, 1870-04-03
THAT FIGURE


I'm Il corner, rot 4 thousand u1llea from shc POST
Once. gtands newly completed block, which u
crrat credit to the city In many resIHcA The
sait block "a put up BY one OF cur most success
ful real estate agentA kut while thousands ST.
1pa,e TIC architecture Of the block, and the braut-
ful material Of which It Is built sff there is no
one who looks Ut It but turus AWAY with Roue-
thing Of = feeling Of disappointed curiosity.
since the building Of Tits magnificent block, 1t
has oces stoned the nsknE OF ten questions By
eyet7 one OF the three hundred thousand tnhab-
itants OF Chicago. which have all been replied to
By ten times three hundred thousand mysterious
Antiqua1ians, agrheologtass, mytheloEists, archi-
tects, sGulptorAr and painters have oeen appeaied
to, md al unsuccc6stul1y.
viii not be ,lispelle until some one, prnfound In
the htdt!en mysteries Of hterog!yphcs OF that Ian
guage which speaks in the things thai mythology
the ton pf ttg ball. which lxtse1 iB On top Of The
tvot Of the magnificent new block which stands
not thousand niles from the corner OF Dear
horn md Monroe Streets, about opposite the P,st
A showing the state Of the public mind ou the
subject several letters from correspondents are
appended belux. The ntst begins - follows:
wtss ii. Ssie nss.ns % she I'D hseias WIZ
~ n.dlnt. ND aisd j. shiak W., rasssasT tS!us
.t sstss.ils MN .sat iaassss u shs ts' 3 shieI
6at1n threw over The Gull ot Chaos. att+r his ec1rs
Il sa eRa y sa
tes p. f. s ss % fs CT
cant; then though, Aii~l but hi. could not IL BIN
d. a1s'ses Tsf 8
as! Ii. I'd az. .oasa 5pa
=: ~. hssAsr j. I'll. .;nryJ. active. NJ seeks he
sa oa 1s IL o sou t9aa s t. Aas. a o'' nc M"
= I not AssI.wto: HWho-whas' II rhat-wae:s>
ii y h. hs bad l., rhst,s t. I'd II
~ . cap
PIT te had rnk. NcfesE5 has b. ua4Isted n,t.ticnc
s.o Id I'd eonenisd s a a e W. h os s;s
T. 's.sab sss 4
th.t Eheh r. 9ft;p s,s fa siIs4. et man ssat
sss 5sd 'ss III
Another correspondent says:
" EpHon: That ftnse ~ 10 new blaek net thou
@s she daF b, Ra1z E : g. a. "a
G.etel =; be nieht l. sypp.ed 70 At the Last
s.S s,s Hss e fs I s 81 Il A..
S11fT !47SsR 1t r. he ~ s,ssse{sd T. ipd IA +.
snsats S.x s5 e g. fi1tt r .4o1. 4 s s
es'u, at WI T. a5sp, to19e5 afa pia:
,etinsnt which the bqic! learned from tho BoeE "
!ose footing which The drure h.s en IL. ha,i benes.
him Intended TO t {+rrctIa reminder OF our ttnrc
g ta1a Garth Iht ont hand that reaches IL tho
tEo!t To EsHr fnturitS: tt hsrd that remains u
hind IL the desiFe to keep hold Of Whist NC have soe
aflu another correspondent saya:
EN1Ton TRInrSE: underzsaud tAat n,rca.taIkeaof
fEutr don't neAE anything, tb+ public sppoecs The
r'nts4esor, ho put The ls1dnx. Mi.htt I'd H.
Grns1 wt4kht csrr m thr frnrt cnrsfr te tr.; III.
ratien fFola "hucA1ins." They vii "back" whrls
they grt a chauc-.
We have come hundred other letters of this
cnAractess ali prpfcssnC to give prupcr solution
of the mystery. The above are fltr averages Of
them all OF the balance, pr,,hahs the hest op!r-
Ion u contained 10 the letter Of correspondent
who ssGna himself .'Xenophnn~ lie SAYS the ny-
use is intended to represent Cal,henes the father
of modern g5mnastcA rhc feas which
CaNsthenes Is represented - performing Is
ora OF the most tlItcult In the whole rangs OF u-
man achievement 4 Tounrt ball ii h2ri enough
OF Itself 70 stand On, even with both feet Rut
here Ca!isthenes has merely the toes o! one font
on the bail, While his whole body IL thrown h2ck-
NJ ri at III angle OF 30 deS1eea Nor are thu han1s
us Il to preserve the balance In this very difficult
position, With charming Tecklrssness, one hand
II placed to the rtaE Of the left h1r while the right
Ii pointed to the southwest, as II c1ult1nS tn
great victory over the laws Of gYasttatlon, grace
and caRe Of posture, and all other Wel-kuown and
defined rules
Our correspondent ad*.-. that atter calts,heucs
has sud1c1ently nEarust<l hts present attttle, be
Will proceed to hold himself ont ut arms length in
the air, whie he viii tles the hall he now stands
on with The arm not otherwise. employed, besldea
doing Other feats both strange and wonderful