Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-21
CAPETOWN, A GREAT
COLONIAL POWER.


transformation 60 the city. This g.
particularly true nf buildings ln the
business section. in former years the
store buildings. ana in fact every style
uf building iu the heart uf the city, had
the look of similar structures in an
English provincial town. H1lid and
many 0f thUm with some preiensioua To-
clnraurc, but 400 of them wearing tho
colonial look uf being able 60 know and
keep their proper stations, nH onlnlned
lu thC parody Uf the English church
Ntnny Sow there are hulldlnsH in
cape Town rivallnr some NJ those Zoo
Londona more modern streets and
throwing iu the shade everything 90 BE-
seen lu any OF lundun'n uld-fuHhinucd
places. II once the visitor 90 cape
Town thought himself in Europe. % wilt
not be- Ions. Hs thlnga are now going.
until be- viii think himself m the
United States American influences are
beginning 10 make themselves actively
and vlHlhiy fcit lu Cape Town 10 D. not
30 much farther from cape Town 20
New York than % Dr. 90 London. and ia
addition 90 the Americans already there
We are not without friends in the older
population of Cane Town These ln-
cludc not only the Dutch families, many
of whom afr wealthy ana polished and
travelled. hut include un element "
which We hear nothing because 10 has
been su largely absorbed 100 the Dutch,
but which, in the qualities u has added
90 the somewhat phlugmatio Dutch
character. works steadily Tor American
Ism In South Africa. one OF the most
romantic stories ln human history ~
told in the narrative OF the absorption
uf the French refugees after the rvyocH-
ton Of the CdiCt Of Nantes hy the
Dutch cnlunlatH Boo South Africa. Humid
reds OF French families settled near the
large majority Of them near cape Town.
whore they went Into urboriculturc and
wine growing lntcrmarflngo with the
Dutch families has not eNtiuvuIHhed
the French names, The French liucn-
montH survive in many facca and
French character expresses Itself In
brilliant qualities uf mind Ia many u
the bufrhcra. which. i1incd Go the
sturdy quality OF the Dutch, makes an
element naturally more Inclined Co tho
Americans than to the English There
~ u guycty in the burEhcr society uf
Cape Town which one Impressed with
c2apperatcd stories OF Dutch HDlcmuity
can never understand until the story VI
the French refugees D. told
There ~ "a line Intellectual llfe ~
Cape Town, The wealthy li1pr families
from up.country send thulr SONS and
daughters 90 the Cape Town colleges
and universities, of late years iu In
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important or perhaps more important
na 90 the future history uf South Africa
and Cane Town. the sons uf some ~
tho native chiefs OF the up-country are
sent there Tor "a finished education
The prejudice against the negro. which
would prevent his co-cducnuon with the
whites in any American university or
college. exists nowhere else In the world.
and doubtless that fact n helping to-
ward 70 speedy solution ~ tho pluhlemH
IN South Africa which would be- much
moro formidable than they are but for
the tendency ~ the negro nriatncracy
toward education This tendency Is not
yet marked, but % Is present and pro-
photic uf great thlugs, They show you,
at Cape Town, the old castle ON one of
the heights with walls, turrcts and
haHtluns, after the most approved me-
diacval fashion, and tell you that Cote
wuyo, the Zulu King pined 10 hla
event some OF the Zulu youth have
graduated from Cape Town institutions
OF learning,
besides the castle, thers IL the Cow
crnment House. where tho Colonial
Parliament sits when In session. Cape
Town has about one.ufth Of the NOM
herH Standing back Of the Botanic
Gardens, already referred 90, IL the
museum ana library perhaps the finest
10 boz found IN any colonial city ln tho
world. The supreme court sits IN the
government building with the judicial
dignity Of courts In England, gpwnH
and ALL The avenue which. On running
from Government House 20 the muse
um. passes the gates ~ tho fine park.
with the splendid oaks. on which the
Cape Town folk are 30 proud, lB the
cape Town promenade, OF q fine
afternoon tho promenadora make
brave display % wealth, beauty and
fUNfIn f
since tho era ot gold and diamonds
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