The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-12
THE EAST AND THE WEST.
Some Forceful Comments on Their Dis
tinctive Traits.

Some Forceful Comments ON Their Dis
tinctive Traits.
Especial Corespondence.l
Boston, Nov. 0-To appreciate Boston give
ten days to Chicago. Chicago is intensely ener-
getic and stupendous, but raw and uncouth
Chicago is splendid boy in the gosin period;
he doesn't care u cent whose toes he treads on
He believes in himself more than dad and
nam 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 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 I am not sure that you will ever be n
great man."
Boston is a gentleman of classical training
proud of his university, and withal a little
pedantic. II you are ON the west or south
you will find him very courteous, but his
courtesy will patronize justa little. His
manner will say: "Ah, well, you western
and southern people have independence, Off
handedness and frankness. You may be gen
tlemen, but am scholar and a gentleman.
| have toured Europe all over. In painting,
the drama and music patronize only the
best. My motto in all my purchases is quail
ity, not quantity. l am not SO much an
American as a citizen of New Engtand.n
II ride like the Engishman, l trim my
beard and comb my hair a la Anglaise. Ny
models and standards in literature are Eng
lish. Away with your Walt Whitmans and
your Joaquin Millers. am not bla6, that
is too French, but cultivate the NIL adnira,i
of the English gentleman. Altogether I am
the most select and exclusive thing in
America"
Tourist reader, if you are tired and wish
rest and recreation so to Boston, and wander
amid its leafy suburbs of Brighton, Brooklinc
and Cambridge If you are business man
and wish new Infusion of business energy
so to Chicago and stand OH La Sale or Dear
born streets, and be awed by the whi,r, swish
and sweep of the wheels of traffic. Boston
has its share of illteracy, however l have
seen within five miles Of Boston the horseshoe
over the door as a bona fide witch charm,
and not as an ornament.
A few days ago, party starting out to
find the home of the late Edwin P. Whipplc
found 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 bis 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 cutius or esprit that especially charac-
terizes that institution. With Harvard it is
the AL admirdri and the cultivation of the
Indifferent. Enthusiasm is boycotteI by the
students quite as much as egotism. The
average Harvard student affects a roncha-
lance that amounts almost to a swa"ger. ]
saw two japanese students come into the
library that had caught the indifferent
swaggcr. With their Oriental faces 1t pro-
dHccd quite comicct combination.
The extreme of this results in brusuue-
ness of manner that almost approaches the
confines of boorishness. This story goes the
rounds: A Harvard student had gone home
with a classmate to spend his vacation The
classlnate tells his friend "There is young
lady stopping with us; chum of my sisters.
would you like to meet her?' "H-c-m, all
We Il trot her out" The young lady heard
the speech. They entered the parlor, the
young man was presented, she looked at him
"H-e-m. ah-w-e-ll tot him
back" 1t 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
tivnrion of something else Among the
athletic clubs this has its good sides. result
ing in Spartan endurance and indifference
A t;,,,a in |,
climate it was a rare thing to see Harvard
student with an overcoat on in midwinter
| know captain of one of the Harvard
crews that always slept between open Win
lows, draught of air passing over him with
MS chest bare. The crew always rowed bare
headed, stripped to the waist. They caught
, breath of the spirit that breathes from
SCOTS words:
Alike to him was time or tide,
Dcccmber's snow or July S prde
Alike to him was tide or time,
Moonlcss midnight or matin prime.
Harvard has advantages for laying the
foundation for broad culture over any in
titution in the country. But in individual
development of force and character many |
western and southern institutions are ahead |
If it. Harvard is strong and its esprit is
yitlHiliC enough w COilipIeSS u yOutnS Hillu
uto a prescribed mold In the eastern and
outhern institution the literary or debating
ociety is half of the culture of the student,
md that is conducted by the students them
elves entirely. And in them there is oppor-
unity for the growth and development of
and originality.
CLAIBORNE ADDISON You've.
A correspondent says: Those who have
My seen Rome i'm winter have little idea of
be real charm of the city rs il reveals itself |