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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23
Are We Hated?
By VETERAN DIPLOMAT

born Of ignorance, and due also to other
reasons that existed before the war.
Dealing in the first place with the I'M
popularity that existed prior to the war,
some of its causes are to the credit rather
than to the disadvantage of the American
character. Among them are the freshness
and vigor Of the American mind, the rest
less activity Of the American intellect,
and above all the independence that
Americans enjoy from that thraldom of
tradition and convention which subjects
people of the Old World to tyranny
in many respects extremely despotic.
Not that Europeans object to this
tyranny. On the contrary, they like it.
Born and bred under it's sway, it has
become part and parcel of their very
existence; and European society, being
essentially conservative, resents any at
tempt to remove its letters. Society on the
yonder side of the ocean is based upon the
system of aristocracy, and is constituted,
in the main, of classes enjoying privileges
not accorded to the masses.
Jealousy of the American Girl
WHAT wonder, then, that its members
should regard with not altogether
friendly eye people who have done in
the past, and are still doing, all that is
possible to deprive them of their cherished
privileges? 1t was the importation of
American ideas by Franklin, Lafayette,
and others, that brought about the great
Revolution in France, and that struck the
first big blow at the rights and pre-
negatives of the aristocracy-a blow from
the effect Of which it has never recovered.
And, since then, every succeeding year
has witnessed the arrival from the New
World of a fresh consignment Of American
doctrines calculated to render the masses
more dissatisfied with their lot, and more
anxious to deprive the classes of their
special privileges.
If, however, the American, in the hope
Of ingratiating himself with the people Of
Europe, abandons those typical American
characteristics which Europeans are
forced to respect and admire, though they
do not love, he generally succeeds in earn
ing for himself contempt akin to that
which all men are accustomed to feel for
renegades. To put the matter briefly, be-
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fore the war Americans were not liked, but
they were respected and admired abroad.
Europeans, however, not only disliked, but
also despised, those Americans who, with
social aims in view, affected to regret
their own nationality and appeared
ashamed of their American birthright
Still another cause, and an important
one too, for the unpopularity of Americans
in Europe, is the jealousy with which the
women of ne Old World regard their
American sisters There is freshness, a
sparkle, and above all breadth, in the
conversation of an American girl which
that of the English maiden does not pos
sess, and which the Continental young
woman does not venture to display, at
any rate prior to her marriage This
leads European men to find the converse
ton of their young unmarried country
women somewhat slow and colorless, when
compared with the piquant and, to the
untraveled Euro, an, original remarks of
the transatlantic ellie.
The consequence is that European ma
irons regard the American girl as serious
danger to the matrimonial market For,
even when she does not swoop down and
collar the most eligible prizes, her bril-
liancy has the effect of rendering Euro
pean men more difficult and more exact
ing, and less contented with the domestic
article in the matrimonial line. Now, the
European matron is, if anything, more
important and influential parsonage in her
family than the American mother, in
whose circle far greater individual indie
pendence prevails. The consequence is
that the ill will entertained by the former
for the American girls has constituted
powerful factor against the popularity of
Americans.
What Europeans Don't Know
About Us
ANOTHER great cause of the unpopular
ity of Americans abroad is the gross and
almost incredible ignorance prevailing
there with regard to almost everything con-
nected with the New World. 1t was not
long ago that l received letter from a
man who had just taken high honors at
Oxford, which bore the address "Phila-
delphia, Massachusetts,. Imagine the
ridicule that an American letter addressed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23

