The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-31

time TO wink" BOOr fellOWl GUY sn"in "
il. no, even time TO wink, IL makes one siddy
Outside certain Anglomaniac sets, to b
found in New York, Boston and Philadelphia
no ono boasts Of living on bis property
In England. a man who does nothing zoe
by the name of gentleman" In Chicago, b
goes by the name OF "loafcr"
In ffty years time, when America he
800 900 900 inhabitants, perhaps she Will III
pose her IDEAS upon tho Old World Then
maybe. society will have no contempt excep
for the ignorant and the idla
A young man. with a very intelligent look
ing face. was pointed out TO me one evening
in Chicago drawing room.
"He Is very rich. - said my hostess TO m
softly "For year or two after he inhcrife'
the property he did no work, and people b.
gan to rather shun him But he has just gon
into partnership with a friend In business
and 80 no is quito reinstated in every ono
esteem"
Not only Is work respectable in America
but in certain states 1t is compulsory. In tn
l.
provident fellow who neglects his family OF
through shiftless habits, Is likely to be g
burden TO the state, may 10 sold at auction
10 the highest bidder for a term Of 81
months This is a law passed twenty year
ago 1t provides also that, after the vagran'
has worked out the purchase money. any
other sum earned by birn at n fair conpensa
ton. is to be applied by his purchaser TO The
his family If, when be is free again, he re
turns 20 his bad habits, his fellow townsmer
take the law into their own hands They g
cort him to some public place and fog him
and If that does not cure him, his wife run
the risk Of seeing him one fine day hanginl
from some neighboring tree The people
will tell you, as the most simple thing in thu
world. that by acting thus they economic
the cost of police force. Rather primitive
this reason, it must be admitted, but, In new
societies, idleneSs is a crime, and tho bee,
ought to have right to drive the drones out
81 the hive.
was looking one day of the list Of engage
ments, which my manager had just sent me
for the following week To my stupefaction
read
"Monday-Now York.
Tuesday Youngstown.
"Wednesday indianapolis"
ran to the office of this inperturbable
Yankee and asked him
SIS it possible that can reach these town
so far apart in time to give my lectures"
Nothing easier" be replied, Selling the
railway guide "Your New York lecture
comes of at 3 in the afternoon. At 8, you
have a train which gets to Youngstown by
noon next day There you lecture at s. Pay
your bill and send your luggage to the sta
ton before going to the opera house where
you have TO speak. As soon as your lecture
is over, jump into cab and you viii catch
the 10 O'Clock train, which will set you down
at indianapolis in time for your next days
engagement"
"Whatl go to the train in evening drcssr'
exclaimed
ing car, suppose"
What ifei thought these Yankees bent
everything
OH that map Of the United Statesl II
you would have an Idea OF good lecturing
tour In America. just Imagine yourself ep
pcaring in public one day in London. the
next in Paris, the day after in Berlin, then
in Vienna. St Petersburg, and Constantine
pie, to finish up the week. Then take Tehe
ran. and the chief cities Of Asia, and you
have fair idea Of the journeys.
Here is a little scene Of American life. II
was told me. not oaly without boast, but a.
the most natural thing in the world, by Mr.
L. s. Metcalf, tho editor Of The Forum.
Mr. Metcalf wished to have an article on
the subject Of the Morm0ns for his review
not one of those papers written by man who
had passed through the territory Of Utah.
but serious study For several weeks he
had been in correspondence with one Of the
elders OF the Mormon church.
IAN this letter writing does not advance
matters much" thought Mr. Metcalf to him
self, zone or two hours conversation would
settle the thing"
Two hours later no WAS Ia tho train for
Salt Lake City He probably reckoned tins
way, lit is only Eve days journey in the
cars. and what is that when one sets against
1t "A good talk in the interest Of the reyiowr
Mr. Metcaif set out, arrived, saw, had his
chat, took the car again, and came home
But" timidly advanced, what became
of the review during all this timer
"Oh it suffered nothing from my absence, ,
said its editor Il installed myself at the
table 10 the car, where | was able to carry Oh
my work at my case Whom We stopped al
the stations, posted my letters, and sent and
received kilograms With as little difficulty a.
in New York"
But could you really work easily in the
train~
Better, much better than at my own
desk, my dear sir, there was no one to come
and disturb mo-"
was one day relating this conversation 70
an American journalist.
"You are simply wonderful. you Amer
leans" said to MIN. you would so to the
Sandwich Islands 70 fetch news Of the king
at Honolulu"
Just SO" he replied-"l haze done IL"
THIS II have done it" was the finishing
touch.
a fellow passenger on my last trip In the
Germanic was u New Yorker who, on the
morning Of the day the boat was TO sail lefi
tome without the least intention Of crossing
the Atlantic Having made up his mind al
noon. he telegraphed TO his wife DOM
wait dinner am oil to Europe, bought bag
and few necessar1es for the voyage. and
calmly embarked at half past for Europe
American wives are used TO this sort OF
thing. and think nothing OF it,
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