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

| and various offices do not open until 10 o'clock,
| and the heads Of firms do not 60 downtown until
obSSy sEsT Sa den S
taken bundle away from salesman and carried
| It home without being tied, not because 81 any
special haste but lest should lose my balance II I
| watched his movements any longer one really
ought to carry book to improve her mind as she
| when had waited in the upper story Oi large
dry goods store I'LL patience was worn out asked
| the elevator man what made him So long coming
Il was Just waiting Tor the lift Ia I'LL up, he said
Invariably they will tell you We have tried the
high pressure lifts aud our people won have them"
Everywhere YOU SEE two or three persons doing
what one docs easily in the nitcd States. II We
had been slow ~ they are here New York would
still hr u frontier fur trhding 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
is pulled down; They. would much rather
see an old block patched and propped M
Than replaced by a new one. no matter how clc
XIII ne s'ts H, %, , ,S nt' lEn"H ny
electricity. You see n rumUr occasionally that
some american company Is going 70 put in an
electric street railway here 1t VIII when the
New Xcaander sits on London Bridge There
was statement To- this effect short time ago
leading editorial IN opposition. saying, We
are perfectly satisfied wit the omnibus system
which has served rs 50 well So many years" II
then goes ON to show how in casr Of n FIRE the
street cars could not get out Uf the WAY, while
Ia" bnsS tunn!ng On mare ncNihls lines,
for many years yet but not for this reason There
are about one thousand three hundred II these
vehicles slow, shabby numbering affairs, un
ventilated inside and difficult 10 mount outside.
improved but little In the asst century The
recent semi annual meeting Of the company own
they had carried 81. 0O6. 900 passengers. Fares
range from two cents To twelve cents, and. out
aide the city, twenty i've cents a distance for
diyident 81 TO-, per cent is paid The company
VIII hardly move To abolish the system and 1t
viii never occur 70 the people TO demand any.
thing better There is however mraSilre "
salvation In the "hnnsoms,' or mowheclcrs.
of which there are about twenty Thousand They
make a trip Of two miles ior a shilling. and il
goes decidedly against the grain when one
turns 10 the nied states 10 pay the carriage
IN ancient idea, which has no foundat ton now,
whatever y might have had in the past " that
t, become acquainted with They ore quite as
appr"achnblc a. we'll bred Americans IN tray
cling they are always ready to begin aron,,ct
meet uuc fully half way and are even more cordial
than people Of the United States IN offering their
address aud urging that YOU visit them u IN
their locality Nmung the lower stratum there
j. n" such general intelligence a. among n sim
Her class III \mcra They cannot convey IN
formation because they do not p,Ssrs~ It and
they seem stupid. fetirent and diSagtecHbir, but
most likely this is brrauSc one does not understand
vi" are delightful tu know The men. | think.
mean 10 be itreprnachablc IN manners. hut they
have not that quick, responsive courtesy which
thafhrwt'"% American men in their acqudini-
hncc with women. There is not - much com
fhut~nlp ana sympathy between thr sexes In
self reliance and independence the English woman
IL about where her sister across the sen was thirty
Wears ago may say, sub rosa, that think she
would Not bc very attractive To- the american
man lie would mis-, something lndcfnahc
perhaps which appeals to HIM in his own country
woman Her voice ~ lower pitched and fuller.
hut not by any means soft and sweet Ne
have been led Ia believe The luudest voices
| ever have heard have been those IT English
women, and there - also certain type II them u
more aggressive and determined than can bc
found anywhere else As n rule. however, they
are extremely SubSrtNent tu men. and. since the
latter are rather n scarce commodity. they plar"
n remarkably high estimate upon themselves.
girl Is very pretty, especially a. to complexion
and has many charming little WAYS, but sh" *
utterly without the puSr aud clrvrrncSs aud
piqunncy which render the \mrrican girl - at
iracuvr Nnd vet, IT must br confessed. that
the latter has some things "a learn from her Eng
llsh cousin, 81 old fashioned mt.dr>tN. dignlncd
reserve aud courteous regard for Older persons
Y" one can meet and ialk with the English
people and not be thoroughly convinced 81 their
admiration and friendship for Americans They
have really an exaggerated id-a 81 their uapa
hllitirs and achievements and 81 the wealth aud
power ul the country Uncle sam has proved
mn Equal match IN what ,Iunn Bull considers IN"
greatest objects II life making money and WIN
ming battles lie now regards America as one
II eS = poor relation who has come into u fortune
] he ties Of knShIp hnV" suddenly become strong
England fears but one danger n coalition ~
EUROPEAN powers, France aud GcrmRnN Or Rus
STA and France might threaten her supremacy.
In that case" | have heard this sad again and
again 'uf course We should expect the I uItrd
States I" come I" our h>si>ianc" aud fight 10y oar
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