Feliciana sentinel., 1892-07-09
WORLDS FAIR CITY.
A Budget of Information for tho
Outside World. .,s.s.
Ispccia, chicago correspondence.l

patois of It's own. a party of electri-
clans went to Jackson park the other
day and, after going over the grounds,
came to the forestry building. which is
located near the sonth end of the park.
This building is being used temporarily
as modelling shop. where the statuary
for the buildings is made. The party
inspectcd tn. statues, many of which
are but half completed, others only
lust begun. The guide explained what
each figure represented and where it
would bc erected. He came to some
gigantic figures of which only part
could be seen. This, gentlemen" he
said. lis the lower half of religion, and
over there is the skeleton OF justice.
1t must he a remarkably perfect sys-
ten that succeeds in dividing religion
into an upper and lower half and
stripping justice of all its trappinSs SO
as to leave only the skeleton.
Did YOU ever notice the change that
has developed in the last few years, and
especially since the worlds fair agita-
ton commenced. in the way people ad-
dress mail matter to Chicago and the
style that travellers from this city
adopt in registering at hotels? 1t is
these little unconscious actions that be-
tray the drift of events and develop
nent more convincingly than legal en-
:.ctments or great transactions. A few
wears ago everybody addressed letters
simply to New York" or per-
haps New York city. In the
case of every other city in the
country the state was always
given, even so in registering at hotels
Letters were sent to Chicago, Ill"
Travellers from this city registered
from Chicago, Ill" To-day they
register simply Chicago" letters sent
here are addressed simply to
Chicago" 1t is to this drift of
events that can be attributed the
determined efforts of presidential candi-
dates of both parties who live in the
eastern states to secure the nomipas
ton this year. 1t is now or never. for
hereafter the center of gravity in
commerce and finance will shift west
ward, and politics must follow its
course us it ever does.
Speaking of preparations for the
worlds fair. it would be a good plan
to prepare the weather bureau or
United States signal service so as to
be of some use to visitors and the
management as we'll 1t is curious
thing, this weather bureau. They do
not give any weather predictions on
holidays. for instance. AS if naviga-
ton could stop on account of holidays!
On Decoration day party went
out on an excursion on Lake Michigan.
They wanted to know how the
weather was goin. to be. 1--WE don't
issue forecasts ON holidays" said the
weather man.
But more curious than this is the ap-
parent inability or neglect of the bu-
reau to take any account of local con-
ditions in predicting weather. Their
predictions, based upon the general
conditions of weather in the country.
are of little use to most people. as it re-
quires some study to apply them to the
locality. and local conditions are ap.
parsntly never considered.
For instance. June Is we had two
| terrific SQUALLS that did some damage to
property and sent down perfect del
urc The day after the weather man
was reported in the papers saying
that such thing would come 50
suddenly that it was impossible to
predict it. OF course, one cannot say
lust how long in advance it could be
seen, But know for fact that sew.
cral people saw it at eight o'clock in the
morning. whereas the first squall die
not strike till four o'clock in the after
noon They saw it simply from looking
ut the sky. They had no inStrume nts
| like the weather bureau and knew
| nothing of the storms that swept over
| the country to the west of here the day
| before / used to defend the weather
| bureau, but such statements as that {
suuall like that one would not be seer
! in advance will simply be laughed "a
| by sailors. little more practical cX
| perience. even if it should require som.
sacrifice of science, might be IN place
| in a bureau that is intended for prac
teal work and for the benefit of th'
people who have not the training t
Judge of the weather themselves.
The old saying that he who wants t.
make money must appeal to the mil
lions and not to the millionaircs, find
exemplitication again in the story of
negro boot black who has just entere'
on the high road to wealth. For som
years he conducted a shoe-blacking e.
tablishment at the corner of Monro
and State streets, in this city. and di
quite well. But he is extending hi
operations. He has just rented stor
on jackson street. near the new North
ern hotel, one of our latest skyscraper.
paying thirty-seven hundred dollars
year rent. The store is gorgeousl
fitted up, with marble floor and marbl
platforms for the patrons to sit o
while the men operate on their shoes
There are twenty-five of these seat
Plate glass covers the walls aroun
and electric light illumines the pfac
= The men are kept busy all da.
u The charge is five cents for a shln
one-half of which goes to the propI
etor and the other half to the man wi
:, does the job. The proprietor has abo
Z five THOUSAND customers. He issn
), cards, good for twenty shines, at oil
Il dollar, and punches them in approve
g barber-shop style. Twenty shines
not last two months, but taking tv
. months for each card, each patr'
u would spend six dollars year, or t
lplace would have an income of thir
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