The New York herald., 1922-06-25

ing in the world but English jeal-
ousy, is Mr.. Leacock's sweeping
summing up of the situation. The
English got into the union with the
Scotch in 1907 and they can't get
out. ''The Scotch don't want home
rule. or Swa Raj, or Dominion
status, or anything; they just want
the English. When they want
money they go to London and make
it; when they want literary fame
they sell their books to the English,
and to prevent any kind of political
trouble they take care to keep the
Cabinet well filed with Scotchmen.
The English for shame's sake can't
get out Of the union, so they retail
ate by saying that the Scotch have
no sense of humor."
MR.. LEACOCK contrasts English
A'A and American Journalism,
and finds neither better than the
other, just different. "The English
newspaper" he says, "is designed to
be read quietly, propped up against
the sugar bowl of man eating a
slow breakfast in quiet corner of
club, or by retired banker seated
in a leather chair nearly asleep
1--WE take it that Mr.. Leacock means
the banker, not the chair), or by
country vicar sitting in a wicker
chair under pergola. The Ameri-
can paper is for reading by a man
hanging on the straps of clatter-
ing subway express, by a man eat
ing at lunch counter, by a man
standing on one leg, by man get
ting a two minute shave or by a
man about to have his teeth drawn
by dentist" In other words the
difference is in atmosphere. In
America, he says, I'VE love such
words as 'gunmen' and Joy ride
and death cell'; in England they
prefer person of doubtful char
aeter,' and motor travelling at ex-
cessive speed and corridor No. g.
We call a murderer thug or a
'gunman' or 'yeggman.' In Eng
land they simply call him the ac-
cused. who is a grocer's assistant
in Houndsditch.'"
MI R. LEONARD MERRICK'S de-
A'A lightful Bohemian Tricotrin
once spent a day in London and
later waxed eloquent in describing
the marvels of the city. AS a mat
ter OF fact he saw nothing whatever.
arriving in a fog and spending the
entire day with a French lady in
French restaurant. There are
whimsical bits in Mr.. Leacock's
chapter, Impressions of London"
that recall Tricotrin's day in Lon
don. He has reached the West
minister Station of the underground
railway. "This station and the next
above it, the Charing Cross one, are
connected by wide thoroughfare
called Whitehall. One of the best
American drug stores is here stu
ated. The upper end of Whitehall
opens upon the majestic and spa
cious Trafalgar Square. Here are
grouped in imposing proximity the
offices of the Canadian Pacific and
ether railways, the International
Sleeping Car Company, the Mont
real Star and the Anglo-Duteh
Bank. Two of the best American
barber shops are conveniently
grouped near the square, while the
existence of a tall stone monument
in the middle of the square itself
enables the American visitor to find
them without difficulty. A
little further on one finds ones self
in the heart of financial London.
Here are all the great financial in
stitutions of America-the First
National Bank of Milwaukee, the
Planters National Bank of ST. Louis
The Bank of England,
which acts as the London agent of
the Montana Farmers Trust Com
pany, and the London County Bank,