Evening star., 1922-10-22
"Our American Adventure"
lock Holmes, - Who Thinks Capitol Will Not
Always Harbor Selfshness.
BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.

superlative. so is the obelisk. so is the
Lincoln Memorial, and finally, what
could be more superlative than the in
really is the most perfect interior OF
building which ! have ever seen. An
architect might have something to say
about mixture of styles. but can only
say that our eyes and senses were alb
solutely satisfied with its grace and
beauty. The inSides of the Capitol and
the Senate house. which we visited,
were commonplace in comparison. The
Senate was in sitting and we looked
down on Il scattered house, who were
carrying OH languid debate. If brain
size is really an index Of mental power
I should say the American Senate was
the most intellectual of all assemblies.
for am convinced that the average size
of hat would be the largest that have
ever known in any body of men: And
vet when think of Joseph Chamberlain
and many others l realize that quality
of brain may be more important than
quantity.
Handsome Grant Memorial.
The Americans are certainly adorning
Washington as lovingly as man might
his beloved. Besides the wonderful
i Lincoln Memorial they have just put a
/, fine bronze statute Of Grant at the side
of the Capitol. which was only uncov-
| The statue itself. equestrian. is conven-
| tional. The battle groups on either side
of it are. in my opinion. among the finest
bronze of action in the world. There is
one of gun under fire. the horses down.
a dead gunner seated on the Timber and
j his companion staring wide-eyed before
! him, which could not be beaten for
spirit and realism. We have no such
work of art in the streets of London.
, The one thing we had to hope from the
~ IA, hat Of nIlr
. statues might vanish into powder.
I had an excellent audience on the
Friday night and nothing could have
i gone better than my lecture. On Satur-
day l met many people of interest and
found very general desire for fuller
information upon psychis subjects. All
this chatter about exposures and state
! ments of our case from the point of
view of counsels of the prosecution has
confused mems minds. 1t is as II they
: been dosed with Bradlaugh and Inger-
soil. However. l find that people are
beginning to get clearer on the subject,
and to understand that the attack of
smaller men, founded upon negatives.
has little weight against the opinion of
founded upon actual personal exper-
fences.
Washington Impressions.
Upon our honeymoon in 1907 we met
in the Levant young American grad
uate named Rogers. who was also on
his honeymoon. We found that he
had now become rising man in pol
England in Congress. Under his aus
pices and those of Mark Sullivan we
met some of the celebrities of the
capital. Among these were Mr..
Mr. DENLY. Secretary of the Navy:
Lord Astor and Senator Lodge. Sem
ator Lodge is a somewhat grim look
ing graybeard of the New England
type. erect and wiry, in spite OF his
age. I looked upon him with some
for the downfall of Wilson and of
that league of nations which promised
some ease to a suffering world. How
ever. in conversation l found him very
affable and interesting. We found
common bond in our mutual admira-
ton for Parkman, whom he had the
privilege of knowing and whose per-
sonality as we'll as his writings have
always attracted me, greatly: His
making a frame of wood so that he
could guide his hand to write books
after he was blind has always SEEM
ed a fine example Of ingenuity and
fortitude.
affectionately call her She has GER.
tainly done splendid international
work. and has genius for saying the
right thing at the right moment. So
many of our travellers IN the past
have been wanting in sympathy to
the Americans that it is good to hnd
some one who can clearly see both
sides of the question. Among her
obiter dicta I saw one in which she
condemned spiritualism. root and
branch. but 1 can forgive her that il
she will only tighten our bonds with
our brothers in blood. Many of them
feel strongly upon the Anglo Ameri-
can question, and the divisions OF the
past. I said to one statesman: Ihe
one thing which hurt me in the war
was when Secretary of the Navy Dam
iels gave Instructions. to his admiral
to regard England as possible
enemy as much as Germany. at the
very time when we were giving
secrets" His answer was, We'll. II 1t
hurt you, you can imagine how much
it hurt some of us.
Effective Introduction.
To revert to my opening lecture in
the capital, DR.. Cushman was IN the
chair. Dr. Cushman has fully ap-
preciated the truth ever since ;aa ne had
with his daughters picture. got
through William Deane. as already
described. There was some sensation
when. at the close of my lecture: he
steDped to the front ana, nOiQlnS
every ones attention by his COM
manding presence and sonorous voice,
told the au1ience most solemnly that
he had learned by personal experience
that all that 1 was saying was true
and that it was the message. above all
others, which the poor, tired, puzzled
world was in need of. His remarks
made a very great effect.
Our Sunday in Washington was
psychic day and was crowded with
interesting experiences. DR.. Cush-
man invited US to lunch, where we
met several of his borthers and Sis
ters, each as whole-hearted as him
self They are all nephews and nieces
of the famous Charlotte Cushman. who
once was in America what Ellen
Terry has been to England. Cush-
mans aunt had lived in the same
house as D. D. Home In his New Eng
land days, and the old lady had told
him of the wonderful phenomena
which young Home used to produce
In their own houeshold. Yet Cush-
man had the experience of hearing
one Of the high officials of the Lon
don Psychic Research Society talk of
Home as having been a afamous swim
dler Some minds seem impervious to
truth.
Copyright 1922 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
for the United States and Great Britaln.)
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