The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-23
PuILABELPHIA A CRY or nov

puIIABELPHIA A CITY or HOMES.
At such a season as this, when everybody is
spending all that he makes, one cannot but be
struck with the great good fortune and sue.
cess which attend the career Of Philadelphia.
i is the only city in the Union, by-.he-by,
where life can be really enjoyed. New York
is very excellent emporium for gairoter5,
sneak-thieves, and mysterious murders. Gar
rioters flourish there, and strut about en- prince.
But It's beauties are meritrici)us and its Joys
are few. To have the sword of DAMoCLEs
suspended over ones head may be
a classical and peculiar mode OF en-
joying life, but it gives too keen an
edge to enjoyment. Here in Philadelphia q
man can go quietly home at two o'clock in
the morning without the probability Of sink
ing into the nearest gutter and an early
grave under the combined influence Of slung-
shots and billies. Here man may partake of
a modest supper With a few friends without
the dyspep;ic anticipation of mysteriou5ly
disappearing on his way home, and of turn
ing up some days after in various parts Of
the Delaware and the Schuylkil, from Glou-
cester Point to Fairmount, carefully quar-
tered and artistically encased in oil
skin. Here, 80 fairly conducted arc our
municipal regulations, that we regard
strangers with black valises with no over
weening suspicion. We sleep secure in hosel
beds. We have no ghosts at our banquets.
no daggers to see continually before u.s. We
have a safe city to live in. In New York you
meet with enjoyment every now and then, say
how dye do, shake hands and part In
Philadelphia the man who has realized the
mere monetary means orluxury, finds himself
surrounded on all sides with more than what
is only luxury. He enjoys true, solid, lasting
comlort-comfort Of soul aud body. The
Excelsior city is flrst-cla3s place to die in,
when the death is accompanied by violence,
but Philadelphia is the only city to live in.
To few other cities Philadelphia holds the
same relation that a pure pearl does to a
streaked and veined jewel. There is a calm
ness, an equability, a harmony about her which
are found in no other emporium. We are so
well aware of what we are, that we ars not
over-anxious to parade all we haze We have
clean city, a well-lit city, a safe city. We
have park which is growing into the finest
in the world. Our streets are throng5d
with long lines Of magnificent equip
ages. Our principal avenues form vistaj
OF business palaces, Our hotels are over
flowing. In every quarter Of the city new resi-
dences are going up-homes for the poor man
as well as the rich. 1t is in Philadelphia
especially that the poor man most enjoys the
inalenable rights Of life, liberty, and the pur-
suit ofhappiuess. He is not penlei in tene-
ment houses, and his circle of acquaintance is
not confined to starvation rows. In the realm,
Of science and Of art, we can find time for
earnest study and impartial criticism. Finally,
/ Philadelphia, with all her prosperity can afford
( to be patriotic. Much of the best blood that
/ has been spilled is hers, and many of the
heaviest blows inflicted during the war have
come from the hands of the men of tho City Of
Brotherly Love.