The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-12
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n great pan hess ID the cities | have thus
far visited. either completed or IN the
coarse OF erection. This extravagance Is
/ everywhere much greaIeT than had an
{ iieipated. TIE very fsct that so much
marble is used 20 such good advantages in
I these edinces Is not the least cause FOR ny
/ wonder. such small plaee-ws should
/ cal il a provincial towns Hartford.
Conn, has . magnificent and beautiful
state house. whose architecture Is eompos-
/ lite. comprising the elements OF the Ren2ls-
sanee. itzlian. and Venetian gothic, al
blended together with the most consam-
mate skill Taken separately. one would
! expect an incongruous mixture.
the surprising effects are net confined
/ 70 one town, nor even 70 municipal build
/ ings, for I have noticed that many private
/ dwellings. apparently OF rot wealthy peo-
pie. are built with such lavishness as We
only notice in England among the veTy
rich.
What is more distinctly American are
I your railroads. more especially those in the
| city limits, the tTamways aud the ike.
/ The large numbers OF What we would call
/ the lover classes, the working people in
I common, dirty clothes, with whom one
comes IN frequent and close contact on
/ ferrybeats and streetears, and especially
their excellent department. are agreeable
| surprises. In England they would be
looked on as rather rough customers,
I whose acquaintance We would not care to
| cultivate. Yet here they are generally
/ gentle in their manners and quite polite
] have been accustomed, too, TO read in
/ your papers jokes about conductors
/ and police. ascrih:ng 10 them ronghness OF
4 manner and savage sharpness of speech;
/ describing them as men who dc not scruple
to be rude. who are proud and bruSqne in
4 their replies on the contrary, / have
been agreeably surprised in finding
| the reverse to be the case; that
/ they are much more eonsiderate,
I polite and attentive than ours at home.
These small officials are so different. in fact,
/ from ours that il has occurred to me- judg-
I ing from looks and behavior. that they are
f! real gentlemen who have lost their prop
1 erty--all save the diamonds and jewelry on
their persons-and have sought out these
/ places for livelihood. Yes, | know you
/ call everybody gentlemen who is correct
/ in his habits. thoughts. actions and de-
/ meanor. But what l mean is that men are
/ characterized by such ease OF bearing as
/ we consider comes from a good breeding,
| college education and the proper employ
I ment OF leisure; that they have q power
I fer looking after details which busy men of
/ affairs usually forget II may come from
/ superior educational faeiiisie 9bat If mis-
/ take not, the English schools are greater in
number and efficiency than those Of the
/ United States. Then, too in Germany,
| where education is compulsory, these off,
1 Gals are shockingly brutal and savage in
/ their treatment Ii must be a result OF the
\ Democratic ideas which make these people
not only feel equality with the best In the
/ land, but which cause them to emulate
| their good qualities.
| Miss Edwards said she was delighted
l with the superior advantages OF the palace
/ cars on the railroads. the easy chairs. the
( tables and other conyeniences. In the
| ilrst-ciass compartment carriages Of the
| old country one can ask the guard to pur-
/ chase him or her something to eat at
| the railway stations, but it is far more con-
venient and pleasant to dine in the car at
/ your leisure. She thought the railway ears
| much too hot for comfort, however. What
| is worse is that the government OF the
| ventilation is very unsatisfactory. A win
/ dow cannot be opened or closed without
| inconveniencing a great many on all
/ sides The old-style compartment car has
| a decided advantage over this. not TO men,
/ ton the great privacy it insures.
| In speaking OF the American newspapers.
/ Miss Edwards said she had not had much
! opportunity TO make a study OF the daiiies.
/ II am familiar. however. with some OF the
/ weekly religious papers" she added, land
/ have golden opinions of such as the iS,a,.feg
/ ScAeol 7Fn.es. The Independent CssrisfiaH
/ HorlS. etc. They have remarkably brilliant
sasfNs # ~.
| eeiye papers of great merit. largely on
1 scientific questions, calling for a high order
I of Biblical scholarship and criticism. They
| ara religious but not at ali narrow in their
/ treatment Writers who readily find space
/ in their columns would condescend, were
/ they in England. only to appear ia the
scientific magazines, OF in the publications
/ OF learned societies. which do not reach
/ the general public. understand that the
1 best daillss also receive such articles, aud
I that they find al intelligent reading
! public.
"As 60 American scholarship, can only
speak ii my own science and cogaate
I branches. but what read in the admirable
reports Of the Oriental Society ssrnck me
/ as great advance In this country III Assy-
/ riaIogy and Hebrew
+ Nothing had pleased her more than the
/ avenue OF Ems in New Haven. and she
hoped that baltimore would continue these
4 arHoFEi additions, and make every street =
boulevard She praised the solid pave.
ments q Baltimore, AMI said she felt much
more secure here than In New YORK in
every way. the hotels shere p she con-
( tiased are built up on nothing, the thir-
/ tseu-slory skv-scgapers seem ike hoaseS Of
+ psper cards. likely Ia fail a. aay moment
ElsetEle-hght wires every wheFe cross your
+ path, making accidents extremely liable.
{ and you always feel as Il the elevated roads
we're unsafe. and might come down
/ on You without warning New
York reminds uie Of a great soap
7 bubble sna dread to think What woald
+ happen ia ease of an earthquake. BESIDES
+ this, ieand on ali sides nothing but holes
+ 81 mud, cutters ard dirt piles, an end less
rash and block q street lvafIlc There
+ are SO many dangers and the state Of the
highways Is such as u make il incompre-
henSihle - English people that enserpr5s-
ing Americans wcsll. long endure IS The
+ hackmea IA SeW York add 10 one's tiigli-
f czsltses. They are arbitrary in their charges,
+ and in imposing GA you elAlm that yon
nave no redress Eyea EBore Feuaarkah3 -
Z tke cosmopolitan character Of 4Ese people.
J&aging fFom the faces on the streets and
+ the names on the signs. not ore person IN
I hall doAea Is American or Engilsh.
81 the sonaen colleges IL this oounsrv.
+ Miss EdSards sasd they were grand expert