Milford chronicle., 1923-08-17
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
UNCLE TED SEES AMERICA FIRST

Hello" called Uncle Ted comina
up on the porch, "why so downcast?'
You'd be downcast, Uncle Ted, il
your very best friend was going tC
Europe for the summer and then go
ing to school in France next winter
Eleanor is going to Montreal next
week and then to Europe. I'm going
to miss her dreadfully."
No doubt you will, Ruth. It's all
right to miss Eleanor but there really
isn't any cause to envy her her trip
You may be going abroad yourself
some day and when you do, instead OF
sailing from Montreal, hope you will
go in an American ship. But before
you take a trip to Europe 1 want you
to see America first. 1t is really the
duty of every American citizen to
know his own country first and know
what this country has in the way of
wonders. If the tourists who are see
ing Europe this year, and who have
not seen some of the beauties of the
States, would spend their money here
it would materially help American in
dustries."
Eyes, but think of going to school
in France!" said Ruth.
'Why Ruth, the United States has
the best school system in the world.
The other day President Harding said:
4 have never been able to find much
satisfaction in the good fortune of
families who, when they are able to
do it, prefer to take their children out
of the public schools and give them
the doubtful advantage of more exclu-
sive educational methods. I think we
should cling to the democracy of the
public schools
You're not missing a thing by not
being able to go to school abroad
You're an American and it is the Am
erican way to go to public schools
and it is the American way to see
America first"
European railroad trains are so
queer looking" said Jack, "I'd rather
ride on ours"
eyes, Jack, railroads in the United
States are much better than in Eu-
rope. The cost of riding on them is
much less, too. Suppose you bought
ticket from Louisville, Kentucky, to
New Orleans, Louisiana, about $50
miles, it would cost you about $50.
The cost of a ticket from Paris to
Prague covering the same mileage |
would be about 800. AS for railroad
stations, the Union Station in Wash
ington is one of the most convenient /
in the world for handling passenger
traffic and also one of the finest pieces |
of architecture ever built.
"FOr natural beauty there are the |
many wonderful water falls in the |
United States. There are really about .
20 famonus waterfalls in the world;
thirteen of these are in the States, do
you know any of them?"
There's Niagara Falls" said Jack.
Eyes, and Minnehaha Falls in Min
nesota; Yosemite Falls in California;
Yellowstone Falls in Montana; Twin
Falls in Idaho-and others just as
famous and just as beautiful" added
Uncle Ted.
what else do we have?" asked
Ruth.
'In Arizona there is the Roosevelt
Dam, which supplies irrigating waters
for the Salt River Valley and is one
of the two greatest dams in the world;
California, with its marvellous climate,
attracts visitors from all over the
world and the atmosphere is so clear
that motion pictures may be taken $50
days of the year; in Kentucky there
are 5000 square miles of underground
passages, the chief of which is Mann
moth Cave; the bridge across the Mis-
sissippi River at st. Louis can ac-
commodate more freight cars than any I
other in the world; then there are the
wonderful museums in Chicago and ,
New York"
"Our National Parks are pretty !
good aren't they Uncle Ted?" asked
Jack. \
"There are nineteen National Parks :
in the United States, Jack. Glacier
National Park in Montana is one of
the most wonderful public preserves
in the world, as is also Yosemite Ma =
tional Park in California. Yellowstone L
National Park in Wyoming has as one !
unusual feature, forests which are :
Detrifed; Crater Lake in Oregon is a 7.
lake, the bluest of the blue, in the era A
ter of a nextinct volcano with sides a !.
thousand to two thousand feet high; y
in Colorado is the Mesa Verde Ma
sional Park which has the best pre- u
served prehistoric cliff dwellings yet i
'ound; but couldn't begin to tell you
Ill of the wonders of our parks. Be- =,
sides these parks, we have numerous >
National Forest. Some of the trees in b
he forests on the Pacific Coast are :,
100 feet high and to 10 feet in dia-
meter. The Sequoias are even larger =
han that. Then we have the National n
documents, which also contain ma
ural wonders" +e
"I want to go where I can fish," said p
ack. r
''Well, Jack, you can get lots of ~ .,
peckled trout in the streams Of Ida IL
10; Maine is noted for its fishing and -,
uniting as is also Wisconsin. The d
Iackinac Islands of Michigan have
wonderful fishing and many people go
o the mountains of North Carolina to A
lunt game. On the plans of North Da-
,ota is the place to hunt for prairie e.
hickens and game birds. So you see, ~ =,
he United States is so large and its -;
Industries so varied that it isn't nee r.
ssary to go to Europe to see wonder g,
ul things" 81
"I believe I'd rather go to Alaska q, o.
han Europe" volunteered Jack. N-
ALASKA is a marvellous place, chill -,
ren, and hope you both can go ~ ~
ONE time. But we mustn't start talk os
ng about Alaska because we'd never ot
et to bed, so good night and sleep To
ght." In
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