Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-26
OUR MAIN STREET WINDOW,

Glinpses of Life On the Great Basins.
2 fhsseughfsre of Springfield.
There was much objection to putting down
the railway track on Main street. II was
argued with vigor that our leading business
thoroughfare would be 90 badly obstructed
as 10 be impossible. Itreally did seem that
our friends who own teams would not be
able to hitch their horses with heads to the
sidewalk and tails to the center Of the
street. with vehicles still further In the
rear. after the old fashion. What q very
sad thing to contemplate that was. to be
sure. The result proves that broadway
jams" are much less frequent now than be-
fore the street car track was laid down and
our citizens generally now regard the Main
street line As q great convenience, and
really indispensable.
Springfield has great number of taste
fully dressed and fine appearing ladies,
young and old. Much advance has been
made in the dress makers art, during the
past few years, and now the finest sight that
can be enjoyed from q Main street window.
b the ladies on their way to and from the
tzade palaces. As elegant suits-nice fit
ting, harmonious to complexion. adapted to
height and size, with happily blended colors
and tints-can be seen on Main. Limestone
and Market on any pleasant afternoon, IS
can be seen on Fourth street. Cincinnati;
on Broadway, New York; Regent street.
London, on the BOuleyards, Paris,
or on Main street, Xenia! And it Is not
alone the ladies of wealth, who are we'll
dressed. but also the wives and daughters
of our workinglnen, MANY of whom are at
tired in most excellent taste, in very nicely
fitting and becoming garments, made of
comparatively inexpensive material. Mighty
handsome girls they are, too. By the way,
those little fur capes, when they fit nicely,
give . handsome young lady very neat,
eomely appearance. II may be truthfully
added that American women. as class,
dress better-that is TO say, in better taste
than the women of any other country In
the world. This is the evidence of men
who have trayeled-as far as Sandusky and
Lima, to say nothing of fremont City and
Dayton!
GOod-loOking men-as well IS women-
can also be seen on Main street. John Foos
and General Bushnell are now running neck
and neck. with Billy Blee as good second
FOoss white hair gives him little the ad-
vantage. but Bushnells hair is getting to be
a sort of iron gray and appreciates his ap-
pearance. Blee is also getting gray over the
pranks of the Kids. George Spence
is getting gray because the city
doesn't hop on TO John Bookwalter.
William Foos is the most comfortable look
ing man on the street. and Gen. Keifer
doesn't look so bad! The larger number of
these gentlemen are seen moving about a
little before two in the afternoon. Billy
Stlwell, Of the East street Offices, is com
pactly built and comely, and now drops in
to the Directors room of the Second Ma
tional. at the time of the daily afternoon
meeting. He is now one of them.
Some very handsome turn-outs can be
seen on Main at all hours of pleasant days.
There are some splendid double teams and
many fine single horses. Our people do
not run so much to fast horses as to fine
ones
An occasional. Main street sight is ply
sician lounging about an undertaker's Of
fee. Does he get per centage?