Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03
THE EAST AND THE WEST.



Especial Corrcspondcnce.1
BosTON, Nov 0.-To appreciate Boston give
ten days to Chicago. Chicago is intensely encr-
getic and stupendous, but raw and uncouth
/ Chicago is "A splendid boy in the gosln period :
he doesn't care cent whose toes he trcads on
He believes in himself more than dad and
mann or any of his uncles He whistles. sings,
yells and goes straight as an arrow for what
he likes You look at him and you say
what 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 gentleman of classica! training,
proud Of his university, and withal little
pedantic. II you are fom the west or south
you will find him very courteous, but his
courtesy will patronize just "A little. His
manner will say: "Ah we'll you western
and southern people have independence. off
handedness and frankness. You may be gen
tlemen, hut I am a scholar and a gentleman.
| have toured Europe all over. In painting,
the drama and music l patronize only the
best. My motto in all my purchases is quail
ity, not quantity. l am not so much an
American as citizen of New England"
81 ride like the EngliShman, | trim nv
beard and comb my hair q Ia IngidjSe. Nv
models and standards in literature are Eng
lish. Away with your Walt Whitmans and
your joaquin Millers | am not Jlds6, that
Is too French. but cultivate the ,tH ddinirnri
Of tbe Fu,Ii.b con+In,,,on t1.I,,' 90 = o't
tbe mast s.lnrt and a,.,l,,.i,, H.. an
America III
Tourist render if Won ara ,;,od ,,,, ..,
rest and recreation GA +, Bosto,, a,,I ,'.'i
amid its lcafv sulurls of Rri,l,+on prn'I.ii,,1
and Cambridle If Won ora = Lr1i,r.. ,i,',
and wish unv Infusion of L,,.i,,.',, ,,,, ',.'
90 TO Cbicaro and stand on Tn sill. ~ -
born streets. and Inc avad hv tbo ,,.l,irr .,,.ii
and sweep of the wheels If tromn na'.~i
has its share of illitnrocv boyn,.,.,. I,,,.a
seen within five miles of Boston tbn Lor-o.1,,.o
over the door rs n hono fda y.i,oh ,I,,,,,,'
and not as an ornament 10y
A few DAYS AGO. n Marty sto,.tir., ,,.. g.
find the home of the late Edwin p W-L;,I,
found a score Of persons that know. rI,i,i,,,,
of him in findin,r onn tb,t diI All H.
too. when all thr while tbev yoro ,,';tI, tr',
bow shot of his home u
CAMBRIDGE. or rather Harvard ,,,i,.,,..;4,.
of Comhrid,ro doos ,,,,,,i ~ u,'i
literary otmosnboro Of nos+o, , ,''i,'o ~. .,i'
students Of ovar,. COLLAGE, -. 'li'
is a cuitus or esDrt that esnrrioIIy cbo orc,.
terizes that institution. With Harvard il i.
the nil adDiiruri and tbo cuItivotio,, Of H.,
Indifferent Enthusiasm is bovrnttod l,. tl,o
students quite as much rs epotism Tho
average Harvard student affects no,cho-
lance that amounts almost 70 n s,yo,,,.r,.
saw two Jonouese student. co,no 10 ,l,,'
library that had caught fine iudifToro,t
swarror. With their Oriental fonos - ,,,.l,
duCcd quite COmical combination
The extreme of this results in 81 I,r,,,,,a
nos. Of ,nauuer tbo+ almost o,,,.,.,,l,, a.
co,,G,,os ~ L,,,;I,,,,s. ~ ~ .'' ~ ',iV
rounds Harvard student haI ,.o. o'i, we
with c,,ssmota to snenI liz -, M
clos.moto tells his friend aTboro Wv , "e
lady .to,nine, with ms. n ,.,rrn - ,,,'' 1uii9
-would Won like to maot bnrg' nrT "' ,'', I
Well trot her ONT Tho vo,,n,, ia1,' , Gu
the sneecb They entered tho ,'ari,,, "', .i,t
vo,,rf, man ,,os ,,,oso,,+od .l,' '"'
O''3 i'','.' II - 'H' ".hcu at MN
,'''', n.''riO!S ii-e-Hl' We'll trot INN
BACK II Is needless TO say that quite upset
the young mans acquired Indifference. I'm
less Indifference is indigenous TO his brain
man had better turn his attention r., tho ,,l
tiyarian of something olso A,,,o,',, H.,
''o nJs us S""l sues result
ne !" 'I'"I q" e,'"uiaHce ana Indifference
70 neat OF c"Id AT one time in this rigorous
climate il was a rare thing to see Harvard
student with an overcoat ON in uliluh,t..
know q coutoin of ,nn If I,, tI'',.,...,.,
,r.vv. thar al,,i,,. .Io,,+ to+,,'. ''''' va"
1.... ic Wv ""'"''h open VIM
~ '"7" r NJ an passing over nm with