Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-09-04

want it hot or cold?" It is a mistake
to suppose, however, that one is COM
pelled while travelling in Europe to
drink wine or beer. He can usually
get whiskey. So we are informed.
Cornbread, as Missourians under
stand it, is unknown. Breakfast
bacon is difficult to get outside the
British Isles. Grlddle cakes are about
the shape, color and consistency Of
stoye-lids. american long drinks"
are widely advertised. They are
neither American nor long. Usually
they are variety of circus lemonade
made without lemons. Ice is a luxury.
Iced water is regarded as wholesome
it costs too much to be otherwise.
Colored servants are seldom seen.
The employment of a negro as waiter,
cook or coachman marks the employer
as the possessor Of an immense fortune
which he is spending prohigately. We
would regret it II the publication Of
this paragraph should cause all the
colored people in America to goabroad.
COURTESY 10 AMERICANS.
If uniform courtesy Is testimony
then all Europe is friendly to Ameri-
cans. Everywhere, at tourist-resorts
where 1t might be expected, and in
the byways, where It would not be ex-
pected, we have received the most
cordial, conslderate and courteous
treatment. Especially was this true
Of the pressmen, as newspaper people
are generally called abroad. We have
visited the offices of more than
thousand newspapers and, with a
solitary exception-and it possibly due
to linguistic misunderstanding
could not have been more Hospitality
received. This was true in all count
rles and from journalists Of all shades
Of political belief.
We may record here also our pride
as Americans in the American diplo-
matte and consular representatives.
abroad. There are exceptions of course
but as a general rule they are men OF
ability and high character who, poor
ly paid as they are, and often appoint
ed with little or no diplomatic ex-
perience, do large service for the re-
public and worthily protect and pro-
mote our country's interests in foreign
lands.
TO TAKE ON A JOURNEY ABROAD.
The best of guide books is Baedeker,
costly but indispensable to all who
wish to get the most out of travel and
that most, most easily. Baedekers
may be bought anywhere but there is
only one Kodaker. The Scribe's pleas
ant pilgrimage was made more pleas
ant by the gentle unselfishness of his
fellow-pilgrim. Ever considerate,
modest, unfailingly good-humored as
he was, it may be permitted to place
in this last letter this personal word
concerning him and to add thereto the
Scribe's appreciation and thanks.
When you go abroad, invest literally
in Baedekers and secure at least one
Kodaker-if you can.
1.-THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE
MATTER.
1t was Frenchman, gallant as his
nation, who said to Lord Palmerston,
then prime minister of England
"Had not been born Frenchman,
| should wish to have been born an
Engllshman."
Whereat Lord Palmerston, with less
gallantry but possibly more truth, re-
piled:
"Had / not been born an English
man, would wish to have been born
one,"
So, as we return TO the Promised
Land, we set down as the conclusion
Of the whole matter a paraphrase Of
Palmerston's reply:
Had we not been born Missourlans,
we would wish to have been born Mis-
sourians
Better fifty years of America, than
a cycle of Cathay-or any other place.
For on American soil is to be fought
and won-the last great battle for hui
man liberty and civic righteousness.
In this world-inflencing conflict it is
high privilege to be permitted to have
part. There are weapons for ones
armory In European lands but the
field for their employment is in the
great republic between the eastern
and the western seas.
Tremendous is the responsibility
which rests upon the United States.
To 1t turn the oppressed of every land
with superb confidence as the flower
Igreets with radiant smile the coming
of the sun. May it shine on to the
perfect day, undimmed by war-eloud,
undisturbed by storm, until its light
shall have penetrated into the darkest
places of the earth, veritable sun
of righteousness, with healing in its
wings" for all who bow beneath the
burden Of mans inhumanity to man.