New-York tribune., 1871-12-15
CHICAGO.
THE CITY AB TT IS

1T s--THE MANNERS AS THEY RIsE-PIONEER
CIVILIZATION. '.
IFROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THB TRIDuSkl
CHICAGO, Dec. 5-The vOlpmes that have Oceh
written about the cts sudden taxing on cannot sa'y
outside curiosity abont and On inccssaht caravan VI
pity ing pilgrims continues t0our intS lh Durh'
All cry out that the half has been written OF the city
az it's And vet veterans "a We are OF 1ro ana SMOKE
we feel az IL we had been described inventoried-nay
dsseoed and every ouycSng nerve laid barc 70 sstsV
the interest Of the rest Of the country anu s'e
the soaring gonius Of newspaper correspondence
How shall New Yorker. proud IN tho seeming e'er.y
of his marble city, he made to feel what wonid
no q, ,, ., no .i,ou,d wakc up some fine morning and
see the Island OF Manhattan bare except for heaps OF
rphbb from the Battery to Thireth-st, and from tho
East River to Eighth Ninthave To be sure acrump
ling tower rises md there nexpressby toucnng IA
n. sudden isolaon to many buildings have left
corners standing OF which look In tho ganerng
twilight Ike Niobes crouchng over their desoa'o
bearths,opes and somc like the Luxor idols towering
oor ord stonly mocking the ruin around them; but
,, :, Won can st. Paus and Trinity, and the faeades
q, GRACE Church and Stewards store left asour only me-
MORALS OF the grand lfb Of Broadway Then imagine
every good house above Thrtieth-st turned into IN
improuptu business place, covered with staring newly
pained signs setting forth that A. T. Stewart Cahin'
Melen Co.. the public Offices and 80 on, were all held
thero Then that dozens OF tho most elegant upper
Madison and Fifh-ave houses occupied ss private
relief depcts for your impoverished rich families tgt
edged paupers call them hcre), and that the mis-
Of these elegant houses stood behind nproviseh
counters their parlors, dealing out the necessacs OF
life to these poor rich people, carefully and mehod
cay as though they working for q living. re-
member to have heard it sad by close observer
during the Great Sanitary Fair in New-York that she
had never seen the fashionable women Of her acquant
apce appear contented and happy before The vast
amount unemplOye feminine talent and energy which
had tried in vain to satisfy itself with dress and gossip
had at last found legitimate field In real work. and
ladies bought and sold cast UP accounts and economical
space and material In way which made them feel that
they were responsible beings with worthy place IN tho
worlds great Workshop and they sang a their work like
larks SO hcre where tho tremendous excitement has
reused every energy and sharpened every sensDty I'LL
the blood bounds In pulses like fire. the impulse 10 90
and he than before turns even fashionable
ladies into herones A few days ago. heard lovely
one who had been particularly onvied for being e tho
lies who neither tell spin say: "Well what want
s that my husband shall be able to dollar for dollar;
will live in and do my own work, but Will
never have it remember that put straw In the way
ef his doing that"
In this curious business of giving. funny oonclu-
sons have arrived ut TO tho number OF children
common in Chicago families which seem to indicate that
the race will not soon fail out Of the land, whatever
the houses may de- "Now you must do something for
Mrs g. of the north sdo she has ten children" eyes,
but Mrs g. has twelve, and she Is widow "Oh, dear,
then hardly dare mention Mrs. t. but she has three
under years old and they have been wrapped In
shaws ever the fire." 1t used to sccn for tho first
week m II nobody suggested relief any family OF lees
than Dozen and they had invariably lost everything
As time passed on, however, families appeared to dwindo
I'm size and the seemed less desttute-bnt
this may have been fancy RnmOr sad with relation TO
the Public Relief Rooms, that wonderful number OF
stores containing secondhand clothing for children hnd
n ~ pIi
mcnts pradcd therein looked painfully familiar to inc
members Of the Relief Committee. but what won't Tunor
The Park which used to be the pride Of Mchganave..
chivary deserted lovely Terrace Row for the
nonce nobody hows they used 70 when was threat
deprive thc favored street Of ts greatest aIIacsion
her Tncrd robes for nshtgown suits with shawl d,a,
peres and wore ashes powder In her ha,r. one warm
my hold court in her haans for ali pen
tcntal robe Of fame color aud The crc autoda came
world appear surrcmcy interesting to her for awhile at
One feature OF e Ss ~ s nressn s
ss PseH s%sjss a
matter how dsnav ruin yawns and nacaens behind
WITH W r s nG niy show ans
and stuccocd ccrrccs ns ever, though their rows oi
the cornces " it'll impending death the unhappy
passcrLy, like Mount Si'ai " fil@lms frogTess but
in the cellars which cIinmercd hluey from the deserted
h>toncs like the ghosts Of good times gone by,
when father ard mother CrandpaTcDts and little babies
used to gather together. The honeStbcre is our loss
there wa; it will take wears of faith Of hope OF char
ty Of earnest endcayOr and patient endurance U build
up again. .,,,. ,...-,..,. -. ~
many evidences Of wealth and refinement has affected
the manners Chicago People here have unconscously
.pca f the s ncd that Voices
louder and that speech was less guarded than 1t
selves on repose closely resembling that Of We're de
We're We interrupt each other with c2olness and con
tTadict each other with dircctness lately which remind
inevitably consgn Of Mrs Pipchns pupils to the
sequcnty everybody appeared thereafter In begged
plunagc which, allow to remark is not apt to be
nearly becoming borrowed dtto. because gen.
orally borrOws ornamental things, but bcgs what ono
get bcggars cant be chooser For instance Laura
quste stunblcs about in the black bombazlne OF the
stately Miss Barbara Pnkerton, hight five feet seven age
60 tastes serious and habits economical Mary Jane, on
the contrary tall slender as reed gracea. as fawn;
yT n IN
picked for hcr by wellmeaning friend which
1 S SnS mot " cx sGnrs for
after the fire, but eyed rather askancc and sup.
than she acknowledged, or that she had had grab
from some box OF these Pcs9as aTtis ell In
was re gsrded with decided suspicion in Durntouier
Where did YOU get that dressr waat t, do you mean ian
look Gt as il you had been burnt ont"were Of
the repOachfu speeches hurled at the head OF the
self On having secured respectable outfit borrowed
feathers heard the serious advice given to ladies' not
10 borrow TOO nlce tnlnRe 10
at the Relief Rooms made them appear as II they
were not In need! And this sald not 10 paupers,
but those who till had only known the sweetest
side Of giving and receiving Men tried to keep up
little pride at lrst and those who hoped to reesabish
themselves reproved their wives for accepting Gr but
all soon Subscribed 10 the principle that the extraor
dinary crisis called for extraordinary action and the
least keep them till better tunes, Ono lady pre-:
sented herself at depot In black velvet dress and
camcls shawl and begged for cahc0 dress and
compartments to work In "Of conr.o shall sell my
doing my own work. and this dress Is the only one
saved So there Stood example Of the rich
desttutlJu of Chicago ~ u"