The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-12
BRITISH RESERVE
MELTING AWAY
Traditional Aloofness Has
Received Serious
Jolt


LONDON, oct. 1i-Tho war or
Homelhilg has made o. difference
ln England The old time reserve.
som, OF the prc-war "tmlduy."
hus been shakon out Of England
people.
Tho war was followed hy prom
iacH " o. new world and further
Generalization of these light little
Wlau These promises wcrc fol-
lowed by many printed assertions
that the nation which wordcd ~ o
family high and low. side by eide.
Doc Time uf need, was rplapsing into
it' old class diHinctions- that
'huWmi ROSS had been wiped from
the shtc
First. the now brotherhood or
man wps discussed on the platform
and iu the press. And then. In tho
prNs. EiIlalus presumed failure 90
live TN" lessons ~ war ~ peace
time came in for a round thump-
inR at the hands of persons who
snw "a return 10 the old iron clad
reserve.
The publicists ~ Fleet street and
adjacent territory haven't observed
~ the tlgus. Perhaps the signs
aren't ~ an visible to an English
man. To uu American who has
soon England iu both periods and.
" both instances. seen not merely
tho downtown life but tho home
ne us wcu, there are unmiBtakablc
signs that John Run has retained a
sizonhlc portion of tho spirit OF
comrradcship ho learned IN four
bitter years,
Tho other day q parsonage of
some Importance, distinctly a some
body. had bool selected to unvoil
o war memoriHl iu an English vii
ilgo. lie fell ill Tho village dust
fighting man, with three or four
ribbons. was selected instead Of tNc
titled pCrsonago. n couldn't have
happened q little while ago Such
thi lgs were done during tho war,
obviously but not before. And II
the haCkslidiug Of Britain had been
az bad us some contondcd, II
couldn't happen in pcacetime.
Reserve Breaks Gradually.
Tho other day ! attended a gar
den party ~ a district where I had
lived nearby four years ago. In
those days. In tho last year Of the
war. miladv and her maid were fire.
quoutly found side by side In some
sort Of war work, But In that neigh
borhood. with few exceptions. tho
residents were shut ~ alright com
partmonts. Each family about
sccmed to know" half-,lozcn
others and no more. There was an
air Of typical British reserve about
their relations.
But this garden party stated AT
2:SO with children's games, a
veritahl" riot, with all the grow1
ups on the side lines. and many
competing. and continued straight
| through to 1880 next morning
| when the lights had to he ur1ed
| oNt TO drive the guests home. The
| feature Of tho evening was a fancy
dre0s dance, and It was. fisurativ,el!
| speaking, as giddy as the bis
bust" OF tho year might be In Q
western university
Tho well known AID much carl
! CaturCd mpartmented' English
man was not among those present
Aloofncss Jolted.
-Four years ago family moved
1 into this ueighborhood and after Q
wear very nearly sold their home
/ because in that time they had moi
| met "A single neighbor. Today the,
are the center Of any party. anC
| newcomers 10 the uc!ghborhOod ar,
voted into everything with almos
! the spoutaneity aud enthusiasm e
] be found at an Elks' convention.
Something has happened to Eng
land. This is an isolated instance
! I cite u because II IL tho one
/ know best. II may be exaggerated
not applicable over the entire coun
| try. but many signs show that /
cannot be any great eNaggeration.
Fancy the cannv Scot calling tn
Yankee Rotarian by his first nam'
| In tho good old pre-war days. /
wouldn't have been done. don't yol
know, and during the war even |
would not have been done with an,
convincing spontaneity. no matte
/ how strongly the department of in
formation recommended open-hand
ed friendllness to the American
cousins AS an act OF deft propa
ganda. But 1t was done at Edln
kburg.
The signs are too many for re
counting. Leave IL at this Some
thing Is Jolting England and tn
! English from their one-tlmo aloot
ness. II is perhaps only n small ne
ginning, but beginning II Is.
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