The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1891-03-28
THE CANADIAN TYPE.
Charles ru,ii-y Warner snys II IL Neither
English Nor American.

hal been told that the Canadians arc
secondhand Euglishincn. writes Charles
Dudley Warner In Iiarpcr's Magazine. No
estimate could convey more erroneous
impression. A portion Of the people have
strong E1gliah trIditiuna and loynlucs TO
institutions, but In manner and in cxpccta-
tons tue Can adams are scarcely more En-
glish than the people Off Unitcd States,
thoy have their own colonial development.
and OF, can mark already with tolcrable
distinc;n.ss u Canadian type which Is
neither English nor American. This Is
noticeable especially In tho women The
Canadian girl resembles tho American In
escape from u purely conventional restraint
aud in self-rc,iaucc, and she has, ike tho
English, wei! uotula'od voice and dis
tinct articulation. In the cities, also, shc
has taste In drcs. and certain style which
we think belongs TO the New word In
features and action n certain modification
has gone on, due partly 10 climate aud part
iy 10 greater social independence II is un.
necessary TO make comparisons, and only
note that there Is IA Canadian typo Of
woman.
But there is great variety in Canada, md
in fact u remarkable racial diversity. Tho
man of Nova Scotia Is not ut all the man OF
British Columbia or Manitoba. The Scotch
precision in features aud speech. And 1t
may DO said generally in Eastern Canada
that the Scotch ciemvnt is \ leading and
conspicuous one in the vigor and push of
enterprise and the accumulation OF fort
unc. The Canadian men. as one sees them
IN Official life, at the clubs, in business, nrc
markedly vigorous, stal"art 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 to have at least one advantage
that of breeding virilo men. The Cana.
dams generally are fond Of outdoor sports
and athletic games, of fishin; and hunting.
and they give more time to such rccrcl-
tons than we do. They are u little less
driven by the business goad. Abundant
animal spirits tend 10 make men good-nat.
ured md little quarrclsomo. The Cana.
dams would IN Ike good soldiers. There
was time when the drinking habit pre-.
vailed very much in Canada. and there arc
still places where they 90 not put water
enough In their grog, but temperance reform
has taken as strong II hold there AZ IL has in
tho United States.
The feeling about tho English il illus.
trated by the statement that there Is not
more aping OF English ways in Montreal and
Toronto clubs and social life than in New
York, and that the English supercilious.
ness, or condcsccnsion as to colonists, the
ultraEnglish manner, is ridiculcd in Can
ada, and resented with even more warmth
than IN the United States. The amusing
stories of English presumption upon hos.
pitili'y arc current in Canada US well as
on this side. All this is not inconsisten,
with pride in tho empire, loyalty TO its ira
ditions and institutions, and even consid
erablc willingness (for human nature Is
pretty much alike everywhere) to accep,
decorative titles. But the underlying fac,
is that there is q distinct feeling OF uation
ulty, and it is increasing