The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-01
NEWT WHITE WRITES
ABOUT HIS TRIP TO EUROPE.
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land and France have preserved Their
natural forrest growth, but nowher,
have they increased or kept it in sucf
perfect condition as in Germany. Be
ing familiar with the destruction o.
the forests Of our own country, | can
not but admire and appreciate the
wisdom with which they preserve and
increase their natural growth.
know we will finally come back to 1t
but oh! how long first? Through Ba'
varia, into Czecho Slovakia, which
was formerly a part Of Austria, thu
same care Of land and forests prevail
/ was astounded to see In both coun'
tries the OK used almost entirely q:
hte beast of burden. The same condi'
tons exist with their villages as ir
France, except that they are perhap:
more neatly kept.
Sprague, a very substantial city, is
the capital Of Czecho. We spent siy
days here. One can spend every min
ute Interestingly if he cares for nus
Gums and palaces and monuments, in
which he can read the past history
and his eyes behold the past glory and
the power of its former rulers. am
sorry that all this does not appeal to
me very much. | see in it all the OPP
preston that was necessary to create
il, and | sometimes feel that there are
people living even now in bondage
that was caused by overtaxation eight
hundred or a thousand yearse ago
Yet / realize that in great cities AND
buildings the symbols of a nations
power would not have been produced
except by individual sacrifice. Prague
was the capital of Bohemia, whose
people, | am told were pleasure low
ing and careless, but my impressions
now are that, while they love pleasure
as their coffee houses, hotels, thea.
tres, and their late hours upon the
streets would indicate, yet theil
buildings and improvements, Their
charging for every little thing, sucf
as hotel stationery and telegraph
blanks, would indicate that they are
business people and determined tc
make themselves known and recogniz.
ed in what you and | would say is the
business world. | heard the best mu-
sic there that | have heard on my
journey.
After spending six days in Prague.
we went to Berlin, about eight and a
half hours trip. We reached Berlin
on Saturday afternoon. On Monday
morning Newton had orders to pro-
coed to Constantinople. / hardly
think you can understand Mrs. Whites
and my depression. In his official du-
ties he has travelled in Paris, Prague,
Rome and to other points, and he fair
~ understands their habits and their
money systems. We had learned to
depend upon him entirely in our ex-
penditures, in our sightseeing and in
even ordering our meals. Ii was a Sc.
we're blow, his departure, and his
mother took it very much to heart; in
fact, we were two innocents abroad.
But with that faith that a full grown
man can accomplish what he desires,
1 took faith, and the bit in my own
teeth. and began to weed my own row.
Berlin cannot help but impress YOU,
especially in its parks, in its public
buildings, and in its statuary. Seem
ingly there is 10 depression or finan-
cial troubles, and yet in talking to
those who ought to know, there seems
to be an undercurrent of depression
that looks like it might finally create
9 revolution. Being situated in an ex
ceilent hotel, which means enough to
get whatever comforts I needed,
could virtually see nothing of this de-
preston. | realized that its money
was decreasing in value every day,
bt prices of my meals and taxicat
S~erYice was the same. but | felt that
1 could live more cheaply in Berlin
than I could on my farm at home. ]
do not mean to criticize, but when ]
see The beautifully kept country, and
the conditions existing in Berlin, | car
not help but feel that Germany's is a
studied effort not to pay her war in
IDENTITIES. This is an impression that
| get from those with whom | talk
not in political circles, nor even the
higher circles, but with the average
man with whom | meet.
After a day or two in Berlin, Mrs
White and l proceeded to Ccblentz
There VIZ had a very delightful stay
Of five or six days, getting a room in
the Coblentzerhof. which has been
taken over by Americans. This was
through the agency Of Major Andrews
a s~on-in-law Of General Allen, and q
son of Jim Andrews Of Nashville, an
old newspaper man. II was the first
time or this trip. after leaving Eng
land, that | was able to make myself
understood. Heretofore it had been