Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-12-01
The Man and the Woman or Chicago as
Seen from a Southern Standpoint
aud Through a Pair OF South
ern Spectacles.
The PrOcliyities and IdiOsyuerasies OF
the People who Dwell in the City
Situated at the End OF Lake
Michigan, and Called
Chicago.

weaknesses OF tue man OF Chicago are quite
| apparent. He loves TO inform the stranger
| that Chicago Is the greatest city on the CONT
nent; that II has the largest business houses,
the finest streets and avenues, the biggest
hotels and the biggest trade OF any city in
the land. All this he uLters with ar CT
| innocent pleasure, and feels surprised and
| somewhat indignant If the foolish stranger
UOes not Join with him in his laudati1ns over
the overgrown village Of his soul. The man
OF Chicago il a man ct business; he walks
/ and talks fast; he speculatcs IN gram or pork,
and has real estate mort cages on the brain.
| II he owns corner or other
lot his ambition Is to get 1t mort
! gagged for about twO-thiTds of its
inflated value aud then abandon it
TO mOttgagor. Chicago Is plsstered all over
/ with such Mortgages, and could the city be
set upon end u would look ike a bi pos err 5
wooden wall illustrated with woOccuts of the
latest show. The true ChlcagOan Is formally
and coldly polite to strangers; he has none
of the warm Rush of the soulherner; he Is q
man of different metal and mold. He has
care and speculation stamped on his brow
! and he seldom laughs. When a rumber of
Chicagoans meet in a hotel rOtunda, or at a
palatIal bar, conversation Is carried on In I'M
! dertOnes, and the drinking Is done silently.
| There is no touching or cinking of glasses,
no old or new toasts given-it Is all per
formed in business style, and the men sepa-
y,
| bonanza or a telegram nom the silver mines
| of the tar west. The Chicago people have Of
late gone crazy over the Nevada silver mines,
and mining stock, wildcat or genuine, Is
freely spsculated in. A member of the dry
goods firm Of Field, Letter & Co., some time
since, invested a few thousand dollars in a
| Nevada silver mine, and now he IS reported
| as having a solid silver income OF twelve
/. thousand dollars month from that mine,
which rivals N richness the famed isle of
Monte Cyisto. Every tongue wa9s over the
| luck # the dry goods man, and every brain
I Is at work devislng some scheme by which a
| silver mine can be brought into possession.
! If you di-cTedit the silver mining stories, the
! Cuicagoan warns up a little, his business
/ eye becomes diated and he overwhelms you
| with facts and figures about mines and min
| ing stocks, and how this or that man made
/ few thousands by specializing therein. Your
| correspondent rode through and around the
/ city on the strset-car lines Tor the double
/ purpose Of getting the hang Of the town and
] finding cut the social pecullaiitles of ITS
denizaus. In the street-cars you can
/ see Chicago human nature in chunks.
/ 1t Is there relaxed a little and
presents a more pleasing appearance
than 1t does in stores, hotels or on the streets.
| Even in the cars the man of Chicago talks of
| business, but in a pleasing tone Of voice as if
| he liked to dwell upon the theme even IN his
/ leisure moments: 81 bought a small farm, "
sand one Of them, land paid ten thousand
dollars FOR it. / 60 down there once a
month. 1t makes a man feel good to be able
/ 10 walk over his own land. Ii makes you
feel like q prince" "Well." replied his
| friend, II do not like farms, like horses,
paid FIVE thousand dollars for pair of trot-
/ tiers. 1t does a man good to drive out along
| the lake shore to Lincoln park. 1t beats
| farming" The Chicagoan has, his hobby
/ like other men, but his hobby generally takes
/ affb o. ~
Is nothing sentimental IN it from top to bot
! tom. Your true Chicagoan is either above
/ or below sentiment.
THE WOMAN OF CHICAGO.
/ The gentler sex are Of more sturdy pat
/ tern than their sisters of the south. The fair
/ Chicagoan looks and moves like one of the
| lake schooners when scudding before brisk
breeze. She, the lady, not the schooner, Is
tall and slim, dresses neatly and well, and
steps of rapidly like q professional pedestrian.
| She looks men in the eyes firmly and
boldly, without displaying any Gisagreeable
boldness. When converting she holds your
eye snd gazes into yours in business-like
/ manner. Her voice is rather sharp, an octave
or 50 too high 20 be musical cr pleasing TO
the ear. IL is clear, cutting voice, that
would pierce a heavy Chicago fog when it
| rolls from Lake Michigan and enVelcps that
city like pail. Your Chicago belle talks a
little slang IN quite a natural way, and utters
/ her words with rapidIty and preciseEess. She
/ impresses YOU with the idea that she is of q
literary tuyn Of mind because invariably,
. when IN the street, she carries book or two
in her hand or under her arm. 1t is not
/ always the latest novel, but often some work
on a scientific subject, obtained at the public
library. Your correspondent never before
| saw so many women Carrying bOOks. The
far Chicago woman hurries along the street
or over the crossing IN an independent style;
She elbows through crowds Ike man, and
| gets along quite as well-better, perhaps.
