Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-04-11
S MARK IS NOT
ALMIGHTY
Noted English Educator Says
Our Money Doesn't Last
Long
ON THE TOUR OF THE WORLD
J. N. Fraser of Bombay, India,
Talked to Roosevelt
in Africa.

That the almighty dollar is a
misnomer in America where he finds
that the dollar of 100 cents does not
go very far; that the American trains
are not comfortable because the seats
are too high, that the system of un-
dressing in the Pullman cars re-
quires a man to be something of a
contortionist; that the failure to place
the names of the stations on a big
sign on level with the car windows
as is done in England causes the tour
list untold inconvenience when trying
to see where he is going or coming;
and that American train conductors
are apparently rude as a general rule;
these We're some of the observations
made today by J. Nelson Fraser, grad
uate of Oxford University; head of a
large English school in Bombay, In
dia, and who has been touring the
world in the interests of the Indian
educational service and also for his
own pleasure for the past two years.
Mr. Fraser is at the Claire hotel
and has arrived in this country from
the Pacific instead of the Atlantic as
do most Englishmen.
Mr. Fraser had the pleasure of
greeting Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
in Africa in June and heard him de-
liver an address on the education of
the colored man. Mr.. Fraser was call
ed to Africa to make report on the
education system. Mr. Roosevelt
looked the picture of health and as
usual said something interesting" said
Mr.. Fraser in discussing his meeting
with Americas foremost private citi-
zen. He said: Gentlemen. if you
are going to give the negro of Africa
an education l hope that it will be
an industrial one"
Mr.. Fraser is a most interesting
man and like most interesting people
he is a keen observer. He has been
living in India about fifteen years and
yet he does not wear turban nor
does he use silk in his apparel. He
says that in India it is not considered
good form or good sense to take sip
of wine or any liquid with alcohol
IN 1t until after sundown as the sun
is itself powerful stimulant.
He declined to enter anv church
yesterday during a service unless he
had time to stay throughout the serv-
ice, for he said it is considered a sign
of disrespect.
Asks About Hat Bands.
When he saw the number of Stet.
sons around town, with the staunch
leather bands tied around them he
asked if that was not probably re.
turn to the original use of hat band,
to tighten the headpiece so that it
would stay on the head during windy
weather. Mr.. Fraser was much per-
picked at seeing so many women
dressed in black and said that the
same is noticed in southern European
countries and in Central and South
America. In India on the contrary
young women wear light colors, he OBJ
served.
Another question he asked and it
caused much amusement to those who
heard it was: Does it rain every
day in this country-that is in the far
west?" Mr.. Fraser said he encounter
ed rain in Los Angeles, in the Grand
Canon and in Santa Fe and a few
other places he had visited. He car.
ried with him large umbrella which
he said he had used to advantage.
Admires Spanish Houses.
Mr.. Fraser called yesterday to see
Internal Revenue Collector Henry
Bardshar at his home on Cathedral
street and greatly admired the Span
ish style of architecture. He also call
ed at the educational institutions of
the city and this afternoon visited
the high school and had a lengthy
talk with Superintendent J. A. Wood.
Mr.. Fraser showed a great desire to
learn the methods in vogue here He
expressed to reporter his admiration
of the drinking fountain in the build
ing, saying that if railroad trains
could have one the glass and tin cups
would not bother such states as Kan.
sas where the anti-tuberculosis law
is enforced, requiring Individual cups,
Admires Democracy.
Mr.. Fraser admires the democracy
he finds in America where he says he
has discovered that while in Europe
a cat may look at king yet in Ameri-
ca he may extend his paw" One of
the characteristics of Americans that
has struck him forcibly is their eag-
erness to learn of the outside world.
when I tell traveller in this coun-
try that am from India he asks me
series of questions whether he has
been in India or not But in England
or in Germany, if the person has not
been in India all he says is 'Oh.'
Yesterday Mr.. Fraser had the pleas