, 1890-01-12

a little nervous over this mattcr-I mean
as nervous as a Canadian generally gets
over anything, for he is not nervous
man. Canadians do not like to have the
finger of scorn pointed at them by the
paragraphcr, and | must say in this place,
God bless the paragraphcrl You cannot
shut him up. He is the true mirror held
up to nature. The long and smoothly
flowing editorial Is the artistic and pol
ished work of q master mind, but the
paragrapher makes or mars a man, be he
president or comedian. The three-line
item, well written, and at the proper
time, void OF personal spite, for that is
soon discovered, is the power hat turns
the tide in public opinion, especially in
America, so Tar as the press is concerned.
The cold hearted and selfish man, be
he actor, author or president even, soon
makes himself known to the Keen eyed
paragI apher, and good-by to his aspira.
tons at that moment. | care not who
makes up the columns of the Congres
sioRdl Record if | may write the coun
try's paragraphs. Unfortunately | can
not do it. But these brief epigrams or
bon mots. whatever they may be, the out
growth of our age. touch the heart of our
humor loving republic, and are the peb-
bles in the stream of time which change
the course OF many a great political river.
Conkllng was a Photographer. So Is In
gals.
The paragrapher las caused the execu.
tive to grow sold to his appointee, turned
the tide of opinion against n man who
rested, as he thought, secure in the arms
Of a great corporation or in a political
household. He has called attention to
the egotist and emphasized the selfish
motives of an ostensible philanthropist.
He has in three lines, killed the aspira-
tions OF half a century. He has burned
down the structure of a lifetime by find
ing the straw brick in the base and touch
ing it off with a stanZa.
He may not be always just, or he may
have some personal motive. In hat case
the paragrapher is harmless in the end,
but the bright. free lance paragrapher,
witt no axe to grind, ready at all times
where he sees a head to hit it, with his
compliments, yields a power in this
country of which he himself knows little
aud which. | regret to say, Is not in gen
eral commensurate with his salary.
But | was speaking OF Canada. Pub
lie sentiment will soon, on both sides of
the line, demand an arrangement by
which it will be easy to get a criminal
across the border as il Is to get him out
of a ueighboring state. Then, / trust,
the sleek custodians of other peoples
money will have to buck the bucket shops
with their own funds or make shoes un.
der strict surveillance.
Canada was dispnyprad Mt nhput tba
same time America was and by the same
parties. Some think that the worlds
fair should be held at Montreal for that
reason. L do not think she cares for it
She has so much else to attend to that
the lair would not receive the attention it
deserves. She has a large and beautiful
hotel, and do not see why | should not
speak OF 1t. | am not backward in
speaking OF bad hotels, and the United
States Is full of them. The Windsor is
well conducted, 1t seems to me, and the
rates are not out or proportion. We travel
so much in this country that | do think
we ought to give more attention to our
hotels. Some hotels run all to dining
rooms. Others to office, and still others to
bar. To please the general travelling pub
lie, you cannot allow any one department
to ursur the other. | have stopped at
a hotel where the only good feature was
the laundry. of what use was that to a
man who was simply hungry? Some no.
tells rave only a gentlemanlv. genial and
urbane landlord. He loves you and falls
on your neck when your enter, but there
his devotion ends. He c%onceals himself
when you pay your bill, and a stern cash.
Ter charges You 81 so for mack
erel and tea. l stopped fortunately at a
hotel in Boston where kind words were
on tap all the time, ard the smell OF
paint was ever present. While | was out
of my room a waiter, / presume, who
thought had been a little slow in my
tips. though | had given him 81, stole
$50, and in the language OF Richard
Malcolm Johnston, Vanished himself
r away"
| suppose that the proprietor thought
| deserved 1t because | did not leave my
money at the office. However, iudging
T from the way the matter was handled
afterward. if ! had lett the funds in the
office | would have simply saved the bur.
glar a disagreeble Job. | speak of this
because Boston is a city OF good hotels.
notably so, AMI | only regret that | did
not 90 where l already knew they were
I GOOD stnppadsat Tho Tramon