The Portland daily press., 1895-07-19
PILGRIM ENDEAVORERS.


member of the committee of thirteen, in
charge of the convention excursion com.
mittee. He was assisted by Mr.. Fl. M.
Lothrop of Boston.
: Mr.. Allen said that 212 of the party
!. would take the White Mountain trip TO-
morrow, and the remainder will go tc
, Old Orchard.
The Boston & Maine gave the Endeav-
orers the low rate of So for the round trip
TO Portland and return.
The representative from Scotland was
the Rev. John Pollock, sof Glasgow. He
Is the delegate from the Scottish Nation
al Union and is member of the Inter-
national Executive committee.
The representative from England, was
Rev. James Mursell, of Derby, who rem
resents himself; that is, he comes indie
pendently of any Christian Endeavor Or
ganization
One of the Portland men who came out
to meet the special train engaged these
two gentlemen in conversation. He
asked the Scotchman what he thought of
America and the latter replied.
why are you Americans always asking
foreigners what they think of you. Now
in Scotland we don't care trippence
what foreigners think of US. think the
Americans are very self-eonscious.
The reply was that this propensity of
Americans was naturally due to their
pride in their country and because they
felt that there must be Fgood deal in
America that would open the eyes of for
eigners very wide and they were naturally
curious to hear how it would feel to have
ones eyes opened in that way.
At this the Scotchman and the Eng
lishman laughed forth in their vigorous
way and proceeded to annihilate the
United States by comparison with Great
Britain
Said the Englishman GIVE noticed that
when some fine music is played the
Americans all sit very g1um, and I've said
to myself why don't they applaud?' But
when there's some rattling, namby
PANTY tune on banjo or something SINH
lar, then the Americans go wild with de-
light over it, and its just the same
with your speakers If man gets I'D
and makessa grand solid speech, that is
full of sense and wisdom, the American
audience is always very glum about it,
but if somebody gets up and tells you a
string of funny stories, then you clap and
shout and stamp
"And your wooden house, said the
Sootohman, as the train dashed by row
of cheap new tenements "a man might
go sup and kick one of them over. now
in Scotland everything is made of solid
stone"
"The only antiquities you have in
America, he continued, fare your jokes.
Oh, but they are old. They are hoary.' -
At this the Portland man thought and
said that it seemed rather peculiar for
men who had never seen a joke to make
statements as to their hoariness of an
pearance There was no answer for this
except that Englishmen are SO accus
toned to jokes of superior nature that
they really can't see the trifing humor
of America.
The conversation turned to politics and
the Englishman declared that he was a
radical and a unionist. He was a consti-
tuent of Sir William Harcourt and was
the only non-conformist clergyman in
that constituency that was opposed to
him. He did not believe in home rule
for Ireland because he believed that the
strength of the empire could not be main
tanned in that way. In regard to the
House of Lords, there was difference
of opinion between the Englishman and
the Scotchman. The former believed
that it should exist but needed to be
mended, while the latter had Joined in
the conversation from time to time 1t
soon appeared that he was a Canadian
that is he was born in New Brunswick,
and had never sworn allegiance to the
United States through his home was in
California For the last three months
he has been in New York and for the
four months previous to that was in Eng
Boston paper and San Francisco paper.
He exclaimed END it," in no I'M
certain tones.
They both finally admitted that Anne
RIGA is quite place after all, and that
they had a magnificent trip in every par
ticular
Sitting close to them wa an elderly
man, who looked as if he might be going
to Rigby Park. rather than on a prilgrim-
age to the Wilson church. He had been
making special studys of the Salvation
Army and DR.. Bernardo's home for boys
SIMILAR institutions. He was a Christian
Endeavorer.
''But why don't you take the oath of
allegiance to America if you live here all |
the timer" demanded the Englishman.
"There isn't State in'the Union that |
hasn't Canadians in it who are still loyal |
to the.Queen," who..was the reply. "They /
don't want to swear that they..will op-
pose.the Queen, neither do !. y
But do you have to swear that if you
take the oath of allegiance?" asked the
Englishman
EYES" was the reply. "Ah,I wouldn't
do that, but I'd become an American
citizen if lived here, if I could do it
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