The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-09
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AMERICAN REPORTER ABROAD.


Little Lukewarm Can that Four
Irish Travellers Dragged About-Al-
legged Americanisrns in London-An
Aristocratic Spectacle-English Wit
English as She is Spoke by Bern
hardt-A Tragic Corker.
From the Ne,C Yorl; sun.
PARIS. Jan. 27.-The so!emnity with
which an ancient institution is accepted in
Great Britain is astounding to the average
New Yorker Not long sinct l Travelled
from Cork to Dublin with four rare old
Irish gentlemen. They did not know one
another. but their affability was none the
less cordial and sincere. The weather was
bitterly cold. The railroad company had
warmed the section after the only plan
known throughout the United Kingdom,
viz: by filing a small can with lukewarm
water at the beginning of the route, placing
the can on the floor of the car, and wash
ing its hands of the whole affair
hereafter. By the time the car got
10 Cork the can was about as warm as
the heart of Manitoba blizzard 1t lay in
chilly isolation in the middle of the conf
nartment floor until the Irish gentlemen
struggled in spasmodically. They bowed to
me and to each other after disposing of
their parcels. and seated themselves COM
fortabiy They all had hat boxes, shawls,
rugs. umbrellas, canes and valises. No man
thinks of taking three hours journey here
without encumbering himself with more
luggage than an American would carry on
weeks trip. The oldest man of the quar-
tet pushed the can affectionately into place
in the middle of the floor, and, setting two
large and substantial Hibernian feet upon
it, smiled pleasantly on the others and said:
There's room fur all, gintlemn."
They moved up and placed their feet side
by side upon the chilly surface of the can
until it was completely hid from view.
cts grand invintion, this" muttered
one of the quartet complacently;. Then
turning to me he said politely: shall we
make room for you, sirl'
Thanks, no; I'm not cold"
Nv teeth chartered so that could hardly
speak but ! saw that the other passengers
shvered too, much to my satisfaction.
It's apt t give wan chilblains, this in
tense hate remarked the oldest man
sedately. He leaned over and touched his
finger to the can to see just how intense the
heat was. The finger nearly froze fast,
but the old Irish gentleman didn't turn
hair lie beamed paternally upon the
others.
neighhor, softly leaning over too. NO" he
added, answering himself ''it's plat | call
extramely comfortable
The others felt of it in turn, and then they
ali leaned back as imposing a group of
beautiful liars as it has ever been my good
fortune to see. Every man tried to bluff his
neighbor into the belief that his feet were
warm, and the curious point is that not only
did they succeed in convincing each other,
but in the course of an hour | grew so
blind)v envious of their apparently blissful
condition that | moved up and begged for a
corner for my own frozen extremities
After that felt warmer in spite of myself.
Travel in England at this season of the
year is far more barbarous than in the re-
mote precincts of America. There is no
heat the trains wait four minutes at the
small and seven minutes at the larger sta
lions and the only food is that found at the
Old-time luncheon counters along the route
! listened to a young Bostonian not long
since while travelling from London to Liver
pool He was explaining the system of
American railroads to a square jawed mem
Der of Parliament who was travelling in the
same carriage The Boston man had ex-
planned the great vestibule trains that run
between Chicago and New York in glowing
i terms, commenting upon the dining room
| cars bath cars smoking cars, observation
cars, and all lighted by electricity and
heated by steam, with frenzed enthusiasm.
We'll, | hope" said the NJ P, when the
American had finished, that such amaz-
ing innovations will nevah gain foothold
heah.n
why not9 You are shaking like leaf
IN a gale now. Hadn't you rather travel in
COmfortF
mo, sir"
"Whym
Because no man who travels in that
manner can truly appreciate his home
when he-ah-gets therer'
The BoStonian cast a look of mingled dis
gust and anger at the other, and turning to
the window, wrote on its frosted surface:
"Rats!n
Then he winked soemnly at me, and
rolled himself up in an additional rug.
The ''Americanisms" in vogue in London
are monstrously amusing to a native of the
States Every theater has introduced
American slang into its plays, and the
effect is superb. The Englishmen roar with
delight, while the Americans look at one
another in baffied and inquiring way that
ought to touch the heart of a sphinx. At
the Haymarket one night ! heard an actor
named Lugden bring a long speech to a
close with:
In the words of our American friends, Il
Will considerably oak my head"
A terrific outburst of meITiment followed
TINS, and an Englishman on my left re-
marked:
The Yankees certainly put things in a
very terse fashion, " know -
Gan any one tell me what Mr. Lugden's
expression meant? By the way, this actor
Psyed in Mr.. Froham's theater in New
YORK, and l saw a great deal of him there
ne saw something Of the country, too, yet
ne plays the character of an American
,%mreSpondent in the Haymarket drama,
Inc Red Lamp, in manner that's simply
gFoteSque. He speaks through his nose as no
american ever spoke, aud the vernacular is
H1escrlbably untrue TO all that must have
I IsIieh under Mr.. Lugden's notice in the
United States
MRS Bernard Deere has also introduced a
NV OF 'Americanismsn into "As in Look
uis Ilass' She is q brilliant woman of the
%%orIG and capable actress 1t is odd that
que should fall into the error of accepting
@nat she knows are false and silly speci-
a nlsns OF American slang. Once she said
Dlly IN the play: II must use an Amer
~allSn here, and acknowledge that Pm
'aWtGer somewhat ~
VI course every New Yorker will recog-
u@ tiAs familiar and commonplace ex-
~esSlon. Another of Mrs Bernard Beere's
4, a,.nerlcanisms' was, ''as they say in the
'I1'eS' m clean whistled ,"
~ strikes me at times that when the aver
~ PrltiS'l dramatist comes TO a sentence