Telegram-herald., 1891-04-05
NYE'S THINKLETS
He Tells About the THINGS He Saw
sf Chicago.
HEARS 4 SOLO AND STILL SURVIVES
HE Great White Chapel Cias sad its
ft<Asisx kxt~risr-w sEiss's n air and
sis8sas IN ShaEeh-as mss the
kaltsx zAd Hls Girl Family.
tEfcAdo, H1S-,
Toward the Gisssisome Spring. |

CHICAGO, Ills,
Toward the Gladstone Spring
Perhaps no institution of the great,
&robDsng. chia whisksred west is more
antique or more distinctive than the
Whitectsapei club OF this city. 1t i
bright eheery little crypt. which Is
rzAched through = narrow, sonbsr STAB
h the still bsacher olsackness, and soon
- bs called Whitechapel alley. opening
81 La sale street. inside AL Is coy
sad bright. You enter by gong down
several steps. and ind yourself IN an
anxeroom. ca the left Of winch Is me tap
room and On the right the reception
vanh or general sarcophagus.
Bright and cheery skeletons hang up
wherever the pleased eye rambses DER
the walls. and blood spattered garments,
torn by the coroner from murdered in
nocence, soften the harsh outlines Of the
bony decorations skulls with phos-
phoresceut eyes in them stand upon the
whsfnoes--or whatsnot, perhaps should
say-here and there.
All Is CHEEKY and appetizing. especially
10 the weary mind and the tired and
spent BRAIN Here we see several white,
ghost dance garments from Wounded
Knee, upon which the blood yet looks
nice and fresh Here h large west
ward hoe with which an irritated farmer
killed several OF his children in an I'M
guarded moment. Over yunder is the
somewhat battered and anockkneed
charger formerly belonging 10 Herods
somewhat morbid daughter
Many rehcs. from the early history Of
crime and horror 10 that Of the present
day. arc here-here 10 please, to be-
guile and TO perpetuate. Yonder Is the
cioven helmet Of a Haymarket police
raan. ard back OF il a model OF the gal
lows on wnich the anarchists were
hanged.
Comfortable solitude Is said to be the
object OF the London club, and in this
respect 1t il doubtless modelled after the
Whitechayel club Of Chicago. Solitude,
surrounded by a wealth OF brass
knuckies. highbinders' knives with fresh
gore on them. freshened each day by the
Armour abattoirs, and skeletons from
winch ever and anon a vertebra, a
patsala or a few phalanges fan with a
startling yet sOdden PUNK on the dead
ened floor, may surely be found here.
The Whifechzpel club of Chicago was
endowed some two years ago by Jack
tho Ripper for the purpose Of engender-
ing a more fraternd feeling toward hu-
mainly. and also to advance intellectual
refinement and TO encourage thought
wnyeA Realizing tho uncertainty Of
HE. he desired. he said, 10 perpetrate
his namein this way. Il might DO cut
down at any time" said he, ''as my
night work, OF course. Is one of constant
exposure TO the unwholesone atmosphere
Of LoD63on. Besides" he added, ''there
Is . growing feeling Of antagonism to-
would like to try the climate OF Amer
Bca. bat I arm afraid I would get run
over and killed by tho professional
drunkarys who drive drays over people
In New York. or il came to Chicago 1
uight get 'bindged' and die Of pneu-
monia. So perhaps l am As well of
heUe among friends, suppressing vice and
evaling the keen eyed police, ss 1 would
b IN America. where the social evil does
not a. jet own the town.
do all that you can" he said, ITO
mako The club cheerful and bright.
srnd by tins steamer gray plaid shawl.
stffR with the gore Of No. 3. 1t will
make q nice piano cover, think. Could
Won not arrange with the city TO COM
bins your dining room with the city
n0gus. so that rent could be saved and
your dining nall have about it q home
hike ar which money alone cannot pro-
curc2
II IN almost discouraged at times
when 1 $50 how slowly 1 arm getting
aaong with my great work looking to-
ward the Suppression Of vice, but viii