The Indianapolis journal., 1895-11-03

line, as business should be conducted. In
the windows were cards stating that good
hats were sold within. / entered the store
and told the man that / wanted a derby
hat OF the best quality. and Of certain
make. He handed me an ordinary cheap
nat. l looked at 1t and said: This Is not
hat
"'welI, If you came here to criticise my
stock. he said. there's the door; that's
:" I did not come to criticise your stock,
l answered. 4 asked you for good hat
you don't keep them that is not my fault.
Then l left the store. / never heard OF
such insolence
same. / went to a news stand and asked
for a daily paper. The boy gave me copy
of paper considered one of the best morn,
ing dailies there. just looked at 1T ana
oh. rats 1 said. don't want a coun-
try paper Gimme New York daily
That boy nearly tainted He HANDED ed me .a q
down where l could see the fellow at the
news stand. I laughed at the way / had
You You talk about provincial.sm! Why. Chi
cago is the most provincial place in the
country. Look at their newspapers; there is
not one of them that & could ime come witn1h ina
wouldn't care If all Europe were turned up
side down. They would give. it a line and
print pages upon % pages OF the happenings ora,,ig
cialism. You may see farm. wagons filled
with men and women at all hours OF the
day on State street. which Is In Chicago
evidently forced out of their homes in the
outskirts to buy provisions. You never see
anything Of that sort here Why, Chicago
is just like big village.
''There seems to be no rest there. The
people are always in rush. A policeman
will stop wagon on state street, ana
mob Of people will rush across the street.
Is M
women? No, the women are not in 1t with
our women. / made no special study Of the
Chicago feet but / have nothing to say In
their defense. Oh. of course. there may be
dozen women there who are quite as beau
tiful and as charming in every way as any
chop out block in this city and pass all
the women through turnstile. why, they
would be so far ahead OF a block from Chi
cage that there WOULD t De no 1 COMPARISON @ an,,
ion, based on observation. This city is in
all respects far better place to live In.
We have a market that Is second only to
best in the country. At Baltimore they
have the ducks from the Chesapeake, and
their oysters, but we can do nearly as well.
The California oyster. in the opinion OF
know how to live better and do live better
than the people at Chicago. All the middle
West is about the same; 1t Is undeveloped.
uncultivated. In San Francisco there IS
wider, broader feeling in everything than
is noticeable at Chicago. You take New
York at one end. and this city at the other
end of the continent, and you may judge
accurately of the people. The towns in
the middle West. like Chicago. do not rep
resent the best feeling Of the people. Chi
cago is jay town, anyway.
'Why, went into store to buy an even
ing tie told the man what wanted, and
he asked me IL / wanted bow or four
in-hand. A four-in-hand for evening dress!
Why, l did not really know what the fell
low meant I just told him to give me
a satin tie-one you make up yourself.
relieving him of his dense ignorance
four-in-hand with a dress suit, Really.
they do not know what the proper thing
Is. which is distressing to a man who is
accustomed to quite the correct form"
Then Mr.. Diamond sighed wearily and
turned to read the opinions of William
Greer Harrison upon the uncultured cads
Of Gotham.