ARE Americans popular abroad?
~ That is question frequently
~ addressed to foreigners in the
4 - United States, and one that en-
harnesses them greatly. For it is difficult
to reply truthfully to the inquiry when it
is made either by a kindly host or, as is
very often the case, by some charming
American woman. How is it possible to
be SO utterly graceless as to inform the
latter that her native land is quite the
reverse of popular beyond its borders?
But in the last two or three months,
her own countrymen have undertaken to
furnish reply to this question with
far greater amount of brutal frankness and
freedom than would be seemly on the
part of those enjoying the hospitality of
the United States. George Harvey, editor
of the North American Repie,p, when he
returned the other day to New York after
a sojourn of several weeks abroad, lost no
time in proclaiming far and wide, with
much vigor of expression, that the United
foreign nation. Richard Harding Davis,
the well known playwright and author,
has sent number of letters from Paris,
in which he writes feelingly about the UNI
popularity of Americans in France; while
the viciousness of the attacks upon this
country by the press of Germany and Of
Austria, and the revelations contained in
the communications printed in American
newspapers from their correspondents at
Berlin and Vienna, leave no doubt as to
the positive aversion with which every
body and everything relating to the
United States is regarded by the Geges of
the two kaisers.
In fact, it is no exaggeration to assert
that public opinion is violently inflamed
against this country in Austria and
especially in Germany, where it is held
that the Monroe Doctrine is one of the
chief causes Of the present war, which
could have been avoided had she been per-
mitted to carry out her project of creating
colonial empire in South America.
Why We Were Unpopular Before
the War
BEFORE undertaking to resent this con-
dition Of affairs, or to denounce the lack
Of appreciation of all that has been done
for the relief of the victims of the present
war by Americans, the latter would do
well to pause for a moment, and to con-
slider the causes that have brought about
this prejudice everywhere abroad against
the United States-a prejudice which is
most intense in Germany and least APP
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Question Asked at an English
Dinner-Party

NOW shall l ever forget the cold Shiver
: that passed down my back when, at q
dinner given in London shortly after
President Garfields assassination, one Of
the most popular and best known leaders
of London society inquired in all limo
cence, of an American General who was
present, whether poor Mrs. Garfield, Of
whom portrait had just appeared in the
English illustrated papers, was not
negress? The question was put during
one of those sudden and peculiar pauses
of conversation that are not altogether
infrequent at dinner-parties, and that are
popularity said to result from one Of the
persons present having inadvertently
crossed his or her feet under the table.
Then | heard the gallant General, who
retained his equanimity in a marvellous
manner, explain with gentle and winning
courtesy to Lady c. that, notwithstand-
ing the crinkly hair, high cheek-bones, and
thick lips with which the London illus
trated papers had endowed the features
of Mrs. Garfield, the murdered Presidents
widow was not negress, and that up to
that time no 4person Of color had ever
yet held sway as first lady Of the land.
These are but three trifling yet in
structive illustrations of the dense ignor-
ance that prevailed not so long ago, even
among the most highly educated Euro
peans concerning America-and ignorance
is invariably allied to prejudice. To such
an extent does the latter exist abroad,
that people, not content with knowing
little or nothing about the United States,
have always seemed disinclined to learn.
UP to the beginning of the war, most
of the metropolitan daily papers Of
Europe either refrained from printing any
news from the United States, save that
contained in the brief dispatches Of the
news agencies, or else contented them
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to Manchester, County Of Sussex, would
excite in England!
A few years ago one Of the most famous
English historians, who had come over
to deliver course of lectures at Boston
and other New England cities, was ex-
tremely surprised and disappointed to
discover on his arrival that he would be
unable to execute his project Of running
down from Boston to West Virginia every
Saturday afternoon, for the sake of SPEND
ing Sunday with one of his married daugll-
tiers who lived there! Until he arrived in
this country he fondly imagined that West
Virginia was about two hours ride by rail
from Boston.
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ARE Americans popular abroad?
~ That is a question frequently
~ addressed to foreigners in the
L IA. TJnited Statas and ono that om
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

B. [. RoSenbloom, of West Vir.
ginia, Announces OppoSi-
ton To Prohibition

A special dispatch from Wheeling,
w Va, to the Cincinnati Enquirer re-
lates:
The wet and dry issue is to be in
jected into the primary election OF
June 6, through the candidacy of At
torney Ben L. Rosenbloom, of this
city, for the Republican nomination
for United States Senator. Mr.. Rosen.
bloom is at present member of the
State Senate.
He made public tonight letter ad
dressed to Secretary of State Reed
accompanying a check for $500 to
cover his assessment, in which he an
nounced that his platform will be op
posed to national prohibition.
He estimates that taxpayers of West
Virginia will have to pay between
100000 and $5,0O0,O00 year in ad
dition to what they now pay if thC
nation goes dry. He expressed the
conviction that West Virginia would
vote for license if the question were
resubmitted.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

