Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-28
Why / Prefer England;
By an American Millionaire

members of your royal family. all mix
and meet here on terms that at 1lr:sl
amaze the American
Now at home 1 have to deal With $peo-3
pie who are all shaped in the same
mould; for, able, virile and splendid as
the American man is en}nlasse, you VIII
realize that there are very few outsta M
ing mathematics In that popullat.ieo'liss
Of 90, 900, 900.
~ Your political world, too, possesses
charm which,, alas! Is not yet possible
in America. The idea Of a younger son
Of All American AL stocratic family "a X
ling part lin the management ofanatton-S
al affairs is almost Impossible on that
side of the water. Mr.. Roosevelt was
"a notable, a fine, exception. OF late
years we have got to regard politics as
a trade, and a pretty bad one at that.
In London | am not perpetussi lly
stared at. telephoned at, written at,
Photographed at, and libelled.
The afternoon is spent here in any
Of a hundred pleasant ways. and an in
lltellectuals dinner Is enjoyed without
mention Of stocks and shares.
| 8s have only one objectionS to your
English life, and 4 hat is your 3super-tax
on the wealthy man, which we are still,
II am glad to say, able TO avoid in the
United SKATES. a
.'AIY DAY u N NEW YORK"
Z ~
| Now compare my day in the particu-5
| lar American city which was my head
quarters u lived latterly in a palatial
Ihotel, beautiful in design, in mechani-
cal comfort far superior. to anything.
| in England, but over-decorated,5 over
heated. oyer-nosed. and with very lit-#
| tie OF the milk Of human kindness about
lit. Just as 1t takes half an hour to
| get shaved in America. so does 1t take
| twice as long to be waited on at table.
| The waste of time in these matters is
| intoerable to one accustomed to- the
\ quickness OF London. l am barely
awake when 1 am, once a week at
least, beset by reporters asking for in
formation in regard to the affairs of my
| friends 81 AS like as not, were 4 to&say.
| a word--which j do not dot would be
| twisted and distorted. Fortunately, I
4 established such a reputation for never!
| speaking to the newspapers that even.
| when Interviews are ascribed to Inc my
| friends know they have not taken place.
4 Fastening down town TO attend to the
! affairs of the corporations With which I
| am connected. i am snapshottcd by.
| photographers, worried by impecunouS.
| @acquaintances, hustled by tinewastcrs'
1 all day long. SO that concentration of
4 business is almost impossible. ] am
4 glad to return at night to my noisy
IlOlelf TO seek sl1LIlG TTeluNaIlon Ill II
/ quiet dinner and a game of bridge with
/ q few friends-wficha gets into the
1 newspapers as a huge gambling gath
i ering.
/ Right here I would like to say some
i thing that does not please my Ameri-
/ can friends,and that is about the much.
Wanted American climate. Let any man
compare the pale children of New York
/ tenement houses in the terrible hot
4 months OF June. July. August, and Sep
4 TENDER With the sturdy youngsters of
4 the London cutters, and he will realize
! to the full what that climate means
None but a wonderful people like the
Americans could work in those condi-
Il tons, and j propheSS that in the future
4 only those who have to work will do 1t.
\ The sunshine does not make up for the
i heat trials, which make city life in the
4! summer almost impossible and COM
4 pei us to send our women folk to the
4 seaside and mountains Just at a time
4! when London is so delightful.
i These are few of the reasons why
lAthose who have wrested fortunes IN the
\ fierce business battles of the United
4 States are more and more spending
their middle and old age in bringing up
i their children in Europe.
i I have said nothing of your public
school and university education;3 moth
ing of the unpretentious, quiet national
z spirit of England TOO self-deprecating.
too much inclined to put its worst foot
forward; / have said too little of the
i fact that q man Is received here for
\ what he Is, and not for what he is
4 worth.