Evening journal., 1899-03-22


clever 4 aim, and how funny every enc
else isi" His estimate elf himself lis
reasonable enough, but we dls,rust lhLs
estimate of every one else.
I'm a certahn Bohemian Club MIR Kip
LING was told some gold STORIES. speoIi-
nlms of which he raprcdaasss. lis &c
polslb,e that the ltns dhIssnu5-bel
was not rung white the.se stories wre
being told? Fcr they are as old as the
hills from which "P.ain Tales" tlhlem-
SELVES have c-me. The he-Eens of thlelse
sdcries must llavs felt a feanful joy
wihsm THEY found that THEY had got
hold of yonng imam fresh from Innia
to whcm these ancient NARRATIVES were
new and amusing. MIR Klpling, it is
right to say, a5 grateful fer THE slples
even If HE lis not GRATEFUL for anything
else in America. His books are we'll
appreciated in THE United States. He
was recognized lin American as sloon
or almost as soi-n, ais ha was necog-
nlzed I'M England. To is certainly a
sign and am evidence OF his indepenli-
snlce of character, and the unpurClhas-
able toughness os his juligmenrs that HE
cannct be wCnl over by mere praise. If
hs dcss net cilEe a lady's accent, he
trJlrtly says si-t even tihough the .Cnes
That gralad ca his ears may (heve tseD
razping out unmeasuusd eIogy OF his
laacst arid lis favchlte ma5teripiece.
THE hcasl Cis-,5 wIh-m he desssts, MAY
haya C,ud ed '1NFr Elgplng. sir,
have read all your books. MIR. KipinIg,
sir know all yi-ur books baol1wan'd -
An ordinary author would, pWhaps, Ibe
molHied a lit0,e. fer tlhls vanity or au-
th'orship lis a common weakness i'm the
lmilbe. But Alll IIipling lis mot to be
m El.ftd i'm this WAY. He dces mot like
tha hota, clerk, and h'e Thinks ar hotel
clsTks ane bulG the same way He
''goes for" the h.cltsl clark accordingly.
Poor hcitel cleGksl We have lheard,
we have read, VIE have dreamed, that
some Of dhiem ana remarkably civil and
cbi.gIng pere.ns. We have been tod
CIR have read I'm romance, peHhaps-
CT EnglisIh travelens who have found
much comfort i'm Hhsllr lAmle. .lican wan
derings from the courtesy ard THE kind
attenGiveness cf THE hotel olmk But
thace are lhcta clerks VT various kinds.
Mr.. Klpgng finds fault with the
s,anlg OF Amufca. TlheHe lis mo doubt
a glaaa. deal Clf slang in America. But
this onla VIRTUE CT American slang is
THAT 1T is an effort to find NEW and eE-
pri.-rLva phrases fer new objects and
new ocni1biorls CT Life. Our slang in
England is usually employed to give a
second, and what is supposed lul be a
conical name ito something wiaic, HAS
already a werl-estabNshed and recog-
nlzed mamie of its cwn. Thlls fast was
pointed cut and we'll illustIatd1 by
Bue5s Gdarte years and yeans ago. We
have a good deal OF slang I'M England
and Judging by Nlr. Kipling's novels
they must have an Immense amount OF
SLANG I'M the Englislh society OF Indian
naglclns Nlr Kipllng1s latest novel;
, ''Ths Light THAT Failed" is a STORY Oi
England, and ts practically all slang
The men amid women newer for Ene sem
uenee. nIever by any chance, talk purs
p English The whole conversation is q
mere jar'gon wGhlcl to a foreigner mo-
3 well skilled in the E- 9Th vsEnaculan
3 of daily life would be a h-psiess prz'
} zle out OF which no dictionary coulC
help him. 1t is all very clever. very
4 spirited, very much like the neal ENG
Q lish life of the class nhls story de
t scrIbes and Of to-day, and In it's very
! realism an american might find thl
r easiest answer to MIR KEp,ings charg,
{ about THE overriding of slang in thl
5 United States.
y If Mr. Kiplingls dialogues were nc
true to life in certain BngDsh sociaty
a tThlen MIR. Kipling would be stTl entit,e,
10 firii fault with THE slang of certain
A American society. BUT LII Mr.. E0gpingi
English slang is genu.ne-and it is
why talk CT Amedllca as II It were TIN
THE country en- the face Of the cart
from THE Ups OF whose dhlldran come
forth The language OF slang? Some o
> t-le customs wh.ch MIR. Kr1lng de
aurlbes as still existing I'm Americ
]. w-le existing I'D iioubt in the days g
Nllrgln Chuzzlewl5. hut from what w
,, HAVE hsaud. ard at.ll m-re, perhaps
. from what we have mot heard. w
L Should mist have lbaen uacllned ITO NJ
r eard them as existing now. Stir, NJ
2 Kap.lnlg is the man who has been aher
e. -aLd rmgIht to know lit is seine CON
N fort tlC auy EnelEhlnan who may hay
rs to travel i'm the Unitd5 States to bs
W cisve that .ih5re are clh-r Things i
IS America besides pompcus hotel c.erb
IS and shIrrl-voiced wcmanI and spit.oou
ia No visitcr is compelled to eugage n.
p ,elsbarrl1l With THESE subjects Of study
:. e., murh. tIhanl nor MIR. RudyarSf Xii
l. LING THE mann cf w.hcm 81 has bee
= said that he Is "a Dcssgble slhaloe'
:. peane." What ludicrous, nonsenl -.ca