Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-09
NEW Y0RK'S ANGL0MANIA
BRITIsHERs CONSTANTLY DUP
ING GOTBAMITES.

ING GOTH AMAKES.
The Duke of sutherIand's Presence
at a Wedding With a Woman
Unknown to Polite Society--New
York Tradesmen Aping Signs
Common to London Eyes.
NEW YORK. May The continu Ell
ropularity of Englishmen in New YORK. is
almost inexplicable. The specimens that
drift over here from London are in most
cases the most astounding cads magma
HE. 1t makes no difference whether they
are tailors' collectors, peers OF the realm,
had actors, or adventures pure and SIM
ple, their manners and habits are unpleas-
antly aud perpetually similar.
1t seems 10 come natural all the world
over for the resident of big town to turn
cock-lofty and supercili0us when he VS.
its smaller place. The Village pumpkin
makes boisterous fun of the farm yOkel !;
the clerk in the store of a small town in-
dulges in bucoiic efforts at satire, directed
at the vlllager near by, while he himself IS
literally guyed by the visitor from larger
lown. The citizen of a great city goes
ont of town for his summer vacation,
and sneers with ill-bred brutal severity
at everything that is not up to the stand
ard of his own place. Every body knows
that Loudon is bigger than New York and
il is but natural that the men who are
accustomed to the fun and vastness of
the great English metropolis should feel
a sense OF disappointment when they
come over here. That they show their
contempt so openly and coarsely proves
them to be almost as provincial as the
village pumpkin who makes fun of the
yOkel.
Men of the world, who have gained the
polish which is only impaired by posi-
ton and travel, never make the mistake
that the majority of our English visitors
do. and this is the secret of the whole
question: at least nine-tenths of the Eng.
lishmen who come 70 New York and cut
such a bowling dash professionally, So
cially, nocturnally or financially, are
utterly unknown in LOndon-are
even unfamiliar with the great
town and come from some of the smaller
manufacturing cities OF the outlying
counties. Yet, once here they run on as
grandiloquently about the Prince of
Wales set, the lawdy-daWs at the Cri, the
"feeds'' at the Savage, the suppers at
Whites and their daily canter down the
mile as though thoroughly in the swim at
home and running hand in glove with
royalty itself. Yet we have a parallel
here. Who is more "blase," superior,
fam bOyant and serene than the average
seven-dOlar-a-week dry goods clerk
If New York city when of for
dis two weeks in summer?
Who wears round shouldered and mar
rOw-chested tennis jacket, an idiOtIc polo
cap and knock-kneed knickerbockers
with more grace than he, and who is on
more familiar terms with the Astors, the
Belmonts and the Jays? No one to hear
him talk OF ''tOoling drag'' down the av-
enue Glands down" would imagine that
he was on anything but intimate terms
with the members OF the Coaching Club,
and mis- real position of slavery in town is
100 gahstly to be even thought of.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER
is that Englishmen in most instances don't
care a rap whether they are liked in New
York or not. They look upon Americans
as middle class people OF absolutely no
social significance, and they feel entire
Indifference as to what opinions they
create. Everybody in society here is
talking about the Duke of Switzerland,
who is at present visiting in New York,
and who attended wedding breakfast a
lew days ago attired in well worn and
ill-ftting tweed shooting JAG ket and calico
shirt of broad, red and white stripes made
after the fashion affected by negro song
and dance artists. Worse than this his
companion was not the Duchess OF South
erland, but big SNOWY and dashing
woman who Is not known to the polite
world at all.
The breakfast was given in honor OF a
wedding in what is unquestiOnably the
most aristocratic family in New York
city. They are people who have been
New Workers for 200 years; have been
prominent in State affairs; are connected
by ties OF blood and marriage with titled
houses both in France and England, and
are regarded abroad as one of the two or
three New York families really worth
knowing.
There were other English noblemen be-
sides the Duke of Sutherland at the
break1ast-there are lot of them here
Just now-and it Is only just TO them TO
say that they stood amazed at the effrout-
cry OF the titled visitor. And yet His
Grace meant to show no disrespect to his
host, extraordinary as his taste may seem.
he regards his visit here as more or less
OF lark, and didn't put on black coat
and choose suitable companion for his
visit simply because he didn't consider
the visit, the party, or the place of the
slightest consequence.
ANOTHER ENGLIs HMAN
vino came over here three weeks ago as
representative OF London and German
syndicate of capitalists, which is said to
be associated in n mysterious way with
Willard, Of Northern Pacific lame, re-
marked at a dinner three II gifts ago, that
he believed, as far as his experience
went, that there were only six gentlemen
IN America. There were ten men at the
table at the time. but his remark was
laughed at and passed BY. Even such a
clever man aG Lord Randolph Churchill
when be was acre three or four years ago
to visit his iather-in-law Mi. Leonard Je-
rome, allowed himself to commit num-
Der OF sOlecisms which are vet retailed
about town with endless Indignation.
Many Americans who have met nim In
London, insist that Lord Randolph
churchill Is clever aud interesting
man and that he is courteous to American
visitors. Very likely. over here he
simply don't care.
These are few instances, ] could record
hundreds OF them. Vne Englishmen con-
tnue to sneer and guy aud grin, but we
Keep on toadylDg 10 them anXlously. The
signs OF "Haherdasher" appear on Fifth
avenue side by side vito legends that
read, "Milliner 70 the Princess OF Wales"
Nv Inc Grower TO the Prince" Carriage
builder TO His ROYAL Highness," and the
sentence "PatrOnized by Royalty" grows
mildly in favor day by day, because IL is
english, you know.
Ihere is nothing particularly attractive
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