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Very Interesting Letters Fr
Mrs. Grace T. Ennett to
Her Mother.
Strand Palace Hotel,
London, England,
January 2, 192]
Jtfy dear Mother:
Alas for that daily record of
trip across on the Imperator wi
I promised to send you! This, like
the rest of my plans got nipped in
hud by the worst case of sea-sickr
you could imagine. I feel sure t
ever after' this, the sound of th
deep, minor ocean fog-horns will
feet me, as the hen's cackle did
the dog which had been dosed with
.egg containing nux v?mica: I'll :
at the sound of one. There will h
to be some very pleasant events
this side, to compensate for the s
f erings of getting across.
Now I shall try to give you an
count of the trip under such dis
vantages. First of all, there were t
things uppermost in my mind tha
learned many years ago, though I
not take them in till now: that thr
fourths of the earth's surface is \
ter, and that Christopher Columl
was some "nervy chap" when he vi
tured to cross it in his little Nh
Pinta and Santa Maria. Why, to cr<
it as we did-and the Imperator
. floating palace-seemed awful!
- There were something like thi
thousand people altogether, aboai
the most cosmopolitan mixture of r
tionalities I ever hope to see aga
Among them were several celebritii
but I believe the two which eclips
all others in interest were Bainsfal
er and Livinsky. The first is a not
writer and world-famous cartoon;
(though I assure you I never hea
of him before in my life), and I
vinsky is a champion light-weig
boxer. Of the two I assure you Livi
sky created far the greater stir
that crowd, so I leave it to you
draw your own conclusions as to tl
taste of my fellow passengers.
One thing I was particularly stru<
with was the wonderful size of tl
men on board. I can not recall a si]
gie person at home large enough :
statue to compare them with. I ha?
been wondering if it was an acciden
or if the men grew this way natura
ly, when they had nothing to do bi
^akim the cream of life.
I will not try to describe the J"
jperator (there are many books ?
papers which do it much hetter),
' ^nstead viii tell you about Dfc?_
aboard ibis queen of alLships^v
? ' cross' the "Atlantic.
At eight every morning, the_
ard or stewardess comes in with ho
coffee and fruit, after which you
morning bath is arranged for yon
By teri you are supposed to be dress
-ed and breakfast is ready to be serv
ed, but. if you are very stylish, n<
breakfast is eaten at all. The morn
ing is spent in walking the deck o:
sitting in steamer chairs wrapped ir
steamer rugs provided by deck-stew
ards who attend your every move. A1
one the bugle blows for lunch, and al
go to the dining saloon where every
thing good to eat in the world is serv
ed "table denote." Men and women
drink and smoke alike throughout
the meal. During the afternoon there
is much playing of bridge and any
other game you may like, but you
seldom see anything played without
the money feature to make it inter
esting. This goes on till four, when
tea is served in the Lounge and on
deck. This function appealed to me
more than anything on board. The
tea itself is delicious, and taken along
with thin slices of buttered bread,
sweet cakes and pastries, this social
hour is the most enjoyable of the
whole day. After tea, every body goes
to his cabin to dress for dinner and
now comes the full-dress parade, the
men in tuxedoes and dress suits, and
the women in as near nothing as the
law allows.
At seven the bugle blows for din
ner and a royal meal it is, with plen
ty to drink and smoke with every
course. All retire to the Lounge for
coffee and the dancing begins and
continues till midnight, while smok
ing, drinking and gambling inter
sperses the whole.
What is the world coming to!!
One day there was a death on
board; the apothecary, a member of
the crew had died of pneumonia. His
body was sewed up in canvas cut in
the shape of a coffin, and weights put
in at the foot.
The burial service was read by the
captain and attended by the crew,
after which the poor fellow's body
was placed on a waxed board and slid
into the sea. The bells tolled, the
whistles blew and for him, all was
over. I understand he was only about 1
twenty-three and his wife was wait- -
ing for him at Southhampton. I can i
imagine nothing worse than to have 1
the news brought to her when the 1
ship landed that he was left behind, <
many fathoms deep in mid-ocean. (
The passengers made up quite a 1
purse for her among themselves, ?
you see they are not all devil.
One night we had a snow storr
which must have been awful outsid
This happened while crossing tl
Grand Banks of Newfoundland wha
ever the Grand Banks may be. Shor
ly after that we entered the Gu
Stream and from then the sailing wi
all that could be desired and I cor
menced to get better. I also took
sea-sick remedy and that helped n
immensely.
