, 1877-08-05

First Thing That Strikes Ch1cagoan-
The Cincinnati Newspapers Unjustly Crit
i,ed-Cincinnau Resorts-WorklnE Girl
| Driven to Prostitution.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
CINCINNATI, O., Aug. 3.-For, I think, til,
t first time in my life am homesick. The change
| from Chicago to Cincinnati requires stronEc,
constitution than mine, thoroughbred cosmo
politan though am.- Cities arc cities, there's
no denying that. but how different they can be
From the apex OF Mount Eden to the bed Of the
/ muddy, yellow Ohio, there's no resemblance
butin the fact that both have houses, streets,
and population sufficient to entit1e them to
incorporate. .
The strike is over, such as 1t mas, aud Pork
opolis, if she has not yielded her right to the
distinctive and euphouious cocnomcn, has suf-
tered mostly through other towns, The deten-
tfon Of fretghts, especially in St. Louis, has
caused stasnatton OF business, giving short
vacation, not In many cases wholly unrelcome,
and many, especially the colored people, Of
whom there are rast numbers here, seem to
have general seaso1fof picnics, basktug In the
ferecst dog day suns with apparent enjoyment.
Looking across the narrow, sluggish river,
lined With steamboats, and busy with enterprise,
IT. does not seem possible it Was SO recent date
"whcn freedom and when slavery were dwell
ing side by side"
Business must be more than moderately GOOD
here now it the buildings In course Of erection
are any criterion, aud also observe some new
boats in process of construction. The Telegraph,
really handsome II any river steamer is So
makes her tria4rfp tomorrow. Far more
passenger aud freight business is done on the
water her, than one would suppose when the
F,,1Ya IF oAr fe fn infn
and the r1ser-meu are justly proud that land
transportation companies have not been able to
rob them entirely.
Tic first thing that strikes Chicagoan, rs he
cessiye up-hill'ness Of the streets. Go Which
eyer way you will, and it is uphill, until, from
excessive climbing, you come to fancy you carry
q banner marked Excelsior" and you have to
glance at the thermometer to dissipatc the idea
Of Alpine heights.
Another thing that strikes you-this time
your pride swe1ls yastly-is the absence OF
pretty women. There is not an hour Of the day
that State, Madison, or Washington streets. or
any Of the South Side avenues, could not show
time have been here. I give the premium to
CAicago-Qucen City In eerH se,as-for the
beauty, grace, and elegance Of her daughters.
Then the newspapers. Oh yc Gods! Can't !
you send US doTn some OF your superabundant !
talent,-a live man to run papcr,-one who
has the tact to make something good out Of
triacs, and something readable out Of nothingl ]
was never more aston1shed In
my life than when [ unioldcd the |
Sunday edition. Absolutely the Journal is
h<ve died because from surfeit Of good things |
rou did not appreciate them.
The resorts around town are numerous and |
such as Chicago has not, and,
With all its money, cannot have. and |
omo few private residences are magnificent.
n hotels they are short again, but they
2are enough, and good enough, for all practical
filed, too, they seem. There
little to indicate to the ordinary Traveller that
here is any great pressure OF hard tftlcs Mrs.
'10ddT and AIRS Petroleum certaIu}r hare as
tylish outfits as ever =:.w worn. Ostrich tips
rcmblc OYER naughty heads; diamonds flash
N white, unglovcd hands, ami heavy lusterlcss
ilke trail in the dust OF many crossings un-
Tept but for them.
But in the poer quarters Of the city, where
rant and ignorance do congregatc, you seeit
b every form and on almost every face, from
he unwashcd, half-nakcd infant to the crone Of
0 years who sits at her shantY door and tells
DC idlars around that times are not what they |
icrc when she Was young"
All! blissful, far-on time, whcr the summer
avs we're long and sweet, and the winters short
nd CHEEKY. They forget that the halo around
hose years Was from star set for them forever |
t rniduight-how many womzn's light foot
I'll is heard as she ste4lthily tries "a attract |
rat she has not the haTdihood to solicit openly, |
It is told me tor truth know not II 1t be
o,-i hope it may not be, hence will give no
amcs--that 4 very large retail store here, eul-
[oying In its different departments about eco
iris, did a little SUM in simple division, and BY
,e process took from them half their already
nall salaries. Earning, or rather paid, but q
I'm barely sufficient to give the ordinary ncces-
tics Of life when used with strict economy, !
len to have tho half OF that taken away, ,--imag-
C the result. The balance must be made up
me way; hor!
1 am told, too, that few resigned, but That
any young face ages and fades rapidly is |
e poor creatures who have. no choice give I
ler nights to sin that daily bread may be pro-
dcd for themselves, and often for helpless
les depending upon them, Surely no- they
ho hare suffered more than they have sinncd
ho would have kept their lives clean aud !
polluted had 1t been possible.
i'd how with Iou, Chicago, ny beautiful home: !
e your busnesx men rich, influential, strong. I ,
lding the life and honor Of thousands Of their i
nng sisters in their hands, |dctatine the paftrY I
N upon which they must live, g1iluessf
Little you guess how often the price Of the |
,ar thrown half-burncd upon the street invest s
In food, 2 loaf of bread, or = bed Tor the /
3ht, would save some one from the hlst step i
at wrecks life. &. b. r. q
Ward, the famous young pitcher from Will s
nsport (Pa.l who mas been getting up big p
mutation with the Athletics and Philadei- t
las. has joined the GAINESVILLE CWis-) team. He t
1trr f{f-n< 4f AA H$r1nr a