Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-22
THE CANADIAN TYPE.
Charles Dudley Warner Says 1t Is Neither
EnslInh Nor American.

I had been told that the Canadians are
second hand Engiishmen. writes Charlie:
! Dudley Warner in Harper's Magazine. Nc
estimate could convex a more erroneous
| impression. 4 portion of the people have
strong English traditions and loyalties tC
institutions, but in manner and in expecta
| tons the Canadians are scarcely more En-
gGsh than the people of the United States
| they have their own colonial developm ent-
and one can mark already with tolersble
distinctness Can adian type which is
neither English nor American. This is
| noticeable especially in the women. The
Canadian girl resembles the American in
escape from Q purely convent onal restraint
aud in seif-reliance, and she has, like the
English, a well-moduated voice ard dis
tinct articulation. In the cities, also, she
has taste in dress and q certain style which
we think belongs to the New World In
features and action a certain modification
has gone on, due partly to climate and part
~ TO greater social independence. II is I'M
necessary to make comparisons, and l 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
British Columbia or Manitoba. The Scotch
in old Canada have made a distinct i'm
preston in features and speech. And it
may be said generally in Eastern Canada
that the Scotch element is leading and
conspicuous one In the vigor and push If
enterprise and the accumulation Of fort
une. The Canadian men, as one sees them
IN official life, at the clubs, in business, are
markedly a vigorous, stalwart race, well
made, of good stature, and not seldom
handsome. This physical prosperity needs
to be remembered when we consider the
rigorous climate and the long winters;
these seem 10 have at least one advantage
that OF breeding virile men, The Cana
dams generally are fond Of outdoor sports
and athletic games, of fishing and hunting,
and they give more time to such recrea-
tons than we do. They are little less
driven by the business goad. Abundant
animal spirits tend to make men good-nat-
ured and little quarrelsome. The Cana
dams 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 il their grog, buttemperance reform
has taken as strong 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 thar in New
York, and that the English supercihous-
ness, or condescension as to colonlsts, the
ultra-English manner. is ridiculed in Can
ada, and resented with even more warmth
than in the United States. The amusing
stories Of English presumption upon hos
pitdlity are current in Canada as well as
on this side. All this is not inconsistent
with pride in the empire, loyalty TO It's ira
ditions and institutions, and even a consid-
cradle willing ness flor human nature is
pretty mnch alike everywhere) TO accept
decorative titles. But the underlying fact
Is that there is distinct feeling Of nation
atty, and it Is increasing.