The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-23
MOST ASTOUNDING CABS.
ENGLlSHMEN WHO COME TO NEW
YORK TO CUT A ROWLING DASH.

EN1ClSf1WCN WIN COmG ~ WE
YORK TO CUT A ROWLING DASH.
The Secret of the Whole Matter-The Av'
crase &7-a-Wcels Dry-Goods Clerk on
vacation-1ho Duke of Sutherland
Solecisms Committed.
The continued popularity Of Englishmen
in New York is almost ineXplcabla Inc
specimens that drift over hero from London
are in most cases ths most astounding cad'
imaginable 1t makes no difference whether
they are tailors, collectors, peers OF the
roalm, bad actors, or adventurers pure and
simple, thei: manners and habits are un-
pleasantly and perpetu:,lly similar
1t seems to como natural oil the world
over for the resident Of big town to turn
cock-!ofty and suDerciious when he visits
smaller place. The village bumpkin makes
boisterous fun Of tho farm yo:iel; the clerk
in the store OF small town indulGes III
bucolic effort at satire, directed at the
villaSer near by, while he himself is liber-
ally guyed by q visitor from larger town.
The citizen 0: great city goes out OF town
for his summer vacation and sneers with
ill-bred brutal severity at everything that Is
not up to the standard Of his own place.
Everybody knows that London is bigger
than New YORK, and it is but natural that
the men who ere accustomed to tho fun and
vastness of tho great Eng!ish metropolis
should feel sense OF disappointment when
they come over here. That they show their
contempt so openly and coarsely proves
them t. be almost as provincial as tho
village bump;in who makes fun the yokeL
SECRET OF TIE WHOLE QUESTION.
Men of the world who have gained the
polish which is only impaired by position
and travel make the mistake that the ma
iority of our English visitors do. And this
is the secret OF tho whole question: at least
nine tenths of the Englishmcn VINO como to
New York and cut such bowling dash
professionally, socially, nocturnally, or
financially are utterly unknown IN London,
are even unfamiliar with the great town,
and came from some Of tho smaller manu-
featuring cities Of the outlying counties.
Yet, once here they run on as grandl-
lcauently about the prince Of Wales set,
the rawdy davis at the CGi, the "feeds" at
the Savage, tho supDerS at Whites and their
daily canter down tho mile, aS though thor
ouchly in the SWIM at home and moving
hand in glove with royalty itself. Yet We
have a parallel here. Who is more Elace,
superior iiamboyant, and serene than the
avera 20 .Hsi week dry goods cl'rk OF New
York city when OF for his two weeks III
summer. Who wears u rouad-shouldered
and narrow chcsted tennis Jacket, an ldiotlc
polo cap, ami knocG-kneed knlckerbocktrs
with moro grace than he, and who IS Oh
more familiar terms visa tie AstorS, the Bel
monts and the Jays? NO one, to hear him
talk Of "tooling 4 drag" down the aveaua
"nands down." would imagins he was on
anything but intimate terms VITA the meni-
bers of the Coachins club, and his real posi-
ton OF slavery in town is TOO ghaStly to be
thought Of
The truth of the matter is, that English
neil in most instances don't care u rap
whether they arc liked in New York OF not.
They look upon Americans us middlo-clasS
people of absolutely no social signliicau e,
and they feel entire indifference as to what
opinions thcy create. Everybody In society
here is talking about the duke of Suther-
land, who attended wedding bre tkfaSt at
tired in O well-worn and ill-titting tweel
shooting jacket and calico sAirt Of red anu
white stripes. made after the fashion allotted
by negro ong.anl-dance artists.
AMAZED ar TIE EFFEoNrERY.
There were other English no5lemen besides
the duke OF Sutherland at the breakfast, and
it is only Just to them to say that they stood
amazed ut the e:lrontery OF tho titled visitor,
and yet his grace meant to show no disra.
spect to his host, extraordinary as his taste
may seem. He regards his visit here as
more or less Of lark, and he didn't put on
O black coat and choose u suitable COM
panion for his visit, simply because he didn't
consider the visit, the party, or the place of
tho slightest consequence.
Another Englishman who came over here
as representative Of London and Cor
man synlicat- of capitalists, which is said
to be associated i'll u mysterious way with
Willard, of Northern Pacific fame, remarked
at dinner that he believed, as far as his
own experience went, that there only SIX
gentlemen in America There were ten men
ut the table ut the time, but til. remark was
laughed at und passed by. Even such
clever man as Lord Randolph Churchill,
when he was here three or four years ago,
to visit his father-in. law, Mr.. Leonard Je-
rome, allowed himself to commit number
of sole sns, which are yet retailed about
town with endless Indignation. Many Amer
leans who have met him in London insist
that Lord Randolph Churchill is clever
and interesting man, and that he is coarte
Gus to American visitors. Very likely.
Over here ho simply doesn't care.
These are few instances; l could record
.undret!s of them. The Engiishmen con-
tinue to SHEER and guy anil grin, but we
keep on toadying to them anXiously. Tho
signs of "llabardaSllor" appear on Fifth av-
cnue. sie by side with legends that read,
.alillincr to the princess of Wales" "Wine-
grower to the prince" carriage builder to
his royal highness,' and the sentence
"'atronilel Ly royalty" grows mildly in
favor day Ivy day, because it IS English,
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to compass the ruin OF all average OF eighty
families year: but when the deputy krohu
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experts threatened to resign ut tne first at
tempt Of killing their goidon goose. The
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varying from J,O3O, ,UJO TO G,O011D ilorins,
exclusive of bribcs anil the city treasury
has become so dependent Oh that tribute
that its REIMBURSEMENT would mean ruin or
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