The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-31

when the latter call out 'Bushel wheat,
bushel rye" etc., and then "Ail eyes
| open" the police seem to think this lat
! ter clause PERSONAL; it is very hard to
| convince them that it is really part Of
the game.
It's humiliating, but Yam afraid that
there are few points IN which Chicago
! still outdoes Wichita: for instance. the
| Douglas avenue of this town is not paved
to resemble Kansas City thoroughfare,
| and while Wichita is to be commended
upon her artistic skill. it has its draw
lacks, for many citizens after riding
around upon this billowy street during
the day, grow violently seasick, and go
home talking French and German, under
the deiuson that they have crossed the
ocean. ! think that everyone will re-
joice-he who rides upon and he who
pays the tax-to know that the. next
paving will have no ''crookedness' will
be laid upon the level and square.
There are some beautiful things in the
Kansas display at the fair, aud there are
some things which would have done
more credit-been less expense, and
served the state better had they been
hoiSted in a Kansas cornfield.
While | stood adrniring the picture of
the Wichita churches person at my
said: "Wichita always has such fine
display that | rushed over here the first
thing to see it. If this amt the measliest
lay out | ever saw" Then it occurred to
him that | would be gazing at that
picture if | had some vital interest in
it, so he suddedly asked. "Where are
you FROM" New York City, truth
fully replied
80; well look at that picture now; |
can't think Of anything that would have
done Wichita more credit, unless it had
been picture of an out side addition.
or perhaps an instantaneous view Of the
churches are all right, but who
is going to tear his hair. over these little
frame shanties at a worlds fair, I'd like
to know
81 think the idea was to show how
many churches we-they have. and per-
haps they have no better buildings out
there"
Haven't, ell! don't you s'pose l know?
why didn't they ring in the y. N. c. A.,
Garfield, court house, city buildings and
label EN- churches; who'd been the
wiser %
"You must have been there?" / inno-
Gently ask.
sob, yes. I've been there went there
first time bout six years ago along with
a lot OF eastern calves. | stood on a
corner lot, and paw'd the air, and bel
lowed, till | got chance 10 plant $50
600, and every year since | say to my
wife's folks give me a piece of bread
and butter, / want 10 go ont and see how
my bean grows As yet l haven't
called for my little Ratchet
"What low down place it must be, )" |
stammered out; but horror even as l
spoke the cold chills were using my spine
for a toboggan slide. A familiar voice
called out: "Whv here is some one
from Wichita at last, regular old timer;
so glad TO see your But | couldn't re-
turn the compliment, and for the first
time in my life greeted a friend from
home with GOODNESS.
The stranger apologized, saying that the |
fact was he had bought some property
last time he was in Wichita. Wichita |
was good, said he must have been a lit |
tie nettled in finding no display from |
there-eXcept several square miles of !
work and bad spelling |
pasted in such exclusive hooks that when |
a visitor either pupil in search of her
own work, or teacher TO see if some |
other grade is ahead of hers does-by |
the aid of pick ak, guide. and a map,
find it, the person stationed there to keep |
the rats from knawing holes il the |
school specimens weeps at sight of a hu
man face imploring you to examine ev
erything even pointing out mistakes if
proves more amusing BETH,