The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-09-02
Correspondence Of the Courier:

Correspondence Of the Courier: /
CHICAGO, August 2lst, 1874. |
Thackeray's vanity fair would
pale its Intellectual fires besides Chi
cago's grand oriental and peculiar
''rivoli Garden" It is mixture Of
all styles Of ornamentation, as it is a
place for all nationalities to gather.
The Switzer may sit and drink his
beverage while he contemplates the
grand mountains of his native land
piled up In gorgeous frescoes and cap
ped by everlasting SHOWS. The swar-
thy Italian may look out across the
bay Of Naples and fancy himself
comfortable lazzarone. There is
red sunet and blue sea, and Condo
las so natural as to make US think OF
the tinkle of the sweet guitar across
moonlit waters. There the bland ce.
lestial may fancy himself entirely at
home and the only man dar in. The
pagoda faunts its thousand flags and
crescents, and the traditional China
woman with almond eyes and club
feet is parading under very fiat UNI
berella. Tivoli takes them all in and
makes it lively while they remain.
Don be horriied that lady went
there. [ assure you it is quite the
fashion in Chicago, and as | was as
fortunate as to have a jolly nephew.in
law who has the eniree to all the nice
places, Improved the golden opportu-
nifty. All around the sides of the vast
room are vases of rare plants, ferns
and vines, and from the ceiling and
graceful hanging baskets Of flowers,
cages of sweet singing birds, and beau
tiful statutetes abound on every hand,
fountains Of crystal water play over
basins of white pebbles and shining
gold fish, cunning little turtles crawl
up on the rock work and sprawling
crawfish play as naturally as in the
creeks of Indiana. And what do the
people do in all this fairy land? Va
rious things, mostly in drinking beer.
At the neat walnut tables you may
see all sorts of people and all varieties
of lunches, the tall pale glass of Weiss
beer clinks in friendly touch with the
ruby lager, and the aristocratic mint
julip ebbs its life away through a
straw in company with whisky
straight y and the dainty chocolate
cream finds itself in company with the
notorious ''switzer kase.n The birds
chirp, the music boxes tingle the
"Carniyal of Venice" and the little
band plays the "Muligan guards, = the
glasses rattle, the white apron walters
rush frantically around, carrying in
some mysterious fashion what looks
like twenty-five glasses of beer at
once, and the rural visitor sits in open
mouthed wonder at the wickedness
and georgeousness of city life, and
thinks that it is enough to ruin any
body, but he rather wants to be ruin
ed.
| From Tavoli it is ouly short dis
tance to the great Clark Street Bill
lard Room, where the match games
are played. We go up the broad
stairs from the street, through hall,
and enter a gallery which runs around
three sides of the immense room, and
where we find such inviting rest as
makes us rather enjoy the music oil
the spheres" We look down upon a
large square room with oiled walnut
floor and beautifully frescoed walls
We count thirty tables, and under
each one is handsome rug where tho
gentlemen deposit their coats while
they play with the pretty red and
white ivory balls We look on for a
while and mentally wonder what there
is in it to cause men to frisk around
aud posture in su:h extravagant style
We tall into train of tho light
which runs us along very far into re-
gions of speculation. We think of al
the dissertations about women anC
their weakness; we wonder il Junius
Henri Browne playe billiards ant
wonder what he and other sapien
philosophers would say if women ever
did such nonsensical things as mel
do. But we know what his answer
would be, we have heard him talk
They say I'VE don't expect anythin,
better of men, but it is altogether diff
ferent with women you know"
One would naturally suppose that
separate commandment had been Civ
en- to Chicago like this, six day
shalt thou labor and do all thou has
to do; but on the seventh you may d.
what you please The people turl
out and make rejoicing Of the day
all the public parks are thronged, an,
as we went toward Lincoln park VI
might have imagined ourselves i,
England going to Derby races TIL
band is playing, the flags Haunting it
colors over green trees and everybod
is in holiday attire, gay groups are t
be seen under the shady arbors, pre-,
winding stream, are feeding the whit
swans, and barring the heat and tn
peculiar airs the band is playing, "
might imagine ourselves in Paradis.
1t has always been a childish weak
ness of ours to wish that there Nigh
be first. class band in Heaven, but
seems wicked, perhaps, to say that "
should enjoy a solo on the cornet b
Arbuckel even inside the shinin
walls. And yet, why wicked? w
can't help it. We never hear ban
strike up spirited, heart stirring al
without feeling the very best impuls
of nature quickened. And we hope
we are ever so fortunate AZ to reac
the better land, to find all the be-
musicians. with same sort Of spiritu,
horns and cymbals, drums and fiddle
The child who said will they sir
hymns all the time ma? because
they do, l don't want to 60 there"
; fair sample ofwhat many grown pe,
. rle feel, but don't express.
From Lincoln Park it is not far
: Graceland Cemetery. and we entere
: a car drawn by dummy. By Il
5 way. dummy is horrible lookiD
; condensed locomotive, without Il
nose and screaming. 1t has the loe
, Of sentient creature, and | wou
| not came up on one after night une:
, pectedly for anything. We found IL
, bier and the beer were running
partnership. Opposite the entran
e of the cemetery were 4 dozen salool
and several cheerful marble yard