The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-20

locks Of Arst - Il h. -
arm and vas using I .
Closer study Of the motas
however, that the mecha1S
ness accentuates the corn
NO gracefully curved sest5ss
Il has been recomlnssS
the best way TO feel It r.
ton, ID 70 learn to talk ~
carry . Boston bag, and 4 r.
your family tree for ~,
epce. *
The language Of. Bonn.
dtmcult to master. thourir
q . distant state does ~ y
some trouble in learninrs
'bluebry" ~ if he meant :
10 discouraging when 4
attempt at the broad 4 M,
repeated before it is undss
Thu importance Of 4 s
knowledge Of the Bostoi m.
really lessening. possIblt
the New England accent i ~
too rapidly diluted vith IN!
brogueS. Thus. the od,ciai ~
pronouncing fremont stres ~
ways been with a short Il
the whole word should
patched as rapidly a pa,
There have been street est
ductors in Boston who vcun p
ture to correct any daring o. -
ant passenger who referred ~
mont with q long e., Ye ~
numbers Of people can b ~
glibly using the long e unrsi
A similar vanishing tradiS ,
the pronunciation Of Fsnueh h!
time Boston talked about ~,
Hall, or occasionally Nupnel ri
But now you are directed to1r'
to the right at Fan-you-el n,
and no bystander grasps Or ~
to notice the sacrilege.
Passing Of the Aooe1l
While you can no longer =, J
native Bostonian infallibly ~
accent, you can rely pretty -
ally on the Boston bag test. SrI
one who lives here carries thatt
Of luggage known as . Bostnf
"A leather satchel with twaR
dies and q nat base. ~
carry lunch in antique modtlkt
must have been handed doW =
family wills for generations. n
en- take them shopping, and ,AJ|
dren load them with schoolbosh
few people appear In the IN
minus this accessory, but sth1
inspection usually reveals blal
that they are strangers in ton
Boston men have no ousv|
typical characteristic besides b
| inevitable bag. but the vomd I
distinctive by reason Of their N
and shoes. It is a safe bHst
| more women can be seen wsri
gloves on a warm dav IN bGl
than in any other metropolis I
set out without ones bag Is In
fortune: to forget to carry Oh.
is to be conspicuous thing nm
Bostonian regards with somska
[, Of the aversion nature 10 said y /
stow BON q vacuum. M
As for the typical shoe, 4
mostly of the walking, or ssashI
variety. Ten-cent carefares Al d
high taxi rates may have songeh
to do withathis unusual pop
Of heavy shoes. but Boston -
4, walk ~ If they enjoyed th6tsu
else. They plod slowly Tim
the crowded streets, but onnilI
hit abroad stretch Of cleas3u
tthey strike out with brisk. III
I impossible in French heelssr
crowded toes.
The lettering damsel in her v
heeied satin slippers and tight Y
| is not totally extinct in Boston !
she is not a usual specimen, scR'
ly more usual in fact than the 3
tleman who can now and tn
seen strolling along the streeh
golf stockings and knickerbodi
wearing a lord of the manor \
as the protection against thu. 2
Of the uncouth mob. e
A stranger is apt to spot 9
exotic samples in the crowd ~
them down as typical Bostonat
as the be-spectacled highbrov. I
;. masculine and feminine, and
mild and absent-minded ~
| professor with white hair !
streaming coat tails have besa
vertised to the world as the "
to be found everywhere in -
, It is not a romantic fact. ~
homebread Bostonian, who
lates the streets In thoutaae
scarcely to be distinguished u
, the native of any other lsrgsF
, except perhaps for his unit,
neat appearance, his bag, Az
|, ! accent, and even the famous "
seems only slightly obtruslve y
visitor previously regaled
, overdrawn limitations by his ~
| at home. Y. s