Morris tribune., 1914-09-11
PART /.


francisco, according to Cali
fornians Californians are a
- race of people, they are not
merely inhabitants of state. They
are the southerners of the west. Now.
iCllil agoans are no less loyal to their
CITY. but when you ask them why,
they stammer and speak of lake fish
and the new Odd Fellows building.
But CalifOrinans go into detail.
OF course they have in the climate
an argument that is good for half an
hour while you are thinking of your
coal bills and heavy underwear. But
as soon as they come to mistake your
silence for conviction, madness comes
upon them and they picture the city
of the Golden Gate as the Bagdad of
the new world. SO far, as a matter Of
opinion, no refutatiOn is necessary.
But, dear cousins all (frOm Adam and
Eve descended). it is a rash one who
will lay his finger on the map and
say, I'm this town there can be no
romance-what could happen hereY
Yes, it is bold and rash deed to
challenge in one sentence history, ro-
lmance and the atlas.
Nashvi1e.-A city, port OF delivery and
i&he capital Of the state Of Tennessee, is
5on the Cumberland river and on the N. G.
and st. L. and the, L. and N. railroads.
This city is regarded as the most impor
aant educational center in the south.
stepped off the train at p. N.
Having searched the thesaurus in vain
for adjectives, | must, as a substitu-
tion, HE me to comparison in the form
of recipe:
Take Of London fog, thirty parts;
malaria, ten parts; gas leaks, twenty
parts; dewdrops gathered in a brick
gard ut sunrise, twenty five parts; Odor
OF honeysuckle. fifteen parts Mix.
The mixture will give you an ap
proximate conception of a Nashville
+drizzIe. It is not so fragrant as a
mothbaH nor as thick as pea soup. but
'tis enough-'twiIl serve.
went to hotel in a tumbril. 1t
required strong self suppression for
me - keep from climbing to the top
of it and giving an imitation Of Sidney
Carton. The vehicle was drawn by
beasts of bygone era and driven by
something dark and emancipated.
The hotel was one Of the kind de
scribed as renovated" !" That means
$4,000 worth Of new marble pillars.
atiling. electric lights and brass cuspi-
doris in the lobby and new L. and N.
timetable and il autograph of Lookout
mountain in each one of the great
rooms above. The management was
without reprOach. the attention full Of
exquisite southern courtesy. the serv-
ace as slow as the progress Of a snail
and as good humOred as Rip Van Win
kle. The food was worth travelling n
thousand miles for. There is no other
hotel in the world where you can get
such chicken livers en- brochette
At dinner | asked negro waiter If
there was anything doing in town. He
pOndered gravely for a minute and
then replied. ''Well, boss, don't really
reckon there's anything at all doin'
after spndoWn."
50 sundoWQ had been accomplished. 1t
had been drowned in the drizzle long
before So that spectacle was denied
me. But l went forth upon the streets
In the drizzIe to see what might be
there
1t is built on undulatfng grounds. anC
che streets are lighted by electricity at
cost Of SsG,EO per annum
walked through long streets, al
Heading uphill. wondered how those
streets ever came down again Per
haps they didn't until they were grad
ed" On a few OF the main streets"
saw lights in stores here and there
saw street cars go by conveying wOr
thy burghers hither and yon: saw peo
pie pass engaged in the art of conver
@ati0n and heard a burst of semiliveI,
Slaughter issuing from soda waite
and ice cream parlOr. There was in
zdeed little doing" / wished | hat
come before shutdown. So | returne,
TO my hotel
In November 1864, the Confederate Ger
oral Hood advanced against Nashville
where he shut up national force unde
General Thomas. The latter then saIIie
forth and defeated the Confederates in
terrible conflict
All my life had heard Of, admire
and witnessed the fine marksmanshi
Of the south i'll it's peaceful conflicts |
the tobacco chewing regions But /
my hotel a surprise awaited me. Their
were twelve bright. new. imposing, CT
pacious brass cuSpidors in the gres
lobby. tall enough to be called urns an
so wide mouthed that the crack pitcht
Of lady baseball team should hay
been able to throw a ball into one
them at Eve PAGES distant. But. j
though terrible battle had ragged ar
swas still raging. =? ,:,~ 3. :.