The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-07-11
IN LUNNON TOWN.
ED. BARRETT TELLS NOW THE BIG
CITE STRIKES HIM.
Simply "Not in IT. with New York--A Zig.
Sleepy Town That Even the Weincr
Wurst Man Shuns-Otier Points.

| I<OuuOlI, JuIc tIoliln
| The average American who comes abroad
| for /; fed days or few months returns
home with Il silk hat as graceful is an
antiquated stove pipe IL long and hagsy
! Prince Albert coat, trousers inch be
! low the water line rected at the bottom and
IL tremendous stock of yarns and stories
| of his experiences in London that makes
| us Georgia boys fairly water at the mouth
to great London
l have been dreaming of London and
! Paris since the day | first Sauntered out
upon the streets of Augusta in my first pair
of long rantaloons. Well, ] haven't
| Paris yet. But London. Have you ever
| haa one of those clysian dreams and then
! an awakening to find yourself upon the
! shuck mattress of Il country hotel and coy
! cred with red calico guilt with II snoring
room mate? That's about the way London
has impressed me. London. as the world
i goes these days, is rs far behind New York
! as Thomson is behind Atlanta. L came Ill
| Saturday evening just before midnight.
! London was ;Lslcep. Even SURn holciS
as the famous Victoria and the Metropole
| lock their entrances. Not a restaurant IN
| all London is open after midnight. Ih0ush
| YOU be starving. there is not il bite III Lon
| don The cabmen, though rs thick as
| blackbirds, cannot drive You to n reStau-
rant. And the weienerwurSt man. Even
| he is not here. ,
The hotels don't compare with New Yorks.
The service in all OF them is bad as com
narcd with the Waldorf the Hoffman aud
scores Of others in New York. | am AT the
Victoria. said to be, the best in London
! 1t is large and fairly Handsome. 1he pedS
are q redermin@ feature. They are good
| The hotels are cheap if If was not tor the
clips" [ have a small room on IN" 1rSt
floor. II is but eight shillings or ~ day.
The cafe prices SIRE likewise moderate" but
the clips" run it up like the mercury OF Il
thermometer with Il flame ut th" bulb.
| You must tip the bell boy every time You
ring. the chambcrmaid. the porter. the
waiter. the boy at the front door if You
| should happen 10 ask him question. 1t s
not matter Of whether Won want to or
not You must or you get nothing. Inc
stare of Pullman car portor whom you
fail TO 'tip' him IS y smile to English hotel
servants snub. Then Won mnSt pay
cahman his fare and "'in" him besides.
IF vol, ha0ncn to 10 ri1ino on q bus and
ask the irivr~ n "rosfion il t"kcS "tiD
when thc Gin is forthcoming. Ynr
got evo~v attention in the world. q rod
ONT er1iln or1 frll-o"own and thoroughly
1ovplnnnl "thor1- vou." with tho accent on
the "v-ou. Tndoe1 tho "tha"t Won" :"
60 VOL sail that low o~n "t fr-+ inclined
| 70 odd IN extra eH;'''o" 20 ~" mn
Tho Cooking.
The London restaurants when Won ven
ture away from beef and mutton. which
| is, by the way, the finest III the world, are
very foggy The English simply don't
! know how 10 cook anything except beet and
mutton. Every other meat and especially
| birds and fouls they ruin with oils.
eft-Hnnded Corkscrews
| london is Il lcft-handed town. All We
hclcs drive to The left. people walk TO
the left, trains run on the left track, water
| faucets turn to the left, and even cork
] e.rn,,o I,Aft-h1p1pI Americans
as rule, become accustomed to every
thing but the latter.
chez Are Afraid of Chicago.
The English people are not gong to
! Chicago to see the worlds fair. The great
mass of them have the impression that it
is n great show Of robbers. The English
! papers have reproduced all the stories
| about high prices. the robbery of visitors
| and other filings ut the fair contained IN
| the New York papers. As a consequence
! the people here are SHY Of 1t. And. again
| they have but little idea Of distance. The
| fact that they must travel thousand
| miles by rail after landing in New York
| flirhtrns them But the other stories have
done the principal damage. and 1t IS now
| 100 late to remedy it. 1t has been done all
over Europe and the influx OF foreigners
| eyl.,cted at Chicago will not mAtcrlailze.
| The london thcaters are. however, doing
| oil in their power to advertise the falr.
| Every variety show and dancehall III Lon
don has Chicago ballet, Il Chicago song,
or something in the shape of an advertise
| ment for the big shoW.
Slow to Catch n Joke.
Tho English cannot act like Americans,
nor can the English girls dance like ours.
| The English comedians do NOT compare with
ours. Their jokes are not Jokes. But the
average Englishman is too slow to under
stand a good joke until his mlpd mas hau
| twenty-four hours in which to dlSest IT,
The hest mart Of Il trip to Europe when
one come, for rest and health Is that across
| the Atlantic i came over on the Earns, OF
the American line, which was the fastest
| of the OCEAN grryhounds until the Cam
| uauia. OF the Cunard line, WAS hnshcd
| few weeks ago and broke the record on hcr
| first trip 1t is 800 feet long and travels
| about twenty-five miles an hour
She left her dock i'll New York n d" cock
on the morning of June 3D.. There were
| several hundred friends OF the passengers
upon the dock waving handkerchetS US the
| big ship slowly backed out into he sUealh
and steamed out to sea. In the cabin we're
baskets of flowers OF enormous Proportions,
and many OF them.
everything There was AmbaS>ador bay
| ard eli route to England to assume MS new
| duties, and Minister Caruth, OF Arkansas
making off for portugtI; all the Shame laiti-
| lily. including Damrosch, the muSlcl1n' 4Ada
| iiehan. the actress, and others Of Day
company; Mrs. Mackay, the millonairrSs'
| who lives here i'll London. where she has me
cntrce to society. There were merchants
and pleasure seekers, drummcrs and IL lew
foreigners who had been over 10 see the
| Chicago fair. The leader among the latter
| class was II robust trenchnlan, who Iad
| been over with an exhibit 10 the far. lie
| couldn't get it unloadcd and put up, ana
| after IL months wait lett IL disgust but
| i'll New \ DIRK lie WAS flooded with kilograms
from the managers TO return and All Would
be we'll lie had replied simply, You be
DAMN" and taken the snip. lie was us
yusted with America and Americans. lie
| oldn't like the ship because 1t was Amer
| lean. 1t couldn't run because IL WAS OH
| cered bv Americans. But he was an anus
ing cllss, and the ways about the SMOKING
room encouraged INN to hear his Siili'les'
| He nranchcd oil upon Anerlcan statesmen
! ".,enagugucs they all are, Salu me-
| ''Ihere's your mau Johnny W ahai'Elher-
| sunday school teachcr-one oi your teih-
perilnce lecturers, yet he buys VINE from
me. lie buys good wine, too, ana hAo"
| he dom wash nls feet Ill 1t. -,
The crowd. OF course, lauEueu at 'n'9
and encourage him to other tApre0Sion'
until he finally became mon0lonouS.
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