Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-07-12

Anglo-SaxOn ''black sheep" stur-
dy and independent but migrate
full Of its bringing up, a postulate
assumption in which we have duti.
fully acquiesced. After we cut
the apron strings and set up house
keeping for ourselves the British
came to visit us and always In the
same snify, splepetic and hyper
critical spirit that prompts q wOm-
an to visit her danghter-in-law on
sweeping day. Never have we
been entirely from the impertinent
microscope Of our unreconciled
parent. Periodically some sort Of
expert feels the call Of stern COM
mand and slipping quietly from his
little island he comes across to
look US over and criticise.
Orr British visitor pokes about
the New England coast for a few
weeks, turning over the robust and
venerable traditions and customs
of this highly respectable but &C.
questered community, and then
returns to his beloved London
where be sOlemnly indites ponder
GUS tones on american Impress.
ions" If the catch Of cod is short,
British economists predict our COM
mercial instability and ultimate
downfall. II DR.. James Augustus
Henry Murry, Of Oxford, over
hears a heated and impiOus Yam.
kee indulge in such hOarse, zigzag
and reviberating oatns as ''I'l be
fingered, nor "I'Il be totally horn
swOggled, he assumes a hurt and
tenderly rOprOachiul air and writes
Of the "Decadence Of American
Letters" The chances are he
might never hear the names Of
George AIDE and Thomas w. Law
son.
Sir William Blessing, or whoev-
er it was that made an exhaustive
study Of the conditions, scope and
possibilities Of the live stock range
industry in Delaware, discoursed
wisely upon 'Limited Food Sup
ply in the United States" Il. Ri
der Haggard, whose venturesOme
loveOf adventure has led him into
wild places, managed TO come to
the heart Of the continent, and IN q
palatial suit Of . luxurious Kan
sas City, Mo-, hotel made vOlumi.
nous notes on IAN Intimate Study
of the Workingmen's Homes in
Western America He also
wrote that Roosevelt was the most
strenuous man in this country,
without having met Folk, Cornell
ius Shea, Edward Box or "YOung''
COrbett.
And so it goes. The several
blind men feel various parts Of the
elephant and pronounce gratuitons
impressions Of the size and nature
OF the animal. And none Of these
impressions seems at all favorable
The caddism Of Sidney Smith, EN-
balmed in the words, ''In the four
quarters Of the globe who reads an
American book4 or goes TO an
American playi or looks at an
American picture or statue4" has
been preserved and formulated in
to a general indictment which is
perpetual. Englishmen say our
women are disgustingly overdres-
sed and their voices ''set them on
edge and that our men are vul.
gar and when abroad are chanven-
istic boosters.
Yet ander 81 this ~iaultfnding,
animadverslOn and soantily yelled
disparagement and jealousy We
have preserved our good temper
and have meekly endeavored to
improve. But what's the usef An
impression once gained By 3 Bri-
fisher can never be changed or
modified without a surgical opera
ton. We love our British cousins
but We do wish sometimes that
they would not always make lun
OF our irOcks, pull our hair, laugh
st our gFammar and tease rs about