Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1919 — GOOD POINTS IN AMERICANS [ARTICLE]

GOOD POINTS IN AMERICANS

Mexican Recognizes Attributes He Believes Latins Might Copy to Their Advantage. Let us recognize this: The poetry of the American character is shown in four devotions—to women, to children, to trees and to birds. These men, whom many people unjustly suppose to be rude; these men, who make ftraj liontt; these men, who maintain the rails through immense deserts; who btriki -up- -formidable’dndnstries; have in their spirit these four devotions, which honor them vastly and which not a few of us Latins would like to have for the better honor and embellishment of our common existence. There are in compensation many children and flocks of birds. Children, are the kings of the parks. Everything there is for them. They rqle over all, and you may see them, as I did; in Rock Creek park (Washington),with their naked legs wading in the many small streams and shouting charmingly while splashing in the crystal of the water. Notwithstanding they are than the children, the birds’ are little kings as well. Little kings that are respected not only in the air but on the ground. Sparrows I have found on the sidewalks among the hurrying throngs of people, jumping and hopping about.—Carlos Gonzales I’ena, in Universal Illustrado, Mexico City.