The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-03-25
Bishop OF Salisbury Says City Is
Unchristian.
stu Smacks Of Frontier and Has Not
Acquired Enough Civilization to
Make People Calculating in
Kindness.

Chicago. Chicago is not Christian
lit is Athenian, although dollar.
worship is less evident here than in
New York or Washington.
1t has not yet gathered sufficient
veneer of civilization to make 1t cal
culating in Its kindness.
It still smacks of the frontier. al
though its opera is crowded its art
gallery has more interested observers
than ever were seen in London, and 1t
has one of the most wonderful of uni
versities.
And one comes to Chicago to learn
the mightiness of man
So concluded the bishop of Sails
bury from observations taken In this
city covering a period Of several
weeks At least Chicagoans who have
been reading the keen and, on the
whole, sympathetic criticisms of Chi
cago and American life that are ap-
pearing in the London Church Times,
and are the frankest discussion of
America from distinguished foreign
er's viewpoint since Charles Dickens
wrote his American Notes, believe the
anonymous critic to be the English
bishop If 1t Is not the bishop. 1t is
some one who came at the same time,
and did many of the same things the
bishop did, clergy at the Episcopal
cathedral said
The writer of these criticisms lived
at Michigan avenue hotel, visited the
University of Chicago and described
the services at an unnamed fashion
able church which many are certain
they recognize as Grace church, where
the bishop delivered his lectures In
December. The fact is known, It was
added, that the bishop wrote extensive
comments on his visit here
Il found the greatest surprises of
my American visit in Chicago and
Pittsburg," says the r,jter The Chi
cago of Mr.. Stead's dreams is not the
true Chicago had expected a hideous
city; | found city of promise. had
expected sordidness of aim: | found
readiness to appreciate literature and
art, generous-mindednes in criticism
and desire for the sweeter things of
life. Chicago gives one the impress
sion of frontierism. Not yet is it set
tied down Some day they will tear
down the hideous loop elevated and
make center for commerce worthy
of the vast enterprise. Then Chicago
will begin to show the world what a
city can be.
Her university is most wonderful
of all. Boys and girls crowd the lee
ture-rooms; experiments in psyche
physics are treated as intimately i'm
portant affairs, and are not relegated
TO back rooms for isolated research
students Economics draws them in
| hundreds, and at c'0se quarters the
respect which an Englishman has for
Chicagos work in sociology is vastly
| increased
And as Chicago is open-minded. SO
is 1t open-hearted. Such charities.
Such boundless giving in the very
streets, Such a passionate desire to
give the poor children a Santa Claus
on Christmas morning There are
verses and pictures in the papers, all
pleading the same good cause II is
cold by Lake Michigan today, There
are pillars of ice within a few yards
OF my hotel There is heavy fall OF
snow. But Chicago hearts are win
somely warm. Not yet have they gath
cred sufficient of the veneer of civil
ization to make them deliberate In
their love Of their fellows. or to keeI