National Republican., 1886-12-11

or laughlng-the women never talk TO the
men-and all eyes are in front. In the
states, when we have English actors and
actresses at Wallack's and other places, we
notice the English drawl and affectatlon--
as we suppose-and the other night at
"Haryest l saw company OF fine
English actors and actresses, and
they had nothing OF that drawi
and affection we see In America, hence, It
occurred to me that those who go over are
'givipg us game" and that all well-edu-
Gated English actors and actresses eschew
these mannerisms on their own stage, and
take and act like "white people," or course
to cater to 5000, ,000people there must be any
amount Of theaters, and there is more than
/ can here enumerate, but from the ap-
pearance and the faces Of most OF their
audiences should judge that the happIest
and most delighted theater-goers here are
the poorer classes, and 1 am glad of 1t, TOR
they work hard enough, and their desire to
earn an honest penny surpasses anything we
know in the states. It's always pleasure
for me TO turn from the cold, impassive
faces In the stalls to the galleries and pit,
and there see the play depicted in the
countenances OF It's occupants, and as 1t
sways the passions and feelings Of the heart
you can see 1t mirrored there with perfect
truthfulness. Alb, the great multitude OF
London, the working multitude,
those whose joys and sorrows are
as great to them as the Duke Of Devon
shire's, they are q study. The lords, the
ladies, the princes, the rich idlers, what is
there to interest philosopher in suchH
Their joys and sorrows you can read In
novels. They are all alike. Sometimes q
great catastrophe-to them-turns on the
cut Of new dress or the 1T Of a topcoat,
while the people, the great ayalance OF peo-
ple--yes, yes, what stands before their
majesty Some day, don't know when,
there will be big movement OF these peo-
pie, quietly, strongly, that will wipe out
many bad things, but never revolution,
never anything disgraceful, mean, or cruel.
They are too good. hearted, too religious,
too law. abiding, too industrious and honest
ever to burn and destroy, but they are
marching on, they are thinking, and some
body VIII be greatly astonished, for, say
what you please, they are invincible.
or course, you will be surprised that in
all this lot Of trash have never brought In
the railways, which, perhaps, / am better
fitted to speak Of than anything else. Yes
But want, when go for these wonderful
and gigantic humbugs, to fortify myself
| with figures, and, as We all know, figures
are tedious at the best. / can say this !:
| That the mismanagement waste, old
| fogyism, and dead and dry rot perpetrated
| by the companies in this country would
not be tolerated with us on our poorest
roads; they have nothing worthy OF emula-
tion but their road beds and the politeness
| of their employees; that's all. OF course,
they have frequent trains; so do We when
| they are required. But, as said before,
won't take up this natter it can be under
stood, when there's no railroad company,
however poor, II well managed, with us,
but can and does give its patrons drinking
water and lavatory accommodations free,
| while here they cannot be had eX-
cept In special cases and on special
trains, and then you pay for them,
Still have enjoyed my rides through the
beautiful country scenes and the lovely
homes and neat villages, which my pen Is
not equal to. It's all beautiful, lovely, and
| hope happy; they say not, that the agri-
cultural districts are suffering. GOD forbid,
they work hard and toll and are thrifty and
| painstaEing. It's a pity they are not con,
tented; they should be among such charm,
ing surroundings.
I've Deen over TO Paris yes, looked
down on the tomb Of the great Napoleon
and thought aloud "Certainly you have
nothing TO complain OF, and then my mind
REQUIRED to the sight OF the gulllotine Of the
revolution, which / also saw, and my poor
brain got dazed and muddled up, and
somehow connected Paris and It's present
glory and beauty with that horrible black
phantom, and | stopped thinking OF such
dismal things, and ! tried to smell a breath
of prairie hay away of on the plains Of
Texas, where I've many time heard the
click OF the army reaper reaplng for oul
dear old Uncle Sam, who alone Is great and
good In all this world. A. f. HOGS.