South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-15
''The cities are fun ~ Pride.
Challenging each TO each
This from her mountaiusidc.
And from her burthened beach. ="
-R. kipling.


This from her mountainside.
And from her burthened beach -
-R Kiplng.
Fancy a novel about Chicago or
Buffalo. let US. or Nashville. Tenn.
There arc just three big cities IN the
United states that are story cities
New York. of course. New Orleans,
and. best OF the lot. san Francisco
Frank Norris.
Eas, is east and west is San Fran
cisco. according % Cauforrians. Cal
iforuians 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 20
their city. bat when you ask them
why they stammer and speak Of lake
dsh and the new odd Fellows build
ing But CaIifornians go into de-
tail
or course they have. in tho cli-
mate. an argument that is good FOR
half an hour while YOU are thinking
o. ycur coal bills and heavy under
wear But az 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 BaCdad or the new world. So
FAR. as matter or opinion. no refu-
tation is necessary But dear
cousins ali Cfrom Adam and Eve des-
cended) 10 is rash one who viii lay
his finger on the map and say: I'm
THE town there can be no romance
what could happen here?' Yes,
81 is a bold and rash deed 70 chal-
Ienge i'm one sentence history ro-
nance. and Rand and McNaliy.
Nashville "A city. port Of deliv-
cry. and the capital n tho state OF
Tennessee. is on the Cumberland
river and on the y. O. & ST. l.. and
the T.. & y. railroads. This city is
regarded as the most important ed
ucational center IN the south.
stepped off the train at 3 p. m.
Having searched the thesaurus in
vain for adiectives, ! must. as a sub
stitution. HE me TO comparison in
the form of "A recipe.
Take OF London fog 80 parts, ma
laria 10 parts gas leaks 90 parts;
dewdrops gathered in a brickyard at
sunrise. % parts; odor OF honey
suckle. ] 8 parts. Mix.
The mixture will give YOU an ap-
proximate conception Of q Nashville
drizzle. II is not so frag grant as a
moth-baU nor as thick as pea-soup;
but It's enough-'twill serve.
went 10 hotel I'm "a tumbril II
required strong self-suppression for
me 10 keep from climbing 20 the top
OF II and giving an imitation OF Sid
ney Carton. The vehicle was drawn
by beasts OF a bygone era and driven
by something dark and emancipated.
was sleepy and tired. so when I
got 10 the hotel / hurriedly paid IL
the so cents IL demanded with APP
proximate lagniappe. 1 assure you).
I knew its habits and I did not
want TO hear it pirate about its old
"marster" or anything that happen
cd "befo de wah."
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 Gus
pidors i'm the lobby and a new l.. *
y. time table and "a autograph Of
Lookout mountain in each one Of the
great rooms above. The manage
ment was without reproach. the at
tention full OF exquisite southern
courtesy. the service as slow as the
progress Of a snail and as good-hu-
mored as Rip Van Wrinkle. The food
was worth travelling thousand
miles for. There is no other hotel
I'm the world where YOU can get such
chicken livers en- brochette.
At dinner I asked a negro waiter
il there was anything doing in town.
lie pondered Cravely for "a moment
and then replied. Well boss. I
don't really reckon there's anything
at All doin' after sundown."
Shutdown had been accomplished;
il had been drowned in the drizzle
long before. SO that spectacle was
denied me. But I went forth upon
the streets i'm the drizzle 20 see what
might he there
II is built on undulatinE grounds
and the streets are lighted by cleo
trici;y at a cost OF $32,47O per an
mum.
As I left the hotel there was a
race riot. Down upon me charged "a
company Of freedmen. or Arabs. or
Zulus. armed with-no. L saw with
relief that they were not rifles but
whips. And 7 saw dimly a caravan
of black clumsy vehicles. and at the
reassuring shouts "Kyar YOU any
where in the town. boss. fuh so
cents" / reasoned that 1 was mere
AZ n fare" instead of a victim.
I walked through long streets. all
leading uphill. 1 wondered how
those streets ever came down again.
Perhaps they didn't until they We're
graded" on a few Of the main
streets" I saw lights in stores here
and there; say street cars so by
conveying worthy burghers hither
and yon, saw people pass engaged in
thcart Of conversation. and heard a
burst Of scml-lively laughter issuing
from a soda-water and ice-Crealn
parlor The streets other than
main" seemed TO have cuticed upon
their borders houses ConSccrated to
peace and domesicity. In many of
them lights shonc behind discreetly
drawn window shades in "a few pi-
amos tinkled orderly and irreproac CHI
able music There was. indeed little
doing" 7 wished I had come be-
fore shutdown. SO I returned 20 my
hotel
In November. 1864. the Confeder-
ate general Hood advanced against
Nashville. where he shut up the ma
tional force under Gen. Thomas The
latter then sailed forth and defeated
the confederates in a terrible con
flict