The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-09-28
LzFE IN NEW YORK AND LONDON
New York 10 = Very Hard Place to Live In.

FROM "e LoHuoN itWNs
New York. Aug. 22-The actual conditions
and tendencies OF social existence in the
States. AZ they may be studied In New York at
least, make make, study pulling enough aud
Hs would most probably imsgns that tho nor.
that the Americans are Il nation Of Wild money
hunters BY whom the rational ends Of existence
nS f X u s hH sSs
luck has crowned their struggles: that. to the
average well:to-do American. ostentation "
deArer even than possession. and that solid
fortunes are rarer even than solid intellectual
attachments. 1 am not disposed to deny en-
than to admit It, but OF one thing am con-
vinced.,thnt. no foreigner. however Intelligent
not even an English Gentleman s With tho
best people in the States; and this for two good
1ss sSs'1 sna
have Of turning their best sido to a toreigner;
deed. the only foreigner whom they recognize
as entitled to conidonce and frank hospi.
onter to- his also Thsrs MS
no hypocrisy In it-no desire to seem better In
his eyes ,nan they are, for in general they
that he viii! find them the most agreeable
people he will ever have met but they. fully
most delightful country in the world, How can
any man. the subject OF such hospitality Judge
he & inner onS s
OF the moon that is always turned away: =,
=, At present what one can see. bene In New
the world is making haste to be rich; There is
srpsh: hurry. 2 Preoccupation which uppar-
gate incomes beyond precedent probably in
any any country. md an absorption IN business
s et pns r ID pSro
Of Monte CrIsto. millionaires In commerce.. in
the surface with bewilherng rapidity and lux
ury with all IT, IT, dspendsns trades and proies,
ioTtanss ysssrday Shows es State n XIX
s?'s!s " +" S:' AZ ?ss ss''!s !sss
lures keep pace, not on tho old seals TO
which English society 50 s!inEs but With rock:
Of the American temperament.
Tn and to N sS%R YSk ~ has I'll:
cert perhaps 1T. Petersburg. OF which /
know no,hingl A modest, house for =
nous Gat" houses which are rapdIy going
men ii, Of seven or eight rooms. in nowiss inxn.
rious costa f2OO to f4OO. aud in less eligible
ana rarss sss II sS
Ell OH the Joint Tie day be- fore Yesterday and
and was 'f in Sow saua to tho % "s
ssH 3 ans 'sl
Cd. to lOi q pound costs us hero in New York
that s s. 4, ps PER 81 and
London costs El.OOO year hero will cost
fhs large profits are met by proportion
ate exponses. A. man grows reckless OF the
bus 'ns 's ssd a'' ,S Sss Esn S
H tnsan srd Ss IN tho
charge made for service. but Il YOU want your
every ,habitud who tips him or who does not.
and the tips are on the american sHns
r. eontemptibls. and tic true Amerissa
will mover consent to DO ,contemptible,
costs avoid tic reputation Of msannsss. and
has little inclination to distinguish between
meanness and economy, and being awnys In u
Waiter imposes on him Al the hotel II" guest
tho @s"ru Urea s
a fashionable hotel lately and found that the
second day my energetic walter OF the frat
the second day failed me on tho third, on which
dHy ! was attended by q deorsplt old fellow.
Se Sr ss IA .o
the others. You Nay q tootsisci . dime I5d.i.
nsys y.r SosEs 10 s H.
across the East River. is as dear rs New York.
crate r S there Tor s.s month. And every Very
body Is so intent on hts own getting on that he
does not stop, to think that this system OF
surplus gains: and man who gets $500 a year
here 10 no morn comfortable than London
Ss Tasrf n ss f u chance xu q hss.
i 4 |: sl.s ana hs.isSial The future viii tell