The Washington times., 1904-03-27
Thinks American Wo-
men Pre-enninent in
Dress and Bearing.
TheSociety of Wealth,
However, Comes in
for a Scoring.


In reality they are for the most part
excellent citizens"
THAT amazing summer pIavaeound'
CNewpOrD battles his powers OF descrip-
ton. He glories in its natural beauties.
He wonders at the bad taste displayed in
its architecture.
It's palaces proclaim the fact that the
plutocratic owners in their scramble for
wealth have had little time left to de-
vote to the cultivation OF the arts in any
form. Here Is his criticism.
The palaces of Newport are. IN
truth, just what you would expect the
palaces Of Newport 10 be. they are very
costly. very sumptuous. often very
ugly but they admirably fulfil what,
] take #, is one of their chief raisons
d'etre-they are the material and visible
expression Of the possession OF vast
riches
He spent month at Oyster Bay with
a family that impressed him with the
singular happiness of the simpler Ameri-
can home life. OF President Roosevelt
he writes:
He greeted me then as though I had
been the one person in the world he
was anxious to meet-surely the most
gratifying form OF courtesy. and one
which touches US all most readily-and.
though he had probably forgotten M
existence the next minute. hurried along
among the enthusiastic crowd Of his ola
college companions. like some great
good natured. overgrown boy, receiving
and making a thousand salutations- ful
as 1 thought. of a slightly accentuated
bonhonlie, yet the agreeable impression
of his welcome remained"
The artist afterward asked the Presi-
dent outright if he might paint his por-
trait The request was refused The
author SAYS: The last words from the
Presidential lips that reached my ears
as ! departed were. Wen. III write 10
you about it I am still waiting for
that letter.
Farewell to America.
From a dock crowded with friends.
looking back with regretful eyes even al
the skyscrapers he had thought so hid
eous. Sir Philip Burne-Jones sailed away
one day for home. When he had arrived
a year before, everything English seem
ed natural and right, everything AIneri-
can startling and worthy of criticism
The change that had come, and some OF
the lasting impressions he had gathered
he gives in simple words:
And now at last 1 am in London
again.
How quiet the streets seen and
how slowly the people move, aid how
small and low the houses are And
oh. I grieve to say It. but how untidy
and badly dressed nearly all the women
Hook. and how they stoop.
I shall become accustomed to 1t al
quite soon. no doubt. but today I see
things with clear eyes.
He now sees. for instance. that the
hackeneyed inquiry. as TO what he
thought Of America, which had Jared
on him al first, ''betokens a very real
and sometimes slightly anxious desire
to know just exactly how this great
new, wonderful country-the growth OF
little more than a century-strikes the
stranger from beyond the seas, with his
long legacy OF prejudice and tradition;
and somewhere behind il, too, there
turks the spirit Of the truant child, who.
having rid itself OF all home ties. looks
back somewhat wistfully to the place
Of its birth. perhaps not yet wholly in
different to parental appreciation And
it is with profound interest and sym
pathy with the dweller in the old dis
carded home must regard this unique
and precocious offspring; for we have
much TO learn from one another.
Long after I am settled again IN my
English home shall at times look visit
fully toward the setting sun. and dream
Of frantic street cars, towering sky
scra pers. and all the cushing eager
crowd OF the cities OF the New World,
while far removed from these VIII lin
ger memories OF happy days. and deep
er in my heart than all the rest Will
dwell a sense Of gratitude and affection
for a gracious hospitality such as no
other country has TO OFFER the English
mantle spontaneous. touchingly cor
dial welcome Of the land OF e Dorado