The Lamar register., 1892-06-11
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Deautifal Result. Prop.I.e. :. ...,.s.. e;
Evening Pleasures, Etc.
Stephen b. Elkiusa IT, Ss,.,... - K,
War, Is Missouriai and i ~ t,sfny
warm personal frien, In 81. Ien,.
For this reason every bos = bclis,sss t.
Is IN earnest when he So 4 that sors
lie goes out of the cabinel hc viii, get
enough money appropris ID to nsaas
Jefferson barracks one of .ae la-r Il
and handsomest military pos4 in t.le
United States More than A1xrter,
million dollars will be spen on tht
post If the plans for the impro5 e.nepta
are carried out, and eonsiderab,7 over
million dollars will be added /, the
volume of business in the city. cal
estate men, too, say that the new ost
Will make property values rapidly 4
crease in the southern part Of toy,
which lies adjacent to the resea
walton.
Very few people, even artists, know
that when Robert Bringhurst, the
sculptor, modelled that statue OF Grant
on Twelfth street he had posing for
hum Paul Cornoyer, the young Ameri-
can painter who has recently achieved
distinction in Paris The booted legs
of Gen. Grant are Cornoryer's legs and
the field glass in the hero's hand was
modelled from the glass taken from
Gen John $. Marina duke when u
prisoner by Councilman Nelson Cole of
this city. These little things were
brought out the other night by con-
yersatiou between two gentlemen who
were having n taste of the glories of
the fall entertainment to be set before
us by the committees in charge OF the
festivities. IL was at private exhibit
tion of a miniature St Louis, lighted
as IL VIII be in the fall Chairman q
John c. Wilkinson, whose committee
manages the illumination, will make
the Grant statue and the statue of Lib
erty, which face each other on Twelfth
strset, the central figures OF a splendid
Columbian tableau. third statue
will be put up between Liberty and
the Union depot. and the three will be
linked together and fiapked by many
eolored electrical devices. The whole
SIX blocks between the site of the new
City hall and Washington avenue will
be brilliant promenade overhung by
pictures in Light, half historical and
partly allegor1cal. The suggestion Of
Columbus and his time will be pre-
served. too, in the illuminations on the
downtown streets
The warm weather is leading to the
annual revival of very popular city
custom. Only st. Louis people know
ho,g to sit gracefully on their front
steps summer afternoons. The girls
bring out cushions, as soon as supper
is done, while it is yet light, and pose
on the steps. with books in their hands
The men follow. the older with cigars
and the Younger with banjo or man
dolin. and unless walk to an opera
garden or fountain where there is
ice cream soda interferes. there they
itall the evening. Neighbo come over
to see each other. and plans for picnics
and excursions are laid. Take walk
lust now along Pine. Washington,
Locust-any of the streets lined with
homes, out in the western part OF the
city, and you will see the groups and
hear the tinlkle Of the music. the chat
ter and laughter now and then rising
above it. Many a st. Louis family,
iu-ed away from home by the summer
I resort fashion. men and women stified
. ia small hotel rooms. look back with
! longing TO tho cool evenings on their
=. fronr steps. and hasten the return.
I BOSTON is tho only rtkcs be
| counts, where this ts=lsion if'fs OF
! rfulxirg the frcEt st~rs tte puon
room on summer ssrn nrS L. Ne"
| York u is held TO b. 2..a tss
With Their .-~ut sicps nss an occs
/ sional day on the river ~ 9 ne OF th'
neighboring resorts. 81. louis foil
who do not want to enrich seaside o
mountain hotel mer viii ;get along
] very we'll this summer. srhere ar
twelve summering places within w,
! honrs' ride OF the city. ty ran and boat
| All Of these places make mioney fou
\ months in the year. Then there ar,
I the sunumerable suhur ban sr,ots whici
7 are high and cool, all ot lheRf reaches
/ by Vast street car lines IT conse
| uueuce of these Surroundings, ne cit,
looses but small part OF us pcF, ,aiHtiol
7 during the summer, and ever
dog-days there is no ey"
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