Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-11-15
THE EAST AWO TIE YES
Some ForcefuI Comments on Their Dis
tinCtIys Traits.
Ispnrlal Corrcspondcnce.I

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BoSToN. Nov s-To appreciate Boston give
ten DAYS To Chicago Chicago is intensely ener-
getic and stuponduus. tut raw and uncouth
Chicago Is a splendid boy in the goSlin period;
he doesn't care cent Whose toes he treads on.
He believes in himself more than dad and
mann or any of his unclcS He whistles sings,
yells and goes straight as an arrow for what
he likes. You look at him and you say
what a splendid animal you are, but you
are not refined. You buy your paintings
and books in the lump. As for the drama,
your taste is decidedly for the crude You
like beer and own the finest horses in the
world. Boy like, you brag of anything you
have There Is power and possibility in you,
but am not sure that You will ever be
great man"
Boston is a gentleman of classical training,
proud Of his university and withai a little
pe,iantic. II you are from the west or south
you will find him very courteous, but his
courtesy will patronize just'a little. His
manner will say: All, we'll, you western
and southern people have independence, off
handednesS and frankneSs You may be gen
tlemen, hut am a scholar and gentleman.
! have toured Europe all over. In painting,
the drama and music | patronize only the
lest, My motto in all my purchases is quail
Ity, not quantity | am not 50 much an
American as a citizen of New England"
Il ride like the Englishman, I trim my
beard and comb my hair Ia 4RgIGiss. MY
models and standards in literature are Eng
lsh. Away with your Walt Whitmans and
your Joaquin Millers. | am not blaS6, that
is too French, but cultivate the nil admirdyi
of the English gentleman Altogether / am
the most select and exclusive thing in
America
Tourist reader if you are tired and wish
rest and recreation go to Boston, and wander
amid its leafy suburbs Of Brighton, Brookline
and Cambridge. Ii you are business man
and wish n new infusion of business energy
60 to Chicago and stand on La Sale or Dear
born streets, and be awed by the whirr, swish
and sweep of the wheels of traffic Boston
has its share Of illiteracy, however. have
seen within five miles of Boston the horseshoe
over the door as a bona fide witch charm,
and not as ali ornament
A few DAYS ago, a party starting out 10
find the home of the late Edwin P. Whipple,
found a score of persons that knew nothing
of him i'll finding one that did And this,
too, when all the while they were within
bow shot Of his home.
Cambridge, or rather Harvard university
Of Cambridge, does much to determine the
literary atmosphere OF Boston Among the
students of every college or university there
is a cr.'ius or esprit that especially charac-
terizes that institution With Harvard it is
the nil Gdmirdri and the cultivation of the
indifferent Enthusiasm is boycotted by the
students quite as much as egotiSm The
average Harvard student affects noncha-
lance that amounts almost II a swagger. !
saw two japanese students come into the
library that had caught the indifferent
swagger. With their Oriental faces it pro-
duced quite comicai combination
The extreme of this results in brusque-
ness of manner that almost approaches the
confines of boorishuess. This story goes the
rounds: A Harvard student had gone home
with claSsmate 10 spend his vacation. The
classmate tells his friend There Is a young
lady stopping with us; chum of my sisters,
would you like 10 meet kerr Hem, ah-
Well trot her out" The young lady heard
the speech. They entered the parlor, the
young man was presented, she looked at him
nonchalantly Hem, ah-w-e-n trot him
back II is needless TO say that quite upset
the young mans acquired Indifference I'm
less Indifference is indigenous TO his brain a
man had better turn his attention TO the cul-
tivarion of something else. Among the
athletic clubs this has its good sides, result
ing in Spartan endurance and indifference
to heat or cold At one time in this rigorous
climate it was rare thing TO sec a Harvard
student with an Overcoat on in midwinter.
,r,,,, g = al,
crews that always slept between open win
dows, draught Of air passing over him with
his chest hare, The crew always rowed bare
headed, stripped TO the waist They caught
breath of the spirit that breathes from
SCOTS words:
Alike 10 him was time or tide,
pecembers snow or July 5 pride;
Alike 10 him was tide or time,
MoonlesS midnight or matin prime.
Harvard has advantages for laying the
foundation for broad culture over any in
stitution in the country. But in individual
development os force and character many
western and southern institutions are ahead
Of it. Harvard is strong and its esprit is
tyrannic enough 10 compress youths mind
into prescribed mold. In the eastern and
southern institution the literary or debating
society is half Of the culture Of the student,
and that is conducted by the students them
selves entirely. And in them there is oppor-
tunity for the growth and development OF
individuality and originality.
CLAIBORNE ADDISON Young.
George COnklin. the liOn-tamer, says he
will have nothing TO do with croSS-eyed
animals, nor use any other remedy for his
coughs and colds but DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup.