they cost you
how much apfece?" -Four dollars" Very
pell sir: decline to paw your bill" The sex
known to dispute reasonable account with
any che before. and he was Teputed very rich.
could have go1e 10 store and bought al
these gloves for two dollars pair nv SELF" the
millionaire went OF. ''or twenty-four dollars
Tor the lot. could have hired ten Scarfs ana
had the others made for thirty-five dollars.
any livery Stable 0t for int thirt Sage do hfG9
Twenty-four and thirty-two are ffty-six.
and thiIty-five make ninety-one. You have
for articles which L could have procured for
ninety:one dollars myself. l presume there are
other items OF the same sort elsewhere In the
pay the Dill. sir. Take II back and make iJ out
again right" But. MIR. NJ, must make some
thing On these affairs; that is the only means
have OF gaining livelihood" Make your blu
out as Il should be- say But, sir, you
won't find that any other undertaken In the city
would have served you better" perhaps not;
bill in its present shape" Sadly crest fallen the
sexton was about TO turn away, when the mer-
chant pointed to seat at his writing table.
sit down there . said he, land Will teach you
a
cCfiin, advertisements, etc, as you have them.
Then write: TO one dozen pair black kid gloves
at two dollars, twenty-four dollars; 10 making
two scarfs and repair ten Old ones, thirCy-iiye
dollars; to hire OF eight carriages at four dollars
thirly-bWo dollars. Now you have your account
In correct shape as far as Il goes. But you have
said nothing about your own services: SO write
TO sections labor and time. one hundred dol
lars Is that satisfactory? Ii not, make il one
hundred and ftfty-two hundred-whateyer You
consider fair sum. We shah not dispute about
that. What object to is not the amount am
called upon to pay, but the pretexts under
which il is demanded. Your first bill wasn't
businesSlike; your 2econd will be. Do you see
the dtnerence?" The sexton both saw and
admitted IL. He learned a lesson from that
interview which ne never afterward forgot.
THR AMERICAN ABROAD Is the object OF con-
Siderable attention just now in the English
newspapers. Not long ago he was Analysed by
the Pan MAI GGzette. and now we find him dis
Sected by writer in the Illustrated london
Netrs. The writer, who has evidently never
ceen in America, says that he has never met q
stupid American nor one who appeared remark
ably clever. None OF them appear to be H.
bred most OF them have a very good acquanr-
ance with modern English literature and his
tory; though they are not good InguistS, and
seem TO judge things literally by low stand
ard SO liz art: so very notably in music; ri
and, most OF all. their manners and rules OF
etiquette bear this out-they are good OF their
sort: but the sort is little odd TO US. There is
no doubt that the average weli-Orej American
tries much harder to be civil than the average
Well-bred Englishman, who too often directs
success. And by close connected with this is the
fact that young England is Infinitely more az
fected than New England; our forced and
versity men and their imitatorS-haS no
counterpart among the nasal but unaffected
speakers or the states. One might almost sum
up the matter by saying that, despite tue wor-
ship OF the almighty dollar, Americans are not
nearly so much afflicted with the terrible dis
ease OF Snobb'shneSS as our unhappy selves. L
CO not think that the English who have actual
~ been 10 America can be accused OF any de-
sire 10 do 1J Injustice. The immense energy
ard activity OF its people, the wonderful de-
sire for and pursuit OF knoWledee Ine invent
ivenesS and independence on every Side, the
big things attempted and done both oy nature
and man. never fail TO make their impression.
The ga1ety and hospitality OF new h n0rk; ths
Chicago moved on rollers through the streets,
with characteIiStfcally, piano playing inside;
the see Ike rivers eeap IN Tue ye S1tSm aG t Inc
Rrtton is Impressed with 'bigness' and an &C
ifytty Quite new TO him Even the dullest and
m mo- back entirely cured of any contempt
for the Yankee with which we may have started.
There may be many things We may not ike;
noliIicsl Institutions; but we can never again
hone TO laugh reform or an Invention out of
court by simply calling 1t American"
The Rev. Samuel Wilson, of Onarga, Illinois,
intending to visit Methodist conference, got