The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26

How beautiful the Hudson river is and
the scenery Of the Catskills, but i!
Washington Irving had not written
their beauties up, thousands of Us
| would never have known that they
were particularly attractive. In the
same way many locality is only
awaiting some genius to advertise ii
to the world, and presto. we viii have
one more resort"
You seem to be an admirer of de-
scriptive writing?"
Eyes, 1 suppose I am, but most
Americans are, for that matter. We have
so much to describe, and IL requires
! real genius to describe it. think our
! American writer's are in some respects
| excelling even the French in the art Of
word painting. English seems to have
/ acquired a new subtlety in the hands
/ of American authors. We have assim-
Hated the niceties of the French with
! ali the vigor Of the idiom we owe to
/ our British cousins. That is why the
poetry Of America has won it's way into
/ the literature of the world so quickly,
] think Indeed, it is almost humiliat-
ing 70 reflect that some of our great
poets are more read abroad than they
are by ourselves"
DO you think it true that men in
! this country are leaving literature and
art more and more to the women. be-
cause they have SO little time for such
pursuits"
''No, do not think that. Rather the
contrary. Men are apt TO think that
women have more leisure than them
selves because the occupations of their
wives and sisters and mothers are do
nestle or social. But women have no
more leisure than have men when it
comes to sparing time for literature
and art We are beginning to under
stand, moreover, that literature and
art must become a part Of our every
day lives ii we propose to get the most
of them or the best that is in them.
Thus it is that we are deserving less
and less, in my opinion, the condemna-
ton resulting from a perception of the
fact that we are very practical. We
are very practical and material, no
doubt, but latterly the ideal IS becOm-
ing factor among us. The race for
wealth among the masses of the peo-
pie is not so sordid nor so intense as
some would have US believe. We are
beginning to live for something else be-
sides money"
Mr.. Stevenson is a great adnirer of
the western type of character He
thinks the hardy life of gold fever
days developed traits which have been
transmitted to the present generati ton
intact, and which are destined to play
an important part in our future ma
tional life owing TO the influence of he
redity. The south, too, he loves, de-
claring it, indeed, the home of chivalry,
romance and refinement The New
England states seem to him to be the
abode OF the scholarly clement OF the
country, and the Middle Atlantic
commemorative are the homes OF the
moneymakers. He does not believe
that sectionalism has any meaning
nowadays. The sense of national
unity is SO strong that all parts of the
country take pride in the triumphs and
distinction of any other part. Della
ware is as proud Of the natural won
ders of California as California herself
can be-
Mr.. Stevenson was asked for his
opinion of the beauties or ugliness, as
the case may be, Of American cities.
architecture has always been more
or less an experiment with US" he re-
piled, until recent years. Now. if
yOu notice the structures going up,
you can see indications of what our
national type of architure is to be, if
indeed, such way of putting it can
express what / have in mind. The
smaller cities naturally show the eff
fleets of the growth more quickly than
the large ones. Our residences are
tasteful in design now rather than pre-
tentious, and the monotony of streets
Is getting to be thing of the past. l
do not think it fair to compare our mu-
nicipal architecture with that of Eu-
rope. When our cities are as old as
some of those in Europe they may be
more aesthetic enthusiastically. than
they are now. but hardly more mag
niicent. Still, tits little unfortunate
that the assessed value of architecture
Is sometimes made too important for
due appreciation of its aesthetic value.
Yet we are outgrowing even that"
There is nothing Of the demagogue
about Adlai f. Stevenson. He is never
afraid of expressing an opinion merely
because il is unfavora bic He would.
On occasion. tell his countrvmen their
faults, as tie saw them. and not shrink
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pleasant way of putting things that IN
themselves are not pleasant, and he
seems 20 have well-developed sense
OF humor. Unlike Mr.. Cleveland, ne
has decided knaek of saying things
that are witty. We're he a Frenchmau
his gift would be called esprit.
All this summer he and the chief JUS
tee Will be much together in the quiet
Maine woods. Mr.. Stevenson always
lives in the simplest and most unosten-
tations way. and his household will be
organized on comfortable but not
luxurious scale. The vice president
likes TO sit under tree IN the warm
afternoons reading a book. and when
he rides he is careful not to speed along
too rapidly. This Is out of considera-
ton for the horse. as cruelty TO chill
Cren and 10 animals is abhorrent to
him Mr.. Stevenson Is quite uncoa-
cious Of self N his rural rambles. and
no one would dream from his mere
manner that the second man in this
republic. whom any accident may con-
vert into the first, thinks himself sn
important parsonage. He walks about