, 1872-10-13
The Early Days Of WABASH
Avenue.
The Old Chapel en State Street.-The
Church and It's Surroundings
in 1914.
The Tribune Block Schoallnaster's Corr
Field TSenty.Eght Tears 1ge.

,xn5outt and 20 1stely filed with the spirit Of Tue
Pilgrims il toa the Scene Of High Mass Emu f,'aa1s
The odo~ Of incense floats down a1sles that no' ns
AGO knew only tha 1ro,u2 Of Sunday cologne auo
eardamons E:er the most rigid P.ctes snt III" coneeu
that tie transformation might hase oesn
,-ore. for va al remember When good DE- cuEra,
E1-.t ps,sy:er;sn Church became billiard saloon anu
h.r-roou and was the accne o1 n1se1y e2eheitoss
in their influence the reverse OF LIE ouuuas osa'e
and the PRAYER meeting The changes ol tae 1e A0'
tr1ugnt utter transformation into "Ae1 "as ouA
Mx,roet Of churches" Nhere the Methodist worship
d on the corner Of Harrison street ENC "2nssn afe
~ Postmaster Eastman dispenses the pos1a Str
v1ce laird Coers pretty stone church, that was re-
c.ntlv so suburban. is covered with tie eies oi sa
6tte,s and music dealers. The Flsss ffesoJ.efl.ns
have migrated to Twenty street; tie ST on
versslist are building new sanctuary 81 6'sn'n
ztreet and, as We have "rssen, Dasnop zs+,nn,,
din the;r fingers in holy water in Plymouth vssaou'o
md hand before the decorated ahar-p1ece :
not 1oug ago, William Alvin Bartlett gass us
sudisnee Sunday ton Yet iie corner Fidge
court and Wabash avenue IS To-Day 3s s1 ,r4r ~
New chicsgo ~ss old St On T a;tt1e more
Madison street, nearly one n''e ao1"A'
nId st Marv's Of the Lake! With how nl.ny o. out
,t;.sn. i, this magical yesr OF transfoxnl7ione
sn -ort Of enory to recall it, as it stood on 1oI
vorahipps-s for tho last tme On en"s;iy rr
:, ~ its l!s brown psinted pine IS to i:s tower
ard modest spre, with wooden p,sssrS s u chnrns
nothing moro than s Io~ snd on s.tss IN front snd
boarded enclosure It the side, ana ,nct Ms s,no3
ehapel In TIE rear yard, IN use ss e on tn
xontn-tharo sou have picture of osu q nas 80
and stretching down beyoad 1t ran 5., ne4o-e ~
North Of Madison street business nao 4ue ~ w.. Us
foothold, and come down even 70 tne , nof sn"s ~
But bsleS s9susiss s. residsnee I only
fro9ning on and fr9wnlne t"a ae 81 Dl bIoeS whsse
= I.nnines built tvo frame stores, whereat Msossh
zvenue doInesticy VAS lndignant, ano ,os Ggneu md
+ions Ia JeuruRs and protests against 1eun1nes a
Itosesher wa1ed SO unhappy, that having terhsa
1raie out of those sacred precincts tns ss M
1aaee su.;n Now, miles below on Wabash aTenue II
5ny nsn shall bd ahop front, no ono " NJ a.a -
HIM but sraishxay %sr1 up piee r. he o. can. Ne rave
parted with our village Ways <.....n +hs ta,,
od ST. Mzr3x viii soon be forgotten sm,a n n sve
;h Ids5 sgns, that extend several blocks a5 De
low il Madison street eorne5 And 30 "pe anir
ssR .1 .1l ,torr the p1ide Of al citizens True thu
suarse o1nnihusex only three years ago nesan "
odsy they come crashing down in close Prosess,ons
7n.3ed top md inside with hangers On oehno, 1ssn
a tss to be he zst
~ ana of ths course II you must weep 1os -
Jet 1t sush tssfs r. ss ns Son p;psore
Trosdshoxnmed dsmo with her children on hef Aap'
ndboneng e somebody slss ha dhse M.e of the
n No ss71s hnmSe wooden chapel the southeast
x:muer of Stats and Lake Street looknf ou, u sss @
tneT 1sat On La street between Clark and Dear
boro but In the former paaee confronting ns ~; *
garrison grounds It was ,ciTe 1post man Of today And
there in the old chapel summoned gy tns 1un onsrr
peEahed il The ss sad 14h the
rsesra hefore diocese WIS thought Of hefea"ay. a.
