Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-21
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that the first thing for a newcomer to DO
| was to bring himself into harmony with this
| tutelar patron this presiding deity. this res
| ident Ambassador from OLYMPUS, who had
| his abode uDon that spot of ground. Let
| him set up an altar to the Spirit of the Town
| and say his prayers for the grace of good
| citizenship. I like that There was some
| sense as we'll as some good religion in that
| old pagan worship That was their way of
expressing their apDreciation of the value
| and the need of public spirit.
| Citizens,,in n part of Re,,oio,
:,
| NE pruoeht o"elier III that ahc'eh'
hoihah Cuester even seS up u piI oi a sirine
W 'ne uehius rus VI AVerhus' W 1he s"aue vi
.ne .. Nesnei ~. terhaps IN WISE ioletnousns'
| their dismal region and desiring to establish
preparatory relations OF friendship: or per-
haps' III sdlire, ueen'nS tuat oiu pagan
Ches1er TO DC SORT OF Netner flt SET Dy the
panks OF the hlver Dee. ana accounting the
delty OF the place to De no other than the
oiacK oevll hlmself. suppose that In some
instances to-day 1t would not 40 TO become
a Votafy OF the spirit OF the Iown. Inc
oplrl1 OF Ihe IoWh might Dc the uehius VI
AVernus.
however, take the Spirit OF the Iown TO
oe 'ne uiVihity, not OF thlngs-as-Iney-ar
puo OF hlngs-as-they-ousht-to-oe we may
"eIi lmltate these OLD Romans ana account
cltlzensh1p to be part of good religion.
Every PlttsDurger ought to believe IN
PlttsDurg. wherever he goes he ought to
proclaim with blare OF trumpets that Pitts
ours Is the nnest town to live in that can De
discovered between the Aurora Borealis ana
the southern Cross. Our very faults are but
the shadows cast oy our virtues. 1t is smoky
mere, but that Is because we are SO busy NIL
ing orders In our Vills that we cannot nno
time 10 ADJUST our smoke consumers. anu
our streets, especially III the suburbs, are
ike the mlry avenues IN the Slough OF De-
spono: out that IS because the city grows so
fast that the Councils and the contractors.
working night and day, cannot keep up
with it.
Pittsbureers Lost to P;ttsbnrg
burgers enthusiastic about Pittsburg will
be to make Pittsburg enthusiastic about
Pittsburgers There is something the mat
ter with a country which does not appreci-
ate its own prophets am afraid that in
the past we have not been quite as apprecia-
tive as we might, For good men have found
that it was better for them to live some-
where else than here. We let Prof. langley
70 to Washington. We let Mr.. Alexander
and Mr.. Rinehart take their studios to New
last week before the Art Society, is music
critic of the New York Time. instead of
writing musical criticisms for a Pittsburg
paper Mr. Woods is at the head of a Uni
versity Settlement in Boston. Mr.. Carnegie
lives part of his time in New York and part
of the time in Clunv Castle Mr. PhfDps
makes his home at Knebworth. DIR. Purves
sits in q professors chair ut Princeton
And these are but n few of the rood men of
their departure out of Pittsburg.
That is not right. There ought to be a
great unbounded fund of. admiration and
appreciation and affection here, out of
which everybody who desires ought to be
paid large salary every week. 1t should
be made worth while for the best people to
stay here in Pittspurg
A Stem in the Ripbt Direction
-.
i bELih' h 'Has the perihaneh' eAhipl'
tioh OF the WORKS OF riIIspurg artlsIs "hlch
is Go DC opened tomorrow at the rooms OF
the Art society is an advance IN that d1rec-
uon. Ihe idea Is 20 nave the Academy OF
science ana Art open every day. ana TO nave
d con hual succession @ Oh sood pictures huns
upon ehe Wills. Inc oesC ar1ists IN inc
'o"n nave asreeu 10 prihS All their ne"
WI ne " '"Iso Twins ", anu ie"fe 'neni 'here
ior Two weeks Inus the pictures III the ex-
nioi'ioi, ~ oo eonstnhTly coililhs anu 60
my, anu 'nIe ioois WIZ oe INCREASINGLY 'le-
'rac'iNe' here Will oe soiiie'nihs new 'here
every week.
ihis eAniollioi, ~ IS hopeu' VIII take 1ne
pice vi Iha' WHICH mas neretoiore Deen
laoe a' 0ne picture sIores- reopie Will come
10 look ~ 'nese "orhs ol are' anu some OF
'he'h "neh .heS conway VIII carry pictures
unuer I.ieir arms A' least tIey VIII cause
W 70 soo u. ~, Uiie oot -, o " o vi t"o
''Y ~ ~" - ~ n, ny ne' avn SoIo
some sale in Pittsburp am f,eouontIy
Impressed with the lack OF Plttsburg pict-
ures III h'souis muses." haVe un un-
usuai huhiper vi sooo' PICTURES 40 IhiS town,
as sohe vi tIie ioai eAhloiIiohs nave aoun-
uah'iy 'estineo' pu' CneS are ior the most
part tne WORK o! ou'slue artisSs. In Sood
liiahy houses "nele 'ie walls are rich III
oeautiui cah'ases, noI nome artlst mas a
pace SUPPOSE t-ia' 'his Is purity due TO
the iaiiacS VI uiseance' WHICH persuaoes us
tha' '"e ,'hel on c"inss are the Di@Ger
.heS mus oe, - a'so pn,ty uue 10 the
lenorahce Va SooH WIN Iha' cah oe had ,
ilsnt mere W i,oihe' LUIS permanent eXhl'
pi'ion WILL VIC hole' iehiouy 'his uispropor-
'ioi'
Iothese honne pictures Will DC auoeu. from |
time 10 tiine' Tue pest Pieeures that can De
hao from sVuoioS ou'siae Oh E.1sDnrg, so that
lncreouiouS peopie Gun make tnelr own |
comparisons Inc eAhlpitlon Will De
training schooi ior 'ne euuca6ion OF tne
CIVIC IasIe Ill arr. ihe iueai that we ought |
TO look ior"aru to is cry 50 renneo' SO
cuitureu' SO apPrecla'Fe Vi 'ne oes1 IN lie
bHdt ltS peoplo Will CroWu W Sec IHe ldIeSC |