At five o'clock New Year's day v
docked at Southhamptor, but it tak?
time te get off in a foreign land. W
had to see the immigration agen'
and Custom House officials, and cou]
not step off that ship with half tl
freedom we feel as we leave tl
trains in America. At nine they fi]
ished with us and we pulled out of
station that looked dark compare
with our American terminals, an
boarded the oddest little train yo
can imagine. It was night all the wa;
so we could not see much till we lane
ed in London. Tomorrow I will writ
you a lot about London, but mu?
stop now. Have been to St. Paul
Cathedral today ,and sent you a a
blegram, which I hope you have a
ready received.
With all my love,
GRACE.
Strand Palace Hotel,
London, England,
January 3, 1921.
My own dear Mother:
When one arrives for the first tim
in a great foreign city like London
the mental attitude is ever on th
alert for new impressions. There i
of course, danger of forming opin
ions on too short acquaintance tha
are not correct, and of drawinj
wrong conclusions, but so far, I an
charmed with London. It is absolute
ly unlike New York.
I should say London reminds mi
of a stately, well-born matron whili
New York is more along the line o:
an up-to-date, fascinating debutante
In reality, London has almost a mil
lion more people than New Yrok anc
yet she is so quiet about her crowd!
you would 'never know it; on th<
other hand New York hurries anc
storms about like something wild
Sometimes the streets here seem al
most as quiet and restful as Edgefielc
and yet the crowd comes and goer,
'd gets things done, and generallj
y wpJl done, too. I have been
^myself ever #fice. I got; here
^kfe, ewvYork has to be soVnoisy
. her affairs while London main
. her stately calm.
This little acquaintance with the
English people has already won my
admiration for them as never before.
I feel proud of the knowledge that
she is-our mother country, and feel
grateful for every drop of Anglo
Saxon blood in my veins. This is a
great nation and a fine people. They
have led the world for a long time
and I see nothing to indicate that
they will step aside at any time soon.
I was standing today in front of Tra
falgar Square, admiring that most
beautiful of monuments to Lord Nel
son and read there his dying words:
"England Expects Every Man to do
His Duty." That sentence seemed to
me to tell the secret of this nation's
greatness; no people can be other
than great who place duty and right
ahead of everything, even life itself.
Of all the wonderful things here I
lave seen, I know of none more beau
tiful than the "Cenotaph," I can not
recall having read of this in any of
the papers, so it was quite a wonder
ful discovery to me. We were walking
lown Whitehall, and saw this hand
some but simple monument with silk
flags draped half-mast and covered
vith such quantities of flowers as
:ould never be imagined. It looked
ike a huge newly made grave. Every
?nan, as he walked past it, either lift
ed his hat or saluted it. It is a mem
orial to England's dead, the one mil
ion men she gave to the late war,
ind a sweeter memorial I never saw.
The flowers heaped upon it were
lever allowed to die. On the anniver
sary of each soldier's death, his fam
ly and friends do honor to his mem
ory by bringing a fresh garland, so
-ou see with a million dead, you can
veil understand what a remarkable
sight it must be. A card is attached
;o every design telling the name of
:he loved one and by whom it is sent.
Dften the card would have some sim
ple phrase as "For dear Daddy from
iis Babies" and then would follow
be child's or children's names.
We visited St. Paul Cathedral yes
;erday and today, Westminster Ab
>ey. Somehow we have managed to
ittach to us a couple from North
karolina, and up to the present time,
ve have not been able to "shake"
bern. They are very rich but just
hat type which has ruined the repu
ation of Americans abroad. A little
>f them is amusing, but that litle
joes a long, long way. For instance
ie'11 tell every Englishman he can
induce to listen to him that America
won the war for them "and it cost us
fifty-eight billion dollars." He brags
and blusters around generally until
I am uncertain whether to laugh or
cry. Today we tried walking them to
death, and may have succeeded. They
are at present upstairs with tongues
hanging out and laid up for repairs.
I don't know what the amount of the
damage is, for they are counting on
tomorrow, but if there is any im
provement, it will Le a sad day for us.
It was too funny today, while in
Westminster Abbey, a bright, eccen
tric Englishman got interested in our
party, and if he had anything to do,
he quit it to follow us around all day.
He was as quick and clever as could
be, and spent his time in drawing out
this old couple to see what fools they
could be. Just before we partedj he
discovered they were nothing to us,
and in a brief aside he advised us to
drop them at once. He then arranged
to come for us early tomorrow morn
ing so we three are going to ? "lark"
together. I don't know why he should
be attracted to us, and he may have
some motive, but I am willing to try
almost anything once, so we'll take
a chance.
