The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-10
Jote Compares
urope and America

in one position a life time, which
speaks well for them. They are great
stayers. Locomotive engineers no not
receive over $4,000 per month on the
best lines. l talked with a cloth
maker and his family, and they said
a person was doing well who earned
two pounds per week, and that it was
a plenty to provide comfort and con-
tentment. Rent is very low here,
clothing is cheap, food little below
ours in value, coal $500 per ton, de-
livered, enough kindling to start two
fires costs Id, or cents. They are
splendid managers. The women are
trained from girlhood to keep house,
l am advised. The men are method
ical and careful. They have practi-
cally no sickness, have good health,
and are very happy people; superb
in that regard. The people are honest
and don't suppose there is any other
country in the world with such high
regard for truth and respect for the
law.
This country is one great park, or
garden, whichever you like. There is
practically no waste land. The
swamps have been drained, and rivers
and creeks that overflow are bounded
by dykes. The American mind is not
prepared to appreciate such develop
ment. 1t is joy to go through the
country. The roads are perfect, and
represent immense cost. We have not
seen one except private roads, leading
from public roads, that were not sur
faced. They are made of rock, and
usually are very narrow, evidence of
good judgment The surfaced part
of many of the roads is too narrow
for vehicles to pass, but of course
there is good deal of space on either
side. The streets of Europe are gen
orally narrow, but that also means
more economy in first cost and ex-
pense of upkeep
Paris More Beautiful than London.
Paris is more beautiful than Lon
don, and like London is rich in OLD
buildings, and landmarks of other
character. London has more to keep
the memory fresh with the golden
deeds of distinguished citizens of all
callings, but in both cities one is
struck with the high regard in which
great men of the past and present
are held. One is constantly seeing
something erected i nhonour of some
person who has rendered conspicuous
service in war, literature, and what
not. Living is more expensive in
Paris, and the people are very much
but they are by no means tickle. The
Frenchmen are are bit smaller, but
they are strong in physique and are
a very verile notion. The masses live
frugally, they are thrifty, and are a
substantial people, They eat more
meat than we imagine. In France one
horse flesh is sold. The large car
carsses can be seen hanging in the
markets, and there is a sharp demand
for same, as it is cheaper than beef
After we learned this we avoided
eating all dark meat.
Great Meat Eaters.
The people of both countries are
great meat eaters. The Englishmen
eat more meat. Grocers' stores are
full of meat. One who has not been
in these stores cannot appreciate how
meat predominates in the daily food.
Markets are numerous, and every
where is meat, meat, and the best
meat in the world. Mutton is the
national dish of England, and it sur
passes any I have ever seen. This
country produces most of it, but i'm
ports a great deal, principally from
Australia and New Iceland Every
where in the country one sees fine
sheep and cattle we are familiar with,
which, together with their appearance,
is abundant evidence that old Eng
land stocked our country. We see
towns of familiar names, meet people
who have good old American names,
all of which suggests our ancestry,
and kindship that is called to mind.
Europeans are great buyers of our
produce They buy greater variety
of things from us than we realize. No
small part of our enjoyment has been
reading advertisements of watches,
shoes, medicines, automobiles, type
writer's, and what not. AS one enters
a large town he sees such advertise
ments on great bill boards, and we
have gotten so that we read them all,