The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-04-05

desk as he goes out. The whole thing is as
simple as possible.
The American complains that it is impossi-
BILE to lunch or dine in less than ten minutes
This evil will be remedied shortly
If you want a really striking sight, go to
one of the great restaurants Of Chicago or
New York at lunch time. Those Americans
using their knife and fork will make your
head swim At little distance, they look as
if they were all playing the dulcimer.
Those Americans are never still, never at
rest. Even when they are sitting, they must
be on the move; witness the rocking chair
habit.
No repose for theln their life is a perpetual
motion, frantic race.
Opposite my windows, at the Richelieu
hotel in Chicago there was a railway station.
Every ten minutes or SO the local trains came
and went, Each time the bell announced the
approach of train, saw crowd tear along
the path Of the station and leap into the car
riages, taking them by storm By leaving
their offices half a minute earlier, these good
people might have walked comfortably to the
station, and saved themselves this breathless
chase.
Go to the Brooklyn bridge car terminus,
New York, about 5o'clock in the afternoon.
There you will see a sight very like the storm.
ing Of fort
An American one day wrote me note of a
few lines, and thus excused himself for his
brevity; IA word in haste, have hardly
time to wink" Poor felowl only think of
it, not even time to wink; it makes one giddy
Outside certain Anglomaniac sets, to be
found in New York, Boston and Philadelphia,
no one boasts of living ON his property
In England. a man who does nothing goes
Dy the name of ''gentleman;" in Chicago, he
goes by the name Of ''loafer."
In fifty years time, when America has
2O0,000,000 inhabitants, perhaps she will i'm
pose her ideas upon the Old World. Then,
maybe society will have no nnnsen,2t except
for the ignorant and the idle
A young man, with very intelligent look
ing face, was pointed out to me one evening
in Chicago drawing room.
she is very rich," said my hostess to me
softly "For year or two after he inherited
the property he did no wos<. and people be
gan to rather shun him. But he has just gone
into partnership with friend in business,
and SO he is quite reinstated in every ones
esteem"
Not only is work respectable in America,
but in certain states it is compulsory In the
state of Missouri, for instance, any idle, i'm
provident fellow who neglects his family or,
through shiftless habits, is likely to be
burden to the state, may be sold at auction
to the highest bidder for a term of six
months This Is law passed twenty years
ago. 1t provides also that, after the vagrant
has worked out the purchase money, any
other sum earned by him, at a fair compensa-
ton, is to be applied by his purchaser to the
payment Of his debts or the maintenance of
his family. If, when he is free again. he re-
turns to his bad habits, his fellow townsmen
take the law into their own hands They es
cort him to some public place and fog him.
and If that does not cure him, his wife runs
the risk of seeing him one fine day hanging
from some neighboring tree The people
will tell you, as the most simple thing in the
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 bees
ought to have right to drive the drones out
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 stupefaction
read:
"Monday-New York.
TUESDAY Youngstown.
Wednesday, indianapolis"
ran to the Office of this imperturbable
Yankee and asked him:
us it possible that can reach these towns
so far apart in time to give my lecturesr'
Nothing easier" he replied, seizing the
railway guide. "Your New York lecture
comes off at 8 in the afternoon. At 5, you
have train which gets to Youngstown by
noon next day. There you lecture at 8 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 will catch
the 10 o'clock train, which will set you down
at Indianapolis in time for your next days
engagements
''Whatl go to the train in evening dressF'
exclaimed
sand why moth You undress in the sleep
ing car, suppose"
What lifel thought these Yankees beat
everythingi
Obi that map Of the United Statesi II
you would have an idea of good lecturing
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-
ran. and the chief cities of Asia, and you
have fair idea Of the journeys.
Here Is a little scene of American life. It
was told me. not only without boast, but as
the most natural thing in the world, by Mr.
L s. Metcalf. the editor of The Forum
Mr.. Metealf wished to have an article on
the subject Of the Mormons for his review;
not one of those papers written by man who
had passed through tho territory of Utah,
but q serious study. For several weeks be
had been In correspondence with one of the
elders Of the Mormon church
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