Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-12-05

| Inc eNCessGS OF American patriot
ism crate on me. They are the result
believe, of social causes. notably OF
immigration. A man whose father OF
grandfather came from a less favored
land naturally feels American citizen
ship is something to get excited about
But Is II not carrying things rather far
TO deck several hundred graves in a
New England cemetery with cheap
rain'bedragglel Old Glories? Heaven,
where those good Americans who don't
20 to Paris go, won't forget the ma
tionality.
The American hotel system is far
inferior to that of advanced European
countries. 1t looks well at first. The
in tasteless way--and far ahead OF
those Of Europe in labor-saving dc.
vices. Unfortunately the personnel Is
even more advanced in labor.savinS
devices; and for laziness, loutishness
and general unlocked shiftlessness,
nothing sinks deeper than the free.
born American who condescends to pre-
| tend TO be a hotel servant. He Is un.
reliable and insolcnt, and the ciyiler
you are TO him the bigger fool he
thinks You and the ruder he becomes.
The charges OF American hotels arc
much higher than those OF Europe.
The summer hotel. with its unchanged
menu. its grinning black bell-boys and
Its boarding'school limitations upon
guests getting what they want, even
II they are willing to pay literally, is
barbarism that would not be toler.
ated in Europe. 1t is barbarism and
thriitless waste of time to expect
guests to sit idly on a high throne
| while their shoes are being BACKED.
In cookery, service and real comfort
the best European hotels are better
than those of America.
THE American railway system Is, in
my opinion, inferior to that OF Europe
II Is not so safe. In England whole
year sometimes passes without single
passenger being killed In railway ac.
Cident. Travelling In America is more
| costly, that Is, 1t is more costly for the
great class that wants cheapness. In
England nearly every one now travels
lin comfortable third-class carriages.
In America there Is only one class, and
' Its fares are higher than English
French or German third-class fares.
The man who In England would travel
hrst class gets on cheaply in America.
But the one-class, average price sys.
TEN operates against the poor man.
II prefer the European compartment
system. Few Americans do. II on.
sures privacv and nr,vacv 10 rot tho
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priNateroom, though La!l one. iOu
can 80 TO sleep in it, o. piGy poker ia
IL, or drink in it without leir, dis.
turbed or gaped az You esca NJ the AL
iention of m. HOY with rho ,oI.u,Ios
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traNel hfst class, or II travelling See.
end or third, you have two or three
friends with you. you generally secure
Il whole commitment. which ia ms cam.
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american 'o"hs IL most unpleasant
especially Deiore you nave learned what
street cars to take. In Europe the
IIoOreSt American could afford n cab