, 1881-02-13
AS OTHERS SEE US.

! What 1t Calls *ttilc Obeiisk Scoopss-
! 1t Vows 1t VIII Yet Set Up Che opY,
! the Pyramid, Ill Lincoln Pnrl1.
Philadelphia Times, Ftb.9
Cleopatrns Needle Is already tho means O.
| SOWING melancholy woof Of discussion among
metropolitan brethren. Its mission was Il
bring peace, put its presence Is become a sword
Chicago, tho breezy, the brilliant, and boastful
looks with an cnvious eye upon Il possession
which gives New York another "bulge" III the
eyes Of the Continent. Had the New Workers
borue their triumph with meekness the
*'scoop." as Chicago yernacular counts these
enterprises In high art, might have been borne
with In silence, II not equanimity. But when
New York adis to her artistic acquisition di-
urnal ontbursts Of dithyrambe graduation II
IS more than Chicago flesh and blood can bcnr.
So there Is very pretty little war Of words.
New York, arrogant, contemptuously patron-
fztng. Dragging Of Its millions, and snrcasticully
recommending tho metropolis Of the West to
pay its attention to IL city OF ITS size. or nearer
imagined. this sttrs the Like City fulks to tho
very ecstasy OF indignant rcjoiudcr, IN which
the blunt force and unpublished humor Of Vest
ana blood and animal tissue. ID State prisoner
Tor ito or to read the history Of GacciardIani.
1ncoutfnent1y chose the former us the less severe
sentence. Gucc'Ard1ani being sort OF Il 1'oscaa
Banerott; ln!n & chisago Journals have come to
LBS pltcn- Ihefe IS so much OF them
mem aside an;ii u eonsresslonai % f"'s appfo 1@sS
priation can bo gotten TO have them
nneAeaz Mere It mol ter tbs We should like TO
it Is, VIC can only dip in here and there, like u
swallow on summer sea. It's true, comedies
NEE NE 1hlhuSE that we havn,t the population OF
Harrison gets rendy to throw the wings Of his
e eag9 oyer 5ao 3n1ying pase we sa
city covers the colonies from fHEt. ForfSt RI thn
ca1umet New York itself will be outstrippcd.
,,;ll nn9u M tne coMplaeent journalist goes On to
?oe dne AaeRtGs, = e. congratulnlng himself that
that no jim Fiss, Jay Gould, or Vanderbilt COR
rupts ne lambs that frisk On her green! Time
s.. ana E!acaso aHs1nst ING Worlo IS I1iE TRIBUNE
,i, ot dream. whose cto4d-capped towers and airy
n1h@, Ut, ~ ~, ~ ,ai a am sp1enoor al tnat
o2shana r5ara VI - tne , word ean noast! .,.,
THINGS ABOUT chicago. It Is tho only city Of
Inoaefn I1ssie times that made money BY burning
tself rs; Up: II has tho 3stlest stream Of water in
front. 1t has got more wooden pavement than
,ontt wontu 11ako Up ne neaas OF tue Democratic
Pafe}s Il, chretagg rS ne aho % lenst
rooms and smallest churches Of my capital in
sne County,. Is iaeatrcs are the best and ts
But many months OF the year 1t Is fine town to
1--we IN; From July to October tho wheat men
,nSna are a up NJ Geneva ake aud The city has
chicago WILL be all right III time, when the
exnnefance "a ace or youth bus passed She must
study 70 gee even WITH New York IN extraneous
sun takes up its march for Chicago tho city !
must, n vindication Of her renown, match tho |
opo1tn o1'd mjatP ~ PeknE up ne Pyramd Of Cheops
lake front to shade Michigan avenue from the
'un.. Why not? Chicago imported Carter Har-
Flson l from kentucky. and an energy equal to
never d., for Chicago to admit ut this stage of