The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-27
ENGLAND'S CURIOS.
LITTLE MATTERS THAT ARE
QUITE BEWILDERINo.
lee IL Guarded LuIury-"swests." AZ
the British Maiden Cali. Candy. Are
Strange and Wonderfully Made The
Toilet Club" aud American Har."


This il just as true In the case OF such
an easy country 10 write about a. Eng
land as II Is In the case Of Central AZ
rioa. says a correspondent OF the New
York Tribune. The books tell the poor
Americans who have not been there a
good deal about Westminster Abbey
and the tower OF London and the
houses OF parliament. but they do not
disclose the little things In which Eng
lish life differs from American lie. the
little things. which. after all. make up
life. the things which an American on
his first English visit finds almost as
diyerting and surprising as palaces and
oathedrals and galleries. Jacob Alb
bolt had something Of the right plan
when be wrote the ten volumes Of
"Rollo's Tour In Europe and made
them 80 delightful 10 the children of
thirty years ago. he told abou; West
minister Abbey. bu, be tod about han
som cabs, too. and they we're quite un-
known In America In those days, and
most Interesting. II Is these little ali
ierences that 90 far TO make the first
journey In England a round Of amuse-
ment. II the traveller Is In good health
and has a youthful interest in all that
he sees. Sometimes the things that
are surprises al first are really only the
steps In the SOcratlc method and the
Keen observer fnds that he knew them
before from books or pictures. only he
did not believe them. The very first
experience Of the present writer and a
wise companion Of his In London was
OF this sort They got into a cab az
the station and gave the cabman the
address Of the house where they we're
to stay. When they were set down NJ
the door they saw beside Il a bell
handle and beside II the words Ring
Also No such words as these had they
ever seen on a door before. and they
stopped and studied them. while the
cabman wondered what they we're walt
ing for. What could tails strange re-
quest 20 ring also" mean! Did II
mean. Ring thou also. others having
rung." or did Il mean, "Oh. thou who
hast done something else. ring alsog"
And. II 30. what else? Then the com
panion. wise In the Socratic method.
remembered. In a pretty little edition
Of Thackeray's The Rose and the
Ring he had once seen a picture OF
door with a knOcker and bell and the
words Knock and ring" This door
had a knocker. too. and Ring also"
must be shorter way OF saying
Knock and ring" lie knocked with
the knocker and rang with the bell.
and that proved 10 be the right thing
20 do. There Is quite as much strange
ness In the things that are missed as
In the things that are seen. Probably
the most terrible affection for Amerl-
cans In England is the want Of ice. Il
takes time 10 learn 10 drink warm wa
ter, II the silly and un-Engllsh Amer
lean will insist on drinking water 10
all. and 20 Is just as bad t0 drink warm
beer Perhaps "a is In par, the hor.
rible tepldness Of the alleged cold
drinks that drives the English them
selves 20 drink somuch tea and 10 much
spirits. On account o. some climatic
differences Il IS possible 20 drink good
deal more alcohol ia England and In
Europe generally. than Ia America.
with the same or less effect. bur that ID
another subject. Ice Is not wholly I'M
known Now and then o barroom has
II for luxurious customers who demand
Il, and In that case the fact Is announr-
ed to an amazed populace by q placard
with the word Ice IN the front win
dow Some hotels have 30. too. and
guard IL as treasure. handing u
around in dishes OF the size Of sugar
basins Nor Is the Englishman him.
self when properly educated blind 10
Its usefulness. a man who looked Ike
the sort that would pride himself ON
knowing all the latest things was re-
Gently ordering a lemon squash. A
lemon squash Is weak soda lemonade.
usually without ice "Will you have
lee In it, the barmaid asked. 'Yes.
/ said the Englishman. the ice ia the
best part o. o." This he said with
quite an afr Of announcing a discovery.
This simple incident proves several
things namely, that they DO some.
times have lee, that they do not put IL
into a cold drink as a matter Of course.
that an Englishman who has dlscoy.
cred Ice feels that he has right 10 be
proud OF himself, and that English
bars are tended by women The bar.
maid IL another OF the surprises for
the American. lie knew that she q.
listed. % course yet 10 is shock TO
see her for the FIRST time. shock
too az first, 10 see women customers
standing or sitting about In barrooms
even In comparatively respectable ones
hut this does not set out 90 De an esgay
on barrooms or drinking habits. IL is
hard TO keep away from The one or the
other In England To make long
jump there Is the matter OF candy. or
sweets" as they would call them.
selves over there. Many EngIIshwl-
men who make short visits TO these
United States go home with pale faces
and faded constitutions because OF the
too sudden revelation 20 them NJ Amer
lean candies. A girl who likes sweets
that is 20 say, girl-should accus-
tom herself 10 the American grades
from childhood. TO avoid the tempta.
ton to get drunk on them at later
period Bur w go a short time ago.
and probably % o. so stlll there was
only one shop In an London that could
supply candles OF the quality to be
found at forty shops To- New York.
This was making q fortune Iu candy.
and was also doing o hnd-onicc husl-
ness IN icc-cream soda, and yet such
Is the conservatism OF the BrIton lt ran
for Years With0uf an ImIfnfrr Emil