, 1880-08-15

Chinese, Greeks, IurhS, op'1l!l"lu u''
South Americans, here and there IN A1si'l'''
and perhaps I-tal-ian." Such Ae.e.os
neous people require IN OLA poorloa u
a,nuse1nents and every possible form oi Ell,
tertaininent. She has proved herself equal
to the emergency. The same enter
prise which has built the olgses1
hotels in the world, lined hes seseets
with Masonic piles Of. arch'teet"''4
beauty, choked up the channels OF commeree
that lead to the end Of the world with heF
lumber, pork, and grain, and that by nome
industry and local attraction mas s"eileo ~,
population to more than half million al,o
distanced St. Louis. our Malthuslan suou,p'
has accomplished the task Of entertaining tne
-poIyglot population with amusemenlS su1teu
to every taste and pocketbo ok. .,
Though til not the music season. there" VIII
be more music here this week tha>f illos'
cities have in d whole year. Every "lte'-
noon and evening concerts will be glVen' OF
eauized upon grand scale, and 1ncluulhs -
their programs everything concelyaple IN >i'o
various schools, from that OF Mr. Lua"is
Van Beethoven to Mfr. Stephen Il. tostef'
and. arias of every kind, ranging from 1no
"Ah perfido" to Somebody's Coming W hen
the Dewdrops Fall" Every hall at any SIZE
will be resonant with music. a great orehes-
ira of 1G0 pieces will discourse gay oanees
for thousands Of flying feet. one hu'loleu
and twenty military bnnds, with 3.6oo pleces'
will troop through our decorated anu ateu-
adorned streets, blowing "silyer snari'hs
truupcts" " anil shrill reeds, pounding TUG
rattling drums and clashing dangerous GYM
balls, and one day this mighty host VIII seek
the distant prairie and unite in mui1ltno.
inous pean that will rouse the snaae o.
Tubal Cain. OF the ten theatres III the
city, though it Is out OF season.
five will be in full blast, reg'ided'
rcdecorated, rcfurnishcd, and good Us new.
| Of these ten theatres, three may De calleu
minor establishments, aud one OF the th1ee -
the prettiest theatre in the country IL ~
! worthy Of note that these three are running
stock companies with the legitimate drama'
and are educating actors for the eastern
cities. In this category we do not include
| the smaller places Of amusement, the variety
theatres, minstrel halls, and shows IN
| tents and Easements where, for the
| tnfnitesima1 sum Of ten cents, any
hour of day or night, the impecun'ons
| multitude may appease its cravings Tor ell
| ioyment with entertainments just as piuuant
| If not as esthetic as those provided for tho
weIl-to-lo son of toll lor the bloated aristocrat.
! Nor do we include the myriads OF resorts
necessary to the ediiication OF Sinners cha-
cago provides for all within her gates, anu II
her sinners are more numerous and oo-
durate than those Of other cities, so are her
eool men more numerous and devoted to
duty, thus fulfilling Natures great laws o.
compensation.
There are people SO strangely constituted
thet they do not enjoy music; others nave ho
taste for theatres, or think it wrong to 60
Chicago has provided for them with plenles
of every description, with yacht-raees and
rowing-races, with steamboatrexcurslons
with pyrotechnic displays, with great sur
prises to eclipse anything ever before known
in beauty and grandeur; with the strangt
spectacle Of hundreds Of our peaceaoie
citizens suddenly transformed into gai
laut knights, without fear or reproach,'
mounting barbed steeds in tilt and to''Ena
ment: and has decorated herself with flags
banners, beauscants, streamers, evergrcens
shields. notices, and devices to catch the eyt
and please the taste. Michigan avenue, TO:
the distance Of 4 mile or more, will be de
voted to 4 carnival Of enjoyment. Ih'
stranger in quest Of entertainment Will stol
. III at the baseball park and witness the cham
pion Chicagos worry and worst their adver
: saries; then he will go to the cir
Gus and. its vast array of side-shows
and see the great Aerialis ride he
yelocipede between heaven and earth, wheel
Ing her timid babe upon an invisible wire
tie human being shot from monster canno'
with real powder, and caught by lad.
hanging head downwards from the loft
: trapezc; tic leviathan hippcpotamus, ant
the six-ton rhinoceros, and the e'hundred peel
Z less performers in the only mammot1
, circus, except Saturn, that has two rings
Leaving the circus, he will travel o.
until he reaches the Exposition Build
, ing, transformed into palace OF myster'
les, and beyond this will he find the descend
!, dauts OF the gentlemen who routed the Sar
acens camped along the lake shore ant
!. tlisporting themselves with pageants an
, carniyals galore.
, To-day Chicago will go to church, hca
the ministers. listen to the exhortatlons, sln
} | goodIy psalms, and do her part towards cor
t | verting the heather in the uttcrlnost isles c
! the sea. But tomorrow the doors OF Ealit
: Fair will be wide open, and she will dispor
, herself and invite all the world 10 come IN