The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-11-29
SERVANTS THAT ARE SERVANTS
"ood service One of the characteristics. a,
English Civilization.

5000 service One of the Charactsr,.t,.. p.
English Civilization.
Notwithstanding the cockneys VIII,
are not content to stay in London. bu
pervade the summer resorts. and SON.
other people, including cocknevs bor,
IN America, but without the educate
,Apudence of the English kind, Eng
land is charming place to loiter II
.ne summer season. If were asked
however 70 say what is one of it's dis.
elnctions' l should say, seriously. tina,
~ IS place where the traveller "a n
nave his boots BACKED lido NOT men =
uauped over with stickey command
and uncleaned and dim in an honr hut
permanently polished. In the smallest
ana most out-of-the-way inn in Enc.
lano land am glad to say that unpre-
.endlng inns can still be found
tnat preserve the old traditions
OF comfort and civility) boots
are polished, highly polished. This
may seem very low and min.
portant matter to mention. tits. how
ever a note of good service and one of
.ne characteristics of the high civiliza-
ZION OF our British friends, as much so
as 1helr habit OF travelling about with
trees for their boots. It means a de-
termination to be CONT Portable and we'll
cared for throughout.
The whole of the society is bn;1t
upon this idea; the servants are SER
wants for the sake of making society
comfortable; and I am not sure but
Well brushed clothes and polished
ooots are as much part of the English
constitution as the o'clock cup of
tea Nobody knows exactly what the
constitution is; but Mr.. Balfour, when
ne rises in the house of commons and
says that such and such a proceeding
violates it, is not surer he is right than
the hum blest subject is when he an.
peals to it in a matter of his individual
comfort.
The idea of the average Britisher
is to get the most satisfaction possible
out OF his daily life, in little things as
well as in large, and he will not nut up
with slack service, among other an.
noyances; and the servants. who are
in turn served by other servants. feel
IN the same way. This means, l take
1t, subordination and'order, or, in other
words, civilization. And a sense of
some leisure goes with this endowment
OF the small things have never heard
the English accused of lack of enter
prise, or lack of sturdiness and dis.
position to have their own way, but
they certainly have come to the idea
that life is too valua BILE to be frittered
away in perpetual uneasiness.
And l am pleased to bear nv testi-
nony to one thing, at least, among the
class who travel for business or pleas
Ire, and some who travel rarely, that
hey know enough to lie abed in the
morning. We got the raw idea from
he English that ''early to bed and
'arly to rise makes a man happy,
Healthy and WISE" but they seem to
lave given up this notion pretty gen.
rally; and, if they are wise. and OBJ
iously healthy, and tolerably happy,
hey evidently now owe this blessing
o plenty of sleep in the most delicious
ime for sleep. There is another rule
or the workers in factories and mines,
nd noticed in the great prison of
)artmoor, 1,4O0 feet above the sea, on
isolate and cloud covered moor, that
ne convicts were required to hustle
ut at o'clock in the morning. But
nese examples do not interfere with
~ general conclusion, for fancy that
1ese compelled classes, these early
sers, are not the healthiest and hap
lest, and probably not the wisest.
mother version Of the adage is that
citing up at daylight makes a man
ealthy, wealthy and wise. l do not
,e, however, that the wealthiest in
ngland are the class that get up first
the morning. And speaking still OF
civilized way of living, one can not
ut see, in spite of the democratic talk |
I'd the labor agitations and the pow
ty and the liberal use of spirits, that |
lere is good deal of solid content in
ngland, even when the country is
irred-as it rarely is stirred other l.
ise-by general election. One marks |
general disposition to mind ones |
vn business, and to wait in a conserv. II
i've sort of way for time to right ex- |
ting hardships - Charles Dudley |
arner, in Harper's Magazine. II