The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-08

Hello, Billy or All, there, Jimmy slap
ping him on the back, digging him In the
ribs and otherwise manifesting his infe-
rionty to the aforesaid waiter. After deal
ing with few Americans and their famil-
iarity. 1t is impossible to do anything with
a waiter unless one digs him in the, ribs
and calls him Hello, Billy or All, there,
Jimmy, and slaps him on the back, and
takes him to the theatre. ,r
The American is most frugal traveller.
10 give tip of any sort wrenches his feel
ings. But he often gives large tips in
walters, not having the moral courage to
refuse them. He is always ignorant OF
the amount necessary to distribute. 10
the person who should get a shilling tip
he gives halfpenny, and to the men who
s sMo tho up ee do"a has
he Is always in some sort of hot water,
and gets the reputation of being mean and
miserly creature without any of the financial
advantages usually attached to such repu-
tation.
in all the restaurants and shops in Lon
don frequented by Americans, insolence is
the rule among the employees. The
Americans themselves imported this inso-
lence, and are responsible for 1t. Fortu-.
nately. it is confined to what nigh, be called
the American quarter, which Is the region IN
the neighborhood just east of Trafalgar
.,
bury. For some reason the Americans
have selected the most undesirable quarters
Of London for their Ghettoes.'
But here the author grants that here
"are many improvements which Amer cans
would make in London business methods.
For instance, the London business man
gets to his office at 10 or H. and at o clock
goes out to luncheon for couple Of hours
At o'clock he begins to g. home ana lat. at 5
O'Clock actually starts. He does no work
on Saturday or Sunday, and very little
on Friday, because on that day his thoughts
are entirely devoted to catching an early
train for out of town. On Monday he gets
to his office SO late that he is not able to do
much work that day, and on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday he Is so un-
settled by his amusements OF the other
days that his gross outpu, is very small
indeed The English business man IL much
addicted to playing domnoes IN the middle
of the day. In the city of London, within
half mile radius of the Bank Of England,
between noon and P. NJ, it is 81 grave
question ae to whether dominoes or finance
is most played.
4The American business man can teach us
to attend to our business and TO give up
ping pong during Office hours. The Briton
really plays at business. or lodges 1t, lie
dislikes it cordially. The only time he
does any real work is when he Is on a golt
field, or engaged in cricket, or some other
nonsense.
4If the American in London could forget
his bad habits long enough to impress us
with his good points, h. might fill long
felt want. But he will not. He is too busy
making the scenery hideous
For the American army and navy thH
writer hiss nothing but praise Of the
former he says THE keen pract!cahil'y
of the American nation is shown nowhere
so palpably a. in its army. The American
soldier has few of the vanities and aIlncia-
tons of the European soldier, and ! have
no hesitation in expressing a view that he
is the best soldier in the world"