New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-07-30
LIFE IN AUSTRALIA.
sydney and Melbourne Compared
with American Cities.

There is great difference between
Melbourne and Sydney, y said young
gentleman from Australia to q San
Francisco Chronicle reporter. Sydney
is q quiet place, rather goody goody
sort Of q town, you know, while Mel
bourne. on the contrary, is fast-nearly
as fast as San Francisco, though must
say that I have seen more in this city
than in any part of the world. =
do our people remind you of those
you have left at home?''
Eyes, they do. You resemble the.
Melbourne people. There the girls on.
the street dress to kill. You see quite
as much silk and satin on the streets
there as you do here, while in Sydney.
the women 60 abroad in sober gar
ments.'' 4:
I'm Melbourne are they fond Of
pleasure?''
Certainly they are-very fond OF it.
But, you see, your tastes are different
from ours. We are fond of outdoor
amusements. Why, the races will
bring out the whole town, and foot
ball or a cricket match will attract q
scrowd of twenty thousand people.
Everybody enjoys an outing in the
country, and for six months in the
year there is nothing thought Of but
pic-nics.
How do your people patronize the
tbeater?''
! '.In Sydney good piece will have .
run, while a variety show will not get
an audience. though in Melbourne q
variety performance secures fair pat
ronage. An old theatrical manager
told me the other day that he consid-
cred Melbourne, San Francisco, and
New Orleans the three most critical cit
les in the world; that q poor perform
ance had better chance of being pat.
ronized in Paris or London than in
either of these cities.''
SIS there as much hotel life in the
Australian colonies as there is in
American"
':Not at all. In Brighton. near Mel
bourne, for instance, people hire q
house for the season. They do not
seem to take to the hotels as you do
here. Perhaps for the reason, said
the speaker candidly, ''that they are
not SO good as they are here. .
1--WE are more luxurious thenp''
''You are. Take the matter of
saloons. Perhaps there are about two
saloons in Melbourne which have q
piece of dry bread and cheese lying on
the counter; and then, when I come to
think OF it, drinks arc a penny dearer
in the colonies than they are in San
Francisco. Colonial beer is great
beverage out there
II have heard good deal of your
horses and riders. Are they really so
extraordinarily
lit depends q good deal. If you
want to see really good rider just
take up q mounted policeman. Do
you know what the qualifications are
for admission to it's ranks? Well, sir,
they have an old horse. we'll up in
every knack. that is bound to throw q
man. They put you in small in
closed space; the walls have an apol-
ogy for padding, while the ground il
somewhat hard. They let you mount,
and then the horse is goaded to des-
peration by being whipped by men
stationed within the inclosure.'
':Does q fall debar you at once from
the servicep''
"Oh, no. They arc good enough to
give you enough chances to kill your
self. For you may depend upon it,
these falls are sometimes serious.
know young squatter who had no
reason to join the service, but did so
for the fun of the thing. He went
through the ordeal without once being
thrown"
what is the object of making the
test so severe?''
''You see the mounted police often
have to 20 out into the bush alone.
The country is pretty rough and q
man has to fire from off the horses
back. It would never do for man to
be thrown, or worse still, to be un-
skillful with his weapon. so the authori-
ties take every precaution to be sure .
their men"
''How about your horses?''
''There is something peculiar about
them. 1t would surprise you to see
how many sorry looking animals there
are in the colonies. The truth IS, that
the best horses are shipped off to India
and elsewhere.
Glow do the colonies feel with re-
gard to EnglandP''
There is the very best of feeling ex-
listing. ] am certain that if Great
Britain was in any trouble the colonies
i would come to her assistance, though
[ can not help thinking that the day is
not far distant when they will follow
the example set by this republic. .
Settling With Mourning Widow.
One of the steamers plying between