The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-01


II one we're to choose city for q per-
manent homo il would oe difficult to find
one with more advantages than lndianaD-
oils. The general air Of the people one
meets in his daily business, the appear
ance of ell with whom one may come In
contact from day to day. is a sufficient
proof OF that without argument. tits self
evident on the face of everv man and wo-
man one sees 1t is indelibly stamped on
the very buildings which, have q chsrsc-
teristic of invitation about them hardly to
be found in any other city east or west.
The most prominent characteristic Of all
cities is one OF seifishness. one Of the rule
OF the strong and sbe crushing of the
weak But that does not appear to be so
here.
At the risk of appearing prosaio and
self-asseTtiye a few comparisons will be
made sort of look at the city with
eyes which have seen all the large cities
of the country and studied somewhat
carefully the dominant characteristics of
each. First and foremost it appeals to
the visitor as q city of homes. For in
stance take New York. the most cosmo-
pOiitan city in this country. If not 10 the
world, Rnd there is a sense of crowding. .
feeling that no one Is wanted unless he is
a member OF the upper tendon, the auto
Gratis of society and business. The rule of
such a Characteristic brushes out all sem
blance of the home feeling and causes one
TO feel that his room will be better than
his company and more acceptable
withaL That always works to the
detriment of the city in which Il is
prominent 1t always has the effect of
driving awey very desirable class OF res
idents, that class on which, perhaps. de-
ponds in the largest degree the stability
and prosperity of the business interests of
the city and the entire country. What is
needed in this age of hurry is cultiva-
ton of the domestic spirit which shall
cause men TO want to build up homes and
make themselves factors In the perma
nent life and growth of the city OF their
adoption. That NAV be O result of the
conditions existing in New York If one
has the where withsl to support life there
"a is required, but tho average man OF
sma ! means will be dissatisfied with his
reception aud the position which will he
accorded him. he will not want to make
his home there unless there be something
in the line OF business preferment which
shall have special attraction for him and
offer superior advancement In the future.
The city of Beans.
Look at Boston. There is q city with
every advantage Of literature and art edu-
cation and society One could not ask
more; but the same feeling OF dissstisfsc-
ton which causes one to dislike New York
will find Judgement in the mind when
one visits Boston. There are the old pu-
ritan ideas carried out in the architecture.
Their ere the old blue law characteristics
proclaimed from the house tops by associ
alton. One cannot think of anything
else. There are all the old
landmarks of the early times very
prominent and thrust in your face at
every turn from the old state house and
the common with its memories to the old
narrow, crooked streets with their dwell
ings the product of the IRbors and con-
cep,ions OF the once famous architect,
Bullfnch. 1t cannot be escaped, and
however one may wish TO be free from the
seem 10 float in the very air, il is an i'm
possibility The conditions have been
strongly pronounced for centuries and il
cannot be expected that the influence of
200 years can be overcome in one gener-
alton.
Chicago isa wonder. To have built such
a city out OF q wilderness in the memory of
men now living is beyond compre-
hension. But after all what DO We find
there? Simply the predominant spirit of
commerciallsm which has seized this age
III a grip which cannot be shaken off I'M
III 1t shall have run it's course and been
relegated TO the rear while a new period
of evolutionary processes takes possession
of the human mind If there is city in
the entire world which represents ali the
hurry and hustle of the closing years of
the nineteenth century. which exists as the
great exponent OF what is pushing forward
the human race today faster and on
broader lines than il has ever moved be.
fore Chicago is that city. 1t is the most
wonderful example of commercial devel-
opment on the globe. and whether one
may care To become 9 part OF the vast cur
rents of life which constantly ebb and
flow there, one can not but admire the
magnificent display of well-developed and
scientifically directed energy which has
made this development possible.
Southern Conditions.
New Orleane is q representative southern
city 10 which the spirit of progress has not
taken hold. There are the old creole
characteristics still showing, the old spirit
which believes in letting well enough
alone and permitting all difficult matters
OF development and progress to to be car
ried over TO the future for final adjust
ment. Il is an ideal poets lie, life in
which idealism and the beauties OF the
artistic part of humanity can have full
play. But with all that it is stagnant
lie. There is a desdening influence, q
lassitude cast over the senses which makes
the earnest purposes of life seem secon-
Diary and onv only cares 10 dream away
his DAYS in ideal cOmmunings with
the artistic side OF his nature. III one
wishes TO become such dreamer and live
on in comparative 0uietude for all his
life. il weEs we'll that he 90 TO New Or
leans or sonic other southern city and set
tie While southern character, in its
chiva.ric manifestations may be idea, il
certainly is not always practical, and is
therefore liable tobecome a laggard in the
great onward march of progress and de-
velcpment.