The Coconino sun., 1925-06-12

That was the boys idea of America,
and despite many criticisms as to To-
cal conditions we may have made on
/ our grand rounds, that sentiment
seemed to prevail among the serious
minded men we met. We only hope
that America can live up to the repu-
tation it has gained among the peoples
of the world--the common, middle
class, as not represented in diplomatic
circles the world over.
America does not need to worry
much about the rest of the world.
If America can only come up to the
expectations of the rest of the COM
mon people Of the world she has got
to go some. 1t is possible that the
rest of the world has staked out too
much territory for America to cover;
but / hope not.
However, there is crying need for
the common people of America
which includes Arizona-to come alive
and drive the professional politician
plumb out of business.
Well, that's out of our system. Nice
is nice-if you get the idea, but hard
| ly the place for nephew whose oats
have not been tanned. :.
Just as we started to bust down the
hill into Nice we hit the border into
France proper. A customs house Off
Ger stepped out and suggested we
stop. He may have had hull army
back up in the hills hid out some place,
so our driver promptly reduced the
machine. The officer just popped out
a few words. When he saw me all
dressed up with bamboo cane he
suggested, "pass on" You see, they
don't even swap fishhooks, ETC., here.
Customs is customs and they need the
money
1t was only about two and half
hour ride by auto from Monte Carlo
to Nice over the Grand Corniche road
through the mountains. Nice opens
out on the sea from valley sur
rounded by mountains and is quite
railroad center, though smaller
ships come into the shallow harbor
here, plying up and down the coast.
Here as elsewhere along the coast all
buildings were built of the native
white stone and stand out against the
mountain sides far up the valley
down which the river Bayard flows.
i This river is like the United States
at times-dry.
i With the usual foresight, financiers
have built many magnificent hotels
here. The Negresco is the latest and
finest of them, located along the sea
front. It is wonderful building with
main dining room in circular shape
in the center about the size of the
Santa Fe roundhouse at Winslow. Sur
rounding this big dining room are
shops of all kinds where one may buy
as he eats or dance as he buys. All
is made convenient to the tourist. The
luncheon at this place beat anything
we nibDled on since leaving the states.
Why even an egg here tasted as
though its mother was just out In the
backyard working for the manager.
SO many of the eggs we had previous
ly met on this trip were undoubtedly
related to a third and fourth genera
ton of old hens long after they had
been refrigerated-hen and egg.
.. IF you bought drink of liquid or
a cigar here, you at once became con-
vinced that it was not a general gath
ering place for newspapermen or
friends of that fraternity The place
naQ DeGn EOfUpIlel lOI tilC SsilAs1tAoii
of those who merely wish to leave the
world to their heirs and the life in
surance companies, letting them fight
it out over the small change.
It's wonderfully comforting feel
ing to think you have paid up all your
! life insurance for many years past IN
order that your succeeding genera
tions may not be compelled to go out
in the cold, cold world and rustic up
living for themselves.
The parent of today who so far for
| gets himself and raises a family
without providing for their comfort
| when he "kicks in" is not good par
| ent. He has overlooked the fact that
in this day and age, money must be
inherited. Working for mere money
lowers those who are dependent upon
the parent, consequently those who
parent" a family must look to the fu-
| ture in order that their progeny is
| wet-nursed through life; not COM
PEELED to do things that soil the hands
| and grind them into the dust that
| father should have busted enough to
| keep them from.
| We are now wandering up along the
coast of Spain and hope by tomorrow
to see the famous life insurance COM