National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-08
OUR LONDON LETTER
STILL MORE INTERESTING GOSSIP,
Witiess Satire ON American ManRers-HoW KnowJ-
edge Of Our Country People is Acquired
More Of the Irish Land Troubles
Word for Mr.. Parnel.

LONDON, Dec. PIT is O lamentable fact that
| American shoddy has transplanted many Of her
offspring upon European shores. 1t is lamentaba
because, whatever the culture or breeding of those
| who may come after, they are invariably gagged
and judged by the standard which Shoddy has set
up. The English press, with the critical judgment
of an old world upon new, fosters the idea that
whatever isslangy, Outre or outlandish is an Amer
lean OutgrOwth. An English Christmas annual lust
published in London, called "BOw Bells begins
and ends with pointless, witless Satires on Amer
lean manners The writer of the first article laws
the scene of chapter one in Saratoga, and gravcly
announces that the large hotels of that famous
! watering-place all have large rOofpromenades
agreeable places for afternoon perambulations
similar to the style in the City Of Mexico Here
upon these roofs gather all the Shoddy sisters from
the vile flor, according to this writer's account.
| there are none but ShOddy who gather at Saatogaj
| 20 abuse their neighbOrs. member of Congress
figures in this article whom the author calmly re-
lates as having been described by an American
paper as the army contractor who discovered that
CHOPPED sARDINE CANS
mixed with huckleberTy brush, made capital for
age for the mules Of the United States army This
| is q good specimen of the whole piece The
| shOddy American girl who marries very CaIibaD
of a member of Congress forhismoney, said money
having been gained from the above-stated sardine
cans, at last becomes Il widow, and is graciousIy
| allowed to marry very handsome, but at the
same time very immoral former officer of Her
| Aalestys service. The second husband appears
/ to her as the apparitiOn Of the first She swoons
loses her reason, and Is placed in an English lung
/ tic asylum If she had been placed there in the
1 first instance the writer would have been saved
much trouble and the feelings Of American readers
would not have been harrassed. The last article
is a eharade, wherein Petroleum G. Hooker. an
American who has struck oil, falls in love with
the portrait of a daughter of a member of Parlia
ment, which Is placed in the Royal Academy lie
docs not wait for the usual preliminary of an III
PRODUCTION but writes her letter. Offering her his
| heart and hand. Receiving no reply he writes
again. taking the preeautiOn to register his letter
BY the time the letter is received he has appeared
upon the scene and, not having been allowed ;o
enter the house by the front door, has walked in
| through the conservatory. Hearing something
I about soup collection for the poor. he immcdi-
ately writes her check for 81 OOO &c Daring the
charade Petroleum is made to use such expressions
as Thar, now we can just have a comfortable
| pow-WOw," Snakes and stone fences" But YOU
bet you gone the full; and this is the style
of conversation in which we are ali supposed u
indulge.
IF AN ENGLISH LADY
tells you that you are not at all like an American
You may rest assured that her knowledge of Amer
lea has been collected from the shoddy standard
and English cheap literature. She has had a dim
idea that you cat with your knife use your finger
glass for goblet and the table as a resting-p!aee
for your elbows. When she sees that you do not
commit these atrocities she begins to think YOU are
something like en- Englishman. At an evening
party recently pretty English girl said TO gen
tleman, " You have just returned from America.
Do tell me about the Americans Don't they all
use slang and are they not horribly illmanncrtl.
ba- hat
were the most pleasant and agreeable people that
he had ever met. She seemed much astoIishcG 40
this. We sometimes get even with them. however,
through their ignorance Of our country. An Eng
lish lady cOnvcrsiHg on the subject ofthc Chicago
{ ere, remarked 20 a lady who had been in Boston
during the fire, d" that she must have had an cN-
/ ccIIcnt view the fire from that city" An emf
rcHt English lady novelist asked an American #
I il were true that there was fine hunting Of
WILD SHEEP on THE ALLEc-HENIES,
/ pronouncing leg as lift were spelled league. She
said that Lord 3. was going to America for the
purpose ofhunIing the wild sheep on those noun
tains. But TO return to my subject. The English
structures on Americans are not without fouDi4-
ton. although we blush to own it. Americans are
every day committing crimes against good breed
talion for i'll manners and want Of courtesy For
instance, not many weeks ago an American girl,
well-dreSsed, and respectable in appearance.
rushed into the dining-rOOm of q Liver
pool hotel, banged herself into d chair,
gave her orders to the waiter in tones loud
enough to be heard all over the place. and then
resting both elbows the table, stared around The
room. Not content with these proceeding, she
takes knife from her pocket and lc!surelyclcans
her finger nails. My readers one and all ezcloim:
But she should not be taken example. She
was an iII-byed person-iILbred at home, Inbred
everywhere Very true; but You must remember
that she was welldres>cd and appeared al the
table of firstelass hotel, which would give an
English person the idea that she was representa-
tive wcl-tO-do American. From Just such stan
dar,is as this are judged as a class, and until
the English travel more III America and see Us in
our OWN homes we shall continue 70 be misTepre-
scented and abused.
THE IRISH LAND TROCRLES
are now general topic of discussion, and many
and varied are the opinions which hey evoke.
Without studying into Englands political econ
Oinv one who has looked upon Ireiands fair,
green. and smiling fields viewed he- large do
mains grand castles, and general air Of prosperity,
would exclaim If the Irish had little Yankee
thrift: ifthey were industrious instead Of lille
Migrants; if they liked poteen less and wee gen
orally reconstructed there would be no l9rd
troubles to-day. The land is good enough. but 1t
wants tilling The landlords want what all land
lords do-their rents. But if the land is only half
cultivated it will not yield living and rent too
Landlords do not want shiftless vagabond tenants;
they want earnest men, tiIlers of the soil To-day
Ireland is one secthing mass Of instruction, want
ing
DUT A WORD FROM PARNELL
and other incendiary leaders to break into blood
she'd of the most horrible kind. The murders
which have already tTanSpired have only wheHtd
their appetites for a grand onslaught. S':ch an
ton, and humiliation. An enormous sale # ANS
has taken place in the last few weeks. II l. eur
rently reported that there viii be trouble AT the
Land League trials, which Will be held when ne
winter assizes commence Knowing ones say ti'''I
Mr. Gladstone has only half faith in the new
measures which are to be introduced ID
the House of Commons. FiSity OF tenure
is 10 be established; money IS TO be supplied
for the cultivation Of the waste lands; the
cultivators are to be paid for their labor'
and as their exertiOns warrant raised to the
rank of peasant proprietors. There is also to 3e
some coercive legislation; but the Irish temperis
aroused 10 that extent that coercion is simply
fre-brantl and lift is desirable n avoid couda-
grafton had better not be applied, * rue that
the Irish peasants have been fooled, Gaiolcd, and
deceived by English Legislators for they are 4
ercdulous as well as lazy race. \ gentleman VINO
Ic-:Tes to write NJ p after his name, ard Therefore
requires Irisn votes, SIMPLY taxes nlN >ecIet"IJ
with him and visits the peasants in their hove.s-
He is not afraid then 20 place his gloved hand n
their black and grin1y Ones and if they desire any
legislation no matter how absurd Or impossible
the secretary is ordered TO make note Of Il, and
they arc assured that their desires shall ne accom-
pIisbed The result is that the gentleman 2es
elected and the voters fooled. But politics are me
same the world over. The problem Of the fate OF
unhappy Ireland must soon be solved
LIMO.
Why Lincoln Appointed SariSley-
The Rev James Shrigley, who is well Known