The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12

and various offices do not opon until 10 o'clock,
| and the heads OF firms do not go downtown until
ali PURPOSES Nob"Sy svsS Eues often have
| taken bundle away from a salesman and carried
It home without being tied, not because II any
special haste, but lest should lose my balance u I
watched his movements any longer One really
ought 10 carry book TO improve her mind as she
when had waited in the upper story Of large
dry goods store till patience was worn out asked
the elevator man what made him 50 long coming
Il was Just Waiting TOT the lift Ia I'LL up. he said
Invariably they will tell you. We have tried the
high pressure lifts aud our pcOpc won have them"
Everywhere you SEE two or three persons doing
what one docs easily in the I nltcd States II ~
had been AZ slow as they are here New York would
still be- n frontier fur trading post
In america the people want the latest and best.
Here they resent an innovation Of any kind There
Is great cutlery whenever an ancient building
see an old block patched and proppcd NJ
lhnn replaced by new one no matter how rlc.
2iiciering gas because The people prefer il To-
electricity You see rumUr occasionally that
some american company is going ln put IN an
electric street railway here II will when the
New Icalauder sits on London Bridge There
was q statement to this effect short time ago,
u leading editorial IN opposition saying We
are perfectly satisfied vii the omnibus system
which has served Us So well So many years" II
then goes on to show how in ease Of n fire the
street cars could not get out of the way, while
the buses running, on more flexible lines
for many years yet but not for this reason There
are about one thousand three hundred II these
vehicles. slow shabby, numbering affairs I'm.
ventilated inside and difficult 10 mount outside
improved but little In the last century. The
recent semi annual meeting Of the company own
they had carried o. OO6. 900 passengers Fares
range from two cents Ia twelve cents, and. out
slS Sh the city twenty 1--WE cents distance iGt
Will hardly move to abolish the system and it
thing better There is however a mraS Ire ~
salvation In the "hnnsoms,' or owheccrs
of which there are about twenty Thousand They
make n trip OF two miles for a shilling. and it
goes decidedly against the grain when one II"
turns 70 the United states 10 pay the carriage
IN ancient idea which has no founda ton now.
whatever Il might have had in the past. is that
t. become acquainted with They ore quite as
Hppruachnbe a. well bred Americans IN tray
sauon, and in hotels and boarding houses they
meet uuc fully half way and are even more cordial
than people ol the United States III offering their
allrc %'rN and urging that you visit them u IN
their luraliN \lnunE the lower stratum there
Is u" such general intelligence among sim
Her class IN \mcrica They cannot convey IN
formation because they do not possess It aud
they seem stupid tetcent and diSagtecabr, but
most ihny tins IS becahSe one does not understand
tu"m The educated and cultured English pee.
VI" are delightful I" know. The men, th,nh.
mean 10 be irreprnachabe in manners hut they
ancc with women There is not - much com
fhttSNlp ana sympathy between thr SEXES In
self reliance and independence the English woman
L. about where her sister across the thirty
wears ago may say, sub rosa, that think she
would Not he very attractive to the Nmcrlcau
man lie would miss something udcHnahlc
perhaps which appeals tp him in his own country
woman Her vote" ~ lower pitched and fuller
Tut not by any means soft and sweet Ms W.
have been led Ia believe The luudcSt voices
| ever have heard have been those 1T English
women. and there Is also a certain type II them
more aggressive and determined than can he
found anywhere else As a rule however, they
are extremely SubSrrVient To- men. and. since the
latter are rather scarce commodity they place
u rrma tkably high estimate upon themselves
girl Is very pretty, especially az To complexion
and has many charming little WAYS but sh" Is
utterly without the puiSr aud ClrvrrncsS aud
which render the american sirl at
tracuvr Nnd yet II must br confessed. that
the latter has some things to learn from her Eng
llSh cousin. 81 old fashioned mud,'>tN. dignIfci
reserve aud courteous regard for older persons
No one can meet and tall, with IN" English
people and not be- thoroughly convinced 81 their
and friendship for Americans They
have really an exaggerated idea 81 their tApa
power Of the country Uncle sam has proved
an rqudl match In what ,Iunn hull considers IN" ,
greatest objects II life making money and WIN
ming battles lie now regards America ~ one
Ices = poor relation whu has come into u fortune
! he ties u klnShip have suddenly become strong
England fears but one danger a coalition -
European powers France aud Germany. OF Rus.
'lh and France. might threaten her -uprCmayN.
In that case" | have heard this sad again and
again 'uf course We should expect the uItrd
states To come I" our h>si>tanc" aud fight hy uIr
tIr