SALTS IS FINE FOR
KIDNEYS, OUT MEAT
Ilmh tho Kidneysat once vhsm Back
hnxts or Bladder bcthsrs-1sas
forms uriOGcid

Noman.or woman who eats nreat reg1.
layly can make a mistake by - ::
che kidneys occasionally, says a Wiz
known authority. Meat forms uric acid
which clogs the kidney pores 80 they
sluggishly filter or strain only part OF
the waste and poisons from the blood,
then you get sick. Nearly all rheuma-
tism, headaches, liver trouble, nervous
ness, constipation, dizziness, sieeplessne@s
bladder disorders come from slnggish kid
peys-
The moment you feel dull ache In the
kidneys or your back hurts, or II tina
urine is cloudy, offensive, full OF sedi.
ment, irregular of passage or attended
by 0 sensation of scalding, get about four
ounces of Jad Salts from any reliable
pharmacy and take . tablespoonful IN
q piass Of water before breakfast for q
few dayy and your kidneys viii then act
dne. This famous salts IL uukde from
th~ d grapes and lemon juice, som-
p = hthia and has been I'D fol
TO fiush cloegtd kddsyv and
them to activity, also 30 nsu'
he acids in urine % IL no longe1
irritation, thus ending blaadee de
"a Salts is ine9pensivs and can
MOI iljure; makes . delightful eneS
vesosns lithia-waxer drink which al reg
uls4 meat eatesv should take now md
then % keep the kdneyv clean snd IA.
blood pure, therebUavpidips soEa0Ra nd
ney complications
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Concerns Every Citizen.

1T behooves every citizen OF this
Republic 10 consider what his share
81 this 325 million dollars OF tax will
10 II It Is wiped out BY national pro-
hibitiou"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

Joseph Debar, OF Cincinnati, Presf
dsnt-elect OF the National Wholesale
LIQUOR Dealers Association OF Amer
lea, rs enthusiastic over the results
achieved by the liberal interests in the
past year In their contest against pro
hibition.
The highly extravaganza claims of the
Anti'Saloon League were called to Mr..
Dsbar's attention when he was asked
for an expression of opinion on the
present aspect of the liquor situation.
Mr. Debar said:
only one statewide election for
prohibition has been held this year.
That was In Vermont. The sane old
Green Mountain State decided by a
vote of nearly two to one that 1t was
satisfied with its present local option
laws and had nc wish to return to
the fallacy OF prohibition.
Indications in other parts of the
country bear out our contention that
the prohibition wave is breaking and
that the methods, political and other
wise, Of its advocates are discredited
1t is plain that history is merely re
peating itself-that the present situa
ton is similar to fifty years ago when
sixteen states swallowed the prohibi
ton pill and practically all said after
wards: Never again!' Vermont was
one of the original sixteen.
Speaking of Preparedness.
The European war and the present
widespread demand for what is called
preparedness; in other words, sane
sentiment that the government of the
United States should be we'll enough
prepared and equipped to maintain it
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GRANDMA NEVER LET
HER HAIR GET GRAN
Ode Kept Her Locks Dark snA
Glossy, with Sage Tea
Ha and Sulphur.

MEn you darken your hair with Sage
Tea and Sulphur, no one can tell, DO
cause ifs done so naturally, 90 evenly.
Preparing this mixture, though, a. home
is mussy and troublesome. For so cents
you car buy at any drug store the ready
to-use preparation, improved BY the add.
tion Of other ingredients, called "Wyeth'e
Sage and Sulphur Compound" You Just
dsmpen a sponge or soft brush with II
and draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand ct time. By morning
all gray hair disappears, and, after An
other application or two, your hair De
comes beautifully darkened, glossy AND
luxlsiant.
Gray. faded hair, though no disgrace
is a sign of old age, and as We oil de
sire a Youthful and attractive appear
ance, get busy at once with Wyeths Sag
and Sulphur Compound and look year
Younger. This ready-to-use preparation
IL a delightful toilet requisite and not
medicine. It's aot intended for ths cuIs
mitigation or prevention Of disease.
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KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

