New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-04
those EXcEPn0N1L BRITISH TOURISTS
THANKS FOR SPECIFIC STATEMENTS.


To the EdttOr Of Thc IrtdHHe.
SIR: l must send you word Of thanks for
The TRBUNL's editorial this moraiug on "Yulgarty IN
High Life Again" You have done precisely what is so
seldom done-toi facJs IN a perfectly straightforward
way without abatement and without regard to the per-
sonal feelings Of those whom they hit You had ample
reason for stating them, and indeed think II had be
come "a sort Of public duty TO do Ia any attempted
comparison OF she manners of domestic or foreign
"yu,gartes" have no Interest All such comparisons
ara ordinarily wOrsr than useless but specific Instances
of baa manners Of either Americans or EuShmeu ought
often 10 be made known, being always taken, rs
The TRIBUNE has here DONE to lr the thing the real
culprils and Distribute 1t or impue II to whole
nation. whether our own or another.
Aud this reminds me 10 say that have I'm tho last
eighteen months seen good deal Of the manners
OF different uauons-or the people OF different
countries TO spesk more correctly. have met and
seen many travelling EuRishmen and women
as well 5 many travelling Americans. have found
some Of the most gentle, knd and cOuierate people
havo ever met among these English, and the same Is
rreclsey true Of many OF the Americans ana the pre-
else opposite IS true OF good many LuGth anil AmtH
cans Not much improvement is TO be expected
thinE on either side tell Ho learn 10 hate lad manners -
real sins ina all pers)us alike 1t IA Carlyle who points
out iiIE that morals and nIIuerA "um- n' least rom
the same word mo vocabulary lHDrrsl. am
aIways yer, sorry when man Ike Matthew Arnold,
whose opinions on mos. matters am apt to BIKE" lend
themscv-s to comparison 81 American or French man.
pcrs with those Of England any other natioui for
here as In uauy other matters, the a1-So "OHc
swallow dOssn'r make Il summer" Is always apt and
needfnl met In Rome lsst winter delightful Eugllsb
lady with whom. among many other topics, used 10
talk Of te manners ~ different people aud perhaps
nations. Madame once expressed some very c.a"l
views on what she called American manners, aud, |
NAV sGd. not uucOml Hmen'ary vows, too !
remarked that had rot observed what
she though snc hth m"d adGedi """Iam". how
many Americans have you over Hoi wIO cTalUiri
tye-e manners Or trUs Aud uOw many Americans do
Won suppose sou hIy" met 10 al :"
Madame was perfectly boars', and after some study
aud reflection she rcplcd "PrOb4py tea ~ the fret
named and ten hundred OF the last" II not Uccrs
sary for NE 10 say! All yes that Il your logic Just
ono In hundred! 80 IT. Is In respect 10 all, or am ~
al our very positive, bat very tlouShIc'= character
cations OF our own or our neighOOra' manners
But intended merely 10 say 6IDgle word In COM
meudtOn of the spirit tA-c and example OF yOIr arii-
ole Of ms morning. Let McBsrs SuLDs, Eastman Fl ID
0,uge oSuus bear their own sins, and not pu them
me En- glIsh people, even II We Americans do often sui
fer from the oppoc practice and that too, at the hands
OF our coming visitor, Mr. Matthew Arnold, to whom
doubt not our couniryn-n VAL give welcome sGch as
he merits above auIGsi all Enlightenment. only hope
shal not 80 laarstY "SCp UNL" IN our efforts TO be
NOTE. ~ W. often 90. Yours very truly, c. Il. u.
Ncc- York, OC,. 3, 1883.