The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-29


nent to which gentlemen could go. and
] never saw a drunken man or woman
while l was in that country. The people
know how to eat and drink In moderation,
and there is no prohibition in the law
that governs the country"
Dr. Ullman said that this was something
the American people had not learned. In
Eerlin, he 81 i'd, he saw a large crowd in
q beer gal Den, and everywhere people
were drinking, but there was not police
man in sight. He stated that at noon
merchants CT Sc up their stores an6 spend
an hour at dinner. and that by G o'clock
every night every store is closed and the
prcprleturs are at home with their faml-
lies.
The Poor.
At some length DIR. Ullman spoke of
the contrast in the homes of the poorer
classes, with reference to the large cities.
Every house. he said, built as a tenement
was constructed around a square, open,
and this formed a court, into which all
of the different apartments opened, thus
serving to ventllate all of the rooms. He
compared this plan of tenements to those
in New York, which are crowded and
suffocating to those who dwell in them
He said he was glad that Birmingham
had no such tenements, ana hoped 1t
never would have, and then referred to
our alleys and the conditions existing In
them. Continuing on this line, he said:
I'VE are very anxious to find the reason
why typhoid fever exists in Birmingham,
and attribute it to a souless corporation,
the water company. but want to ask
where all of the different diseases In this
city come from II not from the alleys.
The germs are brought into our homes by
cooks and other servants who live In the
alleys. and in them are crowded little
houses and rooms where the servants
live. Give me some idea where these
diseases are more likely to come from,
if not from these places"
In reference to political conditions. DR..
Ullman said he left England the day be-
fore the coronation of King Edward, and
the people seemed to consider that they
were the sovereigns and he was their rep
resentative Here in America, he said,
we have evidences of greater royalty even
than exists in Europe, for mere are the
oil king and the railroad king ana other
trusts that are kings; that men go be-
fore congress and have laws made, and
the people bow to these men. He said:
Let us hope that the day of trusts will
soon end"
In Holland he said he was speaking TO
a man about the levees and the native
said: God made the sea but We made
this land" and that the remark illus
trated the industry of man, and of espe-
cially the Hollanders in retaining lands
from the sea, saying to 1t. thus far and
no futher."
The Real Reason.
Many people give as reason why Eu-
rope is ahead of America in many things.
said DR.. Ullman, that the civilization
there was older than in America, but that
he saw a different reason, and that was
that he found churches and art galleries
-
children and people generally could go
and study without cent of cost also
beautiful gardens and flowers why"
he remarked, Il did not know what flow
ers were until | went to Europe. They
grow in profuslon everywhere, and the
gardens and parks seem to Ike kept in
condition for the express purpose of being
a delight to visitors, so neatly are they
arranged"
In Berlin he said he was talking to
military man, and that in the course of
conversation he said to the German, that
in America a small standing army OF
men was maintained, and that Germany
had several hundred thousand. The Ger
man explained to him that the country
was amply repaid for the expense as
the young men who were required to stay
in the service two or three years were
trained and disciplined: that they prac-
ticed self denial and everyone was real
soldier, and the German added: This
to them or to the country has no money
value
DR.. Ullman spoke of attending religious
services at the home of his father, and
standing in the pew where his father used
to stand.
In concluding his address the speaker
advised anyone who contemplated a trip
to Europe to prepare for the tour by
reading, and he said, you will be amply
repaid for the trip. and IL you go may
the impressions and comparisons lead
you to say, as 1t has me, that it makes
me nearer an ideal American"
The address of DIR. Ullman was listened
to with close attention by large audi
ence..