Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-01

the men of all classes both in Eng
tand and Scotland used that mode of
burning tobacco. And, indeed, / no.
ticed in a certain hotel in London,
where l stayed for several months
| more than one lady using cigarettes
openly. while slipping their between
meal tea This is not in private rooms
provided for the ladies, but in a sort
of reception room to the right of the
entrance to the hotel, and in plain
view of the Office where the lady clerk
and bookkeeper presided. But this
was at later date, on my second
visit to London, and was not in one
OF this group of CranstOn or temper
ance hotels to which 1 referred be-
fore. OF this hotei | will have more
to say later on.
Dining Cars.
Now. to come back to the train. The
/ dining car was a still closer approach
to our own, but not going the whole
way, because the aisle in this car was
not quite in the center, thus leaving at
one side tables to accommodate two.
one on either side. and on the other
side tables to accommodate four. or
perhaps six. But this seemed to be d
smokers dining car. because after the
! meal in most all cases, the passen-
gers remained seated, the tablecIoth
being removed. cigars. cigarettes or
pipes lighted, and you might remain
here until 7he termination of WOW.
journey, while still retaining your seat
in the compartment as before de-
scribed.
Now the second class compartment
was finished with a kind of a strong
cloth of fine pattern, similar to some
carpstng of which / do not know the
name, the floors being provided with
rugs TO match. No arm rests were
provided in these compartments. This
was, so far as [ could discover, the
only manner in which they differed
from the first class.
Now, you Will understand that such
things as l have just tried to describe
are only to be found on long runs like
this which we have just taken.
Fears Were croundIsss.
We are now at the central station
IN Glasgow, and our baggage is in the
hands of two porters whom we are
following to our train on the opposite
side of the platform. on which we are
to be con- '[e1 to Paisley town OF
10000 population, and seven miles dis
tant from Glasgow, in which my broth
er resides. l had now been on this
side about three weeks. and was feel
ing somewhat improved in health and
consequently was receiving from other
relatives of my own and friends Of my.
brother invitations to visit them, some
OF which / reluctantly accepted / say
reluctantly, because | had a kind OF
hay idea of the friendly grilIing To
which l would be subjected, and. not
1eeling We that was in nv normal
condition. could hardly trust myself to
meet this il the manner in which I
knew Ou1nt TO. However | found
those fears We're entirely groundless
At least they We're SO with regard to
the first invitation which l accepted
This was to attend a kind of reception
at club at Charing Cross, Glasgow
on which occasion a certain French
man was to give his impressions of the
people of the British Isles, and. of
course, ] was not subjected to any
questioning which required an answer
publicly, for the members and their
1r1enC~ sal II groups around tables
converStng with each other, while there
was nothing going on on the platform.
Now | might say that they We're doing
something besides talking, because 7
could easily tell without even handling
those glasses and decanters on the
tdrir iCiuI" e that they did not all
contain mineral water, which my
brothers friends had provided for me
(YoG see. he thought he knew me- and
ne didD | will only add that when
we finally said good night to each other
L was unable to say whether they had
been drinking mineral water like my
self, or John Walkers whiskey.
Address Business Men in Own Lam
gaase.
But to come back Among other
things which the principal sneaker Of
the evening, the Frenchman aforemen-
toned. said which impressed me
strongly, as he spoke along the lines
Of securing trade on the continent
was: IF you " -sh to secure part of
this trade. you viii surely admit that
You ought to, in soliciting it, address
those business men in their own Ian
guaSe, and YOU surely do not hope Won
cannot expect, that they will ADOPT
your monetary system nor your sys-
tenn of weights and measures. [ knew
of only one man who mastered those
systems, and he was an American.
and I am Informed that he soon after
ward became q raving maniac and is
now confined in an institution on the
other side of the Atlantic provided for
such Ingenious, but unfortunate, peo-
pie" Now, there may be in part of
this, at least. d suggestion which we
might on this side appropriate with
profit. The members of the club
seemed to take it good naturally, and
APPLAUD Il e sem nlent heartily 1t
mus1 he they Jaw the point They
are .:"i 50 sio% ioI so dense those
Scotchmen, as I have been often very
often, led to believe that they are But
had 1 ventured on such dangerous
ground in presence of my brother
and some other of my relatives. excel
lent man '1though he was, he would
have informed me that they had in
course of preparation continent to-
gether with all its systems for my
special use, and this is only stating the
case mildly.
Good at Agricultural Machinery.
| well remember, at a little later
date, while at the show rooms of the
Waverly Motor company in Glasgow,
which has. among other lines of cars.