The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-05-01
PART l.

IN AST is east and west is San
liz Francisco, according to Cali
ILL fornians. Californians are a
~ race Of people, they are not
merely inhabitants Of state. They
are the southerners of the west. Now.
Chicagoans 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 rash one who
will lay his finger on the map and
say. I'm this town there can be no
romance-what could happen here?"
Yes, it is bold and rash deed to
nance and the atlas.
Nashville.-A city, port Of delivery and
the capital Of the state Of Tennessee. is
and St. L. and the L. and N. railroads.
This city is regarded as the most impor-
tant educational center in the south.
stepped of the train at 8 y. m.
Having searched the thesaurus in vain
for adjectives. l must. as substitu-
ton, 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 brick
yard at sunrise, twenty five parts; odor
Of honeysuckle, fifteen parts. Mix.
The mixture will give you an ap.
proximate conception of a Nashville
drizzle. 1t is not so fragrant as a
mothball nor as thick as pea soup, but
tits enough-'twill serve.
I went to hotel in a tumbril. It
required strong self suppression for
me to 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.
thing. electric lights and brass cuspi-
doris in the lobby and new L. and N.
timetable and 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-
ice as slow as the progress Of snail
and as good humored as Rip Van Win
kle. The food was worth travelling q
thousand miles for. There is no other
hotel in the world where you can get
such chicken livers en- brochette.
At dinner asked a negro waiter If
there was anything doing in town. He
pondered gravely for a minute and
then replied. "Well. boss. dofl't really
reckon there's anything at all dom
after sundown.'
Shutdown had been accomplished. It
had been drowned in the drizzle long
before. So that spectacle was denied
me. But went forth upon the streets
In the drizzle to see what might be
there.
1t is built on undulating grounds, and
the streets are lighted by electricity at a
cost Of $32. 40 per annum.
l walked through long streets, all
leading uphill, wondered how those
streets ever came down again. Per-
haps they didn't until they were grad
ed" On 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 CONVEX
sation and heard burst of semilively
laughter issuing from q soda water
and ice cream parlor. There was in
deed little doing" I wished l had
come before shutdown. So l returned
to my hotel.
In November, 1864. the Confederate Gen.
eral Hood advanced against Nashville.
where he shut up a national force under
General Thomas The latter then sailed
forth and defeated the Confederates in
terrible conflict.
All my life had heard of, admired
and witnessed the fine craftsmanship
Of the south in its peaceful conflicts in
the tobacco chewing regions. But in
my hotel surprise awaited me. There
were twelve bright. new, imposing, ca
pacious brass cuspidors in the great
lobby. tall enough to be called urns and
so wide mouthed that the crack pitcher
of a lady baseball team should have
been able to throw ball into one Of
them at five PAGES distant. But. al
though terrible battle had ragged and
was still raging. the enemy had not
suffered. Bright, new, imposing, capa-
cious, untouched, they stood. But,
shades Of Jefferson Brick-the tile
floor. the beautiful tile floor!
Here l first saw Major (by misplaced
courtesy Wentworth Caswell. ] knew
him for type the moment my eyes
suffered from the sight Of him. A rat
has no geographical habitat Ny old
friend A. Tennyson said, a. he 70 well
said almost everything: