, 1909-08-21

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money, and such charming salons as exist IN
London, where rank, money, and brains oo-
cupy about the same position, are now m
possible in most American cities, and certain
ly in New York.
From a mans point of view the constant
dressing of the American man IS extremely
TRYING. Here, contrary to the average
American notion, there is very little tormaE-
ty of any kind too little, many people think
in these days Of what IS known asstho rat
catcher style Of dress adopted by the
Euglishman. Such things as card leaving
and calling are rapidly going out OF fashion,
and one is free to do as one chooses. Ii /
desire to entertain at luncheon, I eau ask
whom I choose, provided, however, that
there is something beyond food to offer
Authors, actors, poets, playwll8hts, states
men, men of business, distinguished foreign
ers, the delightful members OF your Royal
Family, all mix and IN .et here on terms that
at first amaze the American.
Now at home l have to deg with p ople
who are all shaped in the same mould for
able, v%irile, and splendid as the American
man is en- maSSe, you Will realize that there
are very few outstanding indlvldualtle5 IN
that population of ninety millions.
Your political world, too, possesses q
ciltlfln winch, ANS. lS ~ NCO pDp"'D'S 80
America. The idea of Il Younger son OF an
American aristocratic family taking part III
the management of national affairs is almost
impossible on that side Of the water. Mr..
Roosevelt was q notable, q fine, exception.
Of late years we have got to regard politics
a. a trade, and n pretty bad one at that.
In London l I'm not perpetualIy stared at,
teleph)ued at, written at, Photographed at,
and libelled.
The afternoon is spent here in any OF d
hundred pleasant ways, and an intellectual
dinner is enjoyed without mention OF stocks
and shares.
"My Day in New Yo.k."
Now compare my day in the particular
American city which was my headquarters.
| lived latterly in a palatial hotel, beautiful
III design, in mechanical comfort tar superb
or to anything in Great Britain, but over
decorated, over-heated, oyer-nolsed, and
with very little of the milk Of human kind
ness about it. just as it takes half an hour
to get shaved in America, SO does 1t take
twice MS long to be waited on ri table. The
waste of time in these matters IS intolorabIe
70 one accustomed to the quickness Of Lon
don 7 am barely awake when l am, once a
week at least, beset by reporters asking for
information in regard to the affairs OF my
friends. As like as not, were | to say q
word-which I do not dot would be
twisted and distorted. Fortunately, | ostab-
lsLed such q reputation for never speaking
to the newspapers that even when interviews
are ascribed to me my friends know they
have not taken place.
fastening down town to attend to the
affairs of the corporations with which am
connected, l am snapshotted by photograph
ers, worried by i|mrecunicus acqonintances,
hustled by |timewasters all day long, so that
concentration of business is almost impossi-
be. l am glad to return at night to my
rosv hotel to seek a little relaxation in a
qriet dinner and a game of bridge with a
few fr5ends-which gets into the newspapers
as uu@e gambling gathering.
R.5u. here l would like to say something
that does not please my American friends,
and that is about the mnch-yaunted Amori-
can climate. I ct any man compare the
pale children of New York tenement houses
in the terrible hot months Of June, July.
August, and September with the sturdy
youngsters Of the London cutters and he
will realize to the full what hat climate
means. None but q wonderful people like
the Americans could work in those condi-
tions. and prophesy that in the future