The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-01

merely upon a pleasure seeking trip,
under nc conditions would | take the
trip that / have outlined to you. We
were late leaving the States, and the
climate has been exceedingly cool.
think it was only one day, at Sorrento,
fthat ! have not used or worn an over
lcoat.
Just to go back for a day or two.
forgot to say that one of my most
pleasant two or three days was spent
at Eidenburgh, Scotland. | did not feel
that | could return without having
seen something of the land of my
~forefathers, so | made a hasty trip of
two days to Edinburgh, and / must
say that | was a~greeably surprised in
every condition that confronted me.
The fine agricultural section, fine
shops, good hotels, a fine people, and
no drunkenness as ] had anticipated.
In summing up these travels, the
English people impress me most.
Their solidity and their stolidity i'm
press me very much. Their great pub
lie buildings, their great Fairgrounds,
their n Of doing things, impress
me. The French are a home-loving
people. They seem to be content with
their life, a much greater part being
given to agriculture thar that of Eng
land. | cannot help but think
that France some day will become a
pawn for nations as Constantinople is
today and while she can be overpow-
cred, | do not believe that she can be
whipped. You cannot whip a home
people. Germany strikes me
more as a perfect machine, with ev-
erything done just as dictated by
some higher authority, and with but
little individualism expressed. Ger
many will be stronger in thirty years
than has ever been in the past, and we
can only hope that she will not turn
that perfect system to civil rather
than to war-like preparations. The
Italian evidently loves his country
and his soil. | do not think that he
can ever take his place as France or
England or Germany or the United
States or Canada will. in the worlds
advancement. Czecho is a wonderful
country, and l believe. will be the
first of the Central European States
to rebuild itself. We wonder, in u
country, at the habits and the customs
pof these people, especially. as to their
wine-drinking habits. ] am very frank
to say that anyone coming here, see
ing the conditions, and seeing their
habits, would no longer criticize. /
feel that neither myself or anyone
else has the right to criticize the local
habits Of a nation. The English are
a tea-drinking people. You get up in
the morning and 1t is tea; again at
LUNCH. about 1880 p. m. Tea gain about
500 o'clock. Dinner about 1880 p. m.
/ believe that in all their national
habits here it is a climatic influence,
demanding something stimulating all
the time. | find NJ drunkenness. |
find That q great many Of the cities
and towns have not thought or given
any SPECIAL attention to the purity OF
theis water systems, and with their
vineyards, a great many Of which are
a soil that would not grow anything
else. producing their wine, 1t is what
they enjoy, and, from my own obser-
walton. it has exceedingly little alco-
hol.
left home at the time | did that /
might avoid our elections. While on
the Continent I could get Paris edi-
tons of the Chicago Tribune" and
the New York Daily Herald" and
through them I kept up fairly well
with the conditions at home. But
since my arrival back in London /
have seer nothing but the local pa
pers, which are filled with their own