New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-04

Franz me L0ndO3 Globe.
Johnson gave aS reason for the Iesei We hablt'"t
aluoug Lngl.shuen thai W. do not ~ Atl uA-ei-
stand the common rights OF humanity ; nltrI!u&
merely that time WOuld com" Nhch wv lLe
better under standing o. those Ti-Ii' LIS cu.i i
tcg.stiC would nc cu".c''' i IL
uluety-uiuc sears ago, bus II can-'t tc toAc''.''
that the wIshcd-ior tonSunualioh mas oCvu ~
ttiupI In TACT d. may Ice sIlt tnai Win our more
e eIrrs 1ur suspicion OF them Las in'rhsiscd Iul
our lu-rIar reserve Is quite az rena4haUi7 ahions
ourselves as IN orr intercourse wan sIia '='t'-
Asa French writer Iemdrkc-, W surround our
-. yes Itu a seemingly mpchci-d'io wall Oh ~
hut that the wal beng once }. ur,!dict "u',ii-'
capituI. ton follows; ana even 'o.~aHItA' t'I, -'
ot the World. IN summing up tie national chdl-
actc~ declared that ne would have mon OF any
ottrr nation as acquaiut auce- but ugIsum"n -s
friends We carry TN, il 81 OF privacy INTO every
walk Of life and under all clrcnus- ahcc7' an
Eu-.isAman entering tram al "a terminus may oe
oJscT,cu invariably To choose an uio ui''" cDt.
u4rtmeut. and 10y las 4OoN0 almost lC'chlS a. 49,
fru.igu the entrance Ui any Cue else. W" i-hEt@-
men NAV he the Sole guests ht a foreign t"''c
t'lote NAV be seated within few inches OF one
another yet the mca. Will progress rom soup u
dessert without the exchange 81 worn telN 60
Them II has in fact. become almost q s'aIddt',
rue OF propriety among rs tIat strangers sL'Ia"
not address one another without DaN'Iy Gn''c-s'l
the formal prucc-s OF Introduction. and we are an
familiar with the story Of a ETeucEEian WhoW an
Eugilsuman had saved from dlo"nlhR' AM VIZ
embraced his beueiactOr with al the cIuso OF MS
race but was met with the remark. alH'', a.
chilly as had been EI, bath. " HII nave hol t'r
honor of your aclCaiHtan e..
Hence the almost unUroken Silence "hlcA pre-
yails when ever party Of LnrllsL.i'u eeFdHs. a.!
each other are gathered togctue' I'D lHe ci"N .
trains which 90 IN anu out az our capital every
morning ana evening, 1t - quite UNUSUAL 10 he4f 70
remark mace, not 80 mucu because Jue occupants
are engaged with their newspapers As because
Thpre - nothing IN common UetW cen them; aLd IT
bv chance - word should DO spOh-h. IL is Amos.
IudIcrous to notice the sorbinS interest "HcA iu
create. IN the hearts OF the other passengers
I That the characteristic of reserve Is deeply In
planted in the English nature rs suWclenty proved
by the familiar TACT that, however tnOipusL'y a.
home and free and cas-! pcolic lhlt ''I"l, li '--
course OF an evening, repentance comes next Lo--
M ana the nesting the streets during the uaN Is
markell by all the old stauG-oiI-hucss ana ior-
mgII,v Every En-li>afnau's house Is his castle,
and IN nothing IS the English love of privacy oeiler
exemplued Jnaa u tl-c change N4AcA comes o. a.
q man when once he las crossed Dor, own lhtcNh-
old. lie ureathes reeiy, anu me Outer man oJ
winch he IS known 90 tLc wOcld is cast Oh AZ -
actor don, his sta-e costume.
And vet net even the privacy ol nome DTS away IS
able to bsuIsh the Eng.',iHnan- reserve. ihe
haiti bcuOt constant a--uinr tiuu iu the outer
world LOO often becomes second nature. and l- c.
red INTO the .alLIly cTCto: u"A. tuo ave Win
wu.ch !aleriauI aS is often 1e-arItc n} h.- owe
branches No man Us "a nero 10 DIS O"H Eaict' Dat
the LuI.ish father Is very often being cI another
world IN the eyes ID. hI, offspring, a-A a--hou-" We
may rldlculc tie UJl o. which uTa-tc foreign gen
tlcueu a. mature Pos" embrace aui rul-tc ono '.
other attrr an absence Ot q few h0uia ID ls- per
hans reL.r. liable thai DO not little uIocs ~.
tue Eug..-h father leaning o. his sol ~ H. VIII
4, 10 such cd .lSA !Ttdk as u. tNchdH-r o.
Kisses, luub- lipp'lU+ N4-'t A'' "t'' '''-. - "
public -cAoo! lc,i, himself very much above ip"'.
Much OF OFT character ahTnUt lD4 ~uNiID4A liDH-
poq. urIc "a, .rac.ua 90 Our h".ttuAl rr-frNet ana
The 10 a gner cannot be t3Ggh 30 believe that ln
niue case. Out Ol ten tbla simply t.e result ct
shyuess. Many an IAg..sLmtn VIII, rather tUtu
ask stranger for git fur his cigar, deprive hp-
sci / of z smoke He may be longing 10 scan the
contents OF uc~ spGpcr lyUS i1lc on railway
carriage seat but because u Is tue property o.
a stranger he will continue lls Quincy un>atlshed
Even -coteuuen are more socaUle and commune
tive than eng li,A men; >cOicuincu are brothers a
the world over, any resident ia tue last, or
Australia or auaI =. can testify. But LDgu,h.ncn
are strangers % oAe another. Az pinch the, Will
uuf their shoulders az nrnlv and sollGiy together
As ANY lnuu but the pinch over ami tAo exists past.
they are once again strangers ana ccdse ~ nave
tnc srales L IuteTes. IN one aaOtlers Affairs.