St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-28
FOR PRESIDENT
GROVER CLEVELAND,
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
kDLAI E. STEVENSON.
If CHICAGO WE'RE CUf,T11RED

Everybody in, the Northwest should
be glad for whatever promises to fur
ther Chicago's development. 1t has
long been one of the worlds conven-
tional pleasantrieS, as sacred as the
mother-in-law joke, to gently guy the
Windy city's aspirations after culture.
But the GLOBE wishes it success as it
struggles to become a real center and
home of the arts.
1t IS rather melancholy reflection,
but III good many lines Minnesota
must for many years to come be tribu-
tary to Chicago. This is true, for eX-
ample, of whatever pertains to the dra-
matte profession. Today New York is
the source of productivity in things his
trionic. The best actors in America are
gathered there. There the new plays
are put upon the boards. A metrOpoli-
tan success or failure is the test of sur
vival, or abandonment.
Chicago is what is called a great
''Show-going" town. But it shines in
this respect with only reflected glory
1t has no superb stock companies or
opera houses of the New York pattern.
1t receives and supports for brief sea-
SONS what have already been tried in
the Eastern city, and it usually receives.
them, moreover, III a somewhat emascu-
lated degree of splendor. The bright
particular star is little DINNER, the cos
tunes little dingier. the chorus little
smaller and little uglier than when
they appeared in New York.
For the provinces of the West there
is Il still further pairing off from the
Chicago standard. Ii Chicago is sat
istied with less than New York, it IS
argued that the provinces can not de-
mand as much as Chicago. A fairly
funny man is substituted, therefore, for
the pretty funny man who III Chicago
took the place of the very funny man
who played the leading part in New
York. The very slim girl who dazzle1
in New York has given way to very
fat girl by the time st. Paul is reached.
The fat girl can neither sing nor dance,
but her physique enables her to stand
cheap hotels and endure the faLigues of
travel. And so on through the list
economy does Its perfect work.
The GLOBE does not mention ali this
by way of criticism, but simply to make
one idea clear. If Chicago shall ever
make the progress she hopes to, we shall
share in the fruit. If theatrical COM
panieS were really nurtured there,
and it should become an actual
starting point instead of way
station; if it were in position to COM
mand the best there was and to insist on
having it, an interval of 400 miles would
not be long enough for complete de-
scent from SO high an eminence. Our
own shows would in such event be a
little less jay, our comedians little less
sad, the gay girls who kick their heels
behind the footiightS IN ravishing flights
of animal spirits would occasionally
weigh less than 200 pounds apiece. In
general the clouds would roll by. For
this time we are waiting.
The coming election will mark an
epoch in the history of the Northwest.
This vast region, rich in natural re-
sources, is preparing to join the Demo-
Gratis of other sections in resisting the
tariff restrictions on commerce which
prevent the enjoyment of the full ben. q
fit of those natural resources. IT, -ry
Democrat in Minnesota should do some
thing to forward the good caus,. The
GLOBES speaker fund offers a medium.
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