National Republican., 1881-08-05
LETTER FROM CHICAGO.
Picnic OF tbe German sociniIsts-Th'
stnIwarts- -Hoops--Other Matters.


StnIwarta-Hoops-Ot Matters.
Special Correspondence Of THE RErun1tcAS.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2.-The Garden City is a
busy city this morning, and the Madison avenue
cars are crowded fuller than our Avenue cars, and
they pass every two minutes. An elevated rail-
road svery much needed to run from the Eastto the
West Side for when the draw. bridge Is up for the
passage Of lake steamers up the Chicago River
you oflen see half mile Of street cars, wagons,
and carriages in line, waiting for the bridge to
swing back into place. The German Socialists,
two thousand strong, came out yesterday in full
force fora
P1cNc TO oGDES's GROVE
Their carriages wero trimmed with evergreens
and little white and blue flags, while the old flag
was often seen in the procession. There were sew
cra bands Of music that played all sorts Of tunes
to disturb the Sabbath rest Of the day, and cheers
from the sidewalks among certain class added TO
the excitement. Tho Olympic was in full blast in
the evening, the programme Uncle Toms Cabin"
while Hooley's Theatre was lighted with cleo
tricliy, and we were told a performance Of some
kind was going on there. At the crossing OF Clark
and Randolph, aud on the steps OF some near pub
lie building, the Salvation Army was trying ITO
get n holt on TO Satan so an old woman said at
my elbow-and such loud shouting of hauelujahs
and singing would have caused big arrest In the
quiet city of Washington. Chicago is q dirty city,
purposes, that its homes look dingy, even II sur
rounded by green parks and clambering vines.
WE FIND GREAT MANY srALwARTs
In this place. They wish the administration well,
very hopeful the President will soon be on his
feet again, and now that he knows show II Is him
self" he will try to put down assassination OF rev.
enuc collectors and Of black voters, aud that the
pledge Of 1880 shall bo carried out, to wit: "The
old flag shall protect the black man of the South
as well as the Northern Republican voter" The
Inter Ocean is the stalwart paper here, and is al
together the nblest one in many directions. The
IIalf-Breed tribune. like its namesake in New
York, seems to have forgotten all Of these pledges.
Wait until 1884, when again pure fame q pa
triotism will light up-when national self.respect
will be talked up again-the newspapers will de-
clare that our Southern brethren are only half re.
constructed and not 1T to be trusted with the con-
troll OF any part OF the Natlon;' then, after the
the Democrats
HEARTY CLASP OF THE HAND,
some Of the soflest places at the Capitol, and wink
| their satisfaction how they can beat with the
| Stall warts and then beat the Stalwarts
All! we are funny people. Abuse Hayes for four
years and then adopt his policy for eight years to
come by the same party and adopted by the same
leaders. Tonight the Theodore Thomas concerts
are resumed in the Exposition building, which
all is that lady-Mrs. George Z. Carpener-is
| the manager of the concern. "The World" sort
Of a mechanical melodrama, will remain at Nc
| Vickers for four weeks more to interest country
| cousins and country merchants, who will come To
the city this month to buy the lightest of the fall
stock Of dry goods, &c, In September will be the
| CITY INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION
at the building on the lake shore, neer the foot o
NJ onroe street. when the railroads and hotels will
| have hard time to take care of all tho visitors
Nearly every business man and many of the we'll
| to- do farmers of Iowa and Illinois think II duty
to come here two or three times year and have O
little lark, and IN no city in the world are amuse.
ments better patronized than in Chicago Haverly
| Is building an immense theatre here to add one
more to his present number Of fourteen. Hi.
| daughter is being educated abroad. and his family
are counted among the upper-tens so far as money
| goes; but there is an old scandal that prevent,
| them being received among the best. Diamonds
| money, all 60 for nGught when Mrs. Grundy put,
| her foot down.
Hoops
| are worn here in respectable size, and the ates
| New York style appears in very few days from
the metropolis for dress is very much looked afle
| by the average Chicago lady. have not seen
| white dress on the street, the conventional bacl
being much more popular The large black chip
so much worn in Washington, does not seem Il
meet with so much favor; but the small capote
and trimmed to suit the face, Is adopted for tn
| promenade The Gault House, on the West Side
kept by we'll known landlord, p. w. Gates, jr., 1
my home for the present, and am well Statistic,
with its excellent table, But give me, for real en-
joyment In midsummer, Washington, with its cool
wide Streets rather than this hot smoky, dirty city