New Britain herald., 1925-04-07
the same principle.

Of course, there are no funny breaks ever appearing in any of the Now York papers! They never take any foolish slants on the days ncwsi they always play up the big news and never overlook the sig niicnnee Of happening; they are distinguished ideals of Journalism. E Only this fact Is not generally known and appreciated outside of tho metropolis.
 The facts are that there arc widc- awake cities outside Of New York;
 thero are people living In them who
 compare more than favorably with
 the average of intelligence in tho . metropolis, even excluding the pre-
 ponderance of morons who live in 1 1t. And excluding those so-called !
 New Workers who merely so there
 every day to do business and thon
 scoot to more attractive places to
 live, the comparison Is overwhelm-1 |
 ing in favor of the majority of the
 villagers" in the sticks
 To judge the mentality of the
 home grown New Yorker, one need
 only analyze what he is reading.  The New York paper that unde-
 niably appeals to the most intelli-
 gent class in the community - II
 New York can be regarded as a community does not have the largest circulation. The papers ap- . pealing to an average grade of in- , tellieence --- for New York - have a larger circulation: while those |, appealing to the lowest grade Of in- ] telligence have the largest circula- s ton of all. In none of the cities
 gratuitously referred to as "VlI- c lages" do such conditions prevail. :. There must be a reason for this' . and we think we have correctly e gauged it.
 l. The metropolis brides itself upon d it's splendid attractions" The facts 0 are. however. that the native New h Yorker, who works for a living like h the average person elsewhere, does 1T not distinguish himself through ex- t cessive patronage of these great g theatrical and artistic attractions Id thousands, if not a million or so, II IS New York, never patronize these ie attractions; they are left for the g. transient visitors with money an' le intellect - the half million or s' or who are constantly in the big GU! i- as visitors" mixing business Wlti CT pleasure.
 lg There was time when the "typl - cal New Yorker" was distlnc
 personality, cosmopolite. 8 gen
 tleman of leisure. a man Of artisti
 refinements, learned in the arts an'
 commanding the respect of his in O. feriors, But that time has passed. ut Nowadays the typical NeH h. Yorker" no longer cares to live el. New York. He preferSthe villages to uitbin a radius of 100 miles. Hi m- "business address" may remain l at- New York, but he hates to be foun
 there very often.
 in We once heard a typical Ne i've Yorker" regaling Pullman ca in audience of the greatness Of II 1at city. decrying the pikers who live hi- elsewhere and the unjust criticiel to prevalent about the metropolis the the smaller metropol in the co CO., country. When he was through Il als. rhetoric 1t was discovered he dlof to uva in New York, but down in Nc as Jersey, 60 miles away. He was u in- modern typical New Yorker" VI ,di- when Ion the rosd' bragged abo ere This city, bvt when near Manha han tan was not slow in saying tn
 Manhattan was no longer a fit pla the for an intelligent human being seta live in. This type Of New Yorker with increasing every day.