The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-26
Sketches Of the Men Prominent
In the New Movement


and such semipublic functions as din
hers, receptions and visits TO places oi
historic or artistic interest"
John Bun. n seems has learned that
the way 20 "a mans heart is through
his stomach" and so he purposes 10
capture every American OF prominence
that visits his islands and feed him into
FEELING Of fondness for the mother
country"
by commendable and rigid self exam
nation Mr.. Bull has discovered that
! while at home he is undoubtedly the
most hospitable representative OF his
species in the world. ne is looked upon
by foreigners as the most surIy and un-
pleasant Of human brutes when he takes
MS little walks abroad And what is
more, he tacitly admits the soft inn
parchment, at the same time, though
with manifest reluctance, giving out
mat he has one side to face the world
with and quite another for the places
and people OF his innermost affections.
The American or Australian" he says,
may have staid at our caravansaries.
have visited the abbey and the thea
ters' run down to oxford and Stratford-
on-Avon and yet may have missed well
nigh everything that goes to make up
the real greatness and beauty of the
motherland."
1t Is precisely these charming pri-
vate ways Of English society" the At
iantic unionists state. which the At
lantic Union seeks TO make known to
those or our friends from beyond the
seas who would otherwise through sim
pie lack OF opportunity return TO their
own lands without either making
friends among us or knowing anything
at first hand of the intelligence and
culture. the pleasant intercourse and
varied interests of which the tradition
al family life OF England consists"
There 1t is in a nutshell Mr.. Bull
knows beyond peradventure that when
he dies weeping world will be only
100 glad 10 inscribe on his tombstone,
None knew him but TO love him." But
he Is not going to await the revulsion of
feeling that dire death will surely
cause; he is going to anticipate that
event in the ever living present This
intention does credit 10 his heart, IL not
to his head. and so long as he can fill
the contract by filling all his English
speaking cousins with good cheer lust
so long Will he retain their good will
and affections. But IL is a huge con-
tract, and the prospectus, failing to
state how IL is to be done in detail, only
deals in attractive but glittering gem
eralities. There are. II is estimated
about 150.000,000 inhabitants OF the
earth who speak or make a more or less
legitimate use of the kings English"
and deducting, say. $4,000. 900 as resi-
dents of Great Britain. there will be
some 100Oo0.O00 who will have 10 be
fed, filled and made acquainted with
the real greatness OF the motherland"
III, then, the Atlantic union really
means business and begins that busi-
ness at once, IL will probably tax the
society to its utmost TO bring about the
looked for millennium before the nat
iral demise of all its present members.
One hundred a day would be a fair
average during 300 days in the year,
and that would mean only 10000 in
a twelvemonth, provided the popula-
ion OF the United States and Austria
ia could be transported In detach-
nents for the purpose of being feted
md entertained. At the rate of 30. 900 a
.ear IL would take. at rough calcula-
ion. nearly 1888 years to provide for
he 100, 100000 people outside Britain.
blowing for no increase OF population
n the meantime. SO II would appear
IN the face OF IL. as stated, that Mr..
Bull has a stupendous undertaking on
lis hands in carrying out the chimeric-
4 though really laudable intentions of
he Atlantic union.