The Glenwood post., 1923-07-26
uncIe Tets Bed Time Stories
Current Events for the Children
and Grown-ups, Too
UNCLE TED tsEES
AMERICA F1RsT''

"Just think of going to Europel"
said Ruth, mournfully. L wish I
could 60, too"
"Hello," called Uncle Ted, coming
up on the porch, "why so downcasti"
"You'd be downcast, Uncle Ted, if
your very best friend was going to
Europe for the summer and then going
to school in France next winter. Ell
eanor 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
someday and when you do, instead of
sailing from Montreal, hope you will
go in an American ship. But before
you take trip to Europe I 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
seeing Europe this year, and who
have 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
Il 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
exclusive educational methods. 1
think we should cling to the democra-
cy of the public schools
''You are not missing a thing by
not being able to 60 to school abroad.
You re an American and it is the
American 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
rope. The cost of riding on them is
much less, too. Suppose you bought
ticket from Louisville, Kentucky, to
New Orleans, Louisiana, about 7SO
miles, it would cost you about $50.
The cost of 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 famous waterfalls in the United
States. There are really about 29
famous waterfalls in the world thir.
teen of these are in the states, do you
know of 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 1daho-and others just as ia
nous and Just as beautiful" added
Uncle Ted.
"What else do we haveg" asked
Ruth.
SIN 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 under
ground passages, the chief of which is
Mammoth Cave; the bridge across the
Mississippi river at ST. Louis can ac-
commodate more freight cars than any
other bridge in the world; then there
are the wonderful museums in Chica-