Show Till PETTY TYRANTS OF AMERICA Max > IJoll 1 says that the Americans iMsposltlon tc I that of an angel Whenever When-ever Max is I ked what truck him most In the course of his visits to the United State3 ha answers I never once saw un American lose his temper tem-per Yet he dates not regard the angelic an-gelic trait of the American as nn enviable en-viable virtue lie finds that It Is be causc of this amiability that the American Amer-ican Is ruled and bullied and snubbed front morning till ho goes to sleep This he tells us In the North American Rovlexv for September In an article dobcrlptlve of the many petty ty lants that rule In the United States As to out politics he takes the op poi tunlty of reminding Jonathan that If the greatest objection to a monarch mon-arch Is thai a nation may thus run the risk of being ruled bj a fool or a scoundrel the greatest objection to certain forms of democracy should be that n nation may thus inn the risk of being governed by GOO of such And as for costs ho believes that enough I money Is spent nnd enough business Is Stopped dining a Piesldentlal campaign I cam-paign In America tr Keep nil the crowned heads of Europe dining the four years of the 1n sldcnls time of office Then the American knows nothing noth-ing about 1 leisure lie is aluajs on the alert stew schemes are forever trotting about his brains he Is ton full of business busi-ness to he concerned about trilling an iiojnnccs besides he may happen to dwell at No 31711 West One Hundred and iJcxcntyelghth street and he must try to remember xxheiu he lives so he pockets snubs and Kicks and forgets Savj flux O Hell The Aniet leans like the retch have no Inltlntlxe and lack public spirit spi-rit The English me the only people who tune served by theli Eetxants let the servants be the niliiLsteis of the crown the tllreelorb of public companies com-panies or mere railway porteis To very one of whom John Hull pays a salaiy he says Please to icmeinbei I that you me the sei t art of the public When the English appoint a new of tidal high 01 low It Is a new servant I that they add to lush household When the ricneh t and he Aniet leans appoint a new olllclal It Is I a new masts that I they glee to themselves to snub them am1 to bully them Toi example xlioi the English railway companlijs xtaitoil running sleepingcars the public sal to them We do not wish to lie horde up together like 1lOpplcprs you will please have the cars divided nt nlRhl Into two parts by n cuitaln so that our ladles may be spared tint annoy mince of having to share u Section with a man I do not know n Blnciu American Amer-Ican lady who has not told rnJ of that grievance and how on that account she dreaded tiavelliiE alone Mot I am not aware that tho American public has ever told tho officials of any railway rail-way company In this country Vc pay you and you shall please give such accommodation as will secure the comfort com-fort of our women On one occasion In u crowded sleepingcar from Si incuse in-cuse to New York I occupied an upper berth and a lady occupied the lowe one If she only felt half as uncomfortable uncom-fortable as I did I pity the pt11r woman wo-man I manComing from Washington to New York a short time ago every scat In the drawIncioom car was occuulc run itiiilti itiii t nc Hint rat vm uunit 30 degrees The perspiration was trickling trick-ling down the cheeUn oC tlm uiRxomtorn the women were fanning themselves with iiPWRDnneiH nil xero Ktldpii miffing mif-fing and blowing hardly able In livnthui but no ono timed co and nnea ha ventilators not one Bald to the eon 0r Now this is ueifectlv nnen jnioio please to open the vontllatois at once I took upon mjself to go and address him Dolt you think I timidly tim-idly ventured that this cal Ii much too hot I 1 do not he said and h walked away As I meant to arrive In New York alive I opened not the venlllaloi but my window That wall a reckless foolhardy resolution The passengers threw ut mo a glance of gratitude but there was In that glance an expression of wonder at my wild temerity nnd thc looked sideways forward and backward to see If t the potentate of the train had seen me I was fairly routed I was sick mj head was burning almost split and I yens ready for that conductor If he had come to close my window and that at the risk of passing for some uncontrollable uncon-trollable rebel The railways of this country are ruled by the nigger and for the ntggci x Then there li the innnVxlio every live minutes bangs the dooiW the car with all his might to let you Know he has arrived Ho will wake you u y from a refreshing nap by a tap oni yoijr i shoulder to Inform you that hi has laid a magazine on your lap Tlit < n he I will return with chewinggum then with then with bananas papers tIP ples and oranges then with skullcaps then with books then with ten cent plcqesoj J gwjjhv Crom his lnehaii = M fhhtalts X1 nL s IIn Iri it n this hind of unceasing boredom n the time the train start till the e when It reaches UH destination v el bo tried would pitch the boy o r the window Then there Is the refrcshmcntoom You ask for refreshment and you name what you would like to have and you receive the refreshing answer Invariably Invari-ably accompanied by a frown Whats that You apologize for the poor English En-glish you have nl your disposal especially es-pecially If you hao atxiuliod It In Eng land and you picpaio to enjoy a piece of custard or apple pie or may be doughnuts On leaving the place you pay and tho mnn at the desk would feel dishonored if he said Thanks to you but I will bay this for him that he so little expects thanKs for what he brings to your or does for you that If you bay Thank you he will cry Youre welcome In the tone of Whats the mailer with you Life Is short time is monej and all these little nmcnlllcs of Kunjpean liCe lire dispensed with You leave the train and arrive In the hotel From the tender mercies of the railway conductor you are handed over to the hotel clerk and l In binall ton to the lady waitress Not a smile on the clerks face lie Is placid solemn and monosyllabic Yom name entered on the registry jour sentence Is pronounced You lire no longer JUi SoaiidSo you me No 219 The colored col-ored gentleman Is close bj to carry out the sentence He bids you follow him Your Is I not to ask nuebtlons yourb is to follow and obey The rules of the penitential are printed In your bpd room You shall be hungry Com 8 to 10 a m from 1 to 3 p 1 m and from C to S p m The slightest Infringement of the rules would lx followed by the declaration that you are a cianK i At the entrance ot the linIng room the IKXI waiter 01 the lady head waltiesa holds up the hand and bids yet follow him or her 1oihaps you recognize u friendly face nt one of lit tables Yours Is not to Indulge In flIng of that sort joins Is I again lo follow Obey and lake a seat that Is Assigned to you Dm Ing the whole lair thut altogether al-together I have spent In Ameilca 1 novel once saw nn Ameiltan m n or woman who dared sit on any titer chair than tho one that he or she was deled to occupj Nay I have seen the guests xv alt timidly at the iloor when nobody was lucre to take hem In rhnige until some one came j 01 tier them about In small hotel you cannot hope to have the cruses biought one after the othi that each one may he served hot tc rOil Your plate Is placed In fiontot you and the lady waltioiis disposes Sjlll metilcally ten to llfteen little oval dishes niounil It When I Hist mid i the ncii ilntanco of this lady ni tl 1 she had dealt the disheD I exclnlmodJ looking look-ing at her Hallo whats tiuntpr U11 there vas no timing with tin lady sho threw at me a glance that made mo eel the abomination of m conduct con-duct So Tax OHcll reiterates UHJL the patience of the Annie heart public Is simply sim-ply angcllcil nothing Hunt 01 that Ho trays that xve get TO eoiutei Cram Pit people we pay because xxe expect 1ol1e |