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But such conservatism is one of Boston's idiosyncrasies, which we must accept like the wind and the flat A. Present day Bostonians are proud  and properly so  of their Copley Square, with its Public Library, rich with the mural paintings of Puvis de Chavannes, with Abbey's "Quest of the Holy Grail," and Sargent's "Frieze of the Prophets"; with its well loved Trinity Church and with much excellent sculpture by Bela Pratt. BUT SUCH CONSERVATISM IS ONE OF BOSTON'S IDIOSYNCRASIES WHICH WE MUST ACCEPT LIKE THE WIND AND THE FLAT A PRESENT DAY BOSTONIANS ARE PROUD AND PROPERLY SO OF THEIR COPLE SQUARE WITH ITS PUBLIC LIBRARY RICH WITH THE MURAL PAINTINGS OF PURVEY DE CHANDVRE WITH ABBEY'S QUEST OF THE HOLY GRAAL AND SERGEANT'S FRIEZE OF THE PROPHETS WITH ITS WELL LOVED TRINITY CHURCH AND WITH MUCH EXCELLENT SCULPTURE BY BELLA PRATT
n to lose their rightful place in the general life of the city. But if Beacon Hill was conservative in regard to the Back Bay, that district, in its turn, showed an equal unprogressiveness in regard to the Esplanade. To the stranger in Boston, delighting in that magnificent walk along the Charles River Embankment, with the arching spans of the Cambridge and Harvard bridges on one side, and the homes of wealth and mellow refinement on the other--a walk which for invigorating beauty compares with any in the cities of men--it seems incredible that when this promenade was laid out a few years ago, the householders along the water's edge absolutely refused to turn their front windows away from Beacon Street. Furthermore, they ignored the fact that their back yards and back windows presented an unbecoming face to such an incomparably lovely promenade, and the inevitable household rearrangement--by which the drawing-rooms were placed in the rear--was literally years in process of achievement. BABLY NEVER AGAIN TO LOSE THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE GENERAL LIFE OF THE CITY BUT IF BEACON HILL WAS CONSERVATIVE IN REGARD TO BACK BAY THAT DISTRICT IN ITS TURN SHOWED AN EQUAL UNPROGRESSIVENESS IN REGARD TO THE ESPLANADE TO THE STRANGER IN BOSTON DELIGHTING IN THAT MAGNIFICENT WALK ALONG THE CHARLES RIVER EMBANKMENT WITH THE ARCHING SPANS OF THE CAMBRIDGE AND HARVARD BRIDGES ON ONE SIDE AND THE HOMES OF WEALTH AND MELLOW REFINEMENT ON THE OTHER A WALK WHICH FOR INVIGORATING BEAUTY COMPARES WITH ANY IN THE CITIES OF MEN IT SEEMS INCREDIBLE THAT WHEN THIS PROMENADE WAS LAID OUT A FEW YEARS AGO THE HOUSEHOLDERS ALONG THE WATER'S EDGE ABSOLUTELY REFUSED TO TURN THEIR FRONT WINDOWS AWAY FROM BEACON STREET FURTHERMORE THEY IGNORED THE FACT THAT THEIR BACK YARDS AND BACK WINDOWS PRESENTED AN UNBECOMING FACE TO SUCH AN INCOMPARABLY LOVELY PROMENADE AND THE INEVITABLE HOUSEHOLD RE ARRANGEMENT BY WHICH THE DRAWING ROOMS WERE PLACED IN THE REAR WAS LITERALLY YEARS IN THE PROCESS OF ACHIEVEMENT
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