The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1900-02-16
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Max O.RAitl0 the ExAmEaeF
A lew days aeo walked inlo she Of
noe Of Grand Central Station, on Forty.
second street, and asked for ticket and
sleeping berth for Toronto.
"Well, how ere yon7" said the clerk
behind the counter.
"very we'll" answered.
last time you came here" he added,
81 gave you ticket for Oherlin, Ohio
swell, / guess, > said knowing she
American laaI uage, .that was five years
ago"
II guess that's so." he eaid.
He guessed right.
You 20 into an American hotel and
max If mir John Smith 10 in. "Pstp'
says the clerk to the hall boy, ''go and
see II SIC 10 in." And John Smith has
perhaps only been day IN the house.
have watched the hotel clerk sort
hundreds OF letters, aud place them, one
alter the nther, in tho boxes Of the rack
without once looking Il the register for
reference.
You may live at the Savoy or at the
Cecil Hotel in London for year !.
Rvery time you take the elevator the at
tendent will ask you. What foor? 2"
After you have onee told the negro boy
who runs the elevator OF any American
hotel what flnor you are on he knows
where TO land you.
have seen boys stand outside the
dining.room of American Lotels and re-
csive in rapid succession as many rs five
hundred hate, all derbys, all alike. no
name inside, no possible way--so far as
could see-to distinguish one from the
other. The owners Of those hats came
out in an altogether different order from
the way they ent in. The boys handed
she hats to those people without once
making mistake.
A,few months ago I was in hotel in
Leeds, England. We we're three msn in |
the dining-room. Before / entered it
boy standing outside gave me ticket
for my hat. When came out be gave
me the wrong hat. How I did pity tha
poor young Briton. What an interior
being thought he wac compared to the
ordinary negro boy Of an American he
tel.
The conductor ol an American train
NAV have over five hundred passengers
npder his charge. The have ell come IN L
at different stations. they are all going
o different s,atious. As they come in he
.ollects their tickets. That's settled; he
emembera the destination OF every one
Il them. Not one would he allow TO
ravel further than the station he bought
ticket for. In Europe, when the con-
luelor has examined your ticket he
ocks the door OF your compartment to
% sure of you at the next stop. Dear
Id Europe, dear old museum Of antiqui-
ieel
have heard Americans repeat Iaci-
ire, sermon they had just listened TO.
III the points were at their tongues
md.
European interviewer calls on you
nth stenographer. il he is not one
imself, to take down every word that u
ttered either in question or in answer.
he American interviewer calls on ron.
as q chat with you, seldom taxes even
] much a. q nots The next day you q
ee the conversation in print. 1t is ccr. =
sct.
But have seen better than all that.
have seen American ladies leave home {
, paw calls at No. AIS West I2sth st.,
%. 329 East 136.h st., No. 293 West 9
18th st., and half dozsn more. They
ememb bered them all. liz
An American may live at No. 1892 '
Vest or East 429th street. He is all /
ght. He always remembers where be Il
ives. Ia