New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-23
FOREIGNERS IN THE FAR WEST
90 HATCH AND HIS GUESTS AT THE
Euf'' MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS.

,,r v.rrFRs-GERMANs IN AN UNRRA-
psx.prE FRAME OF MiND-vALoR OF SOME
'rrcuNEs-sKETCHEs AND INCIDENTS
sprctAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.i
rkaru HoT SPRINGS, Yellowstone National
49, e1-. You felers can't have any cakes
t,o,n,pe: the cook saws he'll be blowed II he
tn,' -.anv moren announced the waiter unconcern-
's :. bs arranged the breakfast dishes N front o1
ea, 80 this Young Englishmen in our party the
other day.
sWel this Is a rum go
s,.av my man. can't you persuade the artist IN
an. kitchen, you know 10 80
e ..ornful twist OF tho lips. defiant toss of the
"a and look IN which pity and condescension
IVA IN a remarkably becoming manner are the
p arsUer tbe remonstrances of the hungry
.y evoke from this choice sample of the self
i'..,s.d and independent waiter of the West. AT
-. ,.l.ure and with the greatest composure he
1880 .sas 70 remove the plates from an adjoining
~. and his charges in the meantime are left to
s,st for themselves as best they may. weeks
49,. On these parts has taught them some valua de
80. boweyer. They boldly advance upon the
r,toh.n on a foraging expedition of their own and
..,uru presently laden with dishes and eatables
rv.rvbody follows their example now since 1t Is I'M
,os.bls to secure anything to eat unless You walt
=. an hour or So; and even then you rarely get
al 0rQefeu. lou ucoiIC ~ ctodh 1W oiSoA1"oo
and mutton chop is put before you you wish to
have some boiled trout and you arc given salt
,sekerel. The management of the hotel Is scarcely
q. blame for this state of things when 1t is taken
,,to consideration that only three months have
,.,. snce the first attempt was made to entertain
rasts IN this wilderness, and that to get servants
- any description ont here is almost next to I'M
nossible. Tho men who wait on the tables have
nsver done similar service before They are taken
from the stables from the saw-mll, from the minos,
from God knows where and they seem to perform
the ssrvice with reluctance oily equaled by the
freedom of their manners and tho unconvention-
Atty Of their speech. They are easily offended 1t
SEEMS and are quick to resent any nsut fancied or
otherwise, to their sense of manhood Such, Ger
tsiply was tho experience of one of our friends, O
psace-lovpg. inofeasve Dutch merchant n the
India trade, who happened few days ago to
arouse In a rather curious manner the wrath OF
ops of the gentlemen in waiting. He had been
,eatsd at the table fifteen or twenty minutes pa
hsutly waiting for some one to remove the dishes
which had accumulated in front of him, in order to
mach souie dessert which lay hidden underneath
nile of plates. Tnnocently enough, aud with the
heat intention, am sure, he placed some of the
dishes on the floor ct his SIDE ate his pudding or
vhateyer it was, drank his coffee and departed
content With himself and at peace with all the
world. At this critical moment the waiter ar
rived upon the scene. You ought to have seen tine
anger and disgust depicted In his face as he beheld
the plates at bis feet. The fore gners who saw him.
dare say fully expected him then and there to draw
srvolver from his pocket and avenge the indignity
offered to his person In the blood of The poor Hol-
lauder, who was just then enjoying quiet smoke
on the piazza outside little suspecting the storm he
had raised within. The waiter generously forebore
o,.d tod himsef Inv
mutterng in snarllng tone, loud enough for every
body within ten feet of him to hear, as he picked up
the dishes If I was Dutch prince, I'd have man
ssrs id if wouldn't just feel like hitting him In
the Jaw with pate!"
"Do AS THE ROMANS DO"
There are few among US disposed to grumble at
this treatment. On the contrary, believe, the
majority rather enjoy it. It's novel. Some even 60
Is far as to declare that these border manners have
quite charm OF their own. And then. ii is so very
much more prudent to pretend to like them than
70 express your dissatisfaction, in a region
where the revolver has the reputation of being the
eyeler of all ranks and where the graves OF those
who die with their boots or are as numerous as the
sroggeries of three months-old frontier town. III
takes considerable tie for foreigner, particularly
IN Englishman. to find himself in the waysof
another nation and to become reconciled to the
The ease with which an American adspts himself
10 strange circumstances aud surroundings lie con-
.inual source of wonder aid surprise to him. No.
where perhaps has he better opportunity OF seeing
this happy faculty displayed than right here. Men
looking more like tramps and burder rufiians than
civilized human beings turn out to be millionaire
merchants or bankers, or lawyers; men who have
achieved National reputation IN different branches
Of the learned professions in the public service OF
their country. They live and dress like The natives
some even affect the carrying of ire-arins); they
treat tho guides and teamsters employed and paid
by them s their equals they do not hesitate to sit
ct the table with them or share their company
Of an evening on the same side of the camp fire. in
word. they respect in each other the man without
reference TO the position Ia which accident or tate
may have placed them. How different the Tor
egner! He can never quite lay aside Tho air of
superiority which he assumes at home when talking
to man HON he has hired to perform some service
for him. The payment of money seems 20 trans
form tho recipient of it into being OF a lower
order, at least IN his opinion. With good natured
smile of cOndescension. tempered by Thought per-
haps of the ease with which they imagine reviewers
are made the adiuncts OF social intercourse IN ts
part of the country, foreign friends were nnay
induced to engage in conversation with the guides
and drivers no lounge about the corridors OF the
hotel. After little while some even venture 10 10
seen at the bar in their company. the snrest sign
that they have begun to accustom themselves to the
free aud easy manners OF the far West by actual
count a member of the party assures me- our favor
lite @chappie." who daily visits the 5arber-shop
without having the slightest occasion Tor the ser,
vices Of it's presiding genius has actually reirained
from addressing the grizzly guides aud miners OF
the neigh5orhood in his grandest ana most patron
lzing manner. beginning 81 say, my man, more
than i've times IN q day. decided improvement
upon previous performances of his in this line
EXAcTISG GERMANS.
II say that most Of tbs foreign guests are begin
ming to appreciate the manhood aud frankness
which is hid behind the rough exterior OF
the people out here, must except some
Germans in our party. They are unable. it
seems to me. TO accommodate themselves to any
class of men OF circumstances. Tney loudly CON-
plain of the impudence of the coacnmenD; their