The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-13
briggs GIVES VIEW
Of ANTIPODES LIFE
Utah Boy in Australia Is Inter-
viewed by 8aIIarat
Newspaper.
LIKES STRANGE COUNTRY
Finds It's People Not Much Different
Prom Those in the United
States.

talns the IOHOWlHg concerning Joseph
y. briggs of Sandy, who has gone 10
Australia on business venture.
Among the recent arrivals IN Balla-
rat is Joseph y. Drigss, graduate OF
the Utah co. S Al university. MT
briggs is a typical American IN APP
pearance and manner. but II requires
. only a brief acquaintance 70 dlsafm
any suggestion OF that inIlaIlon and
te-consciOusness so. frequently laid 10
s The charge OF the average Yankee
In conversation with Courier report
CT. Mr.. Driggs stated that study or
the, in many respects advanced laws
governing Australia combined Win
the glowing accounts or ats natural re-
sources and the warm heartedness or
It's DeopIe had predispOsed him towards
i This country, about which, ne says,
4 there Is practically nothing huOWn IN
4 America. The late visit OF the amer
4 lcan fleet had done Inucn 10 dlssipate
s. sumo OF the extraordinary ideas enter
tanned by Americans concerning aus
I tralia, but the average person there Is
as much in the dark as ever ana re-
CARDS il as II IL was IN ats primiuNe
days-the home or low class OF
8 blacks, the emu and the ifansafoo,
w hen L mentioned my decision TO
visit Australia. he remarked, my rel
atiFes and acQualntances were hoftl-
! fied- one Of my friends, a newspaper
editor. assured me that. being builI on
the snare side IL would not provide
much OF a meal for the aborigines- All
measures We're taken 20 dissuade me
from pursuing my Inclination ana
found IL better 20 save my breath TO
cool my porridee than TO attempt 10
convince them otherwise, which Il was
IN position 90 do, owing 10 my read
ing and general study so far as books
would permit. Of the people ana the
country. When 4 was leaving, they All
shook hands pathetically WIN me- ana
instead OF saving 'Au reVOlri 1 was bid
an affectiOnate Goodbye
Nof Yet Served.
"At any rate, / have not yet been
served up as substitute Tor jungle
meat. and my impressions lead me 20
think that is about the most unlikely
thing 10 happen Instead OF encOun-
tering black fellows. bush rangers ana
marsupials, i have met "A most inter
estine class OF people since L landed IN
Sydned some few weeks ago.
eliminate Sydned harbor and Bal
larat is "a Tar more delightful place
than the capital OF the sister state
From a business point OF view, sydney
very much resembles the leading cities
of IT, $. A.. but from the artistic point
of view there is ample evidence IN your
main street alone TO outWardly demon
strate the refined tastes OF your citl-
Zens and your public men. Apart from
population you leave sydney Wen De
hind
prom what / have seen and heard.
Ballarat might well De called the ideal
residence city OF Australia. IL appears
10 be lacking in the strenuous traIIle
and commercial piracy that Keep US
Americans always at nigh nervous ten
zion when in our own cities. otllls II
cannot bV any means be termed
.SIeepv follow IL has been aptly
christened the Garden City OF AUS
tralia, and while IT, as vel as olhef
large centers In the CothiiloliW ealtH'
may be rather primitive in many re
sDects as compared with American
i cities vet the citizens should be COM
4 Dlimented on the amount OF civic pride
shown in providing beau Iui street
parks and public recreation gardens
What strikes the stranger on ehs 5e.ltliS5
Year public garden rs the Wohderiul
variety OF plants, and the state or per-
lection in which they are kept iNotnlhs
can be more appreciated ~ ne ured
4 worker or tho overwrought business
man than 10 have free access 20 one OF
\ these places during his hours or re-
laEa.tion. other cities l. have visited
IN New South wales ana hictoftd are
falling into line in this regard
Net Much Difference.
'eEVhIe many natives do, and rightly
! so consider their home city the hub or
me universe. there are yet many Pc
q ouliarities noted by an American that
are difficult 10 explain. In general APP
4 pearance your people differ but slight
lv from those on the other side OF the
ocean. and while the YANKEE rs noted
Tor his tWang, 1 ann Inclined 10 think
81 is slightly OverdraWn, as the aver
d age Australian has quite as noticeable
Toanv Of his voWels with very scant
ceremony, and draws others out con-
Ffdera bly,. Then he crltlclses us be-
cause we pay attention 20 our shorter
sounded VOWels, when, according 10 the
best English authorities, he is aps0-
lutely incorrect. Certainly your mode
i of expression sounds better than ours
but we in Ihe different states or Amer
lea are almost as different IN our style
1 of converse as the people residing IN
. the different parts Of Great Britain.
The Australian frequently comes into
contact with the class known as the
swhitewashed Yankee who does not
represent the average American by any
means. He Is usually bOunuer VINO
has lived Ions enough in the states 10
ACQUIRE the vulgar twang common
amongst the uneduCated and cOarser
classes. and when he shifts he poses as
a full-fledged Yankee.
Aside from the attractive residences
and beautiful streets and parks, Balla-
rat can justly boast OF a finer coliec-
f{ou OF staIuary than is 10 be seen in
any city its size and many larger cities
either in America or the Anupodes. one
cannot ratl 90 enthuse over the high
standard or many OF them But the
one outstanding thing that detracts
considerably from the beauty OF your
city Is the extraordinary custom OF
erecting enclosures about otherwise at
fractiVe residences. thereby hiding from
view exactly what the American likes
TO show of. Wis, his garden. can't
see why you want FENCES al all. we
nave no use for them in connection
with our flower gardens, and that is
where we eclipse you from the aesthet-
&c standpoint, You do as we do in pub
lie places in Melbourne Why do YOU
act differently on private properties
Terrors for sport.
you're terrOrs for sport Why, in
sydney and Melbourne YOU re at IL ev-
cry day in the week. You're football
ana hOrse-racing mad. IL may be re-
rarded as presumptuous Tor me TO say
So but truth cannot be withheld: your
Young people. TO my mind, pay too
much attention 10 sport. Something
has TO suffer and that something is
generally study. But you have a SPLEEN
did system of football u is response
bIa Tor very Few cracked skulls. Be
sides, II is scientific. and success does
rot depend on brute FORCE In the
states hundreds are killed every year
at our game. and I think il the aus
tralian sIyle was once introduced IL
would soon supplant the recreation that
every year gives so many OF the cream
of our young men their quictus or
mains them for life"
Ia conclusion. Mr.. briggs said his
trip 10 Australia would be great as
set 10 him III the future, from an edu-
catiOna' point OF view, and the favor
able impressions be had formed of the
cOuntTy and its people would stiil fur
Haafr rns a IN OF Ia