The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-04
Plain Words From Brother
WatterScn.

The average EngiishnIan j. snob.
From the Duke toths cs,Sternsouger.e .eaeA
order IN this va~t series Of -srial strats
licS. the fsst q the or,le. above it. The
English ,si4le : a -c{,ish bully. The En-
sii~h uan1in Is !. siase. TIE para and
vool ~ Ef.-si>{. s.4iai sa ',
vhi.e this pgE~ hsas s.s.r.
dent The bulls ia slie ns,1 alss -osa
~ol,iier,. The powered ansgsn'i an,ie-
ni4ble. The siave IN the wOnssn when
she does not elope makes excellent house
wifery. The domestic fabric of England
i re=F-stable and orderly But the
Church. the state. and the home. built
upon a complex feudai system. depend
upon the poise and balance Of clsssss- in
the relation which nov exists. and which
with trifiing incidents not seriously dis
turbing the personal life Of England. hsss
existed since Magma ChArtA-
A. an American I have no right. and
certainly no wish, toeomplain Of this. or
u eriticiSe II. II l ,lo not ike it, a. he
not can lump il. England Was nss,ie for
EngIishmen. That with which. A. an
American, have some concern. r. the
influence ef English thought and man
ners upon America and Americans. ami
the position and eondnct ef certain
Americans who come over here and ag,-
pear in English society Touching the
latter, nothing could be mere ridiculous
and offensive
The more l see Of England and the
English the more ann persuaded Of the
irreconciIs,blc difference between u and
them. and the more oslioJlS ~.enls "a me
the afftctation and imitation OF Angii-
cism By the American. who having got
glimpse Of the mobility. would straight
way get himself a cs.lt-oi-aruis.
Pew sights IN art or nature can IL
more melancholy than that 0fthe Amsri-
can woman who h.ss married, or Who
seeks 70 marry, a titled Englishman. u
there be. il Il the American mother who
comes abroad and manoeuvrss Tor a titled
husband for her daughter / would have
such = mother whipped al the carts tail
Yet, All thongh English soeiety YOU en-
counter them At best foreign mar
riage l. dangerous adycnture The
American woman was Not born o. he the
doll of a dam a lord, or to her,i with the
poor wailn0wers that decorate the great
houses much a. the frtscoe,i angels y hich
appear upon the ceilings thereof She
may have been made 20 cook and TO wash,
for she may step from the kitchen 10 the
drawing room, and has often risen from
the W.lshtub 10 the Executive Mansion.
But she is a peer and not vass.ll, and
always Il woman, which she l. not. never
has been, and never can be in England,
or, indeed in any hand where feudalism
holds it, baleful, brutal, and despotic
sway over the minds Of men and over
the Institutions which men ordained.
would rather follow the coffin Ofa daGgh-
ter Of mine 10 the grave and ee her laid
tenderly away IN the little old church
yard at home, than to follow her down
the aisle Of It oieorge's Chapel 10 see
Der crowned with the richest coTouet in
England If Europe we're blown 10 atoms
with dynamite tomorrow, and amid
blood and shame and the destruction Of
all foundations society were reconstrHc-
ted upon moderate basis, the world
would be better off than it would be by
the perpetuation Of this feudalisin.