The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-04
What | Saw In America
BY RALPH u. BLuMENFEfD
Editor Of The London Express


England 10 two years: by which I
mean that ! drank tho normal
amount averaged by prohibited
Americans today. They do not
necessarily car 20 drink spirits at
every meal. but their outraged
scnso OF having befn forced into
prohibition imprls them 10 d. -
u only Tor the sake Of protest.
Fifteen years ago the rural roads
Of America were dungmircs. The
horses sank 10 the hooks and
deeper In perpetual mud Today
you 10 nuy'Where over wonderful
concrete roads miles and miles o.
them on sundays the roads
~rad'ating from N, great towns are
packed with motor vehicles going
n cunning. Country clubs every
where, Country houses. Jacobean.
Eiizalrthan. Queen Anne. Georg-
ian, Hennissance. chatcaux. copied
with treasures gnrncred IN Europa
By indefatieahi bile agents Ram
rhncklc frame built Villages set he
tween golf links with sporting
greens but ras not quite like
The grass % old England. These
are the surroundings of the rrcat
cit.c.
Dnrs Her Own Hork
In New York the suburbs nro
vast aereaRea OF fine flats fapar-
ments there; you must not cali
anything that has n LIT q flau.
win ralatial entrances marble
halls. and team heat. The SER
wants are called 'helpz' and cost
on an average 3 pounds "a week
with most nights a In the
majority OF apartments the house
wife does hor own work with the
aid of electric cookers and
NacuIm cleaners. ..
thicaec.-A city OF several mil
lions Of people on the borders OF
Lake MichiEan. a great fresh.
water zen on which ply Immense
steamships ~ big No = liners
The Drake House. perhaps the
most deliberately magnificent hotel
In h world with the surf roaring
NJ 20 the dining room Window.
Michigan boulevard. uncguailed In
Paris with n packed mass Of ~
TO- hmousincs rolling necessarily
an and down; Statc-street crowded
with people whose fnces say Pn-
land. Rumania, ftaiy Turkey. ana
Frldom any other "a cinemn paiace
like an italian opera house. hacked
with 1000 people al ~ n NJ over
head trains ana uuder.sround
Daily papers In every con9eivnhla
tongue clubs as fine a. in London
and slumS far worse. with u negro
problem that forotcils future dlffi.
Guilty.
The Great Wet" Tonic
hfluaukuf-A city on take
michigan Niih 300 zoe people. an
prosperous ana busy ana ali own
INK metof-rers. with homes. mile
on mile. like paiarns; with broad
avenues ana statues ana art gai.
lprica aud enormous Hhops ytainu
Harfoer and saifridacs. uftls
world u prosperity Ia ITSELF
tncted away IN the northwest. u
Thousand miles from Tho sea.
kuu~inK htiip of Eurepc and less
SHOWN by Europe. Topic OF CON
Nerratinni p~rohihition.
indeed. wherever you 20. IN tho
clubs in The trains IN the Tween
tisih Century express which whiris
you from Chicago 10 New York
on the magic carpet In ~ hours.
o. negro porter fhr TRAVELLING
magnatc ami the society dame IN
discuss their sncc,ssr In having OBJ
thined n fresh supply Of Illegal in
t~oNicants
Thers b. just one other subject
that i%ntsresta Americans n b. nor
the league ~ naiions 90 who won
tho waf en- whether yreinnd "A
righ' IN trying 60 b. a republic
They ARE ~cNcouasnely we'll infnrm
"a ty their wondorfuliy alert and
finely conducted press. The,
nov an about the Prince ~
Waiea and like him immensely.
and they wcff deeply interested In
Princes Ntrt's wedding.
Want GO = Iin3d Ccuree
hut the ono thing beyond pro.
hibiiion, that engages and intrleues
tho nroat Ameriran public. one
hundred millions Of n - the per.
snnaliiy Of Mr.. Lloyd Oeoroe.
Everywhere I met thcsr CUES
lions; tWhaf ~ he llkaf IL ne q,
enerEptic a. they sny he isf VIVA
does he think Of I'M crazy drini
iaws1 why didn't he come a
Amerieag WIN he comet Isn't NJ