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Show 1 . 1 iii ii i 1 1. r ne.r i wn ii i i hi 11 v-? .sl 1 y5&,. .. : '''.. , v v fit, '(fiftC A :. -;; ? 1, "A f"',"''lr-"' ' l""f-:-rITiiT.i.... i? f(", .."iA f -.-v- ;w- , - . - Jy 1 1 -;fK3 : - .V'-iV ''!p J:i&H v 7 V- I5v ' - ':.; fttf 7M W' fe i4 fa i A 'GREAT national convention will bwV-Ul In the city of Hal-tlniore Hal-tlniore next January with a unique ohjct In view. The purpoBe of the gathorlng l to promote the "See America Flrt" movement anil to de-i de-i k, '.-7 v1h meanit of arousing gentl-f gentl-f V I': tnent on the subject through-, through-, J' , out the length and brewlth of the I'nltcd States. I'lenldent SJiY Taft nan already exprenm'd hln jj entire aynipathy with the move-mmmmmltiJ move-mmmmmltiJ ment and promlned to be JireH-ent JireH-ent and apeak at the convention. conven-tion. It la IlkewlMo expected that the governor of every state In the Union will either be present In person or bo oMIclnlly represented by some spokesman of standing In the commonwealth com-monwealth from v.hlch be halU. In addition to the national and state ofllciala there will he prominent men and women In all walks of lllo and many persons who are deeply interested in the project for unselfish reasons. The "See America First" crusnde has been gradually taking form and gaining supporters for several years paBt, but the forthcoming gathering In the f Monumental City will be the first ef-fort ef-fort to supplement sentiment with r C practical "missionary work" among Jt'Sj 4 ' L 3 'l ' . uyzzW lr: " ' -'- Mr , wawwt lfer' "'ri (,'' ..1i',l,,7 ir-'l HI" ' . : ' ' . ; . '' ; ' 'j.'-'' '' jlj & , -' XTTTJXS V" r i'-v Ir: ' ".v'V.'' ' ' Vv jq V lv ; - -h . :, ; seem to be more prone than are those west bf It to rubh off to Kurope with-out with-out having travelod to any extent tt home, so tliut the communities near the Atlantic seaboard sea-board are particularly particu-larly In need of such missionary work. Hut. tor all that, the movement U neither local nor sectional. but Is broadly national. To be sure, the champions cham-pions of America for the Americans, In a Hcenlc sense do urge people to see the Itlg Trees of California before they go to the I'.lack Forest, and to view the Golden Gate before be-fore they seek the Hay of Naples, but at the same time . . . ... . ti .-v hova n r'; n Mf they are urging our fellow cuw" time to devote to travel to awaken to the miracles mir-acles of nature that may be found In every section. sec-tion. No globe-trotter CBn find In bis wanderings wander-ings anything more wonderful than the Mammoth Mam-moth Cave of Kentucky and the natural bridges of Virginia and I'tnh. No foreign watering place presents beach spectacles equal to those of At-lnntlc At-lnntlc City and there Is no lake district in the world more beautiful than the Adirondack's. For the American with any patriotism In his makeup make-up no i"T could be more Inspiring than visits to the first landing place of the I'llgrlms. Concord. Con-cord. Lexington, Hunker Hill and the other historic his-toric mecciis of New Ktigland, and llnally, the tourist should not forget I'ncle Sam's seat of government, conceded by foreigners to be the most beautiful capital In the world. One thing for which the "See America First" crusaders are working Is to get the Idea out of the minds of Americans that all sightseeing must needs be done In the summer vacation season. There are many classes of people, take, for Instance, the farmers, who llnd It almost al-most Impossible to leave home In midsummer, but who could very readily take a trip In tho autumn or winter. Kfforts are being made to point out to these people that there Is Just as much which can be seen to the best advantage In winter as there Is In the category of summer show places. Indeed, It Is only at such times, when It Is chilly or snowing In the north and west, that one may enjoy maximum comfort In quaint rid New Orleans. In Florida or In southern south-ern California all of them districts worthy to vlo with anything In southern France and Italy.' The broad policy of the "See America First" move-met calls upon Its devotees to not only Induce In-duce people to give New World scenery the preference pref-erence (and Canada Is, of course. Included), but also to do everything In their power to make traveling in America comfortable and to reduce re-duce the cost. Indeed, the claim that one may trnvel