There are many times in the life
of q pc. son who does things that
are worth while when he gets terri
bly, discouraged and thinks it easier
TO 60 back than to push on. Blu,
there is no victory in retreating,
says Orrison SWEET Marden in Sue
cess Magazine. We should never
leave any bra ,es unburned behind
ns, any way open for retreat to
{ our weakness, indecision OF
uragement II there is any
we ever feel grateful for, it il
we have had courage and pluck
n to push on, to keep going
things looked dark and whsz
Ugly insurmcsmtabls obstssAs
utsd o. r.
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lniquity Of Prohibition.

For over loo years OF national life,
the government has induced men to
engage in the distilling, brewing and
vine-making business with every pro-
teStion and encouragement for the
dealer who complied with the govern
ment's laws and regulations and visit
ing the severest penalties and punish
ments upon those who disregarded
them. Under these conditions. mil
Ions dayo oeen invested until these
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

Liquor Dealers Association or
America.
rights and protect it's citizens through
out the world, is the paramount issue
before the American people to-day.
'~Thsre can be no adequate prepare
ton. No increase OF armament without
\ su6lotsnt Federal income.
Congress "Hard Up"
-Oonxross Is to-day struggling with
many problems OF increased revenue,
and yet our prohibition friends are urg-
Ing Congress TO pass a national pro-
aibition law which in Its very first at
tack would destroy 325 million dollars
Of Federal and State income. 1t is
sasy TO destroy; it is most difficult
10 construct and build up.
IF this income ia wiped out by pro
hibasion. 325 million dollars of revenue
must DO raised from some other source
than liquors.
Our AntfSaloon League and PROM
bition friends have never yet indicated
from what source they propose TO raise
this revenue. The question has beer
propourded to them time and again
We are still waiting for an answer.
Three hundred and twenty-five mil
ion dollars represent an enormous
sum which somebody must pay. W.
are waiting to be told by our Anti
Balloon League and prohibition agita
Aoss upon whom they propose to Id
/ pose this tremendous burden.
The people of the United state
have become accustomed to collec
this tax from liquors. The records
The Internal Revenue Department il
Washing ton show that this enormou
income has been collected for year
1t an astonishingly small percentag
Of cost. and. outside OF the moonshin
distilleries in the prohibition states
Il has been collected with PRACTICAL
40 ioss 10 the government.
Concerns Every Citizen.
1T behooves every citizen OF thi
Republic 10 consider what his shar
81 this 325 million dollars OF tax wi
10 II It Is wiped out BY national pr
hibitiou."
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WHO PUT THAT
CAN IN KANSAS ?
[Omaha CNeb) Protector.I

TOmaha CNeb) Protector
Kansas has had prohibition since
1880. There were 795 persons en-
gagged in the liquor business in the
Angel State" last year, including
551 wholesalers. For moonshine
and bootlegger figures. apply at
dry" headquarters.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

IN aosoure cure - guaranteed IN
worst cases Of Bronchitis or Throat
Trouble il Nilks' Emulsion is used. A
large bottle cAs b bought Of your
druggist for 50 csnts and the purchase
price will be retr-ned IL YOU are %
6nfio6od with the rese.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02
OR HIS ITCHING PALM
New York American. ]

