Putnam patriot., 1926-04-16
THE "DREARIrEssg OF PUTNAM

sstones throw Tha Patriot office heard man reeing with cynical prophecy parody of Henry Dykes poem s.When Tulips Bloom Square The Putnam ciuzens first line ran rather differently tha something about When Tuup- Grow Union Square We didn't think Il funny parody a Had he been about other Square Union Square Putnam we might not have felt the 5ibe
 Our irritation was considerably when in the mail later received from one of The Patriots best Friends a letter which contained the following
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 of eourse much of The explanation th- sudden public iy which Putnam has achieved undoubtedly due 7 7e n759r iety which followed the failure of he First National Bank and the ronremiau Glpatfie tha Fe under the cloud disaster disgrace would naturally appear dreary the imagination of the casual reader Q The news papers
 0fthe TWO pit hos we resent that of As Gilman We haven't rad Thsra Wmsloe's aSbew Business but | I quality shor o q hers which read some years ago book had bc Ucl worth reading The short tofs 4aAsatled e0u Pleasant Sunday Afternoon August and have always remembered il a zen o condensed drama spleadidy fold.
 
 creme ia tae none aa lta e4s actually possess II wg arearf te taNH 7 as1 mol e he AaeH inhabitants testIfs t5 Inc taet that les Ht" aE"fIatfe i lafae female creatures as=efba walk streets so5at a5 t Putnam has mol as see become incubator for thc pe teaHg woman eagerly sought o a Zagfea and doub exceedingly tha there are any raven oced headed Hreus who walk streets in sueal iHtrafism which ude6Habte these modern days when various interpretations may be given 10 he word social"
 The Graphes reviewers reference home town A Neu to e and Bronz-Heaycn help and prefer Putnam at
 and dcaros We don't know est Liberty Ohio bat n place that Sherwood Anderson might ably dssec with all copyrights protected AS for Medina Ohio lo which Gilman she does intend the Medina of Oho-ae heard rather delightful and pleas little town.
 We suspect Chat back of these two possibly derogatoy erences the city dweers usual ignorance of the small We feel that this s ement that we can make with justice have known the msaar enhu of the dwele big sts and the necessarily tolerant ee ioymcut of living a small city We prefer the latter though don't blame Miss Gilman and the Graphic man for liking Boston New fork pr Philadelphia or Chicago Where fault with them that they have picked ou Putnam er a pathetic ignoniny that il hardly deserves.
 And do very sincerely hope chat there truth the Graphic reviewers that there the gosp why the Paname and the aremte read ther weekly newspapers The Patriot weekly newspaper and enough said used the trivial word "gopy or something which deserves more dgnhed classification tof purpose the dweer the larger city local sections of his newspaper than for in formation regarding the world that gong immediately around Even the small weekly eoudesceud ingy described other existence than arn fuel To gossip fact which nterpfc 1ation. s i minor content of the meaning et gessr
 Naturally citizen his home nationally dt Befihed "dreary" The truth of the matter hai entirely We have had pretty hard tune ot years past and the doldms of business have made of municipal gayety Tor the any visiting hremen that happen o II of the type quoted above W give along W The citizen whe sings eleyery about turning the es center into vegetable garden then Putnam wi" come 6naly into it's
 If Miss Gilman would to Putnam she probably would rather dul and te dreary No brass band would the railroad would she find kirme n progress the And have previously she would find little superlaye female beauty stroling around She wuud however find exceedingly self-respecng mowu. nothing and nothing less. aaining institutions Ln much the oth