Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-27
 THE LAND OF THE BEST.
American People Have a Country of Unparalleled Beauties and Wond.rfuI Resources
Especial to The Eulletin.)


 l, Wa shington. D. c, an. 26. How peculiarly blcst are t:Ie American peo- pie not only in that they have been spared the horrors of the great war
 now devastating, most of Europe, but in the wonderful resources and un- paralleled beauties of the country it.
 self is strikingIy set forth in a com munication to the National Geogra phic society from it's director and editor,
 Gilbert H. Grosvenor. A part of the from the society's Washington head
 quarters. says:
 Rarely has there been afforded a
 i oro impressive illustration of the
 statement. that it pays to advertise than is to be found in the story of the endless stream of tourists hastening to Europe during the several decades be- fore the great war.
 The appeal of the art treasures and associations of the old world, which is the original home of all Americans. is really not sufficient explanation of the fact that until last year 100 American tourists were crossing the Atlantic to one American tourist who crossed the United States. The delightful litera- ture which the European travel bu- reaus and steamship companies placed at our disposal so ,whetted our appe- tfte for q view of the lakes of Ireland and Scotland of the castles on the Rhine md Danube, of the scenes made famous by Shakespeare, Dickens, Vic tor Hugo and Goethe that we turned our backs upon scenery more beauti- fuI, wild flower gardens and forests ncomparably finer. mountains more superb. and lakes more radiant than any to be seen in the lands across the Atlantic
 Tt is true that one finds more anci-nt culture in Europe. It is also true that he finds more splendid archi- lecture. And likewise it is true that he finds there better art; for before f7f.N fo1,a nations Europe had castles and cathe- drals and masterpieces of art and
 "But Tn that architecture which is voiced in the glorious temples of the sequoia grove and in the castles of the Grand Canyon,.sin that art which Is in American lake, which is painted in geyser basins and frescoed upon the sidewalks of the mightiest canyons, there is majesty and an appeal that the mere handiwork of mensn splendid though it may be, can never rival. -5.... 7 Nor is, our country lacking in hal lowed and historic spots. Is Waterloo, l where Napoleons. star of empire set forever, any more sacred to the Amer ican heart than Appomattox. where a | new nation was born out of the throes | ofl internecine strife? Are Austerlitz l and Wagram. with their high tides of 1 the French empire of soil. more sacred l OF. atmosphere more hallowed than I Valley Forge and Gettysburg. Ply mouth Rock. Independence Iall and A1t Vernon? Does London. or Paris | or Berlin contain more of inspiration to l IS. as people than Washington, thej 1ation's capital?
 nWe have wandered faF to find the I picturesque and the magnificent. and | vef 1t is not entirely provincial pt-1os- I ,phy which says that New York is in | many wavsz the most wonderful, the | most striking, and the most interesting | if all cities of the earth: neither is ii | ,nly the voice of the man who has iever seen other shores that pro- iounces Yellowstone Park the most |