Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-07
NO LONGER WILD
PIaInt ola Oisi||usioned Tourist
in the West,
re" races Left Of Rough and WoolIy
Conditions.
oo"'e ""'ves and 6uckins Bronchos Replaced
by Telephones and Bath Tubs.

lhe West slips from vour arasn r;.ii;
1"'.o1, iHins PROSTATE over our ,o,inir,
I'm New YORK to Frisco has laid he,
.,rs a uh the desert ard everywhere ynl
| "rt conscious Of her contact snra
writer IN The New York commnrcinI- ,d
ScruSef. There are spaces left betwae,
nrr hnsers in the Western colntry ras,
| narrowing spaces. ana Nou must s..,r,t
painfully To find them Indeed you ~,
| orsiii IN" search soon or Won will IN,
iihu them at all. Th" -howic-knirc is fni'
| is passing ''4's 'oi'
Aiter YOU cross the Rio Grand,. some.
| now, you expect. as Your right howl,
| hihNTN ana bti' king broncllos and inste,
Iynns x" ON fndins telephones and bath
! ,'"S, Nay NOR. The latest magazines
| 'l' New York papers. golf clubs and Girl |
| VINO wear college colorS The dru,- stnrnc
~, ii ucSoh h""r 4 discourae eins rcsen.
| n,.'iI'" To me drug stores in the East
| ihcir are the same showcases filled vim
| peri u'ntS ana toilet soaps; the same cool
| ing uflnk Signs on the soda water foun-
| tains The drug clerk wears Il Iin.n ,.nnr
ana 1t silk-dottcd lie. He has tho s:,rnr
! weary y-but-willing look that an ,lrIr
| Clerks wear. Next door Ia him can b.
n"uSht a TUXEDO coat, and ACROSS tic
! street are displayed tcuni> rackets ana
/ hammocks "'''
AS the hungry tourist eye travels ;.Ion.-
congress street. seeking the character
is'iC !, i anu ,nlcturgsIue. its bread ana meat
! IL Is It disappointing row of brick-frou;
! stores that presents itself There are
/ dry goods signs meat markers h,rh.f.
NH"P iuieS' opticians wooden eye-elasse,
! ami other SNmbolS Of the conveutionti
| business life. The tourists mind r.c,Irs
I 10 thc leagues of glaring stlkaII desert
and burning bowld"rs which gave surh
/ rich promise yesterday. And this 49,
! me goal. II" might ~ well hc in Crest
! ih'. Stiil. thcie j. some promise in the
lrdth"r-Colorrd Mcxicaus with their tna
eyes and their bold-fringed hatblnds
who shuttle ;trrosS the street Or UT ~
e NJ,
"a" horses. TOO. couldn't BE- seen IN Crest
liilr. There arr f0Ir OF them standing i'm
front "i the saloon. Their heads halg
almost between their knees: their ribs
ar" visible. and their TANKS are Scared
with brands. Each t. supporting wha,
seems more a paldnnuin than saddle
IL has Il high and shining pommcl ana n
Cantcl like - chair-haCk From its sides
danslc many thunSS Of huckSkim, ana
som" al thcs" are in usc holding 4
slirker "r bundle in place. Tho tourist
takes Il long look at tie horses aud tho
saddles and siphS hopefully. There mus
! 10 Il West whcrc they come from Nhil,.
he stands there idlins 4 man comes olt
| OF the saloon. vaults into one OF rh,.
saddles und walks the horse away. Ii
| is dressed in ov-rallS and jumper. ana
win exception of his spurs resembles
4 machini-t. lie is :. COWBOY.
The tourist. with some misgiyings for
| his appearance. enters the saloon; h. is
SO obviously a tcndcrfootnn Easternet.
stores OF tcnd"rfrct who were made Ia
| or who had their hats shot fIH Of holes
| have been haunting him for days. In the
| stories. too, thr tcndcrfuut always turncu
The tables in s"ine adroit manner that
Won the admiration Of his toTmentors.
The tourist pauscs with his hand on the
swinging door aAd is SiCkening. conscious
he could not turn a single table There
is only one man standing at the bar. He
| wears Il stersucker coat aad duck troas-
err. H.. has handkerchief in one hand
and glass ui beer IN the other. AZ the
| tourist enters he sets The empty glass
down ana ~ays: MAXI it anothrr. Eud
! The bartender is young man with q
thin face. big nos and wct hair. He asks
the tourist politely. What is youra?''