SIZE walks into the street-cays, but fails to
/ look at the seated man with implorIng glance,
1 rs if asking for or demanding 4 seat. She
! takes a seat promptly should one be vacant,
and does not mind cTowdlpg you lit'le, II the
4 seat is Of compressed pattern. Should no
/ seat be vacant, and should no male blped
get up TO offer one, she prepares deliberately
10 stand IN and hold on TO the strap. If you
arse and OFF, hera seat, she C1Ttly thanks you,
and with a rapid glance, takes your measure
from head to foot, then pays you 10 more
attention until you leave the car, when she
/ throws another investigating glance after
you, which glance thol roughly takes you in,
! from your back hair TO your Coat-tail. Her
features are generally sharply-cut, and pre-
/ sent q good profile. The front view is not so
good.
THE CITY BY THE LAKE.
Chicago Is situated on the west shore Of
I n,
! Calumet rivers, and It stands q few feet above
| the pelucid waters of the charming lake.
/ Joliet and Father Marquette were among the
! ir-t white visltCTs, who arrived In August,
/ 1913, the first permanent settlement being
| made IN 1904. during which year the United
| Safes government erected Fort Dearborn
/ Ia 1880 Chicago contained about a doz n
houses, aud a mixed population of one hum
bred whites. ha!f-breeds and blacks. 1t now
has n population Of nearly FIVE hundred
| thousaud-at least your true Chcagoan
| says so.
The name Chicago" has been interpreted
TO mean skunk" or "polecat, an amin al
beautiful 10 look at but dangerous to NEEDLE
| with. The first outsider who became a
| resident OF Chicago wes a negro named Jean
BGptisie POHt dH Sable. He settled there IN
| 1896. He built a cabin and claimed a large
! tract OF land surrounding his mansion. He
I was Joined by several Indian traders, and
Chicago began to bud and blossom as if it
had a great future before it, and 1t had.
| The FIRST transaction IN Chicago real estate
vas that OF 1896 by the negro POnt az Sable,
! who squatted on the north bank OF the river
/ Since that time real estate transactions be-
! came more numerous and important. That
/ was the Cnieago of eighty years ago, but the
Chicago OF to-day presents a different ap-
| pearauce. Il has now a water frontage of
I twenty miles devoted to commerce. The city
I Is NlNiNtu W Aut OUlCdkO liver lDlO luEeS
] parts, called the north, west and south
sides, which are connected by thirty-three
| bridges aud two tunnels. The streets and
avenues are wide. maBy Of them are several
miles in length. Many of the puGiis bindings,
private residences and business houses are
elegant and elaborate specimens Of modern
architecture % the most costly character. The
citizens claim that Chicago Is the greatest lum-
Der mart, grain and hog market OF the world.
A literary and witty Chicagoan stated TO your
correspondent that the coat-ot-arms OF the
city ought to be "a big hog and fellow that
looks like oac, but he was too severe. CHI
cazo deserves more classical coat ot.arms
than that; il is a great and growing city,
great product of sturdy American enterprise
and civilization. The true Chic1goan claims
Hat his city ia the greatest railroad center IN
the world, and also the "gralary OF th5
world " The ChicagOan uses the worn
"sg~ld" on all occasions, and N quite an
of-hand ard reckless manner, by way OF
comparison when giving you an loea Oh
ChicagO's immorsity. Seyenty-two villages
and suburban towns spread around chicago
4 on the p-aine which extends fG-ther imam
| the eve car reach. Ihe churches OF the CITY
| are we'll built and Wsi!-attended. Tour trEe
| Chlcagoan attends church. Among the noted
/ preachers is Prof. David Swing, formerly a
| professor at the Miami university, at oxford
] Ohio. Prof. Swing clIugs to no particular
7 theory as TO religion, repudlates sectananlsm,
/ and IS pope Of his own church. He Is oold
thinker, a bold talkcr, and his congregation
| regard MN as anounef Chicago product, and
one Of the greatest preachers Ia tL9 world.
| You see they carry the world" even into thelr
] churches. Your Correspondent had the pleas
IRE Of meeting a charming lady of middle
| AGE. one whose claims to being the hrst white
| child born in Chicago are undou5red. This
fact Of itself shows sHe youth and itamense
growth OF the city. In quarter - cen tuIy
| Chicago has grown from a village 10 city al
| the frat class. The refugees and other
people OF the south who visited Chicago dur
ing the prevalence of the epidemic south
were well treated By the Chicagoans, and the