The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-29
1Cnnrright- 1917

New York. July 2S.-They all say that
the travelling American is not a fair speci-
men of his countryman in general. He is
common she is vulgar, and the impress
sion they leave is as far unlike the real
thing as a caricature is unlike photo
graph So declare the more responsible
men and women who come with letters
Of introduction to common friends in
England, and who have therefore that
nrivate character to lose or main
tain which the travelling American
nnr sang the nomad, knowing
and known of no one-has left behind
him 1t is this sense of irresponsibility
which makes the whole difference be-
tween the vouched for and the unknown
not only with Americans, but with
globe-trotters of every other nationality
And if we take these cousins of ours as a
text of what the irrepressible and ire
snonsibe traveller is alike, it is because
thew are the most numerous and the
most ubiquitous anc because, speaking
our own language with dlnerence-
they are most easily understood and
measured.
AS a rule these were nomads-these
travelling Americans without per
sonal responsibility no regard for
their national dignity. They have come
to have a good time, and they do not
mean to be baked They intend to see
everything that lies on the prescribed
tract: and to go everywhere marked on
their comprehensive itinerary. Their see
ing is of the most perfunctory kind-their
going of the most rapid order. They do
Europe in less time than 1t takes more
leislrelv Britisher TO do one Italian
city; but they are able to say that they
have seen ChamouniX and Derwent
Water, Rome and Oxford, Rouen and
and Nurem berg, Paris and Vienna, and
all that lies between their various halt
ing places. The consequences, how
ever, of their bird s-eye view of
things their rapid transit and their
superficial examination, is kind of
cloudy kaleidoscope of memories wherein
no single pattern stands detached and
clear-nO place is wildly remembered
no picture, view or statue is rightly local
ized They confound Oxford with Win
chester bouen with Cologne, NOtre
Dame with Strasburg cathedral; and as
for such minor details as Honister Crag
or Heyellyn, they forget all save the fact
that when they drove over in the coach
from some lake, aforementioned now as to
its name, down lot of steep hills to an
other little sheet of water, alike unre-
membered, they were drenched TO the
skin and saw nothing but vague forms of
what the driver said were queer-named
halfreyealed through lighter mist. Still
they can say that they did the English
lake country, as in DUTY bound, giving
two days TO the process, which was
generous allowance.
Sometimes these travelling Americans
come in large droves of girls, under the
ChaperOnage and cOurlerShip OF mature
woman who has made the journey so often
before that she is able to pilot her numer-
GUS charges with eXactness as to what
they have to do and prohibition as 10
what they need not see. Keen bargainer
as She is, she gets her cohort taken at
trade price - and the saved margin adds
not inconsiderably to her lawful allow
ances. A flock of from twelve to thirty
doves, settling for a couple OF nights on
the percheS OF a hotel brings a certain
amount of grist to the mill which makes
1t worth while to pare away even broad
margins, and yet those noisy and self
assertive Doves would be dear to the rest
OF the company at any price. They are
an upSetting lot at the best of times; but
when they come in, drenched to the skin,
disappointed and naturally cross, they
raise CAIN in more than usu-
ally unpleasant way. They expect mir
acles to be wrought for their bene-
NJ; and if they have to wait on the
orderly action of time and natural pro
cesses, they turn in their wrath and
curse the national dilatoriness of the
Brltlsher TO his face They will not al
low that heavy wooden ulster, satur-
ated through and through with a pelting
RAIN OF four hours duration cannot be
1red and made lit to wear in an hour.
Ihey demand that it shall have been SO
dried and made fit to wear, and they
must have it now on the instant. The
SKY mas cleared the rain has ceased the
sun has come out, aud the lake and the
mountains are there like an enchanted
garden suddenly revealed They
must go out, and each has nothing
10 wear but a sodden saturated Ill
ster, They demand it and are refused
on the plea of the garment being still i'm
possible; and then the ruction begins
Inc hostess has to hear a few strange
words and see a few excited faces, as
transatlantic energy encounters Anglo
saxon sturdiness, and common sense de-
uleS what lmpatlenCe desires. The con
troyersy is generally settled by the will
tuI donning of the sodden garment, and
he last snapshots of the angry little
woman as she stamps her small foot and
nurls defiance at Britannia's name and
mead, dashing down to the lake in coat
which threatens rheumatic fever in every
fiber.
To the word forbidden" the travelling
american woman pays no heed. When
sne sees prohibitOry notice she at once
1ecldes 10 disregard it, and to treat ii
YIN the contempt with which she thinks
observes. She breaks down the fence
ana Chambers over the barred and locked
gaze She enters the preserve in spite of
.ne board threatening prosecution for
..respass. She gathers souvenirs, if given
.uaJ way, no matter TO what damage Of
sue plant or destruction of the saplng
and she holds IL as a general rule that the
earIh is neither the Lords nor the pro
pretor's, hut hers, If so be she wishes 10
front by it's fruits. In city
a'' is Just as irrepressible Does
a4e hear Of some private eKhi-
ol.ion to be seen only through the partial
,,aN"r Of tickets given by this official. or
u''l accredited agent, she boldly disdains
~ necessity for such a pass. and presents
''Iheli unarned but fully armored In
.alh lhe lanltOr warns her OF her irregu
guy. She does not speak Italian. and
..I rench h. far below the standard of
,N Alle Bowe. She does not under
lN' what the lauitOr is saying. All she
prs mat Others are there. and she Will
re reason why II She does not add
w me thrOnR She knows that the
t'flef is 40 "a Disadvantage
impOlitic and imp0iite ~
row in private