The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03

I always throw those kind OF let
tiers in the waste basket and for
fet about them
do you notice any marked diff
ference between the attitude Of
people in England. and those in
America to the dry movement?
asked the reporter.
England Strong On @Rights.'
Eyes, indeed" came the answer.
I'm England one hears more OF the
personal liberty stuff 1t is an
individual thing with the English
man. He thinks of his right as he
puts it, to drink when and what
and where he pieases. Over there
the crowds 'hecAle' me when /
make a public address. but that is
their way with every speaker.
I'm the United States the masses
of the people look at this matter OF
prohibition from a social or col
lective standpoint. There is more
of a willingness on this side to up
hold prohibition for the sake Of the
good it achieves for the other fell
low-for society at large"
Very approachable and domestic
is "Pussyfoot," and genial withal.
He wears a glass eye to replace
the one he lost when he was
mobbed in England, and it is very
good match A stocky, heavily
built man, there is nothing about
his appearance to remotely suggest
that he is one of the international
characters on the prohibition plat
form.
He makes use Of but few tricks
Of the orator, speaking straightfor-
wardly and bluntly without appar-
emily aiming at rhetorical effect.
Some people fancy that he is an
Englishman or a Scotchman with
out exactly knowing why. AS a
matter of fact, he was born in New
York, and his present home (when
he is home, which is seldom) is
Westerville, not far from Column
bus, Ohio.
He arrived in Rock Island Sat
urday night, coming direct from
GAINESVILLE, Wis. From here he goes
TO Rockford, Aurora and Chicago.
afterward covering four or five
states to the north and east.
He spoke on the general subject
of prohibition in the First Method
list church yesterday morning, ad-
dressing a congregation of 500 at
the 10:45 o'clock service, and
speaking at Augustana gymnasium
at 2:30 O'Clock in the afternoon, be-
fore proceeding to Moline for his
evening address.
81 wouldn't trade the friendships
l have formed on account of hav-
ing lost my eye in a melee in Lon
don, England, for whole basket
full of eyes," "Pussyfoot" Johnson
told an audience of 1000 in Angus
tana gymnasium yesterday after
noon, where he delivered an ad-
dress on The New India" under
the auspices of the World League
Against Alcohol.
He told OF the episode, by re
quest, after he had concluded his
scheduled address, saying, 81 don't
care to talk about it. The occasion
was a debate in which 1 was to
take part before the Overseas club
in Essex hall, which a thousand
students from the University of
London succeeded in breaking i
up, probably thinking their act
would advance the interests of civ
gs iliGation.
They broke it up, all right. but
the affair got beyond their control.
A typical London mob formed, the
streets became congested and traf-
fic was at a standstill for two
hours. In the midst of the excite
ment someone threw a rock and as
result I lost one of my eyes. But
/ don't feel as if I've lest any
thing. 1 owe a great deal to those
students and to the party who
threw the rock. 1t made a lot OF
friends for the cause and for me,