The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-07
c. Wells Comedies Everything--in echo-Slovakia

the native diplomats on that point. What
if they hadn't read "Mr Britling" or THE
Undying Fire"2 They knew the condiments
of an English breakfast-and their roast
goose was delicious! Furthermore sne Presi-
dents ministers and secretaries were quite
ready to accept Mr.. Wells on our sayso. And
lad not the New York newspapers called
him "the most interesting man in contem-
porary England? What followed there
fore, was the logical sequence to this logical
reasoning; Diplomatic Prague, after the
lead of President Masaryk, took H. q. to it's
bosom.
So he motored, and he lectured and he
dined. And he dined. and he lectured and he
motored. And when he wasn't motoring or
lecturing he was visiting libraries 500 years
old or else enjoying delightfully."- agrees
sve punch with us as guests of the Ameri-
can anti-prohibition Minister, Mr.. Crane in
the gardens of his 100000 kronn palace.
Or else he was dining again. For. you must
know, dining in Czecho- Slovakia Is he civic
pastime to make the clock go round. Five
hours are allotted to it at the start--one for
breakfast, two for luncheon and two for
dinner. Then there are after breakfayt break
fasts, after luncheon luncheons-and half a
score of after dinner dinners. Tho dining
pastime proved a great help TO our hosts
when they found a slack hour i'm our pro-
gramme they would take us out and intro
duce us to now res aIrant. L Ike golf, il is
a charming way of passing ones odd mo-
ments
But do not get the idea that Mr. Weiss
study of Czecho-Slovakia was devoted ex-
clusively to the new republics culinary
achievoments-on the contrary that is but
one of the many serious subjects that re-
ceived his attention. Take Pisner. for in
stance Pilsner historical city, not too far
from Prague, IS famed for it's castles and it's
dry climate The Czech press had reported
the arrival OF the visitors from far away
and Pilsner was following our moNements
with close attention. Finally as we couldn't
go to Pilsner. Pisner came to u.s. And for
the major part of our three weeks n Prague
Pilsner was our faithful companion.
Like the entire Czecho- Slovakian nation.
Pilsner IS essentially good mixer. Demo-
crat as Pilsner is, however. this certain trait
demands acknowledge t; one never finds
Pilsner so congenal as in the company of
roast goose. That was Mr.. Wells's opinion
and we agreed with Mr.. Wells.
Agreeing with Mr.. Wells was a abit we
acquired early In the trip. II was stlrted by
the English We Americans had some
doubts about the proprety of it-at the
start. Agreeing with anybody seemed en-
tirely too European-and we failed TO see
why we should agree with man we were all
uncertainty upset the British correspondents
"One does I'm London" they expostulated
So. as IL was getting near dinner time, we
captulated
But Mr.. Wells Is not person to be agreed
with easily. lie agrees with one entirely
too much. Try as we would to find some
thing on which we could agree with him it
was well nigh impossible. Somehow or other
Il Always turned out to be Mr.. Wells who
did the agreeing. lie agreed that Czecho-
SlovalSia was a nation of much promise He
agreed that u was a little short of amazing
the extraordinary respect the natives had
for their President suggestion that Eng
land and America should do some hing to
help this new republic found him equally in
accord
Nor ala things improve any whom the time
came for Mr.. Wells TO return TO London.
We were grouped around him In he lobby
Of the Hotel Passage Mr. Wells was direct
Ing baggage porters with ono hand and bid
ding us good-by with the other.
We'll" observed n London journalist, Sit
has been an extraordinary three weeks
really. don't you think so, Mr.. Weas7"
And Mr.. Wells agreed