, 1874-06-29
The Gathering at Lincoln
Park.
Thirty Thousand People Amusing
Themselves.
Family Recreation at Turner Hall.
Educating tho Children on Cor
man Principles.


OF tho many poouf[arities which Chicago
OFFERS thoro iH, perhaps, no ono which more
striko8 the stranger than when Oh Bono A,lmmer
Sunday ho loavoa hla South Sldo hotel and.
crossing the main river. 1nds himself upon
North Clark Btroot. He leaves hohind him
town buried In tho quiot and dulness OF tho Sab
bath, to lnd himself In one which haa au tlla
animation, lifo, aud buste OF a waok-day. south
Clark street Is but Rn array OF closed buildings.
Tho stores which line tho other loading thorough
fares show no Sign Of lifo. They a1o as silent
as tho grave, as nnintorasting aa an evening
paper. North Clark street is Hike strong man
rcfreahed with vino; its business placea nro
open; it's sidewalks arc crowded with pooplo;
thoEe Ia noise, and life, and laughter. Tho tray
clar fanoes ho has boen day in crossing tho
stagnant river, and that he has lapsed into
Nonday,-a Monday whore ali wear their best
clothes, aud where thoro arc more womon out
than usual.
But ho is not out IN ha reckoning; ho haB
simply left ono country tor another. lie has
not merely gone from tho First Ward into
tho Twentieth, f,om tho South Town into tho
North, but he has, with fcw paces: crosaed
binn remains tho aa,no. but the people henoath
are very different, and ehe changed condition OF
airaira greatly pl,zzlos this Rtrangor until he
learns the f0cta of tho case.
But North Clark street. with ftH hundreds Of
open ealoonB,-North Clark street which runs
from the Bunday-obaorviuE quarter Of the citY'to
Lincoln pnrls, and Sunday-Aftornoon concerts,-
is something r,orc than convenience for Btudy-
Ing German life aud the German SABBATH; 1t ia
sato. ss S WSoa @ sAo Gost worthy 6laud Patri-
nrch from somo other city GgEivea
hero QUO Of tho tiret places to
which he Is taken ,s North CLARK street, Just as
worst quarters Of Bodou, and join with thom
Ia walling over tho denominations Of the land,
and when tho N. ". G. 2. returns home aud
relates his experiences hia hearers CONC to the
conclusion thRt tllta particular street muHt cer-
tainly ho the road which laadeth straight to the
But tho dwellers on Clark street do not hear
how they arc maligned, ana probably would not
caro- Il they. did. Thoy PURSUE tho oven tonor OF
their way, dilnlsang beor Indoors six days in the
week, aud drinking 1t outdoors on The soventn,
II tue Weather does not put vsto on tho matter.
For certain Americans, Sunday tB emphaticalIy
homa day. It Ia devoted to getting up Lutte, to
reading tho papers slowly, and to putting on a
clean ahrt. Oh that day the father takes an in
terest in domestic affairs. Ho whips The chil-
dron himself, q buB,ness loft to the mothor dur
ing secular days After sunset be aitB out In his
Bhirt-sleoves, and yawna, aud wiahes that hla
wifc'a principles waro olaatio enough to allow OF
| SundRy cards.
But once every wook there comes upon tho
| Garmao hatl od OF pent-up rooms anu hol1soa
| built with handa. The old impulses Of HaYagery
como ovar him. and lie aigha for the opon air,
tho canopy OF Heaven, aud the hhnde Of tho
treea. He wants to 60 to apark. grove, gar
den. Ho must have trees around him, even
though they bo faded firs, planted in tnba,
watored not by tho ruins Of Hoayeu, but by
Go,man winters. who answor when one says
johann " or " Franz"
Now, North Cla'k street Is the great artery Of
Gorman life. it is the road which leads from,
tho "dust and dill" Of the city to the
elladed and airy groves, which haye graas tor
tic children, dancing platforms for tue women,
and lager for every one. But fow Americans,
lost In tho rush and hustle Of Clark stroot upon
Sunday afternoon, have the inclination to fol-
low tue throug that moves northward during the
emily part Of the day, to tiow anuthwnrd IN tho
evening. and see for themselves just how the
mass Of the Germans Of chicago are In the habit
Of spending their day Of rest. blnny are inclined
to look with great contempt upon these simple
enjoymeuts, aud have been known to laugh
whom they sec young couple 40 walking home.
haul.in-hand-no arm.in-nrm. which u much
more fashionable mud uncomfortable.