Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-18
BY AInrEot AaQuIth.

Tho inSrained idea that because
there Is no King and they desp!se
titles. tho Americans arc :. f:ca pco-
pie is pRthe:icnlly untrue: and you
have only to watch tho working OF
tho prohibition act to SEQ the dangers
OF repressivo legislation. Thcra is a
perpetual int:rt.Icnce with personal
liberty over la America TINT would
not DO tolerated In England for 4
week
In spite OF true generosity and
EindliDesJ. l was aware OF an under
current OF illiberalIsm ard violence
which amazed me. In every city.
small or large. there arc clubs" cas-
] have noted before whose aim !a the
suppression or something or other.
usually something trivial.
or course. there are various inter
= pretations OF freedom. noted in
my preceding article the question OF
the definition OF liberalism which
Governor Alien, OF Kansas brought
up. AS Imperialism brings militar-
Ism. and socialism cannot endure
without autocracy, SO American free
dom seems 10 have created system
az personal supervision distastcful 10
:, true lover OF liberty.
II is probably due TO our passion
FOR understatcment and that we have
inherited wis. and tested rcsula-
lions that tho British are law-abid
ing race: bur think IL the Amer
cans were given chL.c. they would
lee tho same. can paiy say IL they
.rc not. dcmocracy VIII prove -
great failure as czHrdom.
prnI,c for Administration.
II j. enormously 10 the credit Of
The American public that they have
never chosen "a bad character in their
president, amd produced in -Nbraha.n
Lincoln "A man OF genius. ability and
courage. who viii live for ever Ia
the hearts and minds OF every coun-
Try in the world. shall tell here
for the benefit OF my English read
ers an anecdote OF Lincoln.
At ono OF his great meetings. he
had 10 walk through the crowd to
reach the platform. lie heard some
ono say ~ IA" passed:
''ls that President Ltne"ln7 why.
what commun.looking fellow"
Al which he turned around ana
slid
lows or 10 would not have made SO
rnanr of thcm.'
And we must not forget that Lin
coin dominated the people In spite
OF campaign of calumny Dy the
press eGualcd only by the one 10
which my husband was subjected
IN tn" latter DAYS of the war.
Men q, the Road az affairs mus,
b. independent Of public opinion II
they wish - achieve anything hr'I
never try 10 cVnc.Iiate a press That.
IN all fairness. II must be said
with f.w cNcep;ions-does no, at
tempt TO guide for more than a
transitory moment. any one TO any
goal.
The present government in Amer
icA from al! | heard--sume OF its
heads had the honor to meet
seems 10 be an admirable one. and
working smoothly in times Of OK
ocpt!onal diificuity. President liar-
ding has had the wisdom 10 ges
good men round him. and he IS a
man oi open mind and wide view :
himself.
american Regard for Precedence.
theoretically all persons in a
Democracy aye of equal standing. But.
because there - little Saiiantry, ana
~ reserve. people 30 not necessarily
become OF one class. We canno;
regulate equality. since we are born
with different brains. natures. and
environment.
50 far from being equal, there is
such "a rigid regard Tor precedence
in America that YOU are even con-
graduated after a dinner party be-
cause you have been seated:
One off Mrs.--.''
While more than severe on any
on. who accepts n title. there was
uo detail too insiS nifcant about our
court or aristocracy that did not
excite an almost emotional interest
in my American audiences. Every
day OF my tour received letters
uet;EinG me to tell them more about
the lite habits OF our upper classes
ar anything that 4 could about
Princess Mary's underwear"
The question Of equality was
touched on at :. talk had with Mrs.
Shields my changing hostess. a,
Kansas city.
We started upon personality. and
the difficulty Of expressing which is
true without hurting any one. or ac-
quiring character without becoming
:. a character part. The difference be-
tween originality and eccen,ricity;
Kindness aud fondness; sympathy
and Understanding: and the delica te
grades by which your attempt at
goodness may either help or hamper
your fellow creatures.
said that somewhere or other
had read that Marcus .Aureiius
had begged us TO keep our color
IL WIS not very sure q! the correct
text; but that the idea was tina.
some OF us were born red. some yell
low and others gray, but that how
ever this might be. the point was
10 Keep ii; not so much by cOntrast
or conflict with the other person. but
to complement it,
Great scientists, mathcma,icians OF
philosophers NAV manage TO develop
their personality alone, but wha
they write will not have the Ike,
that the writings OF men who are
nearer the earth are able TO presen,
to ordinary human beings.
Abuse OF German ropulntion
The lack Of tolerance in America
is well shown in an account CtyeT
me by Mr.. Heath Moore. a fellow
guest. of the savage manner. win
which the German population in the
!. United states had been treated wher
America Joined tho allies He told
me. among other things. that one
of his fellow countrymen, in a re.
cruitnS speech, had been inter.
, ruDted by man in the gallery who
was understood to have shouted:
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