much Of eay ,y sna 1,s 9onr eap n to 1h<
nd ~ onr history and trace the hes1ing, fainel
and fainter stu back into tie tine r. %nen stsr a
ane S1s nj Iesnits for his French Kings amhihon
Their slender tukiings eutce the student o. e ~
3hs9pgn .he .sen as The bells Of guide throug!
foFs1t ways, untl he comes ont At me oh. s .. ~
5sr cd and ebass, sas King These .sfes es.p es
-; ass ss III, With an Of tas s2st p. sSns
81 thr oss x.tel snss oithe Wezturn wdsrnsss
The 90 remote to Of tod.y is but one remove ,ron
shpners M tlss bowed st her humble ehEins xers thos
ho toof lanzuase and lne.ge from the old tfenci
mes % and Freseh Jesuit father ~ss one OF the f's
But chicago The gsess ss srssf an
ouh Madison stses a1a es os Il judge Bur
tss!ds ss1es q and sa,o5tis.
St a haying sesred t:om the State me gn;
GsR, .o Of Ike that u tss asS, the ham6'
chapel reno.sa sg.a 5res to t1s
~ nd aesin extended, while Peter Psge wss putin
~ ~ ,n.sonry snd Deodatas Taylor tic carpente
The Sare .a or thS a"a sscealx
+sisisr cerai1ly now SO pass out ct mind 70
poor Rip Van Wrinkle 1arnen y OF very VICE pan
finn Ne are SO soon forgot when We are gou<.
bnrh and chapel went down together On the fatetr
ath Of october, in one red burial b1ent Both rag
amp nur 1ouneey man, - they viii claim to he to
yet No man engaged m onr vt
ton is to b s,lsa % 9nia sn n edies
When old St. Msrya was built N 1sA ~ ~,
nqs ~ bsd no nearer neighbor the south than
nnTder house near Monroe ntreet, paced ue,s sH
aecurn The extreme OF saiesy 70 ~ ~ staia street n
oid Wright house stood in its enclosure Il sas soa
corner of Madison street and hl,cesn asgna n
n;shnnes Paace Was the humble homestead OF ram
St Paais now biahop Of yineeanes atte1 %non ca
.1eg tsTe ron his diocesan labors .nd Wa bur1'
anonr ha aocE, and tie destruction Of St M1sSS W.
sia d 9ass ss ca1he II aszaes
Then Bishop Yandeysf s9a nsaen Mnen tneeeea d
hs left bis bsosed of
n ro1d' C4 nex1 IN the order, and when bis ta1l
health called him from his ela The r1essans % nte
~1ted larae!y in whatever concerna SO colsloe1%ols
share Of It's members the Ronan Cs1hohe GnaI ~ a
ro,efntes more than that fold have Teasea 70 % GO
Foley. 1900. g. ,,sr,,s VI, ba
that III B. Williams put mp his handsome house, 7
fe11y the Iaison Dorea- s1r. Williams was dec,de1
suburban and got greet eonsonoh m nfs
his elegant brick nansion on the corner s,:.,
Monroe stree. and egan asenne venus ,oaa MF from s.;
41sre To- Tisit him. About this time 9. J. Surdan
T1tng On what Vas late ne ste 81 4;a1 she M. ns
tS.mseIyes viii circulating petition, believed to
iittIe premature, e1sept By parties most
bave Washngton street eat, strsea y ,mn1oveeu Of
IN III while sehoonna.ter Andrews Eas kseptns
Uha