Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-02-17 | Page 4 | There is Romance in America

00 THERE THEAE IS ROMANCE IN AMERICA AMERICA- AMERICA A titled traveler from Europe recently made a tour of ot this thi coun coun- country coun- coun country country try He enjoyed his bis trip he said said but was not very favorably tin pressed rund by much of ot the country outside of New York The trouble with the middle vest middle west far ter west and south thi this gentleman Is le that there Is no background of ot t I tom thin and history to give color to toI I j i toj dull doll scenes scene and poetry to local i histories hl tories I Having said this he beaded headed back for Europe where the traditions sad romantic stories a about each 1 u village and town go back a thousand thousand thousand and years From his own point of view he probably had bad America sized up fairly accurately But what he failed Called to what realize realize what many of ofus ofus ofus us fall fail to to was vas realize was that Am Am- American American American civilization Is and all as ala aye has been on an entirely different tac tack from Crom Europe's Traditions and folk tales folk tales like those of ot Eur Eur- Europe Eur- Eur Europe Europe ope be he will never find here of course but traditions and folk tolk tales of our own kind there are without number The storIes glories bf ot f the pioneer are areno areno areno no less romantic and inspiring than the tales of o Europe's kIngs Skim through h the history of ot any section of o of this country and see If It Is not fascinating l g as a novel