Tn. tourist drinks his bt.-r and wonders
why ihf bartender doesn't Wear cavalry
moustaches and why hc didn't growl.
! Name Yer poison, .it = table near the
| bar ar" some men rcadlG papers. None
of them pays the slightest attention u
! the tourist. None OF them carries a re-
| voiNtr. The tourist forget Is his deliver
| anc, from the dancing and tho lat-
| plugging. Its Just liz" q saloon any
| where. be Sroans. Then hc discovers
back room. and ceases r. gran; Tee
is no door between the bar ana the back
| room; just an open. widc-aIchud entrance.
| I he tourist stands in this and looks.
| t;a,nhune ''iu III, open az II were looks
| odd Ia Eastern eyes. The tourist looks
! from game IA game. There are roulette,
monte, craps, laro. poker and Il Chine :"
| lottery. 1t is Il COMmOdiouS room with Il
|
| platform IL a piano. The games are ar
! ranged around the wall, excepting the
| monte and the poker games. Ih.r" art
| not many players. but after the lights are
| lighted the room will b" thronged. Cow
! boys. prusp"ctors clerks. tuafers dnC
! Cinnamon will elbow cnri! other ut thr
| games ana little brown McAicnns Will
| s,ui.tI over the yellow pictur" cards at
! TIL. mont. ttt.c. The Chinamen prefer
! th lottery ANA faro. Faro is the most
| popular American game with u" chinese.
| .'Whsn do you have to ci,iS"' asks the
| tourist uf the bHrtcHd'r
but things hcstn I" SIack' i NJ p"''
| \. NJ; -: ..
| the business houses, the feed stores ana
! livery stables into streets lined with 'pn-
! pact trees making d.nse shadr, "ui winch
| hound pretty lawns, Xellowed In spots rY
! rtinIrss weeks. running back to Coul-looh-
| ing adobe houses. one-story hlen' Nltii
| rel roofs. and sunk like an old s'pAt n
| trees and vines and siruhp'fy
| II always thought II w;,S q town o. ih'ii
huts and unpaiutcd pine b'liidinss.
miises The tourist something like tie
| frontier towns that Remington draw.
| AZ he returns To the hotel, passing a
sprinkling cart, many bivEcies an iteSl' '
| vninp American girls in white. the tour
| ist recalls some of The descriptions 81
| Tucson he has read In Western STORIES.
| 10 d,esn't lik. to think the WTit@|s W,'Ic
| liars, but ii seems incredible 'nat ~.
! Tucson has developed so recently "iit ol
/ !, chaotic incongruouS frontier t'Wi'
| .,b,If Mexican" as he rceoiIctt one
| wyiier called it. What ne has seer H;'a
| shaken up his preconce1Ned notohS- ~
J a enter of adventure Tucson IS i '"SinyI'l
! i.,ilure This isn't the West NJ r"iic"
; ,LnIt This West would have no c"lir.
| n, characteristics. no value lrU.i ~
| noin, Of view of Story-makinS: iif u'u
! Va.t is the best still for st"IlcS ne ue-
| cidts but how hard II Is on tnt VEST
| nf today, What ii reputdtiol To hN'
| uovn when Eastern cousins i!it r"N" ~.
| i'm their bags before they Nisi IL. ana
| ihink everyone wears Il flannel s!irt ~
| recalls The experience OF i chdrinlls
| woman from san Francisco, now IL "'7
t,rassing the Atlantic and oFci.cit" S'sic
| :; ,,In.y passengers discussing her' sht
j.. from San Francisco, you SaE;
/ ci;,imed an Eastern WOMAN VIZ 'i'
| is u,iiet enough.
~, tbe convcntionalizing lniiu"n'" oi
orr lift, in the last few years i'tS ~ .ti
more swift! than We concelNS' ana ~, :
rn, in uuobserved streams lir 'tt ali
beyond the little ring of ou' lamar
| ground And so. when We '"lSisi tlc
Tast territory beyond the i:1c NirS a. lhr
ohiio,iity of the wild and WootF. we
are only poking our fingers int "il own
eyes losing sight of the srsl Eoilio-
Yepeity of oar American h.e--"' WHO
are ali about the same from i'thS"! go
San m,.ro. aud yet Il little different
| ,TL,,S thr tourist muses.. rt1oltlnS inI-