Show AS OTHERS SEE US BY DY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Copyright 1908 Traveling in twelve countries I have ha heard my own land America spoken of with enthusiasm affection and appreciation but in two Holland Belgium Germany France Franco and Switzerland are m Indifferent to America aside from giving It credit for a good amount of Industry ambition ambition am am- and prO progress Tess its youth con con- But the general aspect of or mind in all those countries is one ono of ot absolute Indifference to us They are satisfied to have ha us come among them and spend money moner but the they lived and thrived before we Vie were born as aa a country and they know they would continue to lir e and prosper prosper prosper pros pros- per without us UJ A mod um of or Jealousy jealOUS jealousy Jeal jeal- OUS Is mixed with th their lr- lr indifference when shen It Is stirred to attention Tho The Egyptians think t of us as we wc think of the people on i liars and to the tho we e are a ma l etAr t rugs but a nation to be avoid tl d otherwise lest our w women m 1 to their own ownby ownby by r their independent ha hali haUls ts of or life But nut In Italy I heard rica spoken en enof of with ah ere affection laud and honest admiration and again b by the Israel Israelites ites In Turkey and that indeed was vas praise from the heart J i America Ah Ab there thore i f IE a n. land of religious freedom said an m old Hebrew He lie Hebrew brew with tears tearo In his Ids and voice There is a n where TI n man ma mago may go anti and make mako his way mid worship as he lie will HI and no one molests him That is the lm land of oC great Amer souls souls Amer America ica lea Many Sneer at America It II was good to beat licar t se words s so far away from hOlpe after hearIng so many L so 50 insinuations so many s stivers er AmerIca and Americans in other countries Some Sowo of or the these so sneers and Uong have o been hare hara to bear with Christian resignation Thrown In the society t of or two Yer very charming women omen OtC oce English one Canadian Canadian Ca Ca- nadian it was a 11 requiring tact and self control when u they ther selected select select- cd ed every cry eccentric dressed dressell or voiced loud-voiced woman who came to boat or 01 hotel as probably an American Why probably I fn inquired Bu Dut when tho the only ans answer er was Vias a n change of topic the explanation could not be forced Again the English woman roman the Canadian on preserving Ins I her English ac accent How is It she asked askell that living ll among Americans you have hae not acquired acquired acquired ac ac- their way of talking Oh replied the young oung Canadian su sweetly we were a party of three and the they knew my mj- nationality my mj father was always aft after r me If It I spoke the least word like lilee an American He lie beat it out out- of- of int m mo Proud to Be an American Just as we beat and ridicule au our Americans out of your our English accent dud and mannerisms of speech I said when they ther are weak or silly enough to acquire them We e thIn it quite right arid and wise for each country countr to to take pride in its own individual customs customs cus CUB toms and it is foolish to Imitate others Whereupon tho the ladies ladles ladies d l much much I 1 t. t lc there could be two points of or view Tie on this subject A party of four tourists at a no hotel table taLle were designated d by a French lady as those voiced loud Americans They Ther proved to be of another nationality national national- ity on inquiry The same lady referred to an overdressed overdressed overdressed over over- dressed woman in the hotel as an American Inquiry proved her ber to be from the ladys lady's own country Many American women have brought these criticisms upon themselves by ill advised and unwise conduct an and habits babits and manners In foreign lands But It makes the situation all the more mortifying when we hear bear all the misdeeds misdeeds misdeeds mis mis- deeds of the tile traveling world heap heaped ell upon our countrywomen to think that by the mistakes of the minority a ban rests U upon Oll the entire nation Therefore it was especially sweet to I hear bear the Italians and the Israelites honestly and sincerely praise our land |