The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-09-17

Daily Mail of July 9th.
- good deal of agitation
s my OOuntrymen because +.
- many Americans who can arord
I've outside the United States ora
s'ng homes in England or o.
49,. 1870 one Of the many of your de-
a' and most comfortable hotels
" opinion that this movement
'ar m its infancy. England with
aeilghtfal town and country hons.
" likely to become the beadouar.
~. o. The more wealthy of the En-
speaking people, and there is a
- oi rough justice in the movement
'--moch as the United States and
N~nade have been almost entirely
P'puiAied. SO far as their better ele-
'enN are concerned, from England
Sootiand and Ireland. One of the real
reasons so many Of us are escaning
non America is the desire to be let
aione In London, and for the matter
81 mat In Paris, though not so much
there as In London, people are accus-
TONED 10 mind their own business.
NHte gossip and scandal are at mini
mum here, not only in houses. but in
clubs; and your newspapers do not
print A.
Ay day. as a wealthy man in Eng
land, Is 50 entirely different from NV
day In the United States that l will
describe botA for the benefit of Ameri-
can friends who may DESTROYS of join
ING us In life in this delightful coun-
ty.
n q the London season. rise at
half-past eight or nine to a quiet meal,
81 which we help ourselves without
the aid OF servants-who are not pres
eut at English breakfasts-to the ac-
compartment of newspapers that pre-
Ger wOrld-pOlitics to what we call
-neiEhbOrhoOd news" / walk or ride
a. I choose. and there is no curious
spectators 10 watch me as make my
exit. There is. in fact. no curiosity in
regard 20 rich people in England. Only
the O.lrer day there died in England
your Mr.. Morrison. one of the richest
men In the world, and | had never
heard his name. nor had any Of those
at the clubs in which the matter was
MEa~r.we-I r. Acfn on1 M
Morgan. whose smallest doings would
D. chronicled in the United States
may move as freely as they please
here. and their private comings and
eoings are not recorded, for the sim
pie reason that no one wants to hear
about them.
The absence Of class feeling in Eng
land H. another reason why many OF
us prefer u live here. The rich and
the moor are not divided into two hos
tlle tactions Every man has his
plsca. There is not the rush, envy
and malice OF New York society, with
ia continual struggle of western and
pifteburg Leople TO get into that Gu
rious circle The Four Hundred
New York society is not what 1t was
A, ~ sariv DAYS. When old Mrs. As
tor reirned supreme, society in New
Work was not at all unlike society II
Tondon. There was no ostentation
and any persons Of birth. brains and
breeding we're freely admitted. To
sav a. As merely a question of money
and such charming salons as exist IL
London. where rank, money and
brains occupy about the same posi-
zion are now impossible in most
American cities. and certainly in New
YORK
From a mans point Of view the con
slant dressing up Of the American
~, A. extremely trying. Here con
,-,ry 10 The average American notion
a.. A. very little formality OF any
80 TOO little many people think II
a.. DAYS Of what is known as 'ne
.ostcher~ style Of dress adopted
A., tbe Fucashman. Such things as
- leaving and calling are rapidly
. out % fashion. and one is free
80, a. he chooses. II desire to en-
-, 81 luncheon. I can ask whom
,,oo-r. provided. however, that there
!. o,,,thinr beyond food to offer. .Au
,,o-. actors. poets. playWrightS
s,,,esmen. men of business, dlsun
- foreigners. the delightful
$3.50 OF your royal family al