New-York tribune., 1877-10-27
ENGLEwoOD AND ORANGE.
OLD REsPECTABlIIrY VERSUS CLERKS AND CASH
IER,-vITUE ~ BIG HOUSE, AND SMALL ONES
WITH GREEN BLINDS.

OLD REsPF cTiBllIrY VERSUS CLERKS AND CASH.
IEEs-vIrTUE ~ BIG HOUSES AND SMALL ONES
WITH GREEN BLINDS.
To the EdttOr Of me Trtbune.
SIR: The fact that queer letter from En-
glewood crop, into paper lately may Bee an excuse
for another from OIung II is somewhat uncommon FOR
resident Of one place Openly criticize the ncishor-
Ing towns and villages that lie scattered ABOUT his own
hamlet. II is more unusual publicly % comment upon
the superiority o; habits, modes Of living OCCUPATIONS
and mental cultivation certain friends mentioned by
name. Il is waut0n for yiager 10 snecr at hard
working class like New York b0Ok-kcepcrs, clean,
,hayen bank cashiers, and leading d!ygoods clerks
resident In other and 30 iidicu.c their ulm
smarty-palnted cottages" in such that their
wives aud daughters Dee taught To hod their hard
earned possessions 900 contempt forever df-fwarJ II
EnglewOOd without representation of such useful CIT
iEens "bC0kA eels andcaShiers. 10 NAV account
for the somewhat iuudi-d condition Of tine finances o.
some Of its residents A. OF the inhabitants Of En-
glewood are said by t!s writer reside an The year
that favored spOt, Tie EnscwO dtrs must 6o about ap
pro aching that season az the year when, TO quote their
own letter their "pelsure waters, fountains, opcn-ar
statuary whatever tAlt i,l. and rustic adITnDents
which educated tastes aided by wealth know how 10
cure TO themselves VIII not frequently seducc them
out Of DOORS and they wiz De left the pursuit Oi tnelr
"afstOcratIc and higtOned pleasures in other drcC-
tons.
II may De that a taste FOR travel viii induce their
Gnnaiist 10 get n his family carace aHd attach ms
"famiy horses thereto for drive faT Orange
He VIII thcie see tuat 3 the civilization Of NewJcfscy
is not confined 20 Euglcwood. And while Orange, 1t
must be admitted. las Largo proportion OF CcAS ana
cashiers living iu lis VILLAGE IL c0ud not cNcluuc item
without losing Is best class, ana, IN tDc aggregate IT'S
wealth, anC iis eObcr, earnest Iespectabiiiy
The arrogance cf tone tat LDgcWOod ct:e|Iter is
not hidden uutcr il jJas, OF solid superiority, and il
speaks ~ for the social structure OF EusewoOd that It's
society is constituted of middleaeed merchants or
banking characters whose fortunes made" as their
anuaiist has IT, A. society made up OF such dry sticks
with NO youth no taste for genial entertainments no men
of leters 10 short 40 any hing wlch makes society mat
brilliant attraction tor pisons Of true social habit must
be not superior bu inferior other places in New Jer
sey There is nothing doadcninx % social lie fa
lazy ana rich Voutriug OF Ie>ptCtauiI, winch often
consists Oseutat0u- aGcctitiOn OF culture, ch8lty
and simplicity Living n biz houses is no tcst Of virtue
Doubtless, EnglywOod s much such suburban village
Gs twenty others adjacent to NewYOk, and, except In
It's unriyaled view % tine Hudson, has peculiar al
yanages over the other NeW-Jcrsey and villages
The EugewOOd letter j, probably there treated as
funny bit Of egotsn, by the pen OF queer, dat
gentleman or lady, whose fortune Il made better
than mind must bc tlat the intense SELF
satisfaction Of the average Eug.ewOOd nabOb is some
what 70 blame FOR the LugewOod letter Constant repo
ttons Of selfprase at tea-parties and church
gatherings lie behind that letter, and there viii
be 10 permanent Improvement there until sprnk sling
Of educated DOOkkccpers and cashiers with habit OF
accounts investigate tine hollow precuce of bE fortunes,
Zig houses aud plaIlsaictl CLARITY and tcncd Simpler
ty Heinrich Hclnc would have made ducks and drdkes
Of these mdd.C-dgcd WeI-sOdO !-hsle"OOdeIs haC nc
ever lived there. DILDKCH IEHHJNE.
OgQnge. y. D., oct. IS, l777.