NEW 1Ork AmeIICdnJ
Even if Mr.. Bryan did receive the
support of the breweries, he probably
never let his right eye know what his
left eye was looking it.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

combined industries now hold fifth
place among the great manufacturing
trades of our country. And yet we
have men and women Of alleged moral
ity and mentality advocating the de
struction of this enormous industry
without compensation of any kind
whatever. The iniquity OF this con-
fiscation or destruction without due
compensation is beginning TO dawn
upon the people of the United States
AS before stated, the Federal ana
State taxes collected from the liquor
industry aggregate 1925, 900 year.
From the time the first tax was i'm
posed on spirituous and malt liquors.
every man, woman and child in the
United States has participated in the
benefit from this tax. The Federal
taxes from this industry amount TO
one-third of the governments total
revenue. Had all Of these enormous
taxes been placed upon other occupa-
tons and other articles of daily use
in the life of our people, every man,
woman and child, from the first impo-
sition of these taxes, would have had
TO pay an increased tax for some, and.
indeed, for many of their daily require
ments OF food, raiment and other
necessities.
What Prohibition Does.
Prohibition is responsible for
'moonshining, 'bootlegging,' and other
evils. Ii substitutes harmful liquor for
pure goods Prohibition, therefore,
does two things to which reputable
dealers object-it renders the business
illegal and destroys the market for al
but the poorest grades of goods.
"'Oh!' says the prohibitiOnist If we
had national prohibition there could be
none made, and there would be nc
liquor to ship from a wet to a dry
state
'The answer to this is found in the
number of Illicit stills destroyed by
the Internal Revenue Department il
prohibition states. When people car
not buy liquor, they will make it, and
it is not difficult to make. We have the
family or kitchen barroom IN Maine
and Kansas and other dry states. Tn
der national prohibition we would have
the kitchen brewery or distillery il
millions of homes. The products o.
these home efforts would be crude anC
perhaps unsanitary, but they would bt
made and used
License regulation and control il
the sale of liquors, self-restraint anC
temperance in their use, constitute the
! true solution of an unduly magnifeC
! problem.
The sober, second thought of thu
American people is beginning to asser
itself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-02
TALLADEGA AFTER
 ATTENDANCE CUP
Manager Garrett Has Team in Good Shape for Open
 ing Tomorrow

Talladega, May 1.-(Special)-Th Geor- gia-Alabama league opens tomorrow and Talladega is going after the attendance trophy that President Dick Jemison is of fering for the largest crowd. Although Talladega opens up in Anniston they will be back here Monday. All the stores will close and observe a half holiday on that day, and there will be gala galore Strong rivalry exists between six cities and all are making strong bid for the hen ors.
 The Tigers, under the management of Tige Garrett, will present strong line up against Anniston in the initial game Tige has had his husky warriors under hard work for two weeks and they are in fine shape. He has been having a hard time in his pitching staff,. Prac- tically all are new and youngsters with the exception of Sanford, who was with him last year. His infield is composed of a fast bunch of fielders and hitters, while his outfield is the same. Tige says you can depend on him for a winning club this season, and all the fans are boost- ing and going to support him.
 The lineup against Anniston Wednes- day probably will be- Gooch, catcher; Sanford, pitcher; Garrett. first base; koe- nig second base; Marion, shortstop; Bradley, third base; Camp. right field; Jackson, center field, and Clapp, left field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-02
CATARRH A BLOOD DISEASE
Drive It From Your System

Because Catarrh affects the nose and throat, causing sores in the nostrils stoppage of air passages and gathering in the throat, 1t has been common prac- tice to treat Catarrh with salves, wash es and sprays applied to these parts. This mode of treatment cannot give per- manent relief, and is liable to aggra- vate the trouble. Catarrh cannot be trifled with. If allowed to run on it will disease the bronchial tubes, settle on the lungs and affect the stomach indeed it is a very seiious disease Don't treat it locally, The one treatment that has proven effective in the treatment of Catarrh is S. s. S.. the greatest blood purifier and blood tonic known. It re- iieves the cause of Catarrh by renour- ishing the blood, renewing its vigor, giving new life to the red blood corpus cles and stimulating the flow so that 1t has the vitality to throw off the poison and germs from the system. It Is lit erally blood bath. You quickly feel results. Headaches disappear, the gath ering in the throat stops, the nostrils heal $. S. $. is natural blood tonic and has proven effective in the treat ment of ali blood affections. Eczema. letters, rash. scrofula. Get 8. S. s. at your druggists If you need expert ad ' vice, write the swixt Specific Co, Att lanta. Ga