The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-09
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.


A Funny Mlstake-An Express Office
Taken for Waiting Room-A Bl'
cycle Craze-Theaters Opening.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3l.-If you want ro-
nance and funny incident, don go to
books for it, but walk around the
streets of st. Louis some of these nights
while the crowd is surging through
them, and watch the people. On the
first night of the illumination the
streets were so jammed that the cars
couldn't move, and at points where the
crowd was thickest many tried in every
way to find relief from the crush in
the houses near which they were.
Chicago merchant was down on Broad
way with his wife, and pressed and
jostled by the thrOng she felt that she
was going to faint. They were in front
of u building with great glass
front, and he saw the watch
man inside. BY signs he asked
the man to open the door
and let them in. The Waterman shook
his head. lie became vehement in his
gestures, and at last held up five dol
lar bill. Still the Waterman refused.
The angry merchant got his wife to
their hotel, and came back the next
morning early to complain to the mans
employers about his barbarity. He
stallIed into the office, and stated his
case to the first man he saw in author
ity,
I'VE are sorry" said the gentleman,
"but the Waterman did his duty. We
had money in here that night to send
out the next day, and that man had in
structions to keep the doors locked.
Besides, too, he is under bond Of Sl0,
600 to obey orders"
The merchant looked around, and
discovered that he was in an express
Office. He will look at the illunina-
tions the next time from a window.
The city authorities have for the first
time volunteered to add little to the
fall attractions. Coming into st. Louis
from the West, every train passes un-
der seven big iron bridges across the
Mill Creek Valley. Hereafter all these
bridges will be illuminated with col
ored lights at night, and visitors will
thus receive Il brilliant welcome be-
fore they get off the cars. Then. from
the depot all the way up to their ho-
tells, they will pass between the lines
of the street Examinations, which flash
out before the first evening train gets
to the city.
The bicycle dealers of the city say
that over five thousand people here
ride wheels. Two thousand of these
are active wheemen, that is, they ride
every day, and are constantly doing
something to increase the number Of
cyclists. They are arranging now for
street parade during September. The
wheels will be hung with lanterns and
many of them will carry floats with
various devices. There has been only
one other Illuminated street parade of
wheelmen in the country. That was
here, several years ago, and it ex-
cited the widest interest because of its
novelty and picturesqueness. The
route of the parade is to be over the
smooth streets in the residence part
of the city, and the wheelmen will all
dismount opposite the Exposition
building.
The theatrical season in the city
opened last week, and each of the
seven houses, to say nothing of the
dime museums, is drawing we'll The
new German theater has begun it's
first season. This theater was com
pleted during the summer, and is OPP
posite the Exposition building. 1t is
endowed by the wealthy German res
idents of The city and has a stock com
pany playing. Daring the season, the
best German actors, as they finish
their engagements in New York, will
| he brOuUht hero tn nlaV EXcant New
York, there is no such provision for
the encouragement of the German
drama elsewhere in the United States.