The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-03-22
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II tire ScotchInan, who certainly
! raerus reserved enough Ia our eyes, Is
chilled b. the Englishman's manner,
it IL evident how much moro the Amer
icau yr;,st s>,i1-r before he learns that
tl.e@e is sorcti,.ng t,et-cr to come, AMI
th&t tie Ergi:5l;usans manner is his
own misfortune and not his inten-
tlon,l fault The English say to this
when YOU know then we'll enough to
| complain. thas we as TOO 'scnaitive, y
and that we are too QUICK to take OF
fen-o. It mover occurs to ta.r that it
may be that they are too bru:q1c. II
you say, on mounting q czech, Il an
afraid am one too many, l fear am
croud,ng you all. yen can cor~t rron
Their all aaswcrin. with perfect cheer
fuirese, Yes. YOU arc, bat We didn't
know You we're coming, AMI there is
70 help FOR It, and Is never occurs to
them that that is not perhaps thc best
Wv G. putting it. After Z Dit yon find
out that tcey do rot mean to he rude,
or you learn to BE- rude yourself, and
thon you get on fa,nonsly. have lad
Americans come into my rooms il Lon
don Wit, tears Of indignation IL their
eyes, and tell CT the way they
had been ~ they supposed,
snrbhcd and insultel and neglected.
Why" they would ask, aid they
invite ne to their house il they meant
to treat me Ike that? ! didn't ask
them TO- Idian't force myself on item.
oaly ,yap.ci VOID no'v and then,
its. to r-.nllo 100 feel was human DC
lag. II tncy had cnisr as,zed nc, when
ure ycr going aw&y?' it would haze
l:con so,ncJi:iog: but 70 leave ne stand
ing around in corners, AID 30 60 through
whole dinners without as riir!! rs u
word, without INTRODUCING; Ila TO an
ore or recognizing E1y existe"cc-Why
did they ask me II they oaly meant to
insult me when DIZZY got ne there? Is
that English hospi.aiity?' And tho
next dag would lncct Tic people with
whom he he'd losn staring, ard they
would say: we have Rad such a nice
com patriot OF yours with us, such
wcll-miormed young man: hope lie
Will stop with Us for the shooting IS
far as they knew they had done all
that c!vility required, al they would
have given their neighGOrs, or lave e->-
pected from their own people. i!ro
they did not know thaSv:e are not ueca
to ba;n, walked over ro:lg.l-shol, thai
we af7eo: interest e:on ii We 10 no;
! feel It, and that we tell social fi3s if it
IL goi.,g 20 MAKE some one else lcel
mere comfortable. It is ns If the Amer
! lean }:21 boxed with gloves eli his lIe,
cnA then meS 4 lnln who struck
with his bare fists; and 1t naturally
hurts. And },.e most pathetic part OF
the whole thing IS that they do ROT
know how mach better than their c1'n
! tho breeding OF the American really is.
1t is Ike the l:ne in the international
Episode, where the american woman
roiuts out to her friend that tho!r
English visitors not only dress badly,
but 50 badly that they will not appre-
ciatc how well dressed Americans ere.
/ have seen a whole roorlful Of English
men So still whom woman came into
her own drawing-roon, and then look
corup assionately at the Americans pres
ant because they stood up They prob
ebly thought they were following cue
tie rules OF come book or etiquette,
apd could no1 know that we wero
simply more comfortable standing
when a woman was standing tha1 We
would tovc 1ecp sitting down. And ID
vat
En2lishn1en OF whom ! speak were COS
OF She bstt<r sort and that ! shon!d
not Judge By tlro middle class. am
not writing CT thc middle classes, 10
was the best butter" as the March
hare saya.-Richard Harding DaTis, 10
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