Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-21
AMERICAN IDEAS.
THEIR MARKED INFLUENCE AMONG
The INHABITANTS OF LONDON.
Facts which the Average Britisher May
Be 9 Little Unwilling to Acknowi-
edge-Travel and Trafic -I.itera-
ture, Art, and Machinery.


[Harper's Bazaar.
English infiusnce upon New York has been
the sub jsct Of much notice and comment
here; but though American influence upon
London has been almost as great, the
average inhabitant Of the British metropolis
appears to bs ignorant Of the change II
his attention il called thereto he is apt at
first to be incrsd ulous, and IL sub b-equsntly
convinced, to feel little resentfuL
IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVEL
Immediately on arriving at toe landing
stage at Liverpool the traveller meets with
one { the most recently adopted American
imprnvsmsnts-tl,e checking Of baggage
Officials of the two direct routes to
London will forward baggage to any desti-
nation. and the owner is spared all the
old time trouble Of seeing it properly la
belled, put into the car, and claiming on
arrival at the end Of his journey. This i'm
pruved system has been extended so that
baggage can now be checked through from
New Y,,rk 10 any address in London and
vice vera For many years the English
railroad managers opposed vigorously all
attempts to make them introduce the prin-
ciple of checking baggage declaring that 1t
wa imprscticable, unsafe, and dllatory.
Even now, slthouyn the system is found to
work we'll BY ths Dads connecting with the
continent and to Liverpool the Others gen
orally hesitate to follow the lead Of the
more en- eprisilg route.
Tram" street cars, which George
Francis Train 50 unfortunately attempted
to Introduce a oout twenty five years ago,
ara now runn' ng in nearly all the suburbs,
though they are still excluded from the city
and west end. streets Another recent i'm
provement in English travel is the construc-
ton OF a large steam ferry boat, upon which
railroad cars are run, and pa a-sensers and
freight transferred between the south coast
and the isle of Wight
LITERATURE AND ART.
Should the American, before taking his
SCAT in the train, visit the railway book
stall. he will find many familiar names.
The latest humorous productions of Bret
Harte, Mark Twain. R J. Buriette, and
Max Adler will be offered him, while il his
taste should run Il fiction he will see cheap
editions Of Howells, James, and other we'll
known American authors One publishing
firm issues q cheap library, called The IL
lu~trased Merry Folks" which has already
reached eighty -one numbers, and consists
exclusively of the writings of Americans.
Z The beauty Of the new style Of WOODEN
RTdNllR OIOukhh W SuSu poii ioSeioh ~ sAS
American magazines Is universally recog-
nized in England. and is receiving the sin
cere>t fiattery7 Of imitati m HsrPsrs Mag
azine, The Century. St Nicholas. and The
Atlantic are now extensively advertised
and sold throughou. the United Kingdom.
Lithographic printing for theatrical ad-
vertiSing has been brought to such great
perfection in the United State that English
managers are now largely imp rting it.
Two of the principal American firms now
have agencies in London. and one in less
than si4 months is said to have taken ord ers
to the extent Of 500 900.
IN THE SHOP WINDOWS.
The scrutinizer of shop widows will re-
quire very little time to be convinced of the
vast increase that has occurred in the last
few years in the importation OF American
good. Perhaps this is most noticeable in
groceries. Chicago canned beefNand tongues,
California and Columbia salmon. New Eng
land Holsters, and New York, Philadelphia
and Baltimore tImstoes, corn, peaches and
pine pples in tin, are stacked up in the
windows in the most attractive manner.
Nearly all these groceries deal in American
candies, and there are one or two shops de-
voted exclusively to those delicious but dys-
cites were not till recently allowed to be
imported into the United Kingdom, the pro-
hibition being grounded on alleged adulter-
alton with opium and other dsletsrious
drug but the allegation has been proved
unfoundsd, and now nearly every tobacco
mist offers the principal brands at exactly
double the New York retail prices.
After tobacco the inquirer's thoughts are
most likely to drift liquid ward" His eyes
will be greeted in many directions by the
sign, american Drinks" which attracts
the ma jority, while the abstainer may re-
gale himself OF "lcscream Sofas" In the
growth OF the Use Of ice American inhuen ce
on London is particularly marked Five
years ago it was only obtainabls at few
very expensive places; now it is kept at
every respec able bar, and is supplied with
out extra charge, though the bar maid
never thinks Of putting ics even in lemon
sde unless specially reque ted 70 do so.
Several shops are devoted exclusively to
the sale of American goods in the shaps of
clocks OF all kinds and innumerable hard
ware @notions lemon ~queezer+, cork
screws. revolving rug and parcel straps,
potato and apple -parers, raisn-stoners, oil
stoves, etc. One large shop Of this kind is
at Charing Gross, and the one in the city, in
Gracechurch street Several American 8
store, )" are al>o TO be found in cheaper
neighborhoods
TICKER AND TYPE WRITER.
In the transaction Of business the intro
ductiou Of American inventions has been
most valuable. The ~ticker." or, as it is
generally called in England, the tape" is
TO be found in the brokers' offices and in
many places Of public resort The tape
does not, however. as yet, deal in news, but
is restricted to quotations. The telephont
is very much used. though not nearly so
generally as in New York. The type
writer is also rapidly becoming a necessity.
Two "limitei" companies are exclusively
concerned in importing, manufacturing
and selling type-writing machines
Two of the largest OF the New York life
insurance companies now have branches IN
London. and offer policies at considerably
lower rates than their English rivals. This
employment OF American capital in Eng
land is fully offset by the recent formation
in London Of numerous companies for cattle
raising iri the western state. Evidence of
the vast extent OF the importation of Ameri-
can beef are to be found in almost every
busines, thoroughfare.
But no record. however BRIEF Of the in
fluence Of Americans in l. md on should omit
mention Of the all-cOnquering march Of the
sewing machine, the invention which has,
perhaps, done the most to tighten and re-
lieve human labor. All the principal manu-
facturers have depots in London, and con-
trivs to sell their machines there at con-
siderably lower prices than in New York
When She Feels Real Glad.
"I tell you how it is with me, Mrs. BlOd-