The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-17

! tleman, since the distinction is very sharp
in the E glish metropolis-~hen dealing
with people who serve him. He says,
Pleas do this" and I'm thank you for
/ that because it's the jargOn Of the town;
but bis pollteness is put firth with such an
lndescribably arrogant air that II IS scarcely
less offensive than slap IN the face. lt is
accepted everywhere with the lnvarlable
Thank you, sir"
THE OLD STORY
is still good Of the yankee who stood on the
stern OF the steamer as she swung out OF
Liverpool, and. holding a sailing aloft,
yelled out: 'If there's man. woman or
child on this blessed island whom I've not
tipped come forward no e., for this is your
last and only chance" l remember very
yell an experiences had on my first day In
London. | started OUT with typical Lon
don man TO Lunch at his CLUB, and we
stopped at a druggi,t's-or chemists as they
sas in England, with the ch pronou ced
sOfJly-to make some pure lases. My m
panlun bought few sn.lllngs' worth OF one
thing and another, and wnen his change
was br ug to him he pushed two cJppers
toward the druggist and said careleSsly:
"Heah, you take these"
The drugg st picked them up with CRATE
full smile and muttered, "Iha X you very
much, sir" It was a fine, large shop on the
corner below Bond street on PIcca lilly, and
the druggist was q ha dsome, ful-brarded,
ID perfec ly dressed man Of about 50 years.
Fancy maxi g the p oprletor of snowy
New York drug store present OF few
ceAts.
The domestic servants of England are
creatures OF remarkable foibles and con-
ceit;.
Tha"keray immortalized the fiunkey's
speech and name bat it is doubtful
whether the riiicu.e ne poured upon tnem
.as uad any effect toward cOrrec ing their
extravaganza, as it would upon that of a y
other class. These servants still speak afro
cious E glish, but with an
UNMIsTAKABLY ARIsTOCRATIC ACCENT,
d, although their pay is seldom nigh,
thy ok down with lofty contempt upon
worklngmen, or, indeed, upon auY one not
holding the social raaA which entities him
TO treat them with lnsolence. In England
the law assigns to every one from tn. ranks
of gentleman" or esq lire" upward dis
tinctlve rank or precedence on the social
ladder. The servants. of course, are not
| included in this, but among the nselves they
give every man or woman her place in the
strlctest ma lner, according to the
rank of the master. A dukes
servant takes prec deace over that
of marquis. and the servant of
either of these nobilities looks ,wn upon
. ulbd WHO Is Une SERVANT Oh merely
gentleman" A taing which helps them
greatly in maintaining hese DISTINCTIONS is
tuat under no circumstances do they ever
do work outside of that appertaining to
| their particular offices. A butler, for
instance, would be much less likely to put a
| hand to work which should be d )ne by
footman than a duke himself The upper
| menservan,s have usually acquired
as result frequently of hereditary
transmission, an air of aristocratic
vacuity or SUI oerclliousness. They are not
allowed to wear mustaches, but that ouly
| serves to make more prominent the aquiline
nose and half scornful lip. 1t also makes
one think that they must be relatives or
friends Of the great men of the ca rlier Vic
torian period, such as Sir Robert Peel, Lord
PalmerSton, or the Duke of Wellingto /, a I'd
that they are survivals of that period. They
are almost incomprehensible to the majority
of Anne leans in