more cheaply In Kurope than in the 1'nlted States Is one of the arguments Invarlal.ly advanced by people ho arue for foreign travel. However, the greatest need of American tourist regions U more good hotels, not necessarily high priced fashionable hotels, but good, clean, neatly-kept hostelrles where the traveler who Is not a multimillionaire may obtain wholesome1, well cooked food and a comfortable bed nt a price that Is not two or three times wh!U bis earnings would be for the day's labor If be were back home. There has been great Improvement Im-provement In this direction In late years, but there Is plenty of room tor further betterment. Another need Is linen of reasonable rrleed public pub-lic coaches trsversir.g regions not traversed by the railroads and which In many Instances are cow a closed book to people who cannot afford the luiury of an automobile. Coaches such as are operated In Yellowstone Park and on Gettysburg Gettys-burg battlefield might well be Introduced in other scenic or historic districts. F i- . j; are singing the jf.-fSl -'' praises of the ' l'l opportunities t e--- and the com- r - l ' ,oft of Dorne- .y'J?" Nor do they y,.,wt,"T;. ' , . j, for a. .mM.mcim tlon In debate stSYsSMCr XH-'A I- any person e fysZCrfffiZJ essays to que-CrZ4SJ- C-l3 Hon their claims. If a skeptic does not admit conversion when they point how superior sre Niagara Falls, Yellowstone Park, tho Yostmiie and the Grand Canyon to any rcenlc masterpieces throughout the whole length and breadth of Kurope. he can be depended upon to have to haul down his colors when they marshal facts and figures to prove how much more marvelous marvel-ous are the Kockles than are the famed Alps; how our beloved Mississippi outshines the sto ried Rhine In romance and how the thousand-mile thousand-mile Inland water highway of the Great Lakes puts to shame the Mediterranean In the novelty nov-elty of the experiences afforded the voyager who may, Inrldently, experience more thrills when passing through the greatest locks In the world at Sault Stc. Marie, Mich., than he could hope for In gazing at the rock at Gibralter. Many people In the east have gained the erroneous Impression that tho "See America First" crusade Is solely a movement designed to Induce the people of the east to visit the west and particularly the Pacific coaHt. That such an Impression has gained credence may be attributed to two circumstances. For one thing many of the most notable scenic wonders won-ders of the world are located In western America, Amer-ica, so that naturally there Is sourrd logic In advtHng people to see them before risking seasickness to view something not half so impressive. im-pressive. Secondly, there Is the circumstance that the people east of the Mississippi river the people of the whole country. The character charac-ter of this crusade Is pretty well explained by Its title. To put the matter In a nutshell, the object Is to Induce all Americans to see their own country before crossing the ocean to look at scenery that In no Instance surpasses and la few Instances equals what we have here at ' home. The people wbo are behind the movement move-ment ' want 'to not only -impress their fellow" ' cltlxens with the fact that we have the most wonderful scenery In the world here under the Stars and Stripes, but tbey want to also conduct con-duct a "campaign of education" that will Inform In-form every tourist and vacationist and pleasure pleas-ure seeker where be may see the particular class of scenery that moBt appeals to him. To this end It Is proposed to hold In connection con-nection with the Haltlmore convention a pictorial pic-torial exposition wherein will bo shown paintings paint-ings and photographs, etc., of the most attractive at-tractive scenery on this continent. If a man likes grand and majestic mouutaln scenery he will be Informed Just where he may find this to the best advantage. Or. ir on tho other hand his preference Is for the boiling, tumbling surf tt a rocky sea coast he will be given pictorial pointers as to where to seek It. In short, the exhibition and convention are designed to do away with all cause for the complaint so often made that we Americans do not devote the proper time and effort to seeing the scenic wonders of our country because t, have not been sufilclently Informed as to how much there Is worth seeing. Patriotic loyalty has inspired many of the prominent men who are taking up