The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
JOY OF LYING IN BOSTON
4 NEW YORK WOMAN REPLIES
TO MAYOR FITZGERALD.

at all was the matter. but the Mayor haS
his own opinion.
Boston, said he. lis cold and proud
II Is deaf to the throbbing heart OF youth
but il has got 10 open the door and permit
the young IrishmAn. Italian and Jew e
get into business here.
Look at the names over the business
houses nos. old New In gland one
everywhere. Tight listed. tenacious. these
old families hang on like grim death.
They wrap the mantle Of puritanism
around them. They squeeze out and
freeze out the ardent soul Of the Irishman
They present q cold front to the business
enthusiasm OF the Jew.
Take the Chamber OF Commerce with
its thousand members. II is Ioverwh helm
ingiy Yankee You will hnh only two
Jews on Il And then what happens when
you keep out the Jew7 Look at what We
have lost to New York; The cloak and
clothing industry! Is that good for
Boston?
| And II the jew. who has been taught
from his cradle up the value Of a dollar.
| II the Jew has found this condition in
Boston what in heavens name can the
IrishmAn do9 No; let W boast 81 our
commercial supremacy rather than Of
our culture. Let us stop saying this II
the most American city in America and
make Il the most cosmopolitan city
Thus spoke Mayor Fitzgerald Some
folks applauded. but some sighed heavily
Among the latter was New York woman
who had looked upon her. occasional
visits to Boston a. refreshing Gases after
the glare and blare Of Gotham. swollen
with the cloak and clothing industry.
She cut out the Mayors lament and
saved il. and every time abe comes
back 60 Boston she brings il with her tn
sigh over anew She came again the
other day. and CHANGING upon q SuS
correspondent opened up her heart
and sixnihed desire to answer the
Mayors question in her own way.
IF Mr.. Fitzgerald really wants IN know
what Is tho matter with Boston said
abe. 1t 10 this: As a place really to enjoy
living Boston can discount the claims OF
every other city in the country. Heaven
forbid that Il grow into another New
York or Chicago. The minute 7 step out Of
81 the South Station here begin to chirk
up.
because whils l am in Il there IL always
1@ pu~sloittby tnht may nhNo 70 occh tue
information bureau in quest of counsel
on knotty points Of travel. I gave IL a
vide berth this time. So I don't know
whether the grumpy Individual I have
hitherto encountered In still In charge
there. On other occasions getting in
formation out OF that bureau has been
about N easy and pleasant a. getting q
bone away from a dog.
But oncs outside. a. I said before. I
begin To chirk up. II may be some COM
fort TO the Mayor. himself an freshman.
I believe. t. know that his countrymen
have a hand in this cheering up process
I've been told that there are more Irish
in Boston than in any other place outside
OF ireland.
Anyhow there are enough OF them 20
give a distinct favor OF Cel'ic Sayety 70
the life OF the town. Most of them have
lived there 10 long that they have ex-
changed their hrogue for the true Boston
twang. but they are still ardent. as the
Mayor says. and al ready ~ ever 70 pay
for your smiles in more Of the same.
Talk about the throbbing heart Of
youth. Why. there IL more real youth
filness in the most antiquated Boston
spinster than You could distil any day out
81 the whole Broadway stream from
Herald Square to the park. As for Boston
being cold and proud. Of course. don't
claim o. know anything about it's attitude
toward the cloak and clothing industry.
bu. ~ the plain traveller within its gates
Il ~ an ideal host.
The New York women are a brave and
hardy Lot. We hav" to 10 IL takes
co,Irsaxe To try Ca buy even a Japer ~ pins
IN most New York stores. IL takes a whole
lot more courage to declin. to buy them
n YOU have troubled the naughty young
I-.rson who prs-Id.-s over the pin counter
10 show them To yok Why. ~ New York
the mere asking ~ Questions t-comssr
daily a more precarioIIs venture and tbs. |
chance IL getting civil answer more and !
more remote.
But In Boston. always excepting the |
bureau whore you hAv" been officially en- !
coIira g,d a. sNpACt u. information il
SO cheerfully furnished that u IL a positive 4,
in vItatipn tn ask for H. Genuine old |
Ro-,onians. the kind Mayor Fitzgerald |
tanism around them, will take all kinds !
~ trpubl.. To help a beNild,.r,Ad stranger
Strangers generally are hewildered. hut
that's because 10 one ~ Boston's mos,
lie ghtful characteristics There are
nore devious deto'Irs and more simplify
ing short cuts. II you happen TO know
hem. In Boston than in any other city
in America
The New York visitor, brought mp on
rut and dried regularity in the matter ~
u reefs and avenues. lOsss.- her way AZ first
With promptness and frequency
which appals her | still lose my way,
but ! am no lpnger appalled, used TO
screw my courage tn the point Of asking
guidance. expecting to b- coldly snubh~d.
as should - nine times out ~ ten IN New
York
Nov just fire "A questions as joy
n,lsly as bny fires his first shotgun
into a hock II ducks. confident that some
thing nice and desirable will reward the
most random shot. When I leave New
ork | am feeling. metaphorlcally speak
ing liks a contumacio,Is cat, claws out.
nack up. fur erect Bo~ton turns me into
! purring embodiment NJ peace with all
ne world
I'm sorry that che Mayor suffers from
. sense of aching void due Ia the absence
II the cloak and clothing industry. but
personally there are several things
should miss more keenly, To me the beet
hing about Boston IL that the people
'ecm happy, not merely maxim a bowling
md hollow pTetense ~ having good
im., but really and truly enjoying life.
They gesm Ia want everybody 10
'njoy H. They don't shrow hts when the
Mayor cries ,.,.i Tor q digger Ration