, 1873-10-12

lon GUY httallauio " nbHfduouB pfaottco bo1oro
5h!cago Boooty. Tho gilt-edgod refinement
which turns up its nose at Western vulgar
w.. is fnlly. connterbalanoed by tho, prao-
caI. overy-tlay, no-nonsonBo pooplo who Oh
rhe aorman.Amcreen Who % ontortainp LIN wi With % eer.
10 In his salad, draws about him as humorous
atd respectable company aB tho Bocfal expert
sho dosos his guests on llotly-poprerod oysters,
md then provides tho stomach with sudden
louche Of tutti.fruttf. Wol,Gyo
-. YOUNG WOMEN WHO TALK MErArnYstos
and Hogol, Kant, pichtc, mud Huxley, Darwin,
and Herbert Spencer, at you with delightful In.
accuracy: Aud then VIC also havo tho original Of
askod, "Who wrote Shakespeare" Ono Of the
most impressive young mon haye had tho good
fortune to moot IN tic first circlos, gavo mo
vivid description Of sonne midnight hreWorts.
and added, with aenso Of Importance which
could not sufficiently admire, that "it was the
finest display Of polytcchnics lo had evcr seon."
+ think he told tho truth. Tho fashionable Now
York Indy who affacts her disdain for tho .w.'ay
they do things in tho Wost. is not m unfamiliar
~ o oesgG soesy aa an
Btr1ction that would have Bet Lindloy Murray'a
teeth on edgo. Yet, ono Of tho most cultivated
aud intelligent women have over known, found
her ideal Of masculine perfection in a n1an who
uses his noighbor's spoon to stir hts ooffoo at
dinner party.
our CHICAGO svoDs
havo their own idcas Of proprlety, as for In
stance: fashionable young woman wont to n
lady friend With tears in her eyee, to complain
because Sunday paper lad published ., m &c, &c.
wcok. II wouldn't mind" was tho friends
consoling answor; "my nBme WAS In among tho
others, and I didn't care." "Ol,, wouldn't
either" sobbod the disconBolato fashionable
"only tiloy gavo tho names of those didn't
want 'thom to montion.' Tho way Of tho con
Is atepping-stone to society ss we'll as to
Heaven. It Is already very generally understood,
and think betray none Of the secrets Of tho
for an ambitious newcomer to do ls to secure
a pow In church. Honco, porhapB, tho largo de-
mnnd for pews; md houce, alao pcrhaps, tho
large number Of churches in Chicago. At all
events, there Is no city In the country that can
missions Of all kinds, IN proportion to the popu-
fation, nor show the same amount Of capital in
yoatod III tho cause Of religion and tho service Of
Society. No people have boen moro liberal in
this direction. The Church has been made ut
traotiye from every point Of view. The SUCCESS
of Chicago Society in this direction has not boon
confined to any ono denomination. but includes
jew and Gentile, Catholic and PROTESTANT, ortho-
dox and hotcrodox. Baptist, Methodist, Epiaco"
and oil. Fortunes have boon permanently in-
vested in magnificent temples pews always
command premium. Ministers OF national
fame have had calls to como to Chicago which
thoy could not resist; and othera haye become
nationally famous during their aojourn horo, Tho
choirs are as attractive as tho biggest organs,
tho awootoBt singers, nnd tho highest prices can
mike thom; the preachers as eloquent as good
pay, largo congregations, lively appreciation and
as compact and self lf-sustaining as donomnational
emulation can encourage. It would DO wrong 10
withhold tho fact that tho churches have beon
TIE MORT IMPORTANT AGENCY
in the rapid specialization Of Chicago Society.
Tho various congregations arc as strongly
cemented together rs the stones that form their
gorgeous ediflces. The influence Of the ohurchos
lns been good In more ways than ono. They
have not been discriminating, it is truo, nor
have they always escaped imposition. But they
BY which, rather than by education, cultivation,
BIRTH. family or money. tho social status or Chi
cago is regulated. They have made their i'm
press upon the character Of Society aB q public
institution. Chicago
Is NOT THE IMMORAL. AND WICKED oIrY
which it Ia generally thought to be elsewhere and
which it would have been, by reason OF its rapid
growth mud heterogeneous population, had
It not boon for tho strong deterrent iutluonces
Of tho churches. 1t would bo out Of place in the
demonstrate this. No may only recall the gen
cral fact that there is no city where, notwilh-
standing tho rush antl turmoil Of the week, the
SUNDAYS are 80 uniformly quiet, tho nights &c
orderly, mud tho open olfonses aganat tho Ronse
Of doconoy so few. A Boston editor has recent,
made revelation that must havo astonishct
tho righteous Of that community. Though tht
population OF Chicago exceeds that Of Boston by
loo 900 people, tho humber Of nrrests for drunlt-
enneas In tho latter city. In 1872, was double the
number of arrests in chicago for tho sano vice
and during the same time; and there were oYo
ono thousand more fiuos for diaorderly conduc
in Boston thnu in Chicago during that yenr
There arc also good REASONS to believe tia
licentiousnoBs Ia less general in Chicago than il
older cties in this country, Of oven q smalle
pot,,lation. The subject ia ono which it il
neithor pleasant nor profitable to examine il
detail.
THERE 1s A NOTABLE REASON
rr,,, f,,ooao H. an",,od In, abroad r.
Wy Wy Ii,at p dnao 1nt 5asar1" .;g o,r hom
nn,sannners e have haan IN thc hohit of mal,ns
~ s,,oIt - ararrtl,, tr,,;a1, anntoina +hn ~
,a,,ts ~ .angot;5 ~ a,'a ,orannners "hrno,
T.5 a.nnIa1 49, ensat l.. arI ~tti..r ~ r+jnrio
~, nua,te i1,ot hnr,e,, H. ct,;ca1o