Feliciana sentinel., 1892-07-23
WORLDS EAIR CITY,
TfI7TG44LL--L- S1.'.
a breezy Letter on Matters of
General Interest in Chicago.
The weather s~A the Fsshlons-A Queer
T. Arrival In the Great Metropolis
Efforts Of Whecfmen for
Improved Roads.
Especial 'cn'caao correspondencc.i

Efforts Of Wheclmen IOf
Improved Roads.
tspec,al chicago correspondence -
Got being much Of a believer myself
in the principle ''as we'll out of the
world as out Of fashion, it appears mere
curious TO me, perhaps, than to many
people if l fin,l persons who carry out
the principle of being in the swim to
an almost ridiculous extent. The pres
ent spring and sumner has not been |
very favorable to the developmen mt of
the ordinary bright spring styles, cal
cplated for bright, warm, cheerfnt
weather. Still it seems true that there
must be fashions to suit the time and
that fashion wears out more clothes
than the, man. - or, The woman either,
although he is but a. ::;;deformed thief
and should not be SUPPOSED to spend l
much on his toilet. It may be trse,
after ALL; to use' q 'vulgarism, thAta
ship il spoken tf in the feminine gen.
der because it costs SO much. to rig her:
To be stylish in the matter of hats,
for women, it seems at this season one
has to be :.:in the SWIM" taking the
words literally. The last few months
have been q more powerful argument
than sermons and Sunday schools in
y
Noah and the food. Everything gets
more watery except the water, which
is getting thicker all the time. And 50,
TO come back to the first starting point,
are the fashions. One has been ac-
customed to see roses, daisies, lilies,
lilacs, pinks and other Iand1ubbers
among the flowers. on feminine head
gear. But water lilies and bullrushes
were quite revelation to me when saw
them on several hats last Sunday. They
don't look bad. The hats. are big
enough to represent a ponds, then why
not have pond lilies? - -::';'
AT other. times they have repre-
senrcd rrairies with daisies: and
! anehiones,.and all manner of; grasses,
| SO that1 often thought what a feast a
COW would have if she were let loose in
a street car. when it t. filled with
women going s71oppsng. little. more
| rain. and those tender-he arted people
| who. object to women wearing stuffed
birds on their hats will find nothing
more to rail at. The hats will be orra-
mcnted with stuffed Bull.frogs and
tadpoles. -.
1t may not be exactly in keeping with
nature to wear morning glories along
with pond lilies. Morning glories are
not made Of rubber. or oilcloth, as every
| observer of nature knows. Consistency
is a jewel, but fe enininity, otherwise sc
fond Of jewelry, does not wear this one
conspic 10 usly.
There must be some dry places re
manning somewhere in the country.
arrive at this conclusion in the first
place from the fact that the water we
have been having in this part of the
country must be withdrawn some.
where else. and secondly. from having
seen a potato bug. I don't believe
they are good swimmers, nor Are thcj
fond of city life. They prefer the soil
tude aud tranquility of a rustic home
So do many farmers, they say.
[ But politics makes strange bedfel
lows, and SO a. potato bug may get :;
bed III farmers pocket handkerchie
! the comparison is a-trifle moldy, bu
J you can't keep things freshthis weathe
and find himself transported into
.hcwEng mob of, politicians intent ol
raising merry Ned and fnaking- Presi
dents. A country delegate to the lat
democratic. convention here, Will
! | crossing La Sale and Randolph streets
and being obliged to employ all hi
mental and bodily faculties to kee
from under the cable cars crossing tina
corner in three directions at once
pulled out his handkerchief and droppc
a potato bug in the. middle of tn
street on the hard stone pavemen,
The police officer. stationed ther
: noticed the curious creature -
| mean. the bug. OF. course -fo
a few minutes, then made the sign c
the cross and approached it, frml
the. nidslie .of the street for half a
] 4 !, i'm, hut ha tol
me SO aftcrwards-and watched tn
poor thing tying to find u hole to cra.,,
into. . 1t rama round fast and furiousl
and finally disappeared in the cabl
conduit. ."Ie' was about as badly o
in the crowded streets. as the countr,
man that brought him in" said tn
y officer. 1t was quite an event, the a
a rival of that little stranger. He had
a crowd of boys and some grown peopl
' around him. wondering what it migf
be and how-.it got there and what
- lived on.
You have all heard of the man WI
fell from a smo k1-stack n hundred fe'
high and before crashing through II
skylight of the roof below shouted at tt
\, top of his voice to some people /
10 saw under him: Look on
d / I'm coming" l was reminded
81 him when hearing of the tun
- BILE that a workman took at tt
worlds fair grounds the other da
- The,story was told by one who claim
to have. been a witness to it, II
workman was busy near the top of ii
\ horticultural building and fell dow
= from height of sixty feet, landin
fortunatelys on a'sandheap and squar
=. ly on that partrof the body which w;
u made in natures own upholstery sho
- He was dazed for few moments, the
raised his head, looked mp at the top
the dome from which he had take
such precipitous descent and sal
.Ihatswas a deuce Of fall, wasn't it
q With that he picked himself up ar
took q walk around the grounds