The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-15
A PEERLESS PRINCESS HEROINE.

reporter on the EAGLE. 1t is in the hand
writing of lady and was evidently in
! tended as pointers and outlines for ro-
nance which doubtless was never written.
! The author will consider herself thanked
for the prominent and public disposition
made of the head of this institution. Some
of the characters are readily recognized.
| Some Of the pages of the manuscript are
missing, leaving off just where the baby
Of the heroine was TO have been named.
The paper is as follows:
Object, to do justice TO the city Of
Wichita and her people. First, by the
usual method of romantic and picturesque
Incidents woven into matter-of-facC tale
showing, second, that it is a city inhabit-
ed by cultivated people, by ladies and
gentlemen whose moral and religious
lives are equal to that Of any in the land.
Third, incidentally 70 the progress
OF the story. Show up the boom as 1t was,
and not as euviouS, ignorant and often
merceuary writers make it appear, to show
1t was not crazy epoch in the lives OF an
unprincipled people, but purely one OF the
essentials in the up-building of modern
cities III this country and without which
no cities since the foundations of Chicago
and San Francisco were laid have been
successfully built. Relate such facts in
an attractive form as will show up the
humorous side of the boom, leaving out
the customary penny-a-line attempts at
wit, usually leveled at conditions never
existing in Wichita except in the minds
Of the alleged wits. Also speak Of the
great and legitimate profits secured by the
enterprising investors from the four
points Of the compass. Dilate upon
the unselfsh efforts of hundreds OF
good men and true, whose public spirit in
n t0TPOO
chance of private gain for the sake of the
public good. To build great city whose
foundations would rest upon the solid
rock, such as all men could be proud of,
was their ambition, and nothing less
would satisfy them, the tangible proof Of
their success IS shown by Wichita as she
Is. Show that all booms are not roaving
farces and that the boom of Wichita was
the simultaneous and growth OF the time,
locality and opportunity, supplemented bY
the uuselfsh work Of the most public
spirited people on the continent. In so far
as 1t was wild and unreasOniug it was only
an incident, side issue which bore the
same relation 70 the solid work of the
great boom, as do the camp followers to
an army Of patriots battling for their
country. Show this cOnclusively for IL is
not only true, but Is not stale or trlte. II
has become the fashion to n1isrepresent a
boom, and it IS time its meaning should
become clear to intelligent, conscientious
men. Il Is inseparable from city building,
and while any village that has an alleged
boom cannot become a city. No city IN
these times can become great without
several Show this up thoroughly.
Mem. Heroine, a pure soul III sound
body, clean and wholesome. \ native Of
Wichita, IS years old, educated in Kansas
and accomplished. Proud of her state and
Of her native city, earnest but
I ,F--,
The daughter of an officer OF the war OF
the rebellion, in easy circumstances She /
Is somebody herself and IN no wise de I
ponds upon the former state OF her family |.
IN the east for that consideration she is (
herself entitled TO. accepts Kansas and .
believes in it in the same manner and /
degree she would accept Massachusetts If .
that were her birth place. She is not .
strikingly beautiful but is one whose at /
fractions grow upon you, named Mary .
Lawrence. In time she IS wOOed and won .
by the hero Of the story, Ten De EOOte, 1
Esq, of Boston. college bred, Of good May
flower stock. wealthy. conservative in his .
ideas, raw IN his experience Of the west,
inclined to be skeptlCal as to any western
matter, a trifie verdant, little nervous,
but neither coward knave CT fool, aud
while at the outset, 1t might be thought
be was all three, he improves upon &C
luaintance ana develOpes into a hero 10 be
proud of.
Marco Bosparris, native Of Greece,
I short sleek rolypOly man, a great talker,
writer and if needs be drops into poetry
Uses on all occasions the Athenian Eng
isa that prevails in Boston; a lawyer
IF recognized ability, an ardent schemer,
5 honest and always tells the truth, be
cause Is they say IN Athens, he IS built
hat way"
Hon. W. A. Morgan, a real estate
boomer and railroad promoter, his title
vas bestowed by his patrons and Is sug-
gestive Cf his manner Of doing business,
4 native of the Ohio valley; his ancestor
lew BigfOot in a hand to hand conflict.
lie threw the burly savage over Sugar
loaf mountain, breaking his spine on the
'Ugged hills of the dark and blood ground.
lie himself later founded Cincinnati and
doomed IL, thus becoming the original
boomer. He Is physically Of delicate build
md yearly spends month or two at the
Bar Harbor hotel; IS vegetarian hut IS
zone the less reliable; Is at present engaged
n several enterprises Of great magnitude
nd Importance.
Describe the big four and the part they
layed in the boom and upbuildiug of the
own, a work As honorable TO themselves
5 it was appreciated by the lesser 400, but
ave them tits before dIsposIng OF them as
urned hogs.
The part the banks and bankers had in
he boom and atterward in strengthening
he hands Of the weak brothers who We're
aught too far from shore. Their part was
noble one and cannot be too highly
raised.
Paint in glowing colors the acts of the
len Of 81 and IS, when the car works,
acking and stock interests and industries
-ere established. The lIberality Of the
len Of Wichita Of those years viii go into
lSJOry when the future historian shall
'uly write of bOoms. Can a man be found
no has lived in Wichita for the last five
ears who played manly part that Is not
roud of his record aud is not certain
lat boom IS a great factor, and has its
seS of the highest Importance, Is not to
2 despised or belittled, and while always
ard TO manage Is absolutely indispensa-
e 10 the rapid development necessary in
lie energetic wide West. That Western
AN should despIse or uuderrate q boom
ems absurd. Ii is a means 10 an end.
nd Is according to the nature of the case
his must be clearly shown, for it Is a !
after that the public affects TO ridicule !
I'd it is the aim OF this book 10 show thor :
lEhly this error IN popular judgment. )
Ork in Capt Berry and how he came :
build the big hotel bearing his name . a
ID also the ponderous. Yet at the same Z
me, thar suaye and elegant gentleman. :
d. Rush, the president OF the board Of =
s-4N- a. elSe - AN- t4lSA tASot'aSLI- dACLiiCE
al who made the town. Col ,IOstle'em. /
u forgetting the big \ W Jolivrr 5
ID Grubensjeen, the husband Of the In 4
an princess from whom the Peerless :
-incess took Its name. The real estate r
rms of Steal / Levity AID Nealy l.
-eed4auGer, VINO were such prOmi-
mt factors, must play big parts.
t up the old crowd OF sharks generally,
noring the Screamer except where its =
itor * finally hung by a bowling mob :
edition boomers and OF collapsed arts :
cr-rs norl-r ~. he L----E---- LIZ