The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-10
THE WEATHER.
VIEWS.

If Robert Burns had lived in the
United States in these fin de steele days
he need never have penned his famous
wish that SOM kind power would be-
stow upon mortals the gift OF seeing
themselves as others see them. Truth
to tell. the critical dish of foreign manu-
facture has palled upon our American
palates. We have had too many OF
these self satisfied censors who have for
the most part delivered themselves on
the subject OF our many-mlllloned s
cregation Of life and interests with a
gels-complacency and an ignorance that
are as colossal as they are amusing.
Some few honorable exceptions there
have been, men who, like Bryce, have
approached their self-appointed task
with a spirit Of modesty and a passion
for research that have produced results
as valuable as they are gratifying. But
the great majority of our critics nave
fallen into the Kipling snare. They
have winged their way across the con
tinent in palace cars and have written
down as American life the confused
images that adhered to their mental
retina. They might equally we'll have
taken a trip on a switchback through a
gallery of the worlds rarest pictures,
. and called their vague reccollections a
history OF art. Either result is equally
valuable.
Our latest critic can cite in his favor
a certain amount Of experience OF
American life and habits. 1t is true
that his grace of Marlborough is the
owner of a name that is a stencil in the
n~ostrils of self-respecting men. But we
need not fall into the mistake Of sup.
posing that every knave is a fool. What
ever else Marlborough may be, he GER
tainly does not belong to the latter class
In fact, his contribution to the New
Review proves him a man Of shrewd oh
saryation and the wielder of a ready
pen.
He predicts for us a future that is not
altogether reassuring, but facts are GER
tainly to a large extent on his side
Americans, he declares, cannot spend
their wealth at home. The sons of rich
men are not content to stay there. They
go backward and forward to London
and Paris; they live in Bond street anc
the Rue de la Paix. 1t is clear that il
the not distant future America will
be possessed Of a representative class Of
land merchant mobiles, who will vie ir
luxury and wealth with anything tina
the old world ever produced, and tina
artistic riches in pictures, in furniture
and IN works Of art, which have been 81
enhanced in value in the nineteenth
century in Europe, will be raised by Thu
American millionaire buyers of anothe
generation to most fabulous proper
tions. Pity that the treasures of Blen
helm have been prematurely placed up
on the market, is it not?
The duchess has evidently proved a
entire success, and his grace has ever
right to pose as q connolsseur. eth
American woman is, perhaps, the mos
different thing in America to anythin
in England. She has a natural quicl
ness for approaching the characters {
men around her. She takes infinitei
more trouble, and, in some respect
greater interest all around than tn
English woman displays. The brigh
CHEEKY girl becomes the gay, CAREFUL
dressed married woman, who is alway
trying to show herself off quietly to tt
best advantage, and she understand
art perfectly. Among all classes
people, in middle age and even later
life, she seems to preserve a perenni
interest in everything around her. ST
does not grow old mentally as SO mar
English women do" There, ladies. MAJ
borough has his good points after a
But tho best is reserved for the las
"The tendency to nagging and gossi
the indication OF an ill-natured chara
ter, is rarer in that country than
England" Thanks, awfully.
GARZAtS REVOLT.
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