Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-24
IRONTON, MO-. THURSDAY. 5
The Editors Vacation.


Friday we took a day off from the
Fair and devoted that much of our
valuable time to the study of Chicago.
At seven o'clock, after hearty break
fast, a round dozen of US, under the
efficient landlord, took our places in
the wagonette, bound for the beauties
and wonders of the City. The party
consisted of the host and hostess, Mr..
and Mrs. r. w. McMullin, H. C. Bell
and niece, the writer and wife, and
several others, The route lay over the
fairest portion of the city, and extend
ed to one of it's most popular resorts
Lincoln Park. The streets of the resi-
dent portion of Chicago are justly the
boast and pride of the city. Broad,
straight, level ahd beautifully paved,
they seem interminable as the eye
seeks their limits, north and south.
The boulevards are of great width,
with three roadways, along which no
traffic wagons are allowed to travel.
All is subordinated to the comfort and
pleasure of a people who seem to know
how to work and how to play, and
nationally separate these necessary
conditions of American life. Here man
is not born to affluence ana ease, nor to
hopeless serfdom, but is supposed to
have within himself the power to strive
and to enjoy. In Chicago, pre-emi-
nently, life is made up of strife and
enjoyment. Down town you have the
former in it's intensest ratio: on the
boulevards and in the parks, ease and
pleasure restore the mind and body to
their normal healthfulness. A visitor
looking upon the crowds which throng
the business streets, hurrying and
pushing along as if life were all too
short for the work in hand; his ears
filed with the clangor of traffic, and
and his eyes amazed and his senses
confused with the ever-varying and
never-ceasing stream of excited
humanity confined within limits all too
narrow-as one views all this, he is
impressed with the smallness of his
identity and the infnitessimal part he
plays in the drama of life. But out on
the boulevards, where the cares of life
are thrown aside, and man seeks con-
genial companionship in man, every
body is somebody, and one is licensed
to feel that his being is not in vain:
that his presence is known, and his alb
sence is noted. In business, man strikes
against man, as flint to steel; in pleas
ure, he is drawn to his companion as
the friendly magnet to the pole.
Leaving the hotel we drove through
pleasant streets and by elegant resi-
dences to the Auditorium Hotel, one of
the boasts of the city. We left our
vehicle and entered the great hostelry,
and, by the courtesy of the manager, |
we're shown through its vast and ele-
CANT proportions. Taking an elevator
We ascended to the dining room, and |
hence, higher, to the regions where
he furnishings for the inner man are
The ladies of the party
we're especially interested in this part
# the proceedings, and viewed with
Wonder the appliances and methods
md system of the various sections of
he cooking department. The hotel
oes everything for itself, from the
'aking of the bread to the manufacture
# the condiments which give zest to
he weary appetite. OF all the many
ppliances, one stands pre-eminent in
ur memory: breadcutting machine
uilt after the manner of slaw-cutter.
is adjustable, and the slices may be