The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-24
a CALIFORNIAN
ABROAD.
By Thomas Fitch
1so4J
ENGLAND
ENGLAND


What a difference there Is
the trained Difference, the obsequlous
seIf-effacing servility of the BRUSH
turnkey on his native heath, and the
sa1f-assertive. dominative disposition /
of the same parsonage when trans /
planted to Western = nerica-
The serious-minded, mutton, chop
whiskered, clean-chinned waiter VINO
served the passengers with luncheon
on the Dublin and Holyhead packet
replied to the petulant remonstrances
of a guest concerning the thickness ana
rareness of the mutton chops win
| humble apology in behalf of the COOK
| the butcher and the sheep. Not SO
with the waiter at Texas Hill In Arl-
| IONA. for there he was a child OF 1ree-
| don, where home was 'in the brlght
setting of the SUM-" He was as good
as any man, if not better, and when d
traveller complained at the lunch couh-
fer that the beefsteak was tough, the
attendant answered Tough, is II:
Well. it amt half as tough as am II
Won rouse me. Tough is it? Weh you
eat it you or else I'll wear 1t out on
you"
n a a
Landing at Holyhead we We're whlri-
ed through Wales at the rate OF hIty
, miles an hour. a wide gauge, heavy
rails. no curves and short cars, with
wheels at the centre as we'll as at the
ends make a high rate of speed COM
: patibIe with safety, but the cars az :
divided into coupes, in which no more
acCOiQ11lO-
r dated. and there is no sociablllty IN
D railroad travel You miss the uroahe'
brass-mounted conductor, and the TO-
!, bacco-chewing brakeman, and oas-
: GOO master. who expect to rate Win
:, Won and the fruit and book pedo4er'
;, Who swindles you in making chahse
IL and the spooning bridal couple IN lht
s compartment, and the long harIo"
massage in the centre, Inhabited VIZ
hrats and grip sacks. OF course, 1t
tba nroper caper to denounce all Amer
loan railroad corporations Ihey al
octopuses and their directors are Dioe'
- ed villains engaged in ropolng the puD
II lie Nevertheless, the cost OF tra'eiiii'
in Europe is much greater IMAM ~
i in America. You pay sum equai
ID nine dollars for first class ticket iioi
IIo1ybead to London. You can traVe
N pannsvlvania for less money. frelsh
Il rates, however, are lower 'ilan ,I,,r
ms In Europe the travellers are piu1
-. aarad while the producers are protec'
"a with us you may journey 1roi
Ios Angeles to Chicago Tor a con
~ narativelv small sum, but IL you sh
IN ,,o,,,. orange crop that way, the rallroa
in In take the proceeds of the 1rult
in aart payment and bring In a D
AGAINST you for the balance.
. A A A
MANY places along the line OF q
road in wales, you might fancy you
self in Nevada or Arizona lor :
Same verdureless, treeless, ara III
thrust their repulsive faces INTO
d. or windows. Ruined castles are lie
o., fraouent than in Ireland, and tho
Of visible from the train seem not TO
al, co hadly ruined as those across
VIII channel: but this is no surprise !or
Irist, r1lin is naturally more dllapluae
than an English one.
rrba railway passes under an eXte
;, sive and powerful looking castle
- which Richard the Second was =
+o have been imprisoned us squs'
N ! lofty turrets and frownlng Walis
II nictured for one moment aSdih''
III background of sea and sky, as tlle :
ing rattling train carries YOU -
81 xxrIao+ would Brian de Bots Guiloert
II RaIDh de Vipont, or any OIL LIN
u ,nadiaeyal bruisers have salo CO..
+bax have observed this train rushl
tbrouef, their castle cellars! Irnas
I1iobard Occur de Lion with MS met
lie hosts armed with cross poWs' pa
cd along the battlements Oh the
n tie and think how quickly TWO
with a. modern rified gun ana d
u s1-nop,ita shells could have sent cas-
and king and knights whlzzlng
the air. .,,ot,
THAT collection of fables, Wnlch
call history, has invested the wars
achievements of our Sem o''i ''
fathers with Fictitious importance
interest. Every day OF our NE III
age is fuller OF achievement - :,
go of existence of our armored 81
!. Evarv wear of our national HE III
= century contains more of existence
thav compassed in a decade. what
Iyy;i,iau the Conaueror, compared
zroru Hanna? What was ROBIN
o,,,nared with John P. Morgan
Crantain Kidd compared
Io.rv Heath? Let those VINO
40 - down TO the strutting phantom
,,adiaeval bombast. l uphurl my
for the manly products OF my GEM
~. England disappoints me- l 90
rs vish TO incur the hostility of EdV
tba seventh, and L trust he VIII
no feel offended when he reads these
-sss. but I must tell the truth ana *
dies, that England disappolnts me
low. baronial mansions ana great -
trees and well-trimmed lawns u - ="
b,,. tbev are not in evidence on the
~ .ha railway between Holyhead
7 ondon- In all of that trip OF
TO hundred miles, L did not see
p tban a dozen elegant residences an
= wood or park whose ''contlgult