The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1895-09-27

a. West Second South.
Oakley has new pVrk.
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the English railway companies stan ted
running sleeping-cars, the public SAID
to them: We do not wish to lie herded
Iup together like hop-pickers; you viii
please have the cars divided at night
| into two parts by q curtaln,f 50 that
our ladies may be spared the annoy
ance of having to share section with
a man. l do not know n sing le Amer
lean lady who has not told me of that
grievance, and how on that account
she dreaded travelling alone. Vet ] am
not aware that the American public
has ever told the officials of any rail
way company in this country: We pay
you, and you shall, please, give such
accommodation as will secure the COM
| fort of our women On one occasion,
| in a crowded sleeping-car from SYRIA
cuse to New York, occupied an upper
berth, and a lady occupied the lower
one. If she only felt half as uncom-
Portable as L did, pity the pIor wo-
man.
Coming from Washington to New
York, a short time ago, every seat in
| the drawing-room car was occuDiS1
| ! ne Temperature OF tuas car wgE ann"t
| 80 degrees. The perspiration was trick
| ling down the cheeks OF the nassenGers
| the women were tanning themselves
| with neWSDDDefS. All N-Pro Elltlat- a4lit
| fling and blowing, hardly able to
brathei but no one dared go and oaen
the Ventilators. not one said 10 the con-
| :A-.e.:: Now. this Is perfectlV unen-
..:.-rupIc, please to open the ventilators
at once ] took upon myself to go and
address him; Don't you think l tim
| idly Ventured, that this car is much
too hot?' L do not he said. and h.
walked away. AS | meant to arrive
In New York alive, | opened. not the
| ventilator, but my window. That was
| a reckless, foolhardy resolution The
| passengers threw at me a glance of
gratitude, but there was in that glance
an expression of wonder at my wild
| temerlty, and they looked sideways,
| forward and backward, to see If the
potentate of the train had seen me. 1
was fairly reused, | was sick, my head
was burning, almost split. and L was
ready for that conductor if he had
come to close my window-and that at
the risk of passing for some uncon-
trollable rebel. The railways of this
country are ruled by the Niger and
for the niger.
"Then there is the manN,who. every
FIVE minutes, bangs the door>of the car
with all his might to let you Know he
has arrived He will wake you uA from
refreshing nap by tap on{ your
shoulder to inform you that HI has
laid a magazine on your lap. Thea he
win return with chewlng-gum, then
with papers then with bananas, APP
Piles and oranges, then with skull{caps,
then with books, then with tenecent
pieces of. jewelry, from his lneXhalsti-
~bie stores. An Englishman, on IN
this kind of unceasing boredom n
the time the train starts till the g
when it reaches its destination v ID
be tried, would pitch the boy Cd bf
the window.
"Then there is the refreshment-roofh
You ask for refreshment and you name
what you would like to have, az you
receive the refreshing answer, invari-
ably accompanied by frown: What's
that| You apologize for the poor En-
glish you have at your disposal cs-
pecially if you have acquired it in Eng
land and you prepare to enjoy a piece
of cuStard or apple pie or may be,
doughnuts. on leaving the place you
pay, and the man at the desk would
| feel dishonored If he said Thanks to
you; but l will say this for him, that
he so little expects thanks for what
he brings to you or does for you that
| If you say Thank YOU he will cry,
You're welcome in the tone of,
What's the matter with your Life
is short, time is money, and all these
little amenities of European life are
dispensed with.
you leave the train and arrive in
the hotel From the tender mercies of
the railway conductor you are handed
over to the hotel clerk, and, in small
towns to the lady waitress. Not a
smile on the clerks face. He is placid,
solemn and monosyllabic. Your name
entered ON the registry, your sentence
is pronounced. You are no longer Mr..
So-and-So, you are No, 2l9. The col
ored gentleman is close by to carry out
the sentence. He bids you follow him.
Yours is not to ask questions; yours is
to follow and obey The rules of the
| in
room, You shall be hungry from TO
10 a. m, froln l to p. M, and from
to p. m. The slightest infringement
of the rules would be followed by the
declaration that you are crank.J At
the entrance of the dining room, J the
head waiter, or the lady head waitress,
| holds up the hand and bids you follow
him or her. Perhaps you recognize a
friendly face at ono of the tables.
Yours Is not to indulge in feeling of
that sort; yours is again to follow
obey, and take a seat that is assigned
to you. During the whole time that al
together / have spent in America i
never once saw an American man or
woman who dared sit on any Pther
chair than the one that he or shd was
ordered to occupy. Nay l haVeI seen
the guests wait timidly at the door
when nobody was there TO take Them
in charge, until some one came u or
uer them about In small hotels you
| cannot hope to have the courses
brought one after the other 81 that
each one may be served hot I'd you,
Your plate is placed in front Cd you.
and the lady waitress disposes sym
metrically ten to fifteen little oval
dishes around it. When | first made
the acquaintance of this lady, and she
had dealt the dishes, l exclaimed. look
ing at her: Hallol what's uUmp2 But
there was no trining with that lady;
she threw at me a glance that made
me feel the abomination Of mb con
duct"
SO Max O'Rcll Teiterates thgE "the
patience of the American public us sim
! ply angelicll, nothing short oG that"
tie says that we get no courtesy from
he people we pay. because WED expect