The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-30

United States one should come home | with two great facts nxed securely in his mind, first. that with all its faults | the United States. is about the best | little country in the world to live in,
 and, second. that the American peo- pie should be kind and generous in
 both spirit and pockebboo to the l people of foreign nations who are l not so fortunate." said Professor William Lyons Phelps at the conclu- sion of his extremely interesting ad-
 dress on Thirteen Thousand Miles Across the West" delivered last
 night ak The Stratfleld after the re- ception and dinner. given in his honor by the members of the Bridgeport Business and Professional Women's club.
 main speech. Lynn W. Wilson compli- mented Professor Phelps to the ex- tetn of saying that the guest of honor
 had done probably as much as any man in the country and certainly much as any man in Yale to keep the
 English speech popular speech, and that if there were more men like the professor, the language would be, if not a broader, a more vivid tongue. In reference to the above state ment, Prof. Phelps said that he be- lieved that his speech was vivid be-
 cause he lived the life and ideals of his own time. and was interested in the writers and literature of the present day.
 '"The average professor of English
 may be able to review rapidly and in teliigentIy the history of literature and give detailed accounts of the works of the age of Milton or Chau- cer, but when it comes to the books of the present day which express present ideals and spirit he is not so fluent, yet you would certainly ex- pect a professor of science to know as much about the experiments and scientific discoveries of today those of the paSt'' Professor Phelps said.
 'I believe I love the literature and as those of the past. because of my great sense of appreciation. which comes from a cheerful heart" he continued. The world is greatly lacking in appreciation for the writ CTS of the present day"
 Very cleverly Prof Phelps connect ed his talk on the English language with the subject upon which he was his subject should have been '.Ex- traordinary Things Which I Noticed in My Trip Across the West" and one of these was the great con United States.
 .It seems strange, but in England, 8 land which is about the size of Michigan, it is only with difficulty that a man from the north can un- derstand a man from the south, but in America, the man from Portland, Ore, can converse with ease and perfect understanding, with the man from Palm Beach. Our language is beautiful because it Is universal" de- clared the speaker.
 "When one is in Paris, he may, without fear of rebuke, say, This is the center of intelligence and cul- ture; but in America it is different; no one denite spot can be selected as the center of American culture or intelligence" he continued.
 During the remainder of the ad 1 dress the speaker told of many in teresting scenes he had viewed and lengthy tour and spoke of the pecu- liar feeling he had experienced when. after travelling three thousand miles by land and two thousand miles by water, he was awakened at o'clock in the morning as his boat was en tering the harbor of Honolulu to hear a number of Yale men standing on the dock singing an old familiar Yale song, as welcome to him.
 Immediately proceeding this ad- dress, Albert F. Lavery. gave very of honor and his lecture course. All the speakers were introduced by Mrs Herbert Langzette1e.
 The bathrooms of the Stratfield tractively decorated with. Yale flags and yellow daffodils- During the ev- ening a musical program arranged by Mrs. F. B. Grannis was presented. LeWIS Grannls, accoHpanleu at the piano by Leslie Fairchild rendered Give a Man a Horse He Gan Ride Jeffrey O'Hara; and "A1l For Your Easthope Martin. "An Open Secret" Woodman; and "A Lilac Tree,'a Gatt- land, were sung by Miss Isabel Gre gory. Mrs. Julia Dungan. pas1 pres ,dent of the club lead the singing of old tunes, with parodies appro- priate for the occasion
 In addition to the members of the Business Women's club, those who had attended Dr. Phelps lectures at the United church were present. At the guests table were Professor and Mrs. Phelps, MT. and Mrs. D. M. Jones, Dr. and Mrs. William Horace Day, MT. and Mrs Herbert Iangzet- tele, MT. and Mrs, Herbert Carter. MT. and Mrs August Englehardt, MT. and Mrs. James C.: Mixer. Mr. and Mrs.