, 1889-02-17

ought 20 nave a right TO drive the orones ou
of the hive.
was looking one day at the list of engage
ments, which my manager had just sent me
for the following week To my stupefactiou
Tread:
"Monday-New York.
"Tuesday-Youngstown-
"Wednesday-Indiannpolis.n
Iran to the Office OF this imperturbable
Yankee and asked him:
sis it possible that l can reach these towns
50 far apart in time to give my lecturesr
Nothing easier" be replied, seizing the
railway guide. your New York lecture
comes Off at 8 in the afternoon. At 8, you
have a train which gets to Youngstown by
noon next day. There you lecture at 6 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 a cab and you will catch
the 10 O'Clock train, which will set you down
at Indianapolis in time for your next days
engagement"
What go to the train in evening dressr
1 exclaimed.
"And why mott You undress in the sleep
ing car, I suppose"
What a lifei l thought these Yankees beat
everythingI
Obi that map Of tho United Statesl II
you would have an idea of a good lecturina
tour in America, just imagine yourself ap-
pearing 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
So - A. a.
have a fair idea of the journeys
Here is q little scene of American life. II
was told me, not only without boast, but q,
the most natural thing in the world, by Mr..
L. s. Metcalf, the editor of The Forum.
Mr.. Metcalf wished to have an article on
the subject of the Mormons for his review,
not one of those papers written by a man who
had passed through the territory of Utah,
but a serious study. For several weeks he
had been in correspondence with one of the
elders of the Mormon church.
al this letter writing does not advance
matters much, I" thought Mr.. Metcalf to him.
self; zone or two hours conversation would
settle the thing"
Two hours later he was in the train for
Salt Lake City. He probably reckoned this
way: at is only five days journey in the
cars, and what is that when one sets against
it n good talk in the interest of the reviewT'
Mr.. Metcalf set out, arrived, saw, had his
chat, took the car again, and came home.
But" timidly advanced, "whnt became
of the review during all this timeg"
"Ohl it suffered nothing from my Absence
said its editor. ~ installed myself at the
table in the car, where l was able to carry on
NV work ot INV aaca IVhap rra e+oDDol "a
tho stations, I posted my letters, and sent and
received kilograms with as little difficulty as
in New York;
But could you really work easily In the
trainTn
Better, much better than at my own
desk, my dear sir; there was no one to come
and disturb me-"
was one day relating this conversation to
an American journalist.
"You are simply wonderful, you Amer
leans" l said to him; you would go to the
Sandwich Islands to fetch news of the king
at Honolulu"
Just so" he replied-"I have done it.n
This 81 ave lone 1t" was the finishing
touch.
A fellow passenger on my last trip In the
Germanic was a New Yorker who, on the
morning OF the day the boat was to sail, left
home without the least intention of crossing
tho Atlantic. Having made up his mind at
noon, he telegraphed to his wife: Don't
wait dinner, am off to Europe, " bought a bag
and a few necessaries for the voyage, and
calmly embarked at half past 8 for Europe.
American wives arc used to this sort of
thing, and think nothing of it.