The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-30
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 BOSTON Is woRRiED.
 The ancient and honorable munici- paiity of Boston is talking of worries Fair in 1920 that will -iay over" any thing that ever happened on this com tinent It is to celebrate the three- hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock. or in the neignborhood thereof Just why Boston should be proud of the advent of the Puritans Is something we haven't found out. but that's Boston's business. If she wants to celebrate and make much of that event, let her do 90 and have the time of her life.
 But some of the Bostonese are al- ready allowing themselves to be more or less disturbed Tn mind over some of the possible possibilities of such an event. Boston Is the City of High Moral Ideas. it must be borne in mind. and nothing common or unciean can exist thers---theoretically. It is true that they have murders. arsons. assas- sinations and the like at times. It Is also true that they occasionally un- cover an alderman who has been prac- ticing graft, but no doubt the good Bostonians would tell us that these of fences are committed on high plane. and are not to be put down on a level with the low crimes of other cities. What seems to be worrying the good Bostonians. at all events. is their knowledge of some of the things and scenes that have been on tap at all the other great exhibitions of the world. Can a Fair be successful without themf and can Boston stand them? are the questions about which some of them are losing sleep. Discussing these points. The Boston Traveller says: | Before we get too far involved in this Worlds Fair In 1920. this matter must be considered. and seriously. What the world wants to know is not the name of the architect who will de- sign the state building. or the kind Of exhibit that China intends to send, but It wants straight tip about Boston's s caicium-Iit thoroughfare. Will 1t De named the Straight and Narrow.' in honor of the path the Pilgrim Fathers What Crazy Snakes, castros and sa- iomes will cayort upon it? year might sufice to rear q White City or magnifcent architecture. but eleven comes to gathering from the ends of the earth the gaudy stage properties, human and otherwise. for successful Straight and Narrow"
 Another point. can the Mayor of 1920 be ''hxed' in order that Boston's Sun on our straight and Narrow?. It would be 8 deep humiliation to our fair ssy eity to TIE up dazziing street ,, ana tive come along and drape 1t with crape every Sabbath. Uncle Hiram and Uncle Silas-piiars of the church back mails too slow in such crisis. and would rush to the telegraph ofice to warn Josh's folks against leaving the old farm out in I-O-Way. the closet and talk about wagner and Strauss, but fail co prevent the bony gentleman from hammerine ragtime on the panels. Boston. New England. Tsitins to hear before. fore s deciding this question Of the Midway. Dodge 1t as we may, the success of fatlufe--bitter as may be the thought--of any pro- posed exposition here or elsewhere, de- pends on one little limelit feature. We have quoted The Traveller at some length because of its humersome manner of putting the matter. but there's no humor in the situation for the truly good Rostonians because there Is such direct conflict of vital con siderations. It Is q conflict. in short. between Puritanism and Proht. and when these two are at odds there's bound to be something doing. Like all the people of New England. they be. lieve in getting gain from whatever they engage in. and they are sufi- cientiy informed about great Worlds Fairs to know that unless there are things done that would not come un- der the head of Sunday School observ- ances the people will not patronize the affair. Much as good people might de- sire that such exhibitions could be con- ducted on a high moral plane, they cannot shut their eyes to the fact that an exposition on that line would not pay. not even in Boston.
 Thus 1t is that Boston is worrying itself eleven years in advance.
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