The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-16
PARKS AND BouLEvARps.

make the waters Of The lake decd
eddy choppy, and We fouAd 4 drive
over the city most delightful.
Chicago Is justly famed for its
magnificent boalevArds, and a
drive from Lincoln Park down
Michigan avenue, which is lined
with tne palatial homes Of Chicago's
nabobs, out to Washington Park, is
charming feature Of visit TO the
Windy City. L'rcoln Park is the
largest park in the city aud very
beautiful it is az It slopes do to
the lake. The 100 is OUT there and
proves attractive to old and young,
as the collection Of animals ls fine,
But one must 80 TO Washington
Park to see the finest horticultural
exhibit in this country. The
grounds are in charge of famous
landscape gardener from Berlin
and his unique aad beautiful de.
signs are a delight to the eye, and
once seen are never forgotten.
FASHIONS AND sTYLBs
A glimpse Of metropolitan life
is truly exhlerating, and to woman
the shop windows, jdst now, are
most fascinating. The fall MILL
merry and dress goods are displayed
in prodigal profusion. The
modistes foretell very little change
sin the present styles for dresses,
but the materials are so gorgeous
that they rival Solomon. The most
brilliant changeant effects are
shown in wools and silk, the for.
mer being particularly beautiful.
The hats are nearly all fl 1T and
three.cornered, and as a bow is
worn in the hair to give the effect
of a que, the appearance of the
headgear is very fetching and re-
minds one of the old time cavaliers.
SOME WACO PEOPLE.
Very few Wacoites are here now.
Among the number are Mrs. Taylor,
Miss Minnie Taylor, Mrs. Fort aud
Miss Annie ON eabe, of Washing
ton, Ind, who won many friends in
Waco, a. the guest of Miss Taylor,
is also of the party. Mrs Parrot,
NJ as Parrot, Mrs. Rotan and the
Misses r tan are located most
pleasantly near Jackson Park. Mrs
Dickinson ADD Mrs. Sulratt are still
here also. So is NJ Trice, who is
devotee to her art. She was
joined by her brothers this week.
THE DAHoMEYANs.
AS one is ostled about in the
crowd of sightseers, one hears the
most amusing remarks, to say moth
ing of the massacre of the English
language. Down in the Dahomey
village, the other day, mild
featured young lady inquired of
me if the marks that cover the
faces of the hideous savages could
be freckles, and she did not mean
it as oke, either.
Apropos of the Dahomeyans, it
is well to see them rs types of the
African savage, but the cotton
fields of Texas are filled with their
counterparts, and the cake walks Of
the southern darkey are very SINH
lar to the so-called war dance of
the far famed tribe. Still there is
cruel CLEAN in the eye and leer
about the thick lips of these people
that keeps one from wishing for
closer acquaintance.
LAST GLIMPSE.
Once more / bid adieu to the
beautiful White City, and this time
it is farewell indeed, for in two
months now the perfect picture will
fade away to live alone in the mem.
cries of the fortunate ones who
have seen it. And who of us will
ever forget the matchless beauty of
the glistening buildings grouped
about, the grand basin, the peristyle
with the blue waters Of the lake
cleaning between its columns and
towering above all else the golden
Republic, holding aloft the eagle.
our insignia Of freedom.
The scene is indeed the stuff from
which dreams are wrought, but one
is forcibly reminded that it is not
an age for dreamers, but a most
prosaic one, as the eye catches sight
of the placard: This building for
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