Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-08-28
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The Way Londoners Snub Flunky
Americans.
Treatment OF Citizens OF the United States
who Chance to soJourn fn the British
MetrOpolis-Sad Lack Of Reciproo.
fty ON the Part OF the British.

Who Chance to SoJourn fn the British
Metropolis-Sad lack of Reciproo.
ity ON the Part OF the British
IN. Y. Commercial Adtettiser1
The blackbailing OF Mr.. Bradley Martin,
Mr. Sands aud Mr.. Winthrop, Of this city,
by the managing committee OF the Bach
elors' Club of London is q matter Of some
comment In this city. a1thou sh club men
assert that the action was neither unex-
pected nor d ff1cult to explain. The three
gentlemen named are wells known memI
bers Of various clubs here, and the rebuke
they received will, it Is said, go far tos
ward ma king a visit of any members Of
the offending clubs to this city unpleas-
ant.
A member Of the Union Cub said this
morning: "The whole matter hinges on
the threadbare aphorism: DO a man q
favor and you will make him your enss
my Martin, Sands and Winthrop are as
well known In London as they are here.
When at home they receive and are ex-
treme!y friendly withlvisiting Englishmen:
Martin, believe, Is connected by mar
riage with some excellent families on the
other side. Sands and Winthrop having
entertained many Englishmen, naturally
thought they might get an abiding place
In London. They probably suggested the
matter to one OF their Euglish friends, the
Bachelors Club was Sc ected, and then all
their other friends worked like beavers to
get them blackballed. How they were
received you can determine by the cable
dispatch.
"The English are decidedly CONNER
cial nation. That Is, they endeavor to
secure all they can at the smallest ex-
pense to themselves. If one has a title he
is thsir be- all and end-all of perfection.
If he has not, there may be some good in
him II lie has money and was born in En-
gland, but let the unfortunate suitor for
favors be an American or from the colo
mics and there is no good In him. These
honorables, right honorablss, baronets,
barons, lords, viscounts, earls, and what
not, come to this country and are set upon
pedestal Ike gilded calves, and all Israel
falls down and worships. They are feted,
and wined, and dined at unlimited ex
pense: All the American has to do is
to play poodle to this serenity. In fact, it
has now become necessary so to treat
these visitors or they will insult you or
your wife and daughters by their intoler-
able boorishness. A few years ago it was
a pleasure to meet an English gentleman,
but since professional athletics and an
affected disdain for women have been
cult vIted some Englishme1 of good birth
are mere prigs and bullies- They never
think of returning q favor, whatever II
may be. They accept everything fol
| granted, as though it was simply the
| due. In fact, they have received so many
courtesies over here that they regard any
minution of the same as an outrage and
an injury.
''Th:s case Is not uniqu, by any means
! It reoccurs every season. The only reason
why the public hears OF it so seldom is be-
cause the victims are more anxious tC
keep their mouths shut than to cry thoil
shame from the house-tops. 1t ism
pleasant to tell your friends that yor
have been blackballed by a respectable
club. They always ask why, and the an
swer is never pleasant t, give. There is
jolly good fellow, a member of my club
who was forever dining some titled snol
at the clubhouse. He was something o.
q snob himself, perhaps; but that foib.,
was not obtrusve. He was an excellen
Companion, and one OF the best fellows
1
about five years ago, and tried in an ur
lucky moment to got into the Reform
Club. His name was proposed, and wa;
promptly blackballed, with the explana.
tion: we don't want any Yankees in
this set.' The lad took the rebuff some
what unkindly, and told some of hi.
American friends in London about 1t
They wrote home, and when Jack GO
| L Il, ~ a ,xot.. -
he left the city and Is now ranchiug IL
Colorado. He was simply a fool to en-!
pect any thing else from such mem and
was perhaps correctly paid for his folly
Even when men marry their daugh-
ters to the brothers of Duk IS, they have
the same reward. One instance is wei
known of a club man who's, daughter b,-
came the wife of one of the sons OF
ducal housa The fond daughter plead I,
have her father included in the family
but the bridegroom remarked that thougl
willing to marry her, he didn't intend SIT
bolt the whole family" This playful
ness of disposition Is common on tn
other side Men there will not returl
eivilities.
"Rather an amusing instance was state
to me by one of the sufferers a year or 8
ago. The victim was young America
club man who had married an exceed
ingly charming wife. It was an elope
ment. They sailed for England and i'm
mediately managed to inform thei
English friends that they were In towr
They waited for some days, and the
, went to work and waited some more day,
Their English acquaintances had see
them driving on several occasions, BIT
never indicated in any way that the
were aware OF their existence. FINAL
the bride and groom bade farewell to Lou
; don, somewhat In the spirit OF Pope an
went to Paris. But after a few month
the sequel came. The turtle doves cam
] back to the natural nest aud settled dow
, after they had related their experience I
: the edifcatiou of their friends In a III
tie while two sons of the family who hs
E treated them In such an abominabis mat
D ner in london arrived in this city on the
way to some Big Horn shooting in Il
e Rockies. They called on the newly -mal
' ried pair, but, strange to relate, the latt
. were out every time. At last, wesrit
= with unrequited attentions. the visito
made q confidant Of a common friend
, the two families. The conflant relate
. the casus belli aud then c1me the niger
uous reply: 'Why, are they offended
4 that?' Some persons think becsuse v
4 know them in New York we must kno
!. them in London. No one knows Mr.. al
3 Mrs. Blank In London. This explanatic
> was 20 refreshing that tbs common frier
whispsrei quietly In the ears OF Il
youths that it was q shame to wit
r iraw such sparkling nafvette out of Lol
j. don fog"
!, A PAINTING is called a rare work som
9 times because IL isn't well dUne.-Bosh
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