Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-09-16
SHERMAN STARTS
FOR CONTINENT;
LAUDS ENGLISH
LOndoner Has Great Res
pect For Law; Courtesy
Genuine Quality.
London, Aug. IS, 1925.

Dear Herald Readers:
A few lines on the eve OF departure
to the continent of Europe.
Re if said that finally and eventual
w the traveller gets fed up on mus
Gums, art galleries, scenery ana plac-
es of historic interest, but the play
of life. whether at home or in a Tor
eign cline, never ceases to capture the
interest of the observer.
One thing | note is the school sys-
tenn. With us the common school sys-
fem. private or public, gets first at
tention. Here they have selected
schools for selected childhood in their
full flower. The common school boy,
he he ever so we'll trained, takes
sec nd place beside the boy from the
priv tie school.
Or idea that a common school is a
grea training ground for democracy
has no place in the caste system. Ana
England, despite all the democratic
trend. is still riddled with caste.
A gentleman designs his first son
for the army and the second for the
navy. If he has third, he is set aside
for the clergy. And if, perchance,
there is a fourth, he goes to the
schools as a master teacher. But 1t is
a private school. / am told also that
a common school boy gets the go-by
when it comes to choice between him
and a graduate of Oxford or Cam
bridge.
I gather that the common schools
are looked upon as a necessary evil
and a burden to the tax payers, yet
the government maintains them and
in large numbers.
Tonight in Hyde Park, at a daily
concert of the Coldstream band, lit
tie lad proudly told me that he was six
going on seven, that his name was
Percy and his brother aged s. was
named Ronald. The little sister, aged
/ year. was named ROsalie. Percy
said "And l have learned how to
sing God Save the King" little Per-
cv proudly stated A fine little lad
and a pupil in the common schools of
England.
American Girls in England.
One meets the American girl in pro-
fusion over here, as thousands OF
school ma'ams and business girls from
the states are here on vacation. "Hol1-
DAYS" the English call it. So we get
a good chance to contrast American
girlhood with their British sisters.
Like the American men, the girls
are sociable and quick to make
friends. The general attitude of the
American traveller is that these are
our own girls and that they are en-
titled to being looked after. Not but
what the American girl is not capable,
but they are far from home and need
big brothers.
British Girl Sedate.
The Americans | have seen are one
big family Surprising how pick they
spot each other and drop into the easy
friendliness we are all used to. AS a
contrast the British girl is sedate and
reserved. Quite all right, no doubt,
but not to be compared with the
charm, friendliness and frankness of
the American type. I surmise that the
reason the American men are so nice
to girls from the U. S. A. is that the
American women over here represent
American womanhOOd at home the
wives, mothers, sisters, daughters or
sweethearts as the case may be. They
are dying of lonesomeness to see.
Please don't misunderstood this as
sentiment but rather as an answer to
the oft-repeated statement that the
american WOIlldu QOS0ll l11Cd0ulC uP
to the European. Perhaps not in
some respects. Generally speaking
she is better looking, more genuine
ly wholesome, brighter and above all
classier than her prototype elsewhere
on earth, and that's that.
Good Roads Here.
think said something of the fine
road system. The roads are immense
"a sort of tarvia-macadam, smooth as
a floor and kept right up. However,
they are quite narrow and not adapted
for motor traffic.
The English drive pretty fast, ex-
cept in the towns and villages. The
London traffic is very swift
No dust on these roads here.
On a three-day trip from Scotland
we experienced no more dust than on
an ocean voyage, and that is-none at
all
The motor tax is quite high one
pound sterling per horse power. That
keeps motor car development as low
point.
Motor Tax High.
The cars are quite expensive. An
Essex coach, for example, selling for
200 pounds, or about S1450 l think
they are around S9UU at nome.
The British are developing low
horsepower car to meet the tax stu
alton. My own idea is that instead of
penalizing motor car ownership they
should encourage it and that expand
ing business would employ many idle
men and put money into circulation.
Bicycles, by the way, are free of
tax and the roads are full of them
These and motorcycles with side cars,
also many char-a-bancs, as the huge
and comfortable motor buses are call
ed They run from II to 80 seats
each All full of tourists.
English Appear Prosperous
England seems more prosperous
than Scotland and you don't see poor
ly dressed or ill-fed people as imga-
ined. In fact, the general appearance
of the people is as good as that in