The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-19
THE SOClABLE BRlTONS
HOW OUR TOURISTS DID NOT SEE
PARLIAMENT W SESSION.

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THREE things IN England surprised me
Uratly they are 20 very different from all
the accounts had ~ them. These are;
The general comfort and apparent content
Of the humber clas y. the clean appear
ance 81 the most notorious sections OF Lon
don. and the esse with which the stranger
en- make acqunintanceS. II there was any
ons statement that had been repeatedly
forced upon me till Il a assumed the
strength q On established truth. Il wa
shat the English In general are : reserved
people-some say . 'suriy Set II 70 then
met tho select few, fov ! found them
extremely pleasant, ~apprnachable and com
municative. Except in oursouth and sruth-
west I never travelled In n country where
Il = 30 easy % make acquaintances-and
such intelligent and desirable acquaint
ances-
NY experience ju~sides me perhaps IN
waving the point as 20 egotism and dv
Sending e q style which may seem Per
.sonal. In hotel n boarding housr. unr
der an aSchway In = shower or ON top 81 an
omnibus IN fair weather. in the lobby o.
the house o. commons and in all places OF
public resort met many people whose
courtesy charmed me. while their converse
ton WAS both pleasant and instructive !
feel compelled 70 give a few instances.
climbed 70 the hurricane deck OF an
onnihrs on my first fair day in London 70
- E-,sk L..fur4 far n ~ on
the deck that one can see the whole life Of
the streets and get the ideas Of the people
Il first hand II il like second claas on an
English railway and the smoking car IN
America asked q question Of . gentle
by me and with the reply got this
-Ah. you re an American | see-and
from the far west. think l Am from
Australia myself
Then followed a conversation in which !
related one Of the stock anecdotes about In
~vestors in Florida. raising my voice consid-
erably on account Of the noise made by the
bus. II stopped suddenly In a quiet street
and made Il seem ~ il a shouted the
closing words for the benefit Of the whole
neighborhood- They were pretty strong
words. too-the catastrophe Of b story
There Va = general laugh and my posi-
Ition was awkward A Lady in the next
Iseat, young. stdkingly handsome and rich
liz dressed. turned and laughingly eaid.
"You are very right, o am jocst
|from Florida" following this with . fas-
|einsting account in English. with q for
Ieign accent. Of her life nc St. Augustine
and Jacksonville. Then all joined in and
We had : delightful '~sociabie" on she deck
|of the omnibus Tor the next mile, the lady
'translating il into French from time 70
time for the benefit Of her companion
She was evidently accomplished. for in
addition 70 her native Spanish she spoke
French and English nuently, and when
she landed in the most fashionable part o.
the West End my thanks went with her,
for had she not deity turned an awkward
situation into IN occanion for social enjoy
mentt
was much struck with the Australians
account Of those who 60 TO hat continent
In search OF health. III it II lung trouble"
said be. they nearly always get well; but
liz they return TO England TO stay they al
ways die soon. and generally before the
seconi winter ends. only ventured here
lin the snmmcr. and already l arm warned
that ! mn~t get away before Christmas"
land even as he spoke | noticed In his
breathing thai peculiar 'h-r-a-a-h" with
which | am painfully familiar. a sound -
In q comb were drawn across the edge Of .
hoard
and does English vigor endure in shas
Iclimafey" l asked
"OE, yes. The sons Of the oldest settlers
an growing TO manhood a. vigorous a.
1.-The lads Of Yorkshire and Hampshire. and
sup2ose you know that Australian pugi-
lists are knockinga all before them Wecan't
stand the English climate, t~hough-the
lsky never seems clear here 70 me-and you
lsouldn't stand IL either In winter. Why.
have known fat cattle TO smother here
Just get down in their bedding and smother.
Moo, ! must yet back 70 Melbourne'-
and the sad sanitary exile drew his overcoat
~Icloser about his neck and shivered As the
sum went down. All the Americans OF our
lparty wore their oyercoats after . p m. In
midsummer, though the mercury was once
= high ~ - degs. at noon, and several
times up to - degs-