The morning news., 1897-08-06

in the city. one can send from here a tele-
gram to any corner of the world without
having Co go further than the basement.
There are in the hotel pOstotfice, Ii
brary and newspapers What astonishcs
me most is that in the hotels here every
body is served without the aid of any
'tchousa, any coureur. An American ho-
tel resembles a hotel in Korea just as
much as one of their fine saloon cars re-
sembles one of our carrying chairs.
| refrain from describing New York to
you, because in three days l could not
visit all the wonders of this entrepot of
commerce-the suspension bridge, the Of
hces of the principal newspapers, Cen
tral park, the omniscient and omnipres-
ent reporter, etc. l will, later on, copy
out this description from my guide book
and send it to you.
The most curious thing in New York is
the great movement and noise that regns
everywhere, IN the streets, in the shops,
in the Offices. Here every body Is in
hurry they precipitate themselves, save,
however, the hotel walters. | have come to
the conclusion that there are two ways of
dying from hunger: To have nothing 10
eat or to trust in the waiter of an Occi-
dental hotel.
l have quite changed my opinion on
many foreign things. For the cooking, by
example: When one has learned to serve
ones self with the knife and fork, to
use salt, sugar, pepper and sauce where
it is necessary. and In the right proper
tions, Occidental cooking is truly very
good The European costume is not. as
/ had believed. so very inconvenient to
wear. l find that il is after our own,
the most practicable and elegant.
In the cities that ] have been in, with
perhaps the exception of Yokohama, it is
the custom for women to remain silent
until spoken to; they should not even be
the first to pass the time OF day. But
here in New York women move about
among the shops unattended and ask ques-
tions from whomsoever they please.
just at evening, or perhaps little
later, the principal streets of the city are
crowded with beautiful women, who rare
ly fail to wish the stranger pleasant
good evening as he passes by. II is a
charming custom. Many times | have
ventured for few moments in front of
my hotel, which is upon an avenue of
| tall buildings called the Broad Way and
/ in the cool of the evening have been ac-
costed by many beautiful women with
bright golden hair and cheeks. as Grim
son as the puka berry that grows on the
hillsdes in the springtime, and with the
slender waists about which I have told
you. Possibly il was my strange dress
or my handsome figure but they certainly
We're very polite to me and. after giving
me the salutation of the day, would even
linger a moment, as though eager to en-
gage in conversation But. although
would return their smile and bow, / could
go no further then they would pass on
with a smile and a few words of adieu.
II was gratifying to me to notice that |
received more attention than any other
gentleman on the promenade
Araisso said. in reply to a question from
me, that this custom could not be intro
duced in Korea, for the effects would be
most demoralizing. And / fear that he is
right but here the effects cannot be
otherwise than elevating. for all Is done
50 graciously and modestly and the
bright smiles of the golden-haired women
cheer the stranger. and evoke within him
better appreciation Of Occidental civil
lization, where women are the equals and
not the slaves Of the men. But I fear
that Araisso is right in saying that Ko-
rean women would abuse similar priv
ilege.
ask myself What will my mother say
at the metamorphosis Of my mind2