Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-09

train. 6tx o. oev0n cASriAgo8 connecting
ous with sncthsr, allow ce your moving
about freely over isngth of souss hundred
yarda Dining room, sleeplng car, drawing
room car, smoking room, library, bath room,
lavstory. tho whole fitted up In tho most
luxurious styla What can ono desire morei
Il d kotel on whcela
There arc windows and ventilators, but II
you open your window, you win go your tel
low travellers turn up their coat collars and
get down their shswls and furs, and you will
hear energetic grumblings, which win give
you to understand that you arc turning your
self into public calamity. The Americans
are shivcry people. stewing themselves In
bain-maric.
Here, as well as In the hotels and In oil con-
ditions Of American life. you arc at the mercy
Of servanta There Ia no remedy at hand, no
appeal against It.
In America you are supposed to know every
thing, and no ono viii help you unless you
should happen TO address yourself to well
bred people.
II you ask passcr-by In the street tho near
est why 70 the station, he walks as though he
understood you not Tho word station" d
English, but hero you must talk American,
and say depot, pronounced dccpo The inva-
riablo answer you get to tho questions you
ask In tho street Is, II don't know" They
are all like Joe. "they don't know nothink."
When railway servant has succeeded In
insulting you, ho Is quito proud, and plumes
himself ON his smartness; he looks at his
mates and seems 10 say, ibid you hear how
spoke up TO himr' He would be afraid Of
lowering himself by being polite. In his eyes
politeness IL q form Of scrvility, and he
imngines that, by being rude to well bred peo-
pie, he puts himself ON footing with them
You go to railway ticket Office TO book
for certain place Perhaps thcro are several
lines Of railway running to your destination.
The clerk says, without looking at you, and
nt the rate Of thousand words minute.
"What linei b. and O., or s. y. and w.
n. r.. or s. p /. aud CIR
~ want ticket for Chicago"
II ask whether you wish to go by the"----
Here he once moro repeats various parts Of
the alphabet, casting a look Of pity at you
the whle. Do not believe he will translate
his A b DIS into English. II Is your place
10 understand them.
Do not lose your temper. however; that
never pays in America Tho natives would
only enjoy II. Take the matter laughingly.
This Is the advice the Americans gave me,
and recommend IL to you, II ever you are
similarly placed
was having n sicsta ono day In one Of tho
comfortable arm chairs Of a drawing room
car, when the conductor came along and,
giving me formidable thump. cried out in
the most savage tone:
"Your ticketl'
] mnde haste to obligo him and to offer
apologies.
81 trust I have not kept you waiting"
said l.
He went away quite crestfallen.
Another day, was in Now York local
train. These trains have not drawing room
cars with smoking room attached. Neither
first, second nor third class; all tho carriages
are alike. ] addressed the conductor, asking
him where should find tho smoking COM
partmcnt In reply he murnured few un-
Litelligiblo words between his teeth. In my
humblcst, sweetest accents, said
'Excuse me, did not hear"
He shouted at mc at tho top of his voice;
Be-hind-the-lo-co-mo-tive do you hear
this timef"
My first impulse was to knock him down
But bethought myself OF the advice that
had been given me. and answered with smie
"Yes, heard. beg u thousand pardons
You arc really too polite"
A popular American actress was dining ono
evening in tho dining car Of a train going
from Boston to New York. Being alone, sl,o
ato slowly, and deliberately dawdled over tho
meal to kill time The waiter, displeased at
the audacity Of such conduct, stood about
within hearing, and began making tho rudest
remarks on her proceedings.
When she had quite finished her dinner,
and no came to remove the dishes, tho actress
wrote a few words upon one Of he's cards, and,
handing 1t TO him with u sweet smile, she said:
'iiere is my card; II you hand it in at the
Opera house tomorrow evening you will 10
provided with stall. ! regret exceedingly
that 1t Is not In my power to offer you box
it Is such treat TO meet with polite rail,
way scrvantI"
The names Of tho stations are hidden Do
not hope that the conductor will clear up tho
mystery
The train had just stopped few leagues
from Richmond one day.
"What station is thisg" asked u ira, eler,
addressing tho conductor.
This individual simply shrugged his shoul-
tlers and turned his back.
happened TO be close to him.
IVbat =, 20 ,s,n,,ln tbara ara 10 D.,
surel" said to him.
To an irritable person, tho rudeness Of the
railway aud hotel servants would be enough
TO spoil all tho pleasure Of visit to America.
But the Americans themselves arc good tenn.
pered and pay no attention to these things
know some who oven get a certain amount
Of amusement therefrom.
The negro who makes your bed is more
polite; but his politeness is not disinterested.
A few moments before tho arrival Of the
train at your destination, he brushes you
down and resolves the inyariable. 25 cents
for his trouble These negroes independently
OF the salary paid them by tho company they
work for. make sometimes from $40 TO sic a
day In this way, say from e., 800 TO 5000 a
year
How many white would turn black for
less!
Returning 20 Jacksonville from St Angus
tine, omitted to engage my place In parlor
car, and was obliged to find a seat In the or
dinary cars Tho evil was not great, seeing
that the journey takes but fifty minutes
Besides the parlor cars, the train comprised
three cars two of which were almost full