Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-06-11

cided At last 70 go into society snd
make their peace with the neighbors.
They have secured partners and will
at once proceed to erect q tall apart
ment building on tho spot where the
old Rutan stands. They will themselves
occupy the first nat and Mrs. Streeter
will call on her neighbors. The cap
tain will pull the old Rutan down to
the water and hoat her once more. He
has not yet decided whether he will use
some one suggests that he take her u
the worlds fair.
Did you ever hear Of lot of gentle
men coming together and forming .
club where they sit on a lot of rocking
horses and enjoy the pleasures of HORSE
back riding? That is the idea which
suggested itself to friend with whom
] visited the Argo clubhouse the other
day. Few Chicagoans have ever been
there except the club members. 1t II
q unique and droll idea.
Out On the Illinois Central pier, near
the north end Of the outer harbor, sep
arated from the city by n few acres 81
railroad freight yards, stands ship on
stilts. That is, it is intended to repre-
rsent q ship, although its construction is
such that sailor would &c:
willingly trust himself to 1t If it were
af1oat instead Of being reared up
ashore. It is arranged within like any
bachelors club, a little less elegantly,
but quite comfortably. There are dim
ihs-rooms, bedrooms. card tables, BAL
COMICS and a roof on which members
nav lie and watch the lake and the
real boats and play at sailing. The
l<> ch,x all the nr6DRf
respect for this imitation vessel. Not
long ago, during northeastern,
schooner ran into the outer harbor
for shelter, and not being we'll under
control ran right up to The
Argo and po1<ed her jibboom, vnl-
carly her nose, through the side OF the
Argo and into the dining-room. 1t was
not polite to poke her nose into other
peoples affairs that way, but the odors
from the diniDg-room were attractive
and besides one can hardly blame a
real sailor for having grudge against
such a craft as the Argo. Some people
who know how to live belong to that
! club, some prominent politicians, as
| we'll, who expect to sail into snug offices
on this peculiar craft They have
bought a steam yacht. the Leila, for
| SIS, 900, and will try some resl boating
this season.
One of the recent acquisitions OF this
| city is the man who stands at the street
| corners and sells "Hot California Chick
en- Tomales.' That they are hot no one
who has tried them will deny. That
| they contain chicken is an assertion OF
the vender: the person who eats them
can't tell. They are interesting. these
tomales, however. They are con-
stant surprise. They keep one guess
ing whether the next bite will bring
you piece of chicken or a piece of pep
per. 1t is generally safe to bet on pep
! you that in California the tomale is n
staple. and that theater parties will halt
at the street corners after the
! play and refresh themselves with
| tomales eaten out of hand in the open
street Men from San Francisco cor.
roborate the story. Perhaps they use
real chickens out there and less bones
and pepper and something elsa than
axle grease for the dough. Inever saw
anyone buy tomale yet, except Myself
just once. Still the vendors appear to
make money, for they are there every
night early and late. They must ge,
something to live on. Perhaps they
eat their own tomales.
The worlds fair buildings are near
ing their gigantic shapes fast and solid.
One can see the towering dome of the
great administration building from the
Lake Front park, and just outside of il
the large fiat arches of the manufac
turers' building. On a clear day these
colossal skeletons give a fair idea ever
at seven miles distance of the hugeness
of the whole thing. At jackson
park the shore of Lake Michigan
projects out to the east. being about
the beginning of the curve that inclose
the lake to the south. The buildings
are thus thrown out far enough to bs
seen from down town il one will gt
down to the lake front. One can form
some idea of the trip by water to the
exposition grounds, which will form
one of the most entertaining features o.
the city during the fair.
H. E. O. HEISEMANN,