this. "See America First" propaganda a feeling that It Is a shame to see I'ncle Sam's citizens wander-ing wander-ing off to the uttermost parts of the world to view scenery the equal of which they could find on tU side of the Atlantic snd which they n ight enjoy with none of the Incidental discomforts that come to a stranger In a strange land, struggling with a language and a money system he does not understand. However, How-ever, there Is a yet more potent or at least more practical reason for the activity In the awakening of our brainy men to ths menace to be found In the yearly drain of American gold into foreign coffers. Fact) succeeding mason sees new and larger steamers added to the trans-Atlantic passenger-carrying fleet and millions mil-lions upon millions of dollars of American money Is taken to Kurope by the' tourists wh rush eastward by the thousand. Were it not for the untold wealth that Is thus handed over to European railroads and hotel proprietors, shopkeepers and all the other purveyors to the globe-trotters, the balance of trade would always be heavily In our favor. Great itrltaln and the various continental countries are compelled com-pelled to buy heavily every year of our food stuffs snd cotton snd other commodities, but the sums set down. In consequence on the credit side of our ledger are usually counterbalanced counter-balanced by the total of the money spent abroad by Americans on pleasure bent. The public spirited citizens who have enrolled en-rolled In the "See America First" crusade hope to Influence tome peopl by moral sua-lon to stay st home and enjoy our own scenic feast Instead of seeking a foreign substitute. They realise, however, that for the most part they must use some other argument than patriotism. patriot-ism. The man or woman with money saved up for a trip or a vacation Is likely to go wherever he or she believes that tbey caa get the most for their money without regard to the nationality of the people who rake in tbe shekels. To convert such a person to tho "See America First" doctrine It la necessary to prove to him that be can actually receive as much for bis money in the way of travel, education, diversion and enjoyment here In the laad of the free as he can across the big pond, where so large a portion of the people make their living out of the expenditures of American Ameri-can tourists. This. then. Is the aJ of the crusaders who k Powder Grows Human Skin The market for human skin Is going to pieces. W here It once commanded l-i square Inch up It bids fair to be soon Just human hu-man skin, with no value except to Its original possessor. Heroic husbands, fathers, sons and sweethearts who bravely let themselves be stripped of their hides to cover some death threatening gap on the bodies of their beloved may soon cease to have opportunity for such devotion. A little red powder one can get In any paint store Is astounding the surgeons with Its performances per-formances as a substitute for tbe heroes and their skins, tbe New York correspondent of the Denver Republican writes. Scarlet red Is Its name and a dollar's worth will keep a busy surgery In stock for months. It Is mixed with vaseline or other components as a salve and applied to the edges of the gap-lcg gap-lcg wounds. Then you can almost see the skin grow. Dr. John Stalge Davis, a noted surgeon of Johns Hopkins In Paltlieore. says almost as much, but In the careful lanfuags of his profession. He tells of scarlet red growing new skin at the rate of three millimeters In fortylght hours on one of his patients. His report on Its use In Johns Hopkins hospital, published In a medical Journal, did much to bring the strange little aniline' dye to surgical notice here and elsewhere. It was taken up In the post graduate and the German hospitals here last spring. Then Its use was experimental. Now it Is unirormly used In every case where burns, wounds or ulcers have stripped tbe epidermis from any area of a human body. 'The results have been astonishing, even baffling." baf-fling." said Dr. F. William Stelrhmann of tin post graduate, and also connected with tbe German hospital. "There Is Just one thing about Its use, however, how-ever, that should be generally known," Dr. Stelchman said. "Where surgeons In tbe die pensary fci" used It and applied the dressings dress-ings the results have been marvelous. Where patients have used It themselves the results have been unsstlsfsctory." |