The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24
NOBILITY WITHOUT FRILLS
PLAIN HiiSOF BRITISH LORDS
AND LADIES.
Garuen Party 81 Lords informally
the Rule WITH Hest and Guests AIike
EntertainedI M " ares ny aConntess
I -ENperIeaceS of an AmerIcan Tourist.

ought tn he marked. This allowing them
IN go around with no distinctive mark e
insS should he stopped
\ man can never ha sure In England
B7It mat the courteous and plainly
dressed man who gives him a light for
his cigar - a lord " hose mere name ~ ould
con iure up in the minds Of most Ameri-
cans visions Of thousands ~ acres. pow
dered laCkeyz. haughtinrss and imhe-
cility
The average American thlnss OF n
lady nm English lady. mean English
horn. the daughter Of n thousand rarls-
AZ a naughty being " no ~ IN no danger Of
losing her ducal CROW because she holds
her head ~ rigid az course the Ameri-
can ~ ives 10 English lords may be all that
because the game IL new. hut the
English lady Of title may wear clothes
that a Wall street broker would blush to
zee his wife encased In and she IL likely to
DO a. easy IN her manners as II manners
came natural to her. Manners do not
come naturally Ia most people not ~ Ell to
freeborn Americans.
When MasSinger asked me IL Id like to
60 To a garden party at Lord Hank =
told him | would but ask ed him how h.
was going 90 bring IL about. for Massin niger
10 republican of the republicans He
said that he could get me an invitation
where his came from
am apt 20 travel third class. PARTON
larry when havebeen in England a couple
of months and my letter Of credit 10 near
ing the time when IL will become 30 much
waste paper. 80 | bought rhird class
ticket for my destination on the London
and Southw estern and reached the plat
form just In time TO "a tch the train There
vas MassinRsr In n new top hat With o
FIRST class ticket in his hand said he
thought the cars might he full Of dukes
on the way To the garden party and he
wanted to talk politics with them. Well.
hickily IL was too late for me 70 change my
ticket. 30 he. with a spirit Of comra deshlp
that does him credit said he would forge
the gilded dukes and belted esrle and put
up with my conversation.
IL was q rpatter Of fifty miles bm we
soon made Il. When We reached our des-
tinaaon We found that there was no public
motor At the station. hut there was a
private ar. MassinEsr tried 10 induce
the chauffeur to give M q joy ride ont tn
Lord Blanks country seat but he re-
fused. I was rather glad. because 10 We
had climbed into the car and then the
owner had come around the corner IL
might have been hard To explain Why We
had made ourselves his guests. hate TO
presume too much on no acquaintance.
There were. however. brakes and We
engaged one to take u 20 our destina-
ton. The Mattresses in the station restau-
rant had told Us IL was only a mile 10 Lord
Blanks country seat. but the driver
had al TAranR aHaua H. N
thought that two miles and a half would
n nearer. although as matter Of fac,
two and a half miles il further He
agreed To take us for a shilling and half
apiece. that u one and six apiece
A shilling apiece and not a penny I,
more said MassinEer in his joviaI way.
and 20 the accompaniment ~ blessing
laughter from the other brake men We
sta rted of
A drive ~ exactly mile brought
M to the lodge gates and then parhars
a quarter 81 mile through winding
ways and We were at the hall I'm bl.st
II ] know what I.o-d Blank calls l.. but
u 10 a comfortable looking place that
the aforesaid broker a.. !ld sniF a. in 1
disdain and Immediately insist on having ,
. little architecture put On II jus, 10 add !
You ray and IN settle with you.'
said to MassinEer. and he handed two 4
shllngs a. per agreement to the driver
oh, say sir shillin and six apiece
Massinger was ada mant
.Dont h. ard on me sir said the I
driver piteously the old fraud and
as I had visions % Lord Blank coming /
out 20 ask what the trouble was hastily !
NTNF h. "A
hate Ia have money SauabbIe- before
lords IL looks - sordid Lords never /
have any money sqUabbles. and why .
should WEI
We entered the house and passed
through a marrow hallway which bore
q hastily pencilled zign. Look out for
your head We ducked and a mo men,
lsseT We were in the back yard. q matter
NJ several hundred. maybe thousand.
acres
man. who came up To Va with a smile .
Where are you FROM
Massinger explained that We were
nom America and introduced me. but
] forgot In introduce him
Lord Blank. for IL was none other than
h@Nih hiNtE ~ NJ Cptne pAFk on
this. II really was lord Blank told
ne the objects ~ interest on the place
and Haid that later on he might see n.
In the house
Id like Ia sec Wall Street clerk As
careless ~ his attire as he was NJ Wall
Street clerk could he he'd lose his
job Lord Blanks job IL secure: hence
the cATeles~nes-
vas sorry ! had not opme in a Jack
coat and a straw hat instead Of doing
whs; Ia never think - doing az homo
v caring silk nat aud hot fruCk opat
and wnist'"a' There Ner" plenty 81
I'm glish'n"n thor" ~ silk hats. hut there
y ere plenty sl-p wearing straw hats
and som" hat d"~his~ and others aft
hE'- IN wager that every soft ba,,ed
ne vA- az earl
Na--,nG"r and I walked over s,ich lawns
% y'u 4" n"' find ~ home and gazed
= IN as" 80 -..~h t-r" "mi-,W cred avenues
P oven \"w England cannot duphcata,
7't rn ~" matter ~ "lms New England
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