The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1915-01-12
BUSINESS AND PLEASURE.

European resorts, Is the AIDING Ol
pleasure to the business scheme Of
life. The tourist does not take his
coin to Europe just to get it across
the pond, but he takes it there be-
cause he loves to spend it there for
what is offered in exchange for it.
one of the most notable authorities
on general travel offers the following
which every Hot Springs citizen ought
to read, then put away and read again,
until he has digested it thoroughly,
and either been convinced from that
reading. or accepted a belief that it
is not true:
In this connection it is instructive
to note that experts are already reck-
oning upon the effect which will be
wrought by the stoppage of tourist
travel Thousands of Americans usu-
ally so abroad in the first days of
spring and their expenditure amounts
into the hundreds of millions.
Not only so, but thousands Of
Americans have made Europe their
real home and these sef-expatriated
Yankees are proverbially spendthriit.
With an unparalleled war in progress,
the transatlantic countries are bereft
of all charm and months, if not years
must elapse before the old spell is
revived. See America first is likely
to be the watchword and the habit Of
travelling over this continent may
grow through the temporary incentive
is gone.
at is not only for hotel bills. rail
way fares and the like that Americans
pour cash into foreign Golfers. The
fair sex pay tribute to Paris dress
makers, costly furniture is bought and
jewels also constitute fabulous
item.
Moreover, colossal sums are put
into pictures the ultimate value OF
which is in some cases exceedingly
doubtful. This traffic has, to all in
tents and purposes, come to an end,
nor can the traffic be resumed, in a
serious way, SO long as the conflict
continues. 1t may, therefore be as
sumed that the exchanges will move
on a commodity basis till the last gun
is fired.
Nothing could be more foolish
than to imagine that Europe's loss
will be altogether our gain. The civ
iized races are so closely related, in
every respect that disaster is diffus-
cd as never before We stand in ur-
gent need of the esthetic stimulus
which the veteran civilizations are
alone able to impair
If our cities are better governed
than they used to be, the progress
must be ascribed to the host of trav-
ellers who-knowing London, Paris
Berlin and Buda-Pesth-se the pos
sibilities Of municipal administration
in a new light And, if our architec-
Sure has grown less barbarous Of late,
the change is due to thousands OF
globe-trotters who can not forget the
glories they were privileged to gaze
upon beyond the ST..
The very idea Of town planning is
still a novelty here, though scores Of
model towns may be studied, on both
sides Of the Channel. AS to music,
we are just beginning to cultivate
that art of arts with true devotion;
a few cities have symphony orches.
tras, but the average American city
is worse off in this regard than the
average European town. And we
have not begun to think Of beautify.
ing the Sums, whereas Europe took
up this labor of Hercules long ago.
Above all, Europe is not to us
primarily a strange continent, but
strange state Of mind The European
has learned to mingle pleasure with
business; the American, alas, is prone
to make business the Alpha and the
Omega of life. 1t would be difficult
to over-estimate the consequences Of
the physical, intellectual and moral
dyspepsia which unremitting drudg
cry begets. The familiar adage. "All
work and no play makes Jack dull
boy" holds good from top to bottom
OF the ladder.
"No American ever returned from
Europe without having learned to put
a different value upon things that
can not be converted into cash; the