Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-17

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They AFRO, some way. a different people
They are Of tho same flesh aud blood.
vote tho came presidential tickets. Gy
the same fac and soar the Same eagle
But you wouldn't be surprised to hear
them speak different language. They
look like foreigners, or else we do In tho
east am not sure which. There was
hot weather when was In the west. but
didn't see anybody in the light, sum
mcrish clothing which we have taken up
IN the cast Wcsiernera wear the same
weight Of clothing the year round. and
the same shoes High silk hats are
scare beyond Chicago. Even In tho
city Of tue fair the motley crowd on the
street Ia for the most part SLOUGH hat
crowd. The men Of Chicago pay about
one-half Us much attention 10 dress as
they do In New York. and farther west
the discrepancy Is still greater.
a theajor audience In Chicago as seen
from box does not look like a ihenter
audience Ia New York. Charley Hoyt.
the theatrical manager. once told me he
could b. carried around the country
blindfolded, In ignorance Of his where.
Rbouts, and II taken on tho stage Of
theatcr and permitted 10 look through
the pecphole at the audience, could tell
whether he was In Now York or Boston
or Chicago or Kansas City. II can't tell
you by what sign or indication could
distinguish ono audience from another"
he SAID, but tho difference IL there,
strongly marked, unmistakable though
indcscrihable. believe he could do 1t.
The people Of the west ARE darker than
those OF tho east II Is easy to sec that
They live more IN the open mir. They arc
Drowned by tho sun and roughcnod by
the winds u the prnirics. This Is rs true
OF the women rs Of tho men. West Of
the Mississippi you seo very few fat men.
Even middlcwoight men are rare. The
rule Is, tall. dirk. dark haired, brown OF
black beard. thin What It Is that makes
90 many men Of tho prairie west shoot
up more than six feet In the air, and yet
keep their weight down to lC0 or 1875
pounds, could not discern. But any
one who travels much in that region
must have noticed the remarkable stat
ure Of the men rs q whole.
or course the average Of humanity In
the west Ia more uncouth than IN tho
east. In the hotels and dining cars you
see more men, and women, too, eating
with thois knives or with napkins tucked
under their ohins West OF Chicago you
will hear three times as many persons
sucking soup out OF their Spoons rs east
Of that point But In hndliness, true,
sincere politeness. absence Of aiIcctation
and priggishness. the westcrners beat Us
every time II you go out from the east
and think TO take them up for haysocds
or pumpkins you will make u sad mis-
take.
"You ought 10 como down east said
]. jus, n little boastiully. TO u train nc.
quaintance, land sec our great build
ings. our elevated aud electric railroads
Why. In Washington we have an cleo
tric road six miles long"
"Yes." said my friend, "thc electric
railway Ia a great thing. In Denver we
have line nineteen miles long. We
have very good elevated roads IN Kansas
City. | was surprised to discover while
IN Europe that they have no elevated
roads there. ldil not like tho under.
ground roads IN London at all. In Ber.
lin, Vienna and even IN 81. Petersburg
found tho electric road used to good adj
vantage. When was In South America
rode all over tho suburbs OF their largo
cities on beautiful carr propelled by elog.
tricity.~
had Thought my friend needed travell
They aro the greatest travellers IN the
world, the people OF tho prairie country.
They think nothing Of Journey OF 900
miles. Almost every man you meet has
boon oil over tho western country--to
Denver. tho Black Hills, TO the coast. to
Chicago, and very many OF them have
visited the east aud tho Old World. They
urc 20 fond Of travel out there that tho
trains are always crowded. At this sen.
sou OF the year tho roads are running
extra trainA and yet It is almost impos.
fiblo 10 find Gcat, Crops arc big and
times promise TO DO good, and In conse.
quenco thousands upon thousands Of
women and children arc coming east 90
their old homes TO sec their fathers and
mothors and grandparents.
The railroads are oyorrunning that
country at tremendous rate. Tho
maps Of Nebraska, Kansas and the Da.
kotns are being cobwebbed by the lines
which indicate iron highways Really
the railroads have been in q measure,
and ftill arc, the pioneers. SO keen has
been the competition for territory be-
tween the great railroad corporations-
the Burlington. tho Northwestern, tho
St. Paul the Santa Fc, tho Rock Island
that they have pushed their lines from
time TO time far out into tho frontier
belt In hopes Of getting ahead Of some
threatening rival. settlement has fol.
lowed the roads. Not content with all
the prairie country west of Chicago,
these leyiathans OF the railway world
are pushing their lines into tho noun.
tains and promise TO 80 on TO tho Pa.
cite coast
Fasteners and foreigners arc surprised
at the magnitude Of tho prairie country,
at the magnificent distances there 10 bJ
encountered. Vt the manner In which az,
riculturo and civilization hayo swept
over those mighty plains. II is n fact
that bysimply looking out Of tho car win
dows you cannot tell whether you arc In
northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin, In
Minnesota, In Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota
or Kansas. They are all alike super
fcially They have the same farms
hedges, artificial groves Of trees. housos
barns villages The country 100 mills
west Of the Missouri river appears to b,