The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-10
MILES EXPENSIVE TRIP.
Chicago Times Herald.

l (uft0EV lituCn-AhSh@se'
washington, October 3.-Generai Miles
ia coming back from his famous TOUT VI
Europe. He has been in almost every
country on the other side Of the water. ano
doubtless returns with great tuna Oh
information concerning foreign militar~
establishments. This trip has cost General
Miles a pretty penny. While 1t 10 true
he was allowed something for bis own ex
penses, lie took his wife and family Win
him, and one can't stay in Europe three
or four months, travelling every shere' re-
ceiving entertainment and giving III TO-
turn, without making heavy traits upon
his letter OF credit. An army officer VIM
had a chance to go on this IT'D WIN me
| general of the army tells me ne oeci'neo
/ because he could not afford It, In Els
| opinion General Miles has about bankrupt
| ed himself in this exploit. At any rate
| II will take several years of saving Gut
| OF his salary to overcome the deficit.
1t Is questionable whether the excursion
has been worth what It cost. 1t was in
| London that General Miles had his great
! est social triumphs. There he was wineSi
and dined and I suspect he found II ntc-
| essary to give some very expensive dinners
| In order to even I'd :he scoic. OF trn
| SWEETEST OF these affairs which General
| Miles attended. a reception given nv
| titled millionaire. the London papsrs said
| in their society columns next morning. es-
| ter giving n list Of all the dukes ind
| duchesses and barons and such hngs
| who were among the guests. Mr.. Miles
and number Of other Americans were
| also present" How proud the general OF
| the American army must no re been to zee
| himself put in the ''also ran column.
General Miles is talking a good deal
about the armies and maneuvers he saw
| abroad. He expresses himself as being es-
| pccially well pleased with the French
troops. General Miles is authority on such
| matters. and no ordinary observer will
| dare say him nay. But the average Amer
| lean traveller comes home with two pic
lures in his mind Standing before
royal palace in Berlin Is sentry He Is
| soldier. You can tell that without asking
questions. He is erect. His mustache
stands up like the kaisera. His
gun is presented at perfect perpendicu-
lar. He is stanch. strong. self-contained, |
precise, correct, model OF uniform, de- |
pertinent and discipline. Standing before
barracks in Paris is French soldier. |
you Know him to be soldier by his uni
FORM. though he doesn't look like one. His
gun is resting with its butt upon the side
Walk, leaning against the wall The SOL
dier himself is smoking a cigarette and
coquettlng with pretty nursemaids near
Dy' He Is half head shorter than the
German sentry and weighs twenty pounds |
less.
The most striking contrast between Eng
fish and French character one may see is
nj dad h,,
Paris. The London driver is the best In !;
the world. No matter whether he ia ON the |
oo% OF an omnibus or the high seat of a |
hanson cab. he knows his business through |
and through. He is never nervous and
never makes his horse nervous. He rarely
uses the whip. He is quiet and STEADY |
ana az, aiert' he takes chances that amaze |
MS Observation-Disclosures through narrow
openings, where hub grazes hub. But the |
hubs never come into collision One NAV
stay In London a week without seeing a |
street accident notwithstanding the won |
derful congestion of traffic, the apparently |
iheHtrlcahie maze OF horses and vehicles In |
the narrow thoroughfares At some corner |
there Is a gathering, a pressure. a crush. |
Lines or traffic crossing one another at /
Ilsnt angles To the average observer n |
looks well nigh hopeless. Perhaps hours
VIII have to be spent In unraveling the |
,ahsle. But In moment or two the DO
liceman waves his hand, the big omnibuses
are set in melton. the hansoms take thcir
proper places, the carts move alone With
the mass, and almost before YOU know IL
all Is clear. The London driver in his
tam. lmperturbable way is master of the
How different in Paris! There the dr,v.
ers arc nervous and excitablc. They whip
their poor horses and swear at them. The
Vehicles dash about, often with hair.
breadth escapes from collisions. and every
now ana then without escape. When two
Nehle'es come together there is an explo-
SION of temper and language The air ia
hlled with blue smoke One expects To see
MURDER or two committed before his
eyes The horses are like their masters.
lhey, TOO, are irritable, nervous, hard to
control. Wide as most OF the princinal
eouievards Of Paris are. and with not one
iour,h the traffic which surges through
i'ondon's narrow streets, the number Of
accidents there must be dozen fines
greater than In the English METROPOLIS.
hese drivers OF the two capitals are ex
amplars of the National characteristics
OF their respective countries.
In London the drivers are all licensed 1
NO man can go upon the streets in charge
CT omnibus, hanson or cart without /. | 4
license in his pocket. II he gets into i
trouble once through his own fault he is :
nhed and warned. The second time bis 4
license is taken away from him and he ,s
never allowed to drive again on the street.
y London. Before drivers are given tbeir "
icenses they are required to mass n civil
service examination. 1t is not in extractinn
.ne square root or bounding Timhuctoo
liner II is in actual driving. They .ro W
aken into yard where there are NAV a
POSTS set up in the pavement ana ,'a w.
CURED to drive in and around ,hn re-