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Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS awakena many commente: Plttamirg Gaaette-TImM: "No good Krone la served by ettarklnf tha per-:lly per-:lly natural OVsIre possessed by many Amertrena to vlstt the lands aerees the sea. The question ot pntrlotlsm Is hardly Involved, or many an American Is a muh more loyel end enthuaiastlc cltleen than ever efter he haa eeen what Europe has to offer. What la needed la a mora feneral spread of Information regarding the ecenlr end other attractions preeented by our own country." Chicago Record-Herald: "People go to Europe end to. the old world generally f"r all manner of new sensations, new slants, new customs and manners, and not merely for plcturee, catherirale. caa-tlee caa-tlee and rulna. Well, tha American em tire la vast end varloue. The great unl circuities meke travel eeay and pleeeent, but the shedee and nuances are eiifrtetent to prevent moaotony and boredonf." Slyracuae Poet -Standard: "It's the habit of Amerlcene to go abroad, and It will take more than n council of gover-nora gover-nora to pereuade them to prefer American Ameri-can to European travel. Americana who have the money like to go where people and thlnge are dlfferentr and If they are not too fsr removed from school days they want to aea tba hlatorlo monuments." Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: "FVir all who love varied, besutfful and sublime ecenery no pert of the world can Kssent any vtewe surpassing what may seen on our continent. But many who go abroad care more for the historic, sacred and artistic associations of Europe. Eu-rope. Eevpt. Palestine end other .lands than they do for scenery unconnected with human associations." Buffalo Commercial: "So diversified are the featurea of the United Statee, eo stupendous In the scope of their attract -Iveneae from nearly any viewpoint, the marvel le that they have appealed eo little to the sympathy of our profeeslonal sightseers. Netlonel petriotlem and pride of country have done little to promote a atudy of our native ecenery." Boston Globe: ''European travel doe-eeeeee doe-eeeeee many attractions, but the beet prrr-aratlen for It le to travel In the United Unit-ed glatee. North, eoufh. eeet and 'west need to know one another better for oom-merclal oom-merclal and social reasons." Cleveland Iader: "Tha better acquainted ac-quainted Americana become aith their own country the greater will be Ita prog-reee prog-reee and prosperity. And trevel at home pnesesses sttrsrtlons sufficient to provide all tha diversion needed." |