The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-02-16
The AMERICAN WAY.
Max oRell Surprised at Our Fsats Of
Memory.


A few days ago I walked into the
office Of the Grand Central Station
in Forty-secGud street aud asked for
a tickle aud sleeping berth Tor
Toronto. We'll, nov are your
.aid the clerk behind che counler.
Very WE'LL" 7 answered.
Last time you came here" he
added, II gave you a ticket for
ODerlin, ONO"
Well guess" said T, knowing
the American, til it was i've years
! ago"
L guess that's So" he said.
He guessed right.
You 20 Into al American hotel
and ask If Mr.. JOnn 5DIG1 is in.
psf says the clerk to a nall boy,
''gO AMI see II S16 - in
Ana John 5mItn has perhaps only
been a day IN the house.
I have watched hotel clerks sort
hundreds of letters and place them,
one after the other, IN the boxes OF
the rack, without once loJkIug al
the register for reference.
You may live at the Savoy or at
the CtcIl Hotel, in L0nCOu, for d
year. Every time you take the e!e
yator the attendant viii ask you:
w hat fiyOI?' After you have once
TO d the negro boy who runs the eIe-
vator Of any American hotel what
floor you arc o., he knows where to
land you.
/ have seen boys stand outside the
dining room Of american hUtel auC
O. aaaFy4. Tn ~-FTff Aft.4aa-LfnU - IN 4Ey
AZ 500 hats, ali derDys, ali alike, no
name i%nsfue, no pos, IDLE way-so far
az I cUuI -ee-CO distinguish one
from the other. The owners nf those
b ats came Out in an altogether OFF
lerent order ifoIn the way they vent
10. The boy handed the IaC8 to
CLose people Without once making a
mistake.
a few months ago 7 was IN 4 hotel
in Leeds, England. Before / en-
tereu il a boy standing outside gave
me ticket for my hat. When
came OUT he gave me the wrong hat
How / old pity that poor young
BrlJon. What an inferior beins /
thought he was compared % the
Ordinary LegrO boy Of an American
hotel!
The conductor of an American
train may have over $40 passengers
uhder bis charge. 1ney have al
come in at different stations, they
are all going t o different s~tatioLs
As they come in he collects thtIl
CIcket-. That's settled: he remem-
DeTs the destination of every one Of
4 them. Not one would he allow t.
travel further than the station he
bought a ticket for. In Europe
" hen the conductor has examined
your ticket he locks the Goor of youi
compartment to be sure Of you at the
next stop. Dear old Europe, deal
old museum Of antiquities!
The fscc Is that the whole @
America Is a huge thinking ma.
chine, Il huge mind constantly OK
the alert and kept in good wOrKins
order by d strong, braciug, invigor
ating climate which alone can *
PLAIN these marvellous feats of mem.
DTy. What strikes a European mos
fOIcibIy in the states is the absence
the tOttl ab-sI &C., of stupid lOOEGul
f4Ces-8nd this il a great treat for
European. The Americans are no
all beautiful, but they are all Intelti
J gent looking. I say what strike
: thai European who travels in al.
= par Of the United States Is not -
T. much the unmatched discoveries o
Edison, of any of the great achieve
men's Of the American people ii
science, commerce and industry, u
20 much their bold bridges, thel
railways and what not. No; wha
-trike- him most fOrcibly IRE thOs
thousand and one little inteiligen
discoveries which add 20 much con-
y fort to everyday life-tEOse ingen
i0us littlo inventions which i
Europe make ia always exclaim
. g" lbats Americ1u!' Made IN Gel
many means shoddy. made in Frame
means artistic, that's American
mcaus iugsriOus.-New York JOuI
nal.