The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-25
MoMAN,s TEMPLE.

can't help seeing them, and you will not
have time 10 see them all unless your stay
i'll Chicago is n long one. You ought to make
thorough inspection of some of them,
however, especially of those that have OBJ
servatories from which the city and its sur
rouudings can he ndvantageously seen The
Masonic temple, ut the corner of State and
Randolph streets, is perhaps the best for
birtlscyc view of the city, though from the
tower of the Auditorium good view of the
city can be had, and on Il clear day the In
diana and Michigan shores can be seen
across the lake. The Auditorium is in Con-
gress street. extending from Wabash ave
me- to Michigan boulevard, and is com
bination of hotel, theater and business
building that is well worth close inspection.
The board of trade building is another
interesting structure, and you can spend
an instructive half hour in the visitors gal
lcry of the boartlroOm watching the antics
of the bulls and bears. There is good view
down La Sale street from the tower, which
Is a22 feet high, and the visitor who makes
the ascent will get a sight of the largest
weather vane in the world, a lake schooner
IL feet long
The Woman's temple, too, the home OF
the National w. c. L. L., ut La Sale and
Monroe streets, ought to be visited, and
the new Art institute of course everybody
must see, since it is n sort of adjunct to
the fair. 1t will be found on the lake front
AT the foot of Adams street and is a mag
nifcent stone structure admirably adapted
to the purposes of it's construction. II cost
something like 100000, of which the
Worlds fair directory contributed 500, 900.
Then there is the Armour institute. of
which Chicago is very proud, and the Chi
cago university famous for the big cndow-
ments it has got and the big telescope it is
going to get-the biggest in the world
But the parks are what most people want
| to know about and what everybody should
make an effort to see. Lincoln park the
Oldest Of them all and the most interesting,
| If we forget Jackson park and the White
| City for awhile, stretches along the lake
1 front for about q miles on the North Side
| OF the city IL contains about 80 acre.
and most of the fine statuary tina, Chicago
has to display has been located there. the
| celebrated statue of Lincoln by St G,,Idcns
| leading all the rest in artistic value and i'm
pOrtaHcc. RebissO' : Grant is "A MAGNIFICENT
! piece OF sculpturing, and the group Of Pot
| iawatomie Indians near the geological gar
dcns attracts q great deal Of attention be-
| sides which Partridges Shakespeare and
| the statues Of la Sale Schiller ard Won
| Lime are all more or less interesting Then
| there is the Yerkcs electric fountain. which
| is II beautiful sight and which is usually
operated two evenings week during the
| simmer.
or the South Side parks, jackson and
Washington, little need be said, since Jack
son park and the Midway plaisance, which
connects the two parks, are now devot ed to
the exposition Washington park is still
| open to the public, however, and no doubt
many visitors will pay their respects To it's
lG'-acre meadow and l3-acre mere. Gar
field park, on the West Side, is handsomely
laid out, having delightful drives and
| promenades, while Douglas and Hum
boldt parks, to the southwest and north.
west respectively, should also be visited.
The grand boulevards that connect the
larger parks, forming II splendid drive en-
treiy about the city, and the other bouc-
wards are all under the same acknowledgements