The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-01
COLD RESERVE LOSES GROUND
 IN ENGLAND
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England. The old-time reserve Of the pre-war "timidity," has been shaken oue of Englands people.
 The war was followed by promises of new world and further democra tization of these tight little islands. These promises were followed by many printed assertions that the na. tion which worked as family high and low side by side, in time of need. was relapsing into it's old class distinc- tions that chumminess had been wiped from the slate.
 First, the new brotherhood of man was discussed on the platform and in the press. And then, in the press. Britains presumed failure to lice the lessons of war in peacetime came in for round humping at the hands of persons who saw a return to the old iron-clad reserve.
 The publicists of Fleet street and adjacent territory haven't observed all the signs. Perhaps the signs aren't at ,al visible to an Englishman. To an American who has seen England in both periods and in both instances. seen not merely the downtown life but the home life as we'll there are unmistakable signs that John Bull has retained sizeable portion of the spirit of comradeship he learned in four bit ter years.
 The other day a parsonage of some importance, distinctly a somebody, had been selected to unveil a war memo rial in an English village. He fell i'll. The village dustman, corporal and first rate fighting man, with three or four ribbons, was selected instead of the titled parsonage. It couldn't have happened a little while ago. Such things were done during the war, ob- yiously, but not before. And if the back k-sliding of Britain had been as bad as some have contended 1t couldn't happen in peaCetime.
 RESERVE BREAKS GRADUALLY
 The other day I attended a garden party in a district where I had lived in the last year of the war, milady and her maid were frequently found side by side in some sort of war work. But in that neighborhood, with few exceptions, the residents were shut in airtight compartments Each fam lily about seemed to know" a half. dozen others and no more. There was an air of typical British reserve about their relations.
 But this garden party started at 2:3O with children's games. veri- table riot, with all the Grown-ups on the side lines, and many competing. and continued straight through to 80 next morning. when the lights had to | be turned out to drive the guests home. The feature of the evening was fancy-dress dance, and it was. fig uratively speaking, as giddy as the big bust" of the year might be in a western university.
 The wellknown and much carica- tured "compartmented" Englishman was not among those present.
 ALooFNEss JoLTED
 Four years ago a family moved into this neighborhood and after a year very nearly sold their home be- cause in that time they had not met a single neighbor. Today they are the center of any party, and newcomers to the neighborhood are voted into | everything with almost the spon-
 jHty and enthusiasm to be found at an Elks' convention.
 Something has happened to Eng land, This is an isolated instance. cite it because it is the one I know ! best It may he an exaggeration. not applicable over the entire country. | But many signs show that it cannot be any great exaggeration.
 Fancy the canny Scot calling the | Yankee Rotarian by his front name in the good old pre-war days. It wouldn't have been don't, don't you | know; and during the war even 1t would not have been dine with any convincing spontaniety, no matter how strongly the department of in formation recommended open.handed friendliness to the American cousins as an act of delft propaganda. But it was done at Endinburgh
 The signs are too many for recount 1 ing Leave 1t at this: Something Is