The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-09-13
KNIGHT Of THE GRIP
Over in the Land of the
NOrmans.
From London to Paris, and Some Of
the Incidents Connected
With the Trip.
PARIS, June II, 1888.

3 O'Clock, and couple OF hours later
landed at Newhaven, on the channel.
Here we were transferred to the boat
that was to carry us across tie Dieppe
on the French side. The English Chan.
mel is usually dreaded by visitors to the
continent, because OF its unusual rough
ness and danger. Very few escape be.
coming victim to seasickness in this
short but very rough sea voyage. Our
boat did not leave port till Sunday morn.
ing at 2:3O. think it was the stage Of
the tide that caused the delay. In the
meantime most OF the passengers turn.
ed in" and endeavored to sleep, which,
in most instances, was all in vain. Tho
sleeping apartments were two in mum.
ber-one for the men and one for the
women-and consisted of double row
of open chunks" poorly arranged and
very hard and uncomfortable. No blank.
cts were furnished, and after lying for
about an hour on one OF these arose
and asked the stewart if he could find
me some blankets. At first he said he
couldn't, that there were none far pas.
sengers aboard, but he might try If he
could find time. / knew what this equiv.
coating meant, and slipped a shilling
into his hand. This was sufficient to
bring forth couple of nice blankets,
and soon after wrapping myself up in
them was sound asleep. About twelve
o'clock, however, was awakened by a
rather animated discussion being carried
on by an Englishman, an American and
an Americanizad Englishman. The lat
ter was born in England, but at an early
age came to live in America. I don't
know how the discussion began, but
when awoke they were arguing the
relative merit OF the English and Amer.
lean customs, ways and habits. 81 tell
you," said the American to the English
man, 81 don't like this way you have OF
running your hotels. You never know
what your bill is going to be. There will
be eight or ten shillings day extra for
services that the visitor neither wants
nor in many instances receives. Your
hotel men tell us it is customary, and
you must pay it. Go into restaurant,
and if you don't pay the waiter some-
thing he often has the impudence to ask
you for it, saying it is the way he is paid
for his work. Now, 1 don't propose to
help pay the stewards Of the restaurant
/ chance to enter for lunch. / am
paying for the lunch, and not running
the restaurant. And then the porters
must be "tipped," so it's a series of tip.
ping from the time you land in Europe
till you again reach American SOIL" To
this the Englishman said that Ameri.
cans introduced the custom and must
now put up with it. He said ten years
ago there was little or no tipping done
in Europe, but few Americans came
over who had little more money than
they knew what to do with and began
TO lavish it on walters, porters and other
auxiliaries to the traveller. Here the
Americanized Englishman said: 81 am
an Englishn.an. l was born in this
country, but am now an American. I
Like it better than England. There is
too much II. r. II. in England. When
boy my mother used to tell me to bow
and lit my hat to the royal dignitaries.
/ always, did it with feeling of disgust.
I could see no more in these men and
women who inherited some money or
rank than in others. I believed that
God created all men equal, and my very
soul revolted at so much bowing and
cringing to men and women who by
birth were no better than l. And then
the man who possessed little more
money than his fellow-creatures was
idolized, and ranks and casts were in.
Vulnerable. chaied against these Gus.
toms, and longed to be free from them.
l heard OF America-iree America-and
at once determined thither to 20 at the
first opportunity, 1t came, and while /
am proud OF my mother country in some
respects, America is my beloved home."
At this iAe Euslishman grew very
wroth, and broke forth with: "You,
who claim England as your native land,
ought to be ashamed of yourself to so
disparagingly speak OF your mother
country. What is America compared to
England? What can she boast OF in
royal families? Her inhabitants are
made up OF the scum of England, and
no one OF any standing in England ever
left his country. She leads the world
in her army and navy. The sun never
sets on her territory, and she is the mis-.
tress OF land and sea alike" At this the
American, incensed at the "scum" re-
Election, replied that although England
choose to call Americans the scum oil
Britain, weaklings and powerless the
thirteen original States were powerful
enough to throw off the English yoke OF
tyranny, and in spite OF England's boast