Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-26

The east and the west met on the
veranda Of the Georgian Terrace hote1
Tuesday. morning in the persons OF
John H. Atwood, distinguished law
yer of Kansas City, and Robert L
O'Brien, brilliant editor of the Bos.
ton Herald.
They agreed on number OF
things, including the superiority OF
Atlanta to many other cities; the
weather; the great work being done
at the Scottish Rite Crippled Chill.
dren's home. They disagreed as tc
raiment in which Mr.. Atwood SHOULD
be attired when he speaks at the
Henry W. Grady memorial services
and then took Forrest Adair's limou
sine to see what they could see il
and around the Georgia capital.
To be perfectly accurate, the 'eas
and west, phrase cannot be taker
in Phillipston, Mass, and Mr.. O'Brier
in Arlington, of the same state. Bott
went to Harvard and then one wen1
to the west and the other remained
east.
But to all intents and purposes the
two Tuesday morning typified the
east and the west in perfect form
Mr.. Atwood, a man of large build
vigorous in speech, and radiating
the activity one associates with the
great west; Mr.. O'Brien, precise ii
diction, analytical in thought, Bos'
ton, through and through. Both OF
them opposite types, yet as likable
as any Georgia crackers, and giving
the impression that they are mer
c.ti - RI
great things for their nation; each
as ready as a flash to pay tribute
to the other,s even at his own ex-
pense. Which generosity is char
aoteristiV WAT Gf P awh %e7 Who" Says
"Who's Who in America has the follow
ing, to say of the visitors:
Atwood, John Harrison, lawyer; b.
Phillipstown, Mass; s. Andrew and Mary
Emma (Holden) A.; student Harvard,
of Arlington, Mass. In practice at Leaven-
worth, Kan, 1SS4-19OS, Karsas City, Mo,
since 1905; ST. member Atwood, Wicker
pora tons cot. ttE., LeavenWorth Co, Kan,
1862; Dem. candidate for congress, 1892
del; at large Dem; Nat. cows, 1896. 1900,
1908; Kan. mem. Dem. Nat. COM. 1904 90,
and cham. of speakers bureau in charge
Western hdqrs. Chicago, campaign, 1908.
Sent on spl mission to Europe, summer,
1918; in Eng. and France. Aug.-Dec.; ira
yersed entire western battle front; spl. asst.
atty. gen. in prosecution of meat packers,
speeches. Clubs, Chamber of Commerce
Midday, Harvard, Kansas City Athletic.
Home; St: Regis hotel. office, Commerce
building. Kansas City. Mo-
"O'Brien, Robert Lincoln, editor; b., Abb
ington, Mass, Sept. IA, 1865; S. Patrick and
Lydia Fl. Dunham) o.; A. B., Harvard
n. H., Feb. 10, 1895. Personal sec. Grove!
Cleveland from his nomination in 1892 till
Nov, 1916; Washington corr. Boston Trans
cript, IS95-1906, editor same. Apr. l, 1906
Nov. l. 1910; president and dir. Boston Pub.
Co., pubs morning and Sunday Herald and
dependent in politics. Clubs: Gridiror
GWasfdrgtonl; Merchants, Union (B9stonl.
Praises Forrest Adair
Neither of the visitors was inclined
to talk much about himself. Mr.. At
wood paid eloquent and enthusiastic
tribute to Forrest Adair and to the
Scottish Rite Crippled Children's
Home.
There's a citizen for you" he
said And there's a great work To
my mind this work for the. crippled
children should be subordinate to
"There's Forrest Adair, who will
shut his desk and go out and work
for these children any time. You
ought to be proud of him. l tell you
there are not many like him any
where. And the dentists and the
doctors, who give their services free,
and the barber who gives the home
his Sunday, his only day of rest
III bet you. don't even know his
name, but he's a real servant of hui
manity.
''There's nothing more important
than the work of these children and
you ought to be prouder of an in
stitution like that and a man like
Forrest Adair than anything else
you've got.''
Mr.. Atwood visited the crippled
children Monday in company with
Mr.. Adair and apparently was more
impressed than with anything he
saw on his special mission to the
European battlefronts.
This mission to the European bat
t1efront in the interest of the air
service, was, by the way, productive
of splendid results for America, as
was his investigation of the packers
Another splendid achievement of Mr.
Atwood has been his work in reduc-
ing the high cost of living on the Pa
cifc coast. work in which he has
been wonderfully successful.
Likes Traffic System
Mr.. O'Brien, who is in Atlanta for
the first time in twenty-five years
thinks Atlantas traffic regulations
superior to those of other cities. He
commented enthusiastically on the
lack of congestion and the large
number of automobiles. He compli-
mented the merchants on their
stores and the city generally on the
scarcity of signs Of business depres-
sion.
Il believe" said Mr. O'Brien, that
population is going to move south
ward. Many factors will contribute
to this, including the high price Of
coal. Your weather Is such that
the coal consumption is far less here
than in the east and the modern in
ventions to destroy heat are dis.
polling the idea that it is impossi-
BILE to live in the south. I believe
that the south will find great in