New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13
THE AGONY THAT FOLLOWED.
Az EDITORIAL sCREECH.


| The structures of Mr.. Matthew Arnold upon
the social life OF Chicago show him 10 DE very mean
/ man; the manner OF hi- STRUCTURES SHOWS Iiat ~,
possesses neither the sweetness nor the hgt upon
which he such I'VE have no fault to find with
his charge that Chicago society only Affects ana laon
ICES culture II Il true To great eAteHI & =, M
aicctatiOn and pTCtcnsion 10 culture upon tle part Oh
certain few. but II is harmless and soon 7,atc Use
IN bric-a brac ana enct col BaIs' 20 lI ,s 'ne ~
charge is concerned. that could DE ta-y borne he,
| afactatiOn f. not unknown m London among CLIQUE
| with Mr. Arnold M extremity Oscar Wilde 40 the
middle. WHO do not let their culture grow up silently
with the lite" but proclaim II with onth,l'e
ness II is the manner of Mr. Aruolds structure that
gives offence II Is the thny-coyerCd malice ill' nr
ttiv 1tt aarge ,,, nj the cxuen.e oil those quail
es witch isua Isl commend man 10 society ~ his
fellows and violation Of those canOns oil hospitality
| which even The Arab respects.
II il now unquestioned that Mr.. ArnOld- mission 70
this country failure. The most conspicuous local
ty OF that failure Chicago Had he not been sratu
ousy entertained while here had not his expense lee
paid Tor him. al. lecture profits would hardly nave paiu
the board bills Of the apostle OF sweetness ana lSnt M
family. and the dog. It was not the fault 81 Phlsth
i-a, however. so much as unfortunate ComIeut as
countryman Of his. with stil keener scent TOT me
tronase OF her Majesty had outbd The literary hcatrr
and offered a show which was more attractive 10 .h'
Arnold failed % get Hence 1t is not strange that
Chicago should come III for the hardest OF the
abuse The malice which vents itself upon chicago a.
whole also itself in personalities Matthew Arnold
has right his opinions If Professor swing but one
views 80 freely or he would have had such views AZ
all il Professor swing had lot first criticised him pub
lcly. III had attended upon the Professor :
sunday services and Witnessed two three thousand
nall where NO or three hundred bored people had
listened few evenings before To the great Matthew
Arnold OF England, apostle Of sweetness and light.
Mr. Arnold says The inevitable curse OF The money
getting spirit Is writ large a. Wcre IN tAe acuOh OF
this population of half million souls. II Is an easy
matter 10 know the heart Of such community A. this
when its actions are 20 open TO the view 81 al men
BY the token II Is not difficult 70 read Mr. ARNOLD
ana his heart when his actions we're so open 10
view. M. Arnold came to I'M, country ioI AMois',
dollars, and TO make sure OF them ne lnrusJe u'e ~
q manager who had made a cteat many of tho,e Sahe
dollars l9r als eHp.oI'iIs W. =, a ,, v.v moi the
shows. Plnaiorc kcoud MAKE Ilolel, WIZ Ho' .i
great English apostle under the same management
The money setting spirt |Ss gge Pb s and ~
spend ~ little he could among them was his policy
little, but he got very niue. ms say IL l'S '.a+5
where he iectured cost him nothing lie was uckeleu
good Methodist brother IN attendance upon TIE General
Conference the hosts not cVpectngqe other m
pleased to bestOw M on them and not always FeceiH5
5cip N mis- country There was no afectaton OF con
cerr for the things OF the spirit IN Mr. Arnold. Amer
lean tour. There was no conccalment Of the FINANCIAL
idea even though dsI lay might involve the amenities
OF social 'e. the of hospitality, or the proprees
without either sweetness or light He had the desire
ior the money getting without the capacity To- gray IT,
but this dd not mitigate the keenness Of the desire He
had the competition Of Nj Mape-0n on the one hand
and Mr. Irving on the other who l9oh tle non sa'y
iut he followed bravcy along and cleaned IT not win
the sweetness of Ruth. at least with cl0sencs7 10 me
ground tudt would nave a-toli,lcu JUN LcI anu
lOrd OF the harvest.
He went back 10 England failure He was failure
ia his manner Lecturer His lectures had laled 10
make the impression hc had expected He had been e
social disappointment aud many times veXatioh 10
degree thai strained the limits OF courteous liberation
He returned with but 5000 of the Phllsne- money u
his pockets. From that standpoint 81 view u j. NOT
surprising perhaps that hc regards Ms with dahke ana
Chicago With the most dislike, because IN TINS CITY ne
made no money az all. Bat one = disposed 10 wonder
what he might have said il ne had back with a- rich
a trca~irc-trovc Nj Irving found here. Would lac
not have written about n with surprising sweetness and
regarded us all children OF light even those or Us WHO
are "merccrs. iroBmOnEcr, and packers. Whit4 latter
term applied 10 dealers in the class OF food products
derived from the hog