Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

gage and find your room by asking the
chamber maid or lift man and you
pay the price per day. ono day or a
million and II you want r. double bed
you pay double price. and II you pay
a week in advance the maid calls you
early in the morning of the day on
which you should pay and says Are
YOU staying tonight7' They neglect
the weekly in advance guest for they
are stinEy with towels and linen but
the man who pays by the day gets
clean towels and linen every day. The
rooms are small built for utility and
Just sleeping in. One chair. a wash
bowl and pitcher. . drcsHer and about
three hooks for all your clothes. but
plenty of hot water In public bath
room so a man paying six shiliinEs
day can get on with comfort II he can
1.-Two without heat. The only time you
are ever warm Is In . hot bath. In
Melbourne I was fortunate enough to
find n friend who could give me the
privileges OF the Commercial Travellers
club. fine new cight-story building
with steam heat. whcrc 1 could read
write and get good meals tho an hon
orable" members may not have a room.
These Australian cousins arc most
hosp!;abie to Americans tho now and
again I md one who thinks America
~ petbuhe the uiu mol eTNsr
the league of nations but l am sure
those are becoming scarccr as the
workings OF tho league are being
tested. Only here and there md one
who believes Bri,on and the United
state. viii ever hight each other.
some over here. When in New Zea-
land a special session of Parliament
WAS called to send their Premier Mr..
Massey to London Conference and a
few days after my arrival there this
Commonwealth Parliament was called.
whose first business WAS to send their
Premier Little Billy Hughes" as he II
lovingly called by his admirers to that
conference. Though small man ply
sically he is not small in vision or
politics and few know better than he
tho valu. of printers ink nor few can
spend the peoples money more Lavish
ly. as evidenced by him cabling tDS
words TO London after he had made al
most tnc same speech mt least twice
before. Like all politicians he believes
in taking care OF his friends and 4.
forever creating new places and new
Royal Commissions at big salaries t.
inquire into all iifcs activities. Tho
always advocating ccC\pny. he spends
with lavish hand. as 80 all AustTal-
isrs. Although the papers are telling
day by day Of the enormous debt ara
Its growth and constant weekly and
monthly deficits in all governmental
md mos, individual activities. tnc
banks refusing to extend credits and
the constant depreciation Of all thugs
for export. the Saturnalis' of spcndins
goes mcrrily on. Picture shows Of
which there are hundreds are crowd
cd afternoons and II you want seat
at tho evening shows you must rcs.r 70
ahead and pay from one and onc-half
shiilings to three shiiiinEe To- a much
poorer performance than whn; have
seen in America for 15c and nt the
races a scat in the grand stand costs
eleven rhillinrs with an extra three
ehillinEs to get to the sta tlcE. facing
of course. is the national sport with
cricket n very close second. Bsrins
here IL real science and to the i1y-
man seems to l.. On tho slusrc--ary
dishonesty discovered IN owner or
Jockey means expulsion and everlast-
or punishment ;ha, could be pisen an
Australian. I have Lad great pleasure
at their race meess. There are four
or fve races In An afternoon. thirty
to forty-fve Srnirutes apart and they
arc on time 10 within three minutes
Tho seldom less than nine starters and
often there arc twenty or more and
only once have I seen start where
ono vas loft at tho post. usually all In
p bunch and many oS 'horu ruin nearly
tho whole distance within three
lengths and tho finish neck or nose.
I have seen as many as 5000 people
on tho grounds at ono Of their meet
ings and there have been more than
two meetings y week within twenty
miles Of Melbourne since I have been
here and tho money 'hs, changes is
enormous often "a much as Eio.o00 on
single race and the total amount at
meeting IN to- Esn.ofn. Cricket as I
said is close second with football
and tennis having their votsries. Th"
Australian rricketera are now In Eng
p nd aud the rshioH Hrr burned daiiy
ri'h tho details 81 the play iiaNr seen
a. many as thIee solumns In the daily