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A View Of America

Plain spenting/hetween people who desire to understand one an- other is clearly essential, and for that reason the frankness of the PORTRAITS STAND Dean of St. Paul's in describing

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the other day, the impressions made on him during a visit to America may be read without These, as everybody knows, are resentment on the other side of unsettled times, and a wave of in- the Atlantic. He thinks that a de- novation struck even the London cided effort la necessary to achieve Stamp Exhibition, which closed understanding between these the other day in Westminster. two peoples speaking the same Its promoters went aside most language and having democratic daringly to consider not only traditions of the same order. 'He stamps as they are bút stamps as quotes Mr. Belloc's description of they might be; there were on the United States as "the most view at the exhibition pictorial foreign of all countries." Some designs for British postage of Dr. Matthews's impressions stamps which incorporated such disturb more accepted ideas on flandmarks as the Tower Bridge, this side than they may do on the Durham Cathedral, and the other, as; for instance, when he Houses of Parliament) It would be says that Americans, so far from rash to assume that any official being progressive, re extremely notice will be taken of so daring conservative. They are also, in a departure. For nearly a hun-his view, slow. This is certainly drew years British Governments a shock to the prevailing view in have been putting the monarch's this country. Dr. Matthews had portrait on Britain's postage the misfortune to be in the Unit- stamps (though come · zealous ed States immediately after the patriots were sadly perturbed in September crisis. The state of the earliest days by the thought opinion there "appalled" him. It |that Queen Victoria's head would may well have disturbed him, but have to be punched every time a it is a little surprising to find stamp was cancelled by the post-him accusing the press there of mark), and when this matter was giving false impressions of last raised some years ago in European affairs, In making his the House of Lords the Govern- criticisms of American news- ment spokesman declared with papers one wonders whether he great firmness that no departure sufficiently bore in mind some of from that tradition could be con- the papers which he must have sidered as acceptable. Since then seen at home. we have had newer stamps and Boat

better stamps, with (as the re- Something to Talk About sult of vigorous citicism) designs

by artists such as Mr. Eric Gill There is a pleasing story from and Mr. Duląc, but the portrait | the bird show at the Royal Horti- has always dutifully appeared, as cultural Hall in London - where it does on Mr. Gill's design for the judges tried for three hours the three-halfpenny stamp in use to induce thirteen competitors for at this moment. But there is the best talking bird to "do their nothing in the course of nature stuff.”- Overcome by shyness or or history to tie us down so faith- the novelty of their situation the fully to portraiture on postage would-be champion chatterers sat stamps. Other countries constant-silent; all except one, who is re- lly devise excellent designs of his ported to have announced at last torical or pictorial appeal. Surely Joey's got the first prize." And some day we shall have a shot at, so Joey had-and pride in that it, and the forlorn hope of the achievement had apparently loos- London experiment will perhaps ened his tongue. He had, in do something to prepare the way, Putting On The Screw

short, béon supplied with a topic worth talking about, from which it would appear that those who want birds to talk had better ar- "As Republican Spain's last hour range beforchred for each and all approaches, Italy and "Germany of them to ges /prize. Or another once again set in motion their way might be to announce that well-tried machinery for aqueez no award at all would be made, ing France and Britain. Their whereupon the whole assembly omatists are busy in Eastern might possibly break out into be, cajoling, threatening, and voluble protsat at so monstrous a

many, and – Italy deal with the

decision on the part of the judges. In any event, the whole episode suggests that even – though the says nothing it may be think-