Evening star., 1909-08-29
PROSPERITY POINTER
Capitals of Europe Show Good
Times in States.
MANY TOURISTS IN LONDON
Whitelaw Reid's Continued Tenure
Of Office.
FAvORITE WITH THE KING
Pure Food Progress in England.
Miss Sutton's Marriage Views
Provoke Discussion.
pecial Correspondence Of The Star.

Inc capitals or Europe feHecL III d
marked degree the return Of prosperity
to America Last year the drop in trans
atlantic visitors was mich commented on,
but this week there has been such an in
rush of tourists that London might al
most be considered an American city.
In addition to the stream of passing
sightseers there are numerous American
citizens who are making a more lasting
impression in this city.
For one thing, the invasion of the Lon
don pulpits has begun. Several divines
from your side Of the Atlantic are In
charge of churches in various parts OF
the capital. DR.. Ciifford's pulpit at West
bourne Park is occupied by DR.. Aked,
who is always assured of a good congre-
cation in England. Dr. Wayland Hoyt
of Philadelphia is at Abbey Road
Church. St. Johns Wood, and the Brook
lyn orator, DIR. Parkes Cadman, is at
Whitefield's Tabernacle. But the clergy
man who is making the biggest stir Is, |
fancy, DR.. John Wesley Hill, who in the
sweep of his influence sustains his honor
ed name. He began a six weeks ministry
Sunday at Marylebone Presbyterian
Church. There has been more talk about
his advent in London than has; been
heard about any preacher since Henry
Ward Beecher and De Witt TalmaHe
drew throngs to Exeter Hall.
The American invasion this year is rem
dered more varied by the appearance OF
several lady speakers, one of the most
Washington, who Is conducting serv-
ices at the Dore Gallery in connection
with what is called the Higher Thought
center The audience is largely COM
posed of fashionably attired ladies' OF the
cultured class. Mrs Seaton is discours-
ing on the power of thought in the for
nation of character.
Judge Jefferson Pollard of St. Louis is
at present in Ireland and has been giving
interviews showing he is as convinced
as ever of the value of his famous plan
for the reformation of drunkards. His
idea of pledge parole for people accused
of drunkenness is to certain extent
adopted in the probation of Offenders act,
which is now in force in, England But
Judging from a report in the Lancet. 1t
Will be necessary to begin much earlier
if the alcohol habit is to be successfully
combated. Under recent act the medi-
cal inspectors of school children are en-
powered to secure information as to the
drinking habit among children and re-
turn on the subject from a few of the
London county council infant schools is
certainly astonishing reading. Il was
found that no less than 40 per cent of the
infants upnder eight years OF age drank
alcohol more or less regularly. In one
school of about 200 infants lis per cent
drank alcohol daily, and 341 per cent
drank occasionally. These figures are
nearly as bad as those recently quoted
from a Hungarian schoo, return If they
are at all representative of the conuh-
ton Of the school children of England
generally then the drinking habit must be
very early acquired.
Reid Popular at Court
good deal of nonsense has been writ
bot lad
tension Of Whitelaw Reids tenure of Of
flee as American ambassador here. He is
a favorite with the king, it is true, but
his majesty would not interfere in a
diplomatic matter of this kind, as has
been suggested. More than one cause
has operated as a matter of fact, but
chief among them is the diff1culty of find
ing a man who will not mind facing the
mparisons which may be drawn between
modest establishment and the English
palaces which Mr.. Reid maintains
Mr.. Henry White, who would have made
an admirable ambassador here, Is in dis
favor with President Taft. / understand.
Not that there is any disposition to
the part of Englishmen. Mr.. Whitelaw
Reid is popular enough, and makes q
dignified figure at public functions. To
judge from newspaper comments on his
u,
indeed, seem to be widespread satisfac-
tion. He is anxious, / understand, to
be here when ex-President Roosevelt
comes to England.
Mr.. Griff1ths. the new United States
consul general. has just taken up his
official duties in st. Helen's place. Mr..
Grif1ths says his four and a half years
sojourn on the Mersey has been most de-
lightful. and he will always retain inn
perishable recollections Of Lancashire S
hospitality and kindness. Mr.. Grifhths is
no stranger to London. II have been
acquainted with London for twenty-five
years past" he said, and. he went on.
that reminds me that Henry James once
said to me. when I met him in the Unit
ed States. that he had known London
the first year of his acquaintance with
it he was convinced that he knew it
thoroughly. After twenty-five years he
had come TO the conclusion that he had
an immense deal still to learn about it.
Some new phase OF it's multitudinous life
was always cropping up"
This, too is Mr.. Grifiths' view of Lon
don. Familiar as he is with most of
the cities of Europe and America, Mr..
Griff1ths holds that London is one of
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and
other workers for pure foods In the Unit
ed States should be encouraged by the
progress on this side.
For the past few years the powers OF
local authorities under the sale Of food
and drugs act have probably been more
stringently exercised within the city of
London than by any other municipal
authority. and the consequences have been
most beneficial to the public. For instance,
in his report issued this week. DIR. Frank
Teed, the public analyst for the city.
states that during the quarter just ended
be analyzed 3SS samples of food and drugs
and he had occasion to report adversely
against only fifteen, which gives just over
per cent OF adulterated samples, the
condemned articles being milk, butter,
mustard, golden sirup and beeswax. But
what is even still more important is the
fact that DR.. Teed was able to report
that of the samples Of drugs which were
submitted to him he found on analysis
that every one was genuine. Not 80
very long ago DR.. Teed reported that
about 81 per cent Of the drugs he OBJ
tanned in the city did not come UP to
standard He holds that the value Of the
acts as preventive measures cannot be
overestimated. and he uses the word pre-
ventive to mean not only preventfves
against fraud, but preventives against
negligence. A drug wrongly compounded
may be a much more serious matter for
the purchaser than a deliberately fraudu-
lent substitution OF margarine for butter.
But the dishonest trader still exists even
within the city limits. DIR. Teed found
three samples of alleged butter to be
wholly margarine, while some mustard
contained 80 per cent Of -four colored