Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-12-06

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An opportunity is presented to
Great Britain by the present condl-
ton of oplnion in America such as
mink has never before offered ll5ell
I'm her long evtntful history. rms
opportunity, waiting TO pe han'''N
boldly and handsomely, is the uppol %
tunity for an Anglo-SaHon alliance,
a union Of heart ana mlhu' pc'"'''
America and England. ...... Il,
Before / speak of the way in whi,H
This chance should be seized, ana DC
tore | tell of the efforts made lN"I
here bv German diplomacy to destroy
n feel that / must cndeaNof ~
make the average Englishmah aC-
ouainted with the really TREMENDOUS
fact of American greatness. douut
whether theaVerage EngllShmah h'9
the least notion of that greatness
doubt whether he has the Vhguesl lueH
~ What | may call the personally
20 ,ho oroat American Republic. Ana
this doubt Of mine Is based on wv
fort that nothing | had read of Amer
ira nothing | had heard OF II, noun
ing | had seen Of it in Englahu' pr
nnred me in the smallest degree lor
the authentic reality
What America Stands for'
u-bot. does America stand for IL
rtonds for nevness 1t is new world
ard a new humanity. No sooner uoe9
no traveller arrive at New YORK llial
be feels in his mind an apprehension
Of something extraordinary lIoS',
something amazingly new. some, mn I, ;
40 different from Europe that ne 10
conscious of the need in hlmscil loi "
new standpoint. 1t is as II a te'esCopv :.
had suddenly been swltcheu aWuy
from the observance OF soi'e',,il7 a.
near and familiar to something us
tont md strange The lens must DC
odiusted The mind must prepare
itself for new categores' oross
Hore and there one comes across
+bo mast of America, a IufltahlV"'
street of dull, solemn and lorpiuuinh lIl
Gloom which might have been trans
norted from Aberdeen or lbaYsWI''tei, /,
narrow and moldering alley "rnC's
would fit perfectly into the Sums -
Liverpool or Marsellles; l''lc u"l ~
winding lane fun OF business i"SI' 81
which makes one think thaI %.
N1arv's ox is round the corner nut
au ihat Is latest and newest IN New
York such for instance, as the nios' zoe,
recent shops and residences IN RUN
,,cnue. or the vast apartment mouse :
ana priyate palaces on the slde ol
Hudson river, or the magnlilceh''
nrodigally magnificent railway. sta-
tions. These things speak ol ~
present, the living, the newest Anlel
lea. and here the traveller rea a'l%yo t,n, ,m"
the American nina Is uarIhs, "a 7''''''
conoucring and definitely grahu'
Not Worshippcrs of the Past
These people are not copyists
initators, pa asites of time. Inc pas'
has little significance for them' roi
traditions they have small reSpeCu
Iiore on American soil life and ulhe
Lo.rc ioincd hands to lay the founda-
lions and build up the habitauoh oi
- new human race, "A human race
which has seized intuitively ana per
hans unconsciously the BerSSohlar
jdra that life is time and that the
hopinnings gf time and the endlnss
or time are as nothing in comparison
with this transitory now wtiicn
swecps humanity forward TO future
almost instantly falling back INTO
past. ...,,,,,, nor, IN
,,fs drama of America The streets
src crowded with pretty and eNtraV'
apantIy pretty girls, dressed win 50
nrccise a neatness and so STRIKING
suartncss that one might thlhh AZ
first glance they cared Tor hoth'hs
but the friVOlitics Of life. Al SCI
ond and a third glance, however one
discovers that these girls are ~
prcmoly conscious Of dignity ana ser
respcct. They are not stared AT, leeIc'
after and followed. on SEE Io'il'n- ,.'.
hcrc during the daytime when sus
pcsts the horrible and Haunting ue8'
r.datinn of womanhood in London
and at night even in the quarter
which has a reputation for vice. noun
ine, really comparable to the apgsih'
shame of Central London. .
Tolk TO these bright clf-rospectiu
American girls and you ina that tiie.
are women Of the world, that 'heS
know the value of their lndepenui
once. that they have ideas about lf'
which are intellectual and funda
mental to their behavior. They re
spcct themselves and are respeSte'
Nv men. A certain hardness in thei
minds does not distress the Engllsh
man when he preceives that thes'
young girls are an expression OF TN
American spirit that spirit which oil
every side of him has set up mohu
ments OF its daring, its originality an'
its grandeur. They may be disap
pointing to chatterers' but not 70 'h'
youth seeking a companion anu
mother for his children.
Greater Passion for Beauty.
DO not imagine that the American
people are so absorbed IN materla
things that they are in danger
spiritual atrophy. Materill ,nlres d,
airavs the expression of the mind
The passion of American people 10
beautv is far greater than Europe's
n ia so thorough and so deep that the!
n,'st have railway stations lik'
cathedrals and shops Ike temples o
art Their skyscrapers grotesqu'
and shocking in photographs, ar
wonderful and romantic In the con
ercgated mass of structures Whci
load Manhattan Island from emu u
end and from side to sue IT, 80
nle road They are more intelligent
Thev are more original. They are IN
finitel,. more in earnest. Is anus