The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-29

ept 70 mfstAko inc WA1tefB IOt Vn0 Oe0N mona
and the beds monde for the walters.
But. then. Il IL only fair to suppose that IN,
walters Of the Boston oyster house reall,
come from Boston. whereas Il would be nj
but impossible to declare with certainty tn,
origin Of the Chicago beau monde who patron
lie the Boston oyster house and mix famillarly
with its walters
There are other restaurants In Chicago. o.
course. They have various claims upon loca
favor. Their claims upon foreign patronage
however. can be easily protested. One OF the
most popular Of these extols neithe r It's kitchen
nor Its Wines but doflantly proclaims the fact
that There are no flies upon our victuals.'
This. It seems. Is not mere picturesque and
racy metaphor. but the declaration OF q singu.
lar and undeniable chronological truism.
You may vainly demand such dinner as would
satisfy New York man Of moderate appetite.
But. on the other hand. you cannot avoid
noticing delightful absence Of the blue bot
ties which swarm in noisy millions in all other
rival established eating houses in Chicago.
Albeit the popular impression Is that tho
proprietor would have more accurately stated
his case had he announced that there amt
no flies on our victuals" Still. Chicago lie, on
the whole. proud Of what he has accomplished
and when the trafflc In options" or big
things" or great schemes" is brisk. dimes
literally. II barbarically. at his table.
Indeed. 1t Is hard to shy which Of the twin
local entertainment is the more urgently COM
mended to the visitor. Q day amid the san
guIne horrors Of the Hog Killeries or dinner
In the salon where "there ain't no flies on the
ictuals."
Not that the business men." or the gents"
or the ladies Of Chicago arc at oil disposed to
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tr,nsit frou, tha D.. a.. ~. 'i ~, iap..
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most imno.sihla - onn,,,.;.;e. - ~ III. o."
visiting ladios nno,var. ~ ~, ." r." "n'
ture of tha norcin. traao1n,. ,r,,;.,, w 10
Of tho native foir ro;n,,o h,n. 49,. =.
faint at SIGHT of tho ronuit,matn atroa,ti,S
Strong man unoconst,n al - t,,.o t,oi. So
ure in shamb,es bnvo rnshed hoodlon 800 nn,,
sickened from the eorv SCENE, Rnt Tho hon.,
monde Of Chcaco ohsorvos IN. e,,u,hter ,n,
the ouarter;np Of Mrs with a Ioftv critical ~
ture NOT Mt ali diaeimi.r 70 th. ~. ,,,,.h ,,,I..
hnaaiusians regard the finish OF bull fight
what Is loss intelllGible Is the resentment
WIN Whlch they notice and deprecate any fall
ureto appreciate their favorite diversion on
tho part OF their nauseated visitors.
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10 eing the Chicago Fair. after this frank
disclosure OF their tastes. would be both
nm unensy and unGracious office. Better
leave their celebration. therefore. to the
bard who has appointed himself the Laureate
Of the Live hog and taken up his residence in
Chicago the better to discharge his lyric func-
lions. Mono so we'll as Mr. Eugene Field can.
with playful seriousness do justice to q state OF
things as interesting to the sociologist rs the
arrested development OF Australia's fauna has
always been to the lover OF an unusual zoology
1tiscnouGh to say that tho beauty of Chicagc's
native women is almost entirely local and SUBJ
ective There Is nothing in tho world so recip-
locally exact. that Is to say. rs the way Chicago
criticism fits tho charms OF Chicago women.
md the charms OF Chicago women at Chicago
criticism. One cannot deny the plentiful
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