Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-28
Some Comment on Ne. England.

''p"C COMMENT on New Eng land.
To the Editor OF The Times Disna,cb.
Sir.-Not long ago n discussion
started. and has since been corried
on by several newspapers, concerning
the fcuT supposedly existing be,wcen
Boston and New York, with phi,,do,
ph'a as party In interest. Not being
a native OF Boston--or any other placo
la New England for that mnttcr--r
am not in position to furnish com
plcte specifications OF Yankee char
acter. However. residence OF scy-
cral years in this section has added
ono or two facts to my stock of
knowledge. which may havo some
bearing on the subject.
The Yankees chief fault Is m In
nate erotiem from which, as n natural
consequence. all his other faults pro-
coed. Even the most "orncry cups" il
All puffcd up with pride and scIf-im-
por'ance. and cannot see the view
point OF persons from other sections.
IL is doubtful Is he would consider IL
even IL he could zee II.
Now. ono may readily understand
Priue OF ancestry. pride Of intellect.
Or even. pride OF sociai position: but
- rather dnlcnit TO sympathizo
WIN pride based on nothing hut con-
ceit. And that Ia the so,, Of nr,I.
UNIT grows most rankly in Yaukrc-
Ihhd' II is not surpriHing Therefore.
thht somc OF the youths around here
mink they ought to be mllIionairos
al IN" ago OF 20. and cuss socicty at
"Fso because they are not. Clearly
81 a IN fltsa 4.
sense VIII never have enough braIns
Ia make n fortune. even II no ljvra
10 ne l2O' But II In the addle patcd
boy or this stripe who has dclusions
OF grandeur ana goes around KNOCK
ing successful people. For. OF course.
ne is amazed and outraged that any
one not OF his tribe should hay. :,
dollar,
~ to whether or not Boston ala
likes strangers. am not a. all con
c"rned with that. The point is this:
nave lot OF c0sEipy womcn--cIthor
IN sklrts or nantS-thc right to nni
fault with respectable strangers and
thereby seek 10 disturb their peace OF
mind and tarnish their good nance
that's tho !seiIc.
We arc told that New Enslandorg
have their convictions. Well. u,hcr
folks have theirs. too. and they are
quite good enough for them n, thati
Ihc mere fact that "a New Yorker. a
fhlladolphInn or n Southcrncr is for
one reason or another. sojourning in
New England does not furnish any
valid rcaTon why any OF tho nforc-
said gentlemen should have Yanltc.
convictions rammcd down thcGr
throhts. II man visits friends
house, no is not compelled TO accept
that friends political. social or eco
n"mlc beliefs. Why. therefore. should
the stranger in New England be cx-
pcctcd to embrace every local within or
prejudice, whether no likes II or not?
II II were not for tho Yankees
settled belief that he Is tho salt OF tho
earth or the cream OF creation. these
pcsky problems would not Rrisc.
Fincc, however. he is convinced OF his
own supcriurity--thnt being OF
courac. ono OF mis- ''cOnvictions"-h
cannot complain II other folks look
into his case rather closely to dis
cover how much is truth and how
nG'ci ia trash.
America Is not made up exclusively
Of bean eating money -grubbers. There
arc lots Of us who won't eat beans OF,
scratch for dollars that We don't
need.
one of our staff--a native OF Raj
t!m0re--uscd 10 tell the story OF tho
Scutherner who complH incd that come
Yankees came down upon him and
robbed him OF everything but his
good name" 1f that unfortunate
gentleman had lived here. he might
have had hard time to hang on oven
to his good name! NEMESIS
Newton Center. Mass., May 49, 1929