Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-30
THE GARDEN CITY.
Its Appearance in September
shopping Experiences of the
Granger and His Family-The
Great Exposition; Its Glory
Undimmed-Chicago on Sun
day.
Correspondence OF tho Register.


CHICAGO, September -.
Our principal streets in September
present an exceedingly curious appear
ance to the eyes OF its returning citi-
zens To Judge by the apparel OF those
who throng our payements and crowd
our shops, it would not be difficult to
| believe that the town had been smitten
\ with a confusion of inhabitants, as
Babylon Of old was afflicted by con-
fusion Of tongues.
The well-to-do Changers, whose har-
vests of grains and grasses have been
tolerably generous, and whose still un-
/ gathered fruits and roots promise to be
/ plump and satisfactory, seizes upon this
/ interval between his gatherings IN 10
/ bring his wife and daughters To the
city. The farmer is proud OF his ability
/ to spend his money, and hls over
worked feminines are charmed with the
brilliant windows, their shopping and
| their freedom from things too tiresomely
/ practical. But nobody is happier than
/ the city merchant, because he is able to
/ part with the lingering remains OF his
last winters stock OF fancy goods to per
/ sons who consider themselves the for
tunate possessOFs of the very latest i'm
pOrtatiOns from that wonderful fairy
| land for women folk, Ia belle Paris.
| II the country be more charming in
/ September than at any other time OF
the year Chicago is certainly even more
/ interesting to the keenly developed per-
80
| autumal month.
II anything can compel a regret be-
cause civilization and luxury, the
pride of life, and other Qualifications OF
the eve, have been too finely or sharply
developed in towns, IL is kindly and
generous observance of the rural thrOng
that till our city at this moment. Our
guests enjoy every moment and every
thing with the keenest delight and with |
the lrankeSs expressions OF pleasure. |
II enthusiasm is the daughter Of !
ignorance" as the highly developed |,
man has asserted, and delight be the |
child certainly this sort |
of an offspring is to be enyied. All |
their fresh tOggeriss, inharmOniOus !
though they be As 10 the date OF their /
origin, their fabrics and their color, are |
worn with an air of Standardization, and |
also Of grateful appreciation OF their F.
superior circumstances, which enables |
them TO appear out in autumnal coats I.
and winter bOnnets long before the /
city lady is able 10 exhibit hers. /
Among the most amusing things to do |
for one who has returned 10 town early /
is a drive over the bOuleyards and |
through the parks in one OF those pub
lie carriages which take persons over the |
main roads for twenty-five cents. Dur
ing other parts of the year, nurses with /
small people, semi-inyalidS, who cannot |
afford a carriage of their own, over
worked accountants and lovers in the
evening patronize these wagons that
were built in a hybrid style, which
susursot both 0rorer'S cart AND y
soda bottle wagon with about
equal emphasis. At this season
troops OF visitors take turn
round the curved ways of the parks and
over its beautiful bridges, and the COM
ments which are made upon Its charms |
would, If recorded, serve as truthful, II |
not a satisfactory, chapter in social .
science and modern cultivation.
OF course everybody who comes to the |
city now goes to
THE EXPOSITION.
The whole show, rs Granger SAID, Is |
in "full swing" and mighty blg one |
il is, too" 1t is i'm the full blaze and |
glory Of prosperity, and partaking oi the |
tremendous success with which this |
seasons business and amusements |
has been thus far blessed. The !
building is thronged day and |
night, and at present, appears
i'm all its glory OF brilliant lights, tasteful !
displays of elegant goods, etc.
There is no place in the Garden City
where beauty and fashion do more es-
pecially congregate than at the Exposi-
/ tion: and as a very natural consequence,
| the bon ton, as well as the bOurgcoiS Of the
| other sex, are certain to be found
/ there, also. The Exposition has always
/ been a iavOrite resort for the young OF
/ both sexes, and we DO not marvel there
at: for certainly there is no other place
i'm the city where pleasure is so well
/ blended with instruction.
TIE GREAT CITY on SABBATH.
Yesterday was Sunday. There were
matinees at FIVE theatres In Chicago, ana
| evening performances ut every place oil
amusement i'm the city. II we are going
/ 10 the devil we are doing it openly and
/ bv the wholesale. 4 few horse races
/ and ball games are all that We now need
| To complete the sanCtity of the Sabbath
| i'm Chicago, and make 1t as thoroughly
| interesting rs the Fourth of July. The
/ addition OF the Michigan avenue Baptist
| Church and the Union Park COngrega-
! tiOnal Church 10 the list Of theatres such
/ a. Hanlin's and the Lyceum, where
/ that triumph of literary and dramatic art
/ known As "Uncle Toms Cabin may
/ ~, witnessed, has attracted much atten-
/ ton and great deal Of approval from
/ thinking persons OF an earnestly reh-
\ sious nature. This presentation oi
/ ,.reat dramatic work in the house OtGod
\ has been deeply gratifying to those
! church people who attend prayer-meet-
ings regularly, and whose extreme con-
/ scientiuusneSS has hitherto restrained
them from entering theatre, and so
. deprived them Of all histriOnic enjoy
ment. Beyond question the theatre Is
a very wicked place Certainly, persons
/ who were concerned about their future
| well-being could not 90 to theatre.
| But while the associations al the theatre
! were wholly evil, even gOOd men have
/ read the plays presented at theatres,
and admitted that they were proper.
| These men have wished that they could
see these plays presented by actors oil
whose moral character and spirituality
they had confidence, and in places di-
vorced from evil associations and free
from the track of Satan. The announce
ment in the amusement columns of the
papers that "Uncle Toms Cabin would
be PLAYED by an ordained clergyman in
a house conSecrated to the worship OF
Col, assured these good people that
their wish was about to be gratifed;
that they at last had an opportunity to
see a play without committing sin. -
OF course these really good persons
would not think for a moment OF going
10 real theatre TO see Booth play
Hamlet" or Mccullough play "Vir-
ginius, or. Madame Janauschek play
Lady Dedlock;" but they need not 20
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