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ANGLOMANIA IN NEW YORK.
How Gen. Hadeau's Work Has InauS-
tirated Cure.
tSpecla, Correspondence


Cspecia, Corrcspondencc1
NEW YORK. Sept 21--A healthful social
symptom visible here is the beginning Of a
reaction against tho anglomania, from
which certain circles have SO long suffered.
Servilc and ridiculous as it has always
been in the eyes Of the community in
general, they seem to have had no suspicion
of it until recently. Nor would they have
had any but for the fragrant violations of
common courtesy tand common decency Oh
the part Of many Englishmen whom they
have entertained lavishly and deferred to be.
yond all reason They have discovered that
most of their British guests accept their hos
FATALITIES as matters Of course, as tributes
from interiors to superiors, and that they
never dream Of aught like reciprocating
when their American friends" happen to be
OH British soil In truth, these are apt to be
snuhbed ili any advances they may make,
and treated very shabbily by the persons
they have placed, on this side of the sea
under great social obligation. Moreover, the
insolence, the downright insults that have
been offered to different New York families
by their transatlantic cousins have had
their effect.
A writer commenting on this disease says:
zone shameful example of this was the pres
encc of the Duke of Sutherland with his mis-
tress at a wedding breakfast on the occasion
of his daughters marriage, given by our
former minister to the court Of St. Cloud.
This studied afrront seems Incredible; but
there appears to I've no doubt of it, The duke
ought to have been publicly horsewhipped
for the brutal hit of hlackguarlism, and it is
q pity that he was not. Tt would have served
ms salutary preceden. for the proper treat
ment of noble lords under such circumstances
Similar instances, though mono quite so
ntrocous, are not uncommon, and even New
York anglomaniacs are getting cured of their
distemper. The worm has been trodlen upon
until it has turned. Hcnceforth visiting
Englishmen will be likely tn find change in
somc Of tho persons here who have been po-
lite to them to point of fawning, and who
have hitherto so overdone tho duties of hospi-
tality. The average Briton is good deal Of
a bully, and the best cure Of his bul ying is to
bully him in turn. He will entertain sill-
ccre esteem for America and Americans
when they resent, as they should, any infrac-
ton of his of the laws of good breeding"
The articles on aristocracy in England by
Gen. Adam Badeau, recently published by q
syndicate of newspapers, have doubtless done
much toward efrccting n cure. Nothing ever
written about the English has been so timely
and salutary rs thcse articles. They have
dono more to destroy nngloinania than all
other means combined, because they give an
impartial and thorough presentation OF aris-
Ia -, l.i,, N1a MI
forceful as Goldsmiths.
The author has had opportunities of study
ing his subject OH its native heath not often
presented to Americans. Perhaps tho very
greatest service rendered by Gen. Badcau's
book is the truthful showing he gives
of the ellslaved condition of the upper
class Englishwomen. He says in plain
words: "a woman is n nobody in English
mems eyes, This fact has been known. to
those lntaintcd with anglomania for long
time, and in estimating the civilization Of the
mother country it is well to bear it i'll mind.
Gen. Badcau says:
~ knew dowagcr whose husband had been
called the wcalthiest commoner Ill England,
who was left $4,000 year, though he wliled
away millions. 4 woman is 4 rc' oily i'll Eng
lshnena eJ.s. The husband had ren fond OF
his wife, " it ali net occur to him to pro-
vile her with the state to which she had been
accustomed f~r lifetime.
The daughters CT great houses prepare for
their fate from tie beginning They never
reign unless they MARY. If they cannot Sc
cure husband they club together when the
father dies and keep up a little establishment
in MI obscure way; or tho queen gives some
of them, ont of charity, rooms at kensington
palace or Hampton court, or some other ,lsy-
fum for dccaycd urstocrats. You will find
there women of oldest lineage pinchcd for
their dinners and their gloves, Whose carly
lives were spent in tho most sumptlous struc.
lures and splendid style that this world
knows
The author is as impartial rs he is severe.
Hc shows the pleasing side of the nristocracy,
and the examples Of real nobility that he
found among them. lie describes IN Irish
and EnGf"', peer, whom he calls "a noble.
man ind"ed," n q manner that wins ones
highn.t nlmiratinT. Eut he Says of him, Il
insist '.r'' - wish might call him friend
--wouIi have been just as much of noble
man If he III been born al American and
democrat lIe was one Of natures noble
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