Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-24

shoe. the mote across the disk of your
eyeglass, and perpetual source OF ankle
! ty, all the more serious because of the
/ surprises 1t has in store Tor you. You
! teel, with the recurrence of each sur
| prise, that you ought to be prepared for
! 1t; but the more fool you! 1t is other
wise, and, in addition to the atfront in
/ tiicted upon your sense of justice, your
vanity is wounded. Thus you find the ro-
nance OF travel beset by thieves neither
! so picturesque nor so amusing as those
| who played their merry prapks about the
| famous Inn at Terracina and your en-
! thusiasm is put forth to shame and ques-
| ton, for it can not be denied tuat, to be
| obliged to turn from the CON emplation Of
sunset amid the snow mountains TO the
sudden inspection of a tavern-bill, is A
positive descent from the sublime TO the
ridiculous.
The pitfalls which the nn-keepers pre-
pare for the Americans are as whimsical
and curious as they are numerous. lie
who speaks only the English language
has no show whatever, and his best
course is to submit with good humor, and
go his way. The ready device of not UNI
| Outstanding what you mean, although
YOU may be employing the most va
| riegated and vigorous imprecations
known to Anglo-SaXon ears, is common
everywhere. And what can you say
! against a blank stare, or do against an
outstSetched addition with your trunk
on the omnibus, and your train, or
steamer, about to start? Perhaps, antici-
pating ths very situation, you have de-
manded your bill some hours before. 1t
will serve you little. You may ask, and
ask again, aud it will be denied you till the
last moment.
and effective trick, and nearly always
wins. Now and then, of course, it
| doesn't. For example, friend OF mine
| tue other day came to settle for his
nights lodging at bed-buggy little hole
In The wall near the railway station here
in Neufchatel called the Hotel des Alps.
In addition to the charge for apartment,
service, lights, etc, was the item sun de-
jeuner." / will put into plain English
that which followed:
"What is this?" said my friend, with
stimulation of bad French, though he spoke
tie language like a native.
THAT, Monsieur. that is breakfast"
Breakfaftl had no breakfast"
THAT isvary true, but Monsieur might
have habit if he desired"
"Ehe devil mightW
"Ies, Monsieur"
But didn't order any breakfast"
sieur."
''Do you mean to tell me that you wish
to charge me for breakfast ! neither or
dered nor ate?v
The breakfast was prepared all the
same, Monsieur"
But took the room only, and was to
pay simply for what l got"
"It is a rule of the house, Monsieur, to
charge every one for breakfast"
htllpH Won nrptpnu that Won T,rovida
regular table d'hote breakfast every
| morning and charge for 1t whether your
guests take it or not ?''
''Yes. Monsieur. See the menu? Here
1t is, and the firm, yet polite, landlord
produced his regular "a la carte"
My friend turned it upside down. Then
he carefully perused it. Then he said:
show much OF this do you serve as your
regular breakiast?v
''Anyth!Dg you like, Monsieur"
Very well. Receipt the bill, and, as /
am to pay for a breakfast, please God |
will eat it. Bring me filiet OF beef,
with mushrooms, a half chicken grille, q
rum omelette, and q pint of Chablis. /
shall waitover untiltHe next train.''
MINE HOST OF THE HOTEL DIES ALPS
looked first stupetied and then disgusted.
and, finally grasping the situation, he ran
into his office, altered his bill into con-
iormity with the facts, and, hurrying
back, cried:
Here, Monsieur, here ia your bill.
quite correct--six francs. thirty-fve cen
tlmes-and you will just have time to
catch you train"
To have atariff and to stick to it, and to
treat all corners fairly alike. is unknown
in Europe. | used to think that the Grand
Hotel, in Paris, was the foulest den OF
thieves IN Christendom. But 1t IS only the
10 tOr not a. Ft1n m.
the Americans themselves are mainly re-
sponshsse for this state of things. The
man who has made fortune robbng his
cOuntrymen does not care much for ex
penses. The porter, who has struck IL
rich on "the street," and the chamber
maid, his wife, cannot be greatly blamed
for assuming when abroad airs of nobility.
which they know how toexpress only in
prefuse display OF money. The igno-
rant and vulgar cubs, who are sent on
their travels by parvenu parents, alter a
season Of bizarre debauchery around
about DelmOnico's, have learned but one
lesson, and that is how to be lavish and
lorldly. Thus the American is game for
the European, and the bag is set alike for
the buzzard and the eagle. / suppose the
thing will continue until the knowledge
OF French aud German become more gem
eral among tourists, and the travelling
public, educated to the point of sell. de-
Tense, reyolves toresist.
In the meantime respectable and quiet
Americans, who come abroad for simple
pleasure and health, must pay the penal
ty OF having for countrymen a iob-lot of
"nouveau richie" people, VINO come
abroad solely for purpose Of display. OF
these L lind in the current issue of Truth.
Labouchere's paper, some remarks so per-
tinenU and 80 contirmatory of some pre-
vious Vaccinations of my own that I
must append them to this chapter. La
bouchere, though a Radical journalist
and politician, has an aristocratic pedl-
gree behind him, and is himself q very
rich man. He is also most observant
man of the world. This is the wav he
docs" the paryenu American million.
aires who set up establishments over here
and seek admission into society"
THE season has come to an end. and
the substitution OF the aristocracy OF
wealth for the aristocracy OF
birth, as entertainers of 'society.'
has made further progress. The
rich give parties. and thus pay their
way into society, and those already in IL
honor these parties with their presence.
Some OF the entertainers are domestic,
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