The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-04
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Ahe Unfortunate Experience of News
paper Correspondent. ,

Inc Unfortunate Experience of a News
paper Correspondent. a.
England is often referred to by Amer
lcans as land of tips. This is as I'M,
lust as if an Englishman We're to refer
TO this country as the land of the tipsy.
l Know many instances where tips have
been refused, and one of these l always
have felt little sore about, and think
still my English friend took a mean adj
vantage of the innocence of a stranger.
IN strange land. This is how it came
about. Detroit, as all the world knows,
bought an island of about eight hundred
acres with the intention of making u
park of it. Being in London at the
time | thought 1 would gather together
little information about the excellent
and extensive parks of the metropolis
and send it over to the Secretary of the
Detroit Park Committee.
was walking through the beautiful
Temple Gardens by the Thames en-
bankment with my friend, the English
man, when we naturally drifted to the
subject of parks, and | said to him:
81 want to find out what l can about
parks, to send to Detroit. How had l
better set about it?"
"That depends on what you want to
know about them. First try and con-
Acentrate what mind you have on the
~ rtcular class of information you want,
ssSssaf perhaps can help you"
Il want all the information there is
onthe subject. Twas thinking of going
10 to the British Museum reading room
AID asking the attendant to bring me
The books they have ON parks"
''ThafS good idea brilliant idea.
When the assistants pile around you the
two or three tons of books they have on
tht subject, / suppose you'll expect
Yolr friends to get up relief party and
dig you out"
"What would you do?"
, 'Well, / wouldn't begin with all the
books the British Museum has. Now
hare are the Temple Gardens, one of
the loveliest parks in the world. I'll
!, Introduce you to the chief man, and
, wa can interview him."
''There's Hyde Park, for instance
fats sort of typical London park.
Eow could find out what l wanted tc
know about that?'
write to the Ranger
''I'll do that. Say, hadn't | better
offer him tip of some sort? A hall
crown or so? Wouldn't he answer my
letter the more readily?'
This seemed to strike my English frienC
as grand scheme. He looked at mt
with admiration, and it was so seldom
that l advanced any ideas that quite
met his approval that | could not help
feeling gratihed.
You've got the plan at last! That
would be just the thing. DO it deli
cately, you know. Use a little diplo
macy. just intimate in an otf-hand
whole-souled manner that you don
mind a half crown or 50, and if tina
don't fetch him nothing will.
Il suppose letter addressed TIL
Ranger Of Hyde Park, London woult
reach him all right"
eyes, that would do"
! When | got back to the office [ wrote
! Ranger of Hyde Park;
4 I'DEAR SIR am DESTROYS of obtainin
: lyTLhqt information can about Hyde Park, it
est annually. cost OF construction, numbe
yiSSaNeoplc employed, etc. and | thought PEI
A@ps you would be good enough to mail IL
any pamphlets that you have in reference {
the matter. / shall be glad to pay postag
and other expenses, and if you would do III
the favor to accept half a crown for you
own trouble l shall be obliged to you.
81 have the honor to remain, sir,
| your ObCdicnt servant,
: LUKE SHARP"
l waited day after day but receives
, no reply. Every time we met my En-
glishman expressed surprise that tn
, Ranger had not jumped at my hall
crown offer He seemed to have tolC
all his friends and mine about the mat
ter. and when they met me they SCENE
grieved that the Ranger had not writ
ten. They always inquired. / neye
saw people so anxious to help perso
on. At last the man whom | conside
entirely to blame, said to me, as we me
on the Strand:
"By the way, did it ever occur to yo
to find out who the Ranger Of Hyde Par
lisp"
NO." answered. ''Do you kno'
him?"
Not personally He is the Duke {
f cambridge, head of the British arm
and uncle OF the Queen. "-L1Ske ShaTl
: in Detroit Free Press.