The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-04
THE SPIRIT OF SEVENTY SIX.
America Speaks 10 Der Own Defense
and England Listens.
krom the Mem YORK Times.

back comfortably IN his chair, and speak
| ing in a kind voice. 81 wish you Ameri-
cans were not so absurdly thin-skinned,
| though. There are some criticisms l should
! enjoy making"
! She smiled, too, and her voice was kind.
1--WE Americans are not all exactly alike. -
/ she said. I'VE differ, sometimes. We
| don't always agree. Now, am not NOR
| bidly sensitive. Suppose you give me the
benefit Of your structures, with the privilege
ct reply. You know l am often in,
| England"
20. don't care what you say about ua,'
he answered. No Englishman does"
NO. She shook her pretty head. THAT
is quite true. No Englishmsu does"
He supposed this was intended for a
| compliment. 1t was not
In the first place, then, don't fancy
| your food-the ovsrdone roasts and the
underdone fowl, the New England concoc-
| ton Of beans and bacon and sweetish, raw
| stuff that they call brown bread"
II have heard that our beef was graciously
resolved In England ." ghs replied. Your
indispensable Southdown mutton grant
to you. But not all your mutton is South
| down. We may set that, may wo not
| against our terrapin and pompauos and
canvasoacks and Blue Points, And the
brown bread and the baked beans-do you
| prefer your mullins, that taste like sour
| flannel little scorched, and the bitter mar
malade and cold toast for breakfast3 Or
I oatmeal and molssses with bread and trescle
in the nursery} Or the omniscient boiled
cabbage, served as simple green's com
| pared with our corn and tomatoes and egg
plant Ard Lima beans and satisfy and
Stop" he cried, giving his hearty laugh.
1--WE will waive the food"
by all means. And what next?n
"Next-possibly- might come your
names Of towns and counties. They are
| either jaw-bresking, as Memphramagog
and Apalachicola. or they are vulgarly
pretentious, as Rome and Syracuse and At
tica."
And many Of yours" she unused, her
eyes upon the fire, ''are sweetly pretty like
Rotten Row aud Goble and Barking and
| Ouse. Or you have made them such II they
have striven to be something better, by
converting Birmingham, Cholmondley,
Magdalen into Brummajen, Chumley.
MRudlin. A noble effort, and crowned
with complete succee'. Now, here, the
great unwAshed don't teach us how 70 pro.
nounce our proper names but they have
their methods, and the rest Of us stick to
our own"
well, at all events, your climate and
your mode of living, taken together are de-
testable; the hot, airless houses, the biting
cold, tha glazing sun"
"Ah. that's true. There's no sun in Eng-
| land-the creeping cold, the damp halls and
| musty, shut-up rooms, tho thimbleful of
| fire l went walking once with a woman
| who was wrapped ia sealsEiu and Rruaned
all the mile or two about the cold. We
came back to her home and glanced at the
Thermometer by the door 1t stood at So.
| She ran upstairs and appeared by and by
in evening dress. She sat away from the
tiny CRATE and seemed quite comfortable |
was freezing. looked at the Thermometer
in the room. 1t stood at $50.
Then your dress,n he lnterposed. "Your
diamonds by daylight, and your silks and
satins and velvets on school room girls, or
| older women for travelling or the street. You
would never see an Englishwoman come to
a boarding house table In a dressing gown. "
mo, she would only wear "A breakfast
| car" was the reJoinder. al don't think the
dressing gown is raging fashion here
| either. As for taste In dress. have met a
countess in England who wore plaitings of
| fur on her frock. have seen Mrs. Glad
stone at dinner party swaddled in yards
| Of lace till she looked like mummy, |
have friend, the wife o. .. c., in the
incest set. with oceans of money, whose
bonnets and gowns would disgrace kitchen
maid"
Those are older, palmer people" be OBJ
/
women are mostly dowdy and careless--'
II forced the admission she murmered.
| You should take our younger ladies; for
instance"
well" For he hesitated.
20, one who lives by her looks; take Mrs
| Lsngtry."
81 saw her in Twonty-third street one
day in gray gown which had a flight OF
birds painted across the front. They flew
up over one shoulder. 1t was very queer. "
But" desperately, you will admit the
! overdressed children, and"
II will admit that" with scarlet cheeks
'and l would rather be overdressed than
underdresseu of the two. And your women
the best OF them, the most refned-are
| shamelessly and laughably lmmodest in full
dressn
! you used the word refined yourself ,
he said. You must forgive me for hint,
ing that no such culture of manner is posi-
| Bile in a people of pork packers and tailors
! and skin traders, as one will fluid among our
| families, noble for centuries back, sur
rounded by every influence that might teach
and elevate"
! "Such as were lavished upon the late
Duke of Sutherland, who visited US, you
remember, short time before he died Nc
mal, not of royal blood, ever had more
royal belongings. suppose"
! HE committed several objectionable
social sins. Among them was the attend
ing a wedding in shooting Jacket. You
must have heard about il. We complained
bitterly. We called him boor"
! HE was the exception"
There are so many exceptions. There is
the young nobleman whom met at a Lenox
cottage. who hoped that l would visit his
mother and sister some day. Then he said
IN show you what hospitality is Not,
with a sneering smile and u wave of his
hand, not like this sort Of thing, you know.
There are that smart set whom have seen
get up on chairs at social function, the
better to stare at professional beauty. To
whom professional beauty is possible, in
society-it isn't here. Among whom Rich
ard Grant White remarked an earl scratch
ing himself in a crowded drawing room
You may put that against our men picking
their teeth, which is q pet taunt OF visitors
among us. l am sure" complainingly
none Of the men know pick their teeth. "
Still, he chung with true British grit to
the point In hand, "your society is led by
tradesmen suddenly grown rich"
Trade doesn't brighten all Englishmen.
have been nearly run down by a milk
wagon which had Lord Tenny
sons name upon its side, and
there are also titled ladies 10
the millinery business and titled gentlemen
in the coal trade, believe. AS for recog-
nizing those who spring from the people,
there was Sir Thomas Brassey's father