Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-10
THE CANADIAN TYPE.
Charles Dudley Warner Says It Is Neither
 English Nor American.

Charles Dudley Warner Says It Is Neither
 English Nor American.
 had been told that the Canadians are secondhand Englishmen, writes Charles Dudley Warner in Harper's Magazine. No estimate could convey a more erroneous impression. A portion of the people have strong English traditions and loyaltles to institutions, but iA manner and in expecta- tions the Canadians are scarcely more En- glish than the people of the United States; they have their own colonial development, and one can mark already with tolerable distinctness a Canadian type which is neither English nor American. This is noticeable especially in the women. The Canadian girl resembles the American in escape from purely conventional restraint and in self-reliance, and she has, like the English, a well-modulated voice and dis tinct articulation. h the cities, also, she has taste in dress and certain style which we think belongs to the New World In features and action certain modification has gone on, due partly to climate and part ly to greater social independence. It is un- necessary to make comparisons, and only note that there is Canadian type of woman.
 But there is great variety in Canada, and In fact remarkable racial diversity. The man of Nova Scotia is not at all the man of
  in old Canada have made a distinct inn pression in features and speech. And 1t may be said generally in Eastern Canada that the Scotch element is leading and conspicuous one in the vigor and push of enterprise and the accumulation of fort une. The Canadian men, as one sees them in official life, at the clubs, in business, arc markedly vigorous, stalwart race, well made, of good stature, and not seldom VI, sArx,~ nl~ to be remembered when we consider the rigorous climate and the long winters these seem to have at least one advantage that of breeding virile men. The Cana dians generally are fond of outdoor sports and athletic games, of fishing and hunting, and they give more time to such recrea- tions than we do. They are a little less driven by the business goad. Abundant animal spirits tend to make men good-nat- ured and little quarrelsome. The Cana dlans would make good soldiers. There was time when the drinking habit pre- vailed very much in Canada, and there are still places where they do not put water enough in their grog, but uttemperance reform has taken as strong a hold there as it has in the United States.
 The feeling about the English is illus trated by the statement that there is not more aping of English ways in Montreal and Toronto clubs and social life than ill New York, and that the English supercihous ness, or condescensiou as to colonlsts, the | ultra-English manner, is ridiculed in Can 1 ada, and resented with even moro warmth l than in the United States. The amusing stories of English presumption upon hos | pitality are current in Canada as we'll as | on this side. All this is not inconsistent with pride in the empire, loyalty to it's tra ditions and institutions, and even a consid
 erable willingness (for human nature is pretty mnch alike everywhere) to accept decorative titles. But the underlying fact is that there is distinct feeling of nation | ality, and it is increasing,