, 1875-05-30
'PEDESTRlANtSM.
Result Of 0'Leary's Success On the
Residents Of This City; j.
An Eastern Young Man Walking With
49, a Chicago Girl
How: O'Leary Developed Els
:, Peculiar Powers.

Chicago is noted as city Of gigantic strides.
Il has advanced at . tremendous pace, The
people are OF the go-Ahcad Kind, hound to walk
sway from an 1ivAls, to distance Ill competitors.
It il fast place; tire men 60 at rapid gait,
and the gitls are high sterpcrs. 1t las been
called great blower, bct this is now treated ~
compliment to ITS p7*ers Of wind. ..
Curous1y enough, most OF the comments made
upop ,the Garden CITY have been couchsd IN
terms belonging to pedesrrianism- Used to iu-
disateits wonderful growth asd progress, they
have been deserved, but Chicago nov il peculiar
ly entitled to the pa1lance of the hccl~and-toe
a1elcicc. 1t has la1ely become
CITY OF rEpEsTAlAra.
Chicago people have in fast, tut Juss found
t1eir lsgs This remark IL not meant to imply
that lhey are just emerging from state
OF infancy, or that tAetr blbuious habits
hare heretofore deprived taem OF the
proper usa Of tl1eas valuable anxtom-
icat appendares. But never until now has CHI
cago ayailea itself Of their full usefulness.
little more than week sgo Chicago lode. Il
waa city Of street-casn. Of onnibuses, OF phi
vate carriages. TITO nickel dropped into tho
fire box With n ucesssnt jingle, tue click Of the
conductors punch Was heard like tue chAnping
co&caman's Whip resounoed like tho discharge
oY musketrg. Eversbody rode.
HCT WHAT cuA>oE!
The omnibus still pl-ds along. bit the driver
howls - all the way up t. 1hirtv-fret Street," or
"Nest Madison street to Western ayeuue " 10
vain. Peorle, heed linn not or, tuoking cvntenpt-
u6usly upon bis de.e1 ted venIc!e walk tbs faster
Nobody B424Aa; the n1one7-box il mate, the
dsver.- Is sad aud IN Object OF oomphss,on be-
cAuse he is obliged to r,ds The street-ear tnm-
L - 1--L A,S,a y
most always the only occupants The punch
sl4eps~ qnietly IN tue att.r's pocket, tho up
raased finger of the former. soliciting passengers
u the street crossings il looked, al With scoru
and indignation. people ase positively angry ~
tbs bares, suggestion Of riding: m4u ~ho
tan1pt< and tha woman Wlo tt1es Exposes her
self TO The suspicion that her limbs are defoimed
and mlsshapen. Private carriages rot nnused
In barns. AMI what provlslon is to be
those actually required for draaeht purposes
10 becoming serious question. 1t Is uot 1t all
improbable but that Chicago will follow the ex-
ample OF Pans nn3 eat them.
People dash through the stree:a with
.HkADs .TBEowN RAcR, CHESTS THAoMN our,
elbows drawn backward 81 il fleeing from some
terrible danger, or as II in answer 70 come i'm
po1tant summons. Nen can te seen With WATCH
e. IN their hauds timing themselves as they dart
forya-d, -at.d mutterlng strange words about
dest1ian uaanlz LAS even hal Its ELECTS On
~ 'FENA1E ATTIRE.
Dresses are now cut !oose and flowing to
admit Of znore free use OF the LIMBS.
The Chicago "ouan Of the re5iod is
hampered by the '.scant eject Sue dit-
pen4es with the pa1a1nl; everything is ordered
With \ view to tho full deyelopment OF her
pedestrian powera. She no Iouger Affects small
feet and light Loots. high heels arc droI ped.
n-I ctra IN. IN