The hardest thing in London for
me to get accustomed to, is the way
the women smoke cigarettes. Other
wise, they look like such good, sub
stantial females. I wish they would
not do it. In fact the situation here
is the reverse of what it is at home;
it is odd not to smoke. Now rest as
sured I am perfectly willing to be
the exception to the rule and you
need not be afraid that I will join
Wallace in this social act when I get
home. Once I saw a girl who kept her
cigarettes in a silver case around her
leg, and believe me, there was "some
class" to the way she handled the sit
uation when time came to get them.
Well she got them-and also plenty
of notice out of it-which was all she
was after. _ v
I heard a joke told on Mrs. Hylan,
the wife of New York's mayor which
I must pass on to you while it is still
in my mind.
They tell here that when the Queen
of Belgium landed in New York on
her recent visit to this country, that
Mrs. Hylan as a matter of course,
was one of the ladies to greet hsr
when she landed. The nv;
well-bred, tactfr1
must be proud t\ ^t'"
mayor bf suchte^ ' -^*gv3Pt -
you~'sp?ke> a jc?Mr ? ' 'u
way that lots of t.
and talk about us ? .
Well, goodnight. love
to you all for this time.
Devotedly,
GRACE.
Historic Stratford-on-Avon.
The history of Stratford-on-Avon
may be traced back for a period bf
1,100 years, 'aud as the birthplace of
Shakespeare is has become a classic
center visited annually by some 50,000
people. The Guard house, where
Shakespeare was born; Shottery,
where he courted Anne Hathaway;
Charlotte park, once the seat of Sir
Thomas Lucy, whose displeasure
Shakespeare incurred by stealing
his deer; the Shakespeare Memo
rial theater, on the banks of the Avon,
and Shakespeare's monument, are all
places worthy of visiting in the old
market town of Stratford-on-Avon.
The Shakespeare hotel, situated in
the center of the town and close to
the Shakespenre Memorial theater,
was erec <?d In the Fourteenth cen
tury. A few doors from Shakespeare
hotel Is the Harvard House, which
was the early home of the Harvard
family, founders of Harvard univer
sity.
How to Know Poetry.
We literates have been taught to
read poetry, and taught also that it
Is highly commendable to enjoy lt. In
order to know what kind of poetry
ought to be especially enjoyed, we read
other books, written by critics. In or
der to understand what the poetry
that ought to be admired means, we
read other books by professional
grammarians. By the time we have
finished this preparatory -reading, we
are somewhat confused. We are in
doubt as to what poetry actually is,
and how it differs from prose. In this
predicament we fall back on the print
er. If every line begins with a cap
ital letter, we assume that it is po
etry.-Samuel McChord Crothers in
the Atlantic Monthly.
India's Fertility.
India, more than half the size of
Europe, has every variety of surface,
climate and production. The contrast
between the level monotony of the
Great plain and the beautiful con
tours of the Milgiri and Pulney hills
ls no greater than that between the
arid heat of Jacobabad and the polar
frigidity of the Himalayas; or that'
between the palm groves of Cochin and
tlie wheat fields of Lyallpur. The pro
ductivity of India extends over three
zones: the tropical, sub-tropical, and
temperate; though on account of vary
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comply with mere considerations of
latitude.
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1920 to the 15th day of March,
1921.
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That when taxes charged shall not
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County Auditor shall proceed to add
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per cent, and five per cent addition
al, from the 1st of March to the 15th
of March, after which time all un
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The tax levies for the year 1920
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For State purposes_ 12
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For Past Indebtedness_2%
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The voluntary hospital system of
London has reached a critical stage.
To maintain it longer, at least four
million pounds must be raised im
mediately by subscriptions, and the
money does not seem to be forthcom
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land are taking advantage of this oc
casion to remind the Britishers that
the amount expended in the country
in only four days for drink (calcu
lating it at a rate of 1,200,000 pounds
per day) would pay the bill of the
voluntary hospitals for a year, and
that the American experiment points
a way by which the calls for service
can be so lessened that the expense
of maintaining the hospital can be
reduced to a very low figure. They
cite the remarkable health'record
and low death rate in the United
States since the outlawing of the li
quor traffic, and the statements of
physicians of repute that the reason
therefor is the decrease in the con
sumption of alcoholic beverages.
One could ask no better recom
mendation of our national prohibition
law at the end of its first year of
operation than the fact that we have
experienced in 1920 the best health
year in our existence, the death rate
being only 12.87 per 1,000, the low
est ever known. This argument for
prohibition is unanswerable and si
lences our opponents. And these re
sults have come even though the
law has not been given a chance to
show what it can do. If the law were
well enforced, the health benefits
would be so remarkable as to be ir
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to call forth our very finest and most
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