The Washington times., 1914-06-07
I'll Mdude Wakes
enthusiastic Over
America and
Its People

Q DON, June Cyril Maude Is
n London. But he has not for
e America. 1t still looms large in
es: it has provided him with far
many delightful memories to be
ted to drop into the background.
s good to be home again. he de-
re- yesterday, adding, however. 1T
D. n good to recall that We have had
? nGld time on the Otner side or the
q tic.
rious how the 'squattiness' of
h. m houses impresses me after liV-
X months among New York sky
eEs. On, the chiIIiness Of the aver
london house compared with the
n artable feeling of warmth you get
z New York home. Throughout my
se1ce / never as r1uch as felt the
n. Of the orthodox coal fire.
A other wonderful feature of Ameri-
b existence was, 10 me, the Sunday
W. per. Conceive my astonlsnment
be- My man-scrvant staggered into
room under burden which rCn-
Fe1 him invisible from the waist Up
lrcs. And the difficulty for 4 stranger
O Iscovering the whereabouts of the
tlC e he wants to read! Another point.
Rppening TO meet the editor of an i'm
rtant daily. 1 called his attention to
E -ndiscriminate manner in which the
e. trical advertisements were ar
(nged' method, pointed out, COM
ring unfavorably with the alphabeti-
system adopted in this country.
I'm New York everybody goes dan
IhG mad. i. too, fell a victim to the
leN ailing craze, and night after night
|aTgery and myself might have been
|eH playing our parts amid the giddy
|rUng. Although late to bed / was al
Nat -, -.
Ter. The American atmosphere is SO
IT Ordinarily exhilarating that .one
|n do with very limited amount OF
pc >.
- Undoubtedly the American dramatist
coming along. During my visit / saw
bite number of plays, and many of
be native productions were quite above
be average. AS to the actors and ac-
'es ses, II might seem presumptuous on
" part TO particularize. but / cannot
sf-ain from mentioning Miss Laurette
a. or, who, in Mr.. Hartley Manners
e. husbands play, Peg O. My Heart
npressed me enormously by the won
eT;ul' delicacy and charm OF her art
0 much so was this the case that 1
n doing my best to persuade her TO
Du'e over here in the autumn of next
ea- and, should the Playhouse be
"a able at the time, to make her ap-
Pa ~ance there.
ECels in the matter of personal adorn-
eI l Her dresses represent the very
- of the modiste's art. and she con-
ives to show them off to the very
as- advantage. This is as true of the
'i.1ary shopgirl as of the wealthiest
d..
1-veryone is so alert, so bright, so
.o-oughly alive Yet, despite this, ex-
JeGce runs easily and pleasantly.
J. ricans are said to be a nation of
u lers; believe me, they are nothing
the sort. True, the business man
Is hes off early in the morning to his
nee. But when he gets there he re-
Dses quietly into a chair and starts
noking.
What do I think of the modern
,Ung man and young woman of New
0rk? Upon that point my daughters
.Inton is probably more valuable than
Y own" This invitation to speak was
III considerable reluctance and diff
nee at last accepted by Miss Mar
.Ly.
Z should say" she replied, that The
,ung man of New York takes life
uch more seriously and works much
arder than the average English youth.
lso, in every sense, he Is a thorough
'ortsman. As TO the gentler sex. well,
never realized how really stupid I
as until met the typical American
O man