The evening world., 1911-09-12
TIE PRIDE
OF TWO CITIES
How Western Visitor Backed Topaz
City Against New York.
BY o. Henry.

we've got the finest town marsha1 vooe
OF the Rockies. b. Rainier, ne took IN
nve pickpockets out OF the crowd VnoD
Red Nose Thompson laid the eo-usr-
stone OF his nSw $aioon. Topas 00
don allow
Have another Rhine wine ana
seltzer." suggested the New Yorker.
I've never been West a. I sAid; but
there car be n place cut there -
compare with New York. AZ 70 -
claims Of Chicago r.
one man. sad the ropasitA ~
man only has been murdered -
robbed Topas City u the hss
three
"oh. I know wha, Chicago To-" -
terposed the New Yorker. Have zoe
been Up Fifth avenue to see the oa0.
nihcent residences OF our MIL
Seen EN- all. You ousnt to know
Reuo stegali. the assessor OF Topas.
When old man TiiDury. that owns sne
only two-story house In town. Tried ~
swear his taxes from ts.vVo down 70
$3.50. Is. Reub bucxied on his fory-ovo
and went down to Sec
Yes. yes, but speaking Of our great
city-one OF It's greatest featurss 10 ous
superb police department. There v NJ
body Of men IN :he world that eaa
equal It for
.'Tr~t waiter gets around IKE Q
Langley nying machine" remarked tho
man from Topas City. thirstily. We've
got men In our town. too. worth
100000 There's old Eji Withses anA
Col. Metcaif and
Have YOU seen Broad way at n!ghtS'
asked the New Yorker. courteously.
There are few streets in the world
that .sn son'1aEs with u. iSA
elsctrics are shining and the nave
| mania ara aligA with f8n lurPVAR
streams OF elegantly clothed :asn and
beautiful women attired In the c~ostiiess
costumes that wind In and out IN . eloee
maze OF expensively"-
Never knew but one cass In ropa1
CITY said the man from the West
Jim Bailey. our mayor. lad his watch
and chain and $75 In cash taken from
That's another matter" said the
New YORKER "Whiie you are In our
city you should avail yourself Of every
opportunity to see It's wondsra Our
rapid transit systcm"-
IL you was out In Topaz" broke In
the man from there. II could show you
. whole cemetery full Of people that GOT
killed accidentally. Talking abou! man.
Cling folks up! Why. when Berry Roxess
turned loose that old double barrsiisd
shotgun Of his loaded with siuys at my
body
Here. waiter!" called the New Yorker.
1.-TWO more Of the same. II 10 -.
knowlsdgsd by every n that our city
- the centre Of art. and literature. sad
learning. Take for instance, our after
dinner speakers. Where else In th>
country would you md such Wit and eae-
ausncs - smanats from Depsw and
Ford and
IF you take the papers," interrupted
the Westsrncr. you must have read 81
Pete Webster's daughter. The Webster
live two blocks north OF the Court
House In Topaz City. Miss TITLE Web
ster. she slept forty days and nights
without waking up. The doctors sai1
that
Pass the matches. please" said ~
New Yorker. Have you observed the
expedition With which new buiidings arr
being run up In New York? Improves
inventions In steel framework and
u noticed" said the Nevadian. that
the statistics Of Topas City showed only
one carpenter crushed by falling timbsri
In ls03. and no was caught In . cyclone"
They abuse our sky line" continues
the New Yorker. and Il 10 liks;y tia
We are not yet artistic In the constywe.
ton OF our buildings. But I can ssf6ly
assert that We lead In pictorial aud dbe.
o~rativo art. In some Of our house, car
90 round masterp.eces In the way oil
paintings and sculpture. One who has
the sntrss 70 our best galleries ~
nnd"-
Back up" exclaimed the man freu
Topaz City. There was Q game Lssi
month In our town In which UAoes
changed hands on Q pair or
"Ta-romt-tara!" went tho orchestra,
The stage curtain. blushins pink at ths
name Asbestos" inscribed upon II. csms
down with q slow midsummer move
ment. The audience trlckled leisvrsly
down the elevator and stairs.
on the side walk below the New YornsG
and the man from Topss City shooh
hands with alcoholic gravity. The sle-
waited crashed ~raucously. surface carr
humned and changed. cabmen swore,
newsboys shrieked wheels clattered ear
plercingly. The New Yorker conceived &
happy thought. with which he asplrel
to clinch the pre-sminence Of his city.
You must admit" said he. that u
the way of noise New York y Tar AhaAl
% any other
Back to the svergladssl" said ~
man from Topaz City. 'In 100 whsa
Sousa's band and the repeating ean0i-
date were In our town you couldn't
The rattle OF an express vA0ol
, Nroup.a IN. rast ~ tha Mazda