The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-04
GREAT AMERICAN CITIES.
THEIR LEADING PECULIARITIES
PITHILY DESCRIBED.
Features OF New York, Philadelphia
Boston, Washington, Chicago,
New Orleans Baltimore, Etc,

New Orleans, Baltimore, Etc.
There were some ten or a dozen drum
mers in the car. 1t was bed-making
time, and while the porter was engaged
in "fixing" the berths for the passengers
of retiring habits the drummers crowded
into and around the smoking-room. They
all knew every corner of the United
States, and where trade could penetrate
or a customer be found, were acquainted
with the peculialities of every city and
could give pointers on all the hotels of
the country. The idea occurred to a
converted newspaper man, who was
squeezed into corner behind the ice
water can, that it would be a good thing
to get from all these fellows of free opin-
ions a collection of their ideas as to what
constituted the prominent characteristics
of the chief cities of the nation. The sub
ject was accordingly introduced and in
dorsed, the plan adopted being to men
ton the name of the city, and then for
each man present to give his verdict.
The result, standing as the consensus of
opinion concerning the salient singulari-
ties of New York, Brooklyn, Philadel-
phia, Boston, Washington, Cincinnati,
New Orleans, Chicago, Baltimore, st.
Louis, Louisville, and San Francisco, is
as follows:
New York-Its rush and elevated
roads. Magniticence of stores. For
meeting every one you ever knew. Head
center of theatricals. Matching for
treats and loud talking in bar-rooms.
The best in the world. Dollars, dollars
and dollars. Amusements, races and
clubs. Its police and hotels. More
business per hour than in any other city
in the world.
phia-Long, straight streets.
Brick houses and white marble steps.
Closing shutters at night time. Few
restaurants. Magnificent public build
ings. Want of style about the stores.
Fine art galleries. Thriftiness of the
atrical managers. Cars running but one
way on street. Home comforts. Dis
tancc you can ride for five cents.
Boston-Crooked streets. Mixed
architecture. Women with curls. Eng
lish fashion in mems clothes. Flourish
in, condition of art and music stores.
Fine stores generally. Parks and grave
yards. Commonwealth avenue and Dart
mouth street. Geniality of society aud
stanch friends. Number of country peo-
pie on the streets. Drives in neighbor-
hood. Pork and beans and east wind
Athens of United States and self-suffi.
cheney of literary men.
Washington-The Capitol All the
poor people growing and half the women
in public office. Saturday matinee
parades Magnificent streets, lettered and
numbered. Their cleanliness. The dis.
tances between residences. Number Of
green squares. Capitol being turned
wrong way. Good singing of colored
boys on the streets. Independence of tn,
colored people. Splendid teams and
chance to get acquainted with the looks
of big folks. Innumerable statues anC
hotels.
Cincinnati-Amount of brown stont
used in buildings. Good drainage but
dirty streets. Sunday matinees. The
Rhine and never knowing when you
reach it. The inclined line to Eden
Donkeys, beer and Germans. NIusica
AdlNuNs VI llt NilN VI HuNhSs
New Orleans-Colored people ant
French. Stepping stones instead OF
cross walks. Foreigners from every
where. Suices for rain. Rains like the
deuce and dry again in a couple of hours
Splendid BARRIERS. Old buildings ant
pretty young women. French coffee
Water if you dig two feet. A postoffict
built on cotton bales for piles. Awning
on Canal street and Shell road. Mardi
gras. Levees and Cotton Exchange.
Chicago-Bustle and stores. Immor
ality. Sunday matinees. The coming
city Bad sidewalks and streets, anC
distance between curb and cobble. Tht
crowd on State street on Christmas Eve
Number of theaters. Best hotels in the
country. Stockyards and big papers
Hog killing and soft coal. Bridges anC
rowdies Next to New York.
Baltimore-Its quiet and good oysters
Lovely women. Good society. TIL,
splendid complexion of the women
Stoop parties Good dressing of tn,
women First-class markets. Tn,
Wednesday Club. A city of brick. Tn
terrapin and the way it is cooked. 1t
bad smells in summer-the American
Cologne Monuments and bad sewer
age.
st. Louis-The variety of the people
The crowding together of the rough anc
the cultured. The extent of the trade oI
the river. The makeup of the women
Too much whitewash. Wanted
promenade. Shaw's Gardens. Tht
summer heat. Its vanity and envy o.
| Chicago.
Louisville-Whisky and beautiful
women. Stock raising and good hotels
Brooklyn-The number and magniti
cence of its churches. Prospect Parh
and Coney Island. Absence of business
hustle.
San Francisco-Itsc cable cars and hills
Its pretty women, although they make
up too much. The bounce of its young
girls. Its variety Of payements on sin
gle block. Winds, fog and sewe
smells. Its late hours. The fascination
OF its climate, tough as it is. Its flower
gardens and park. The metropolitan
character of its papers. The crowds OIL
the streets of an evening. Its determine
tion to have and see the best of every
thing. The absence of poverty anC
plague of peddlerS Its Western indie