Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-07-28

have had .pat or two and made sheir re.
spective BLUFFS at q sulk and thrown things
up to each other. when the surface in.
disappear and the hidden springs Of
when their little selnshnesses are getting
pretty we'll developed and the petty mean
nesses crop ont. when the spurious esllantfy
Of ante.nuptial days land nights are being
tested. when che Alterations and hypocrisies
more or less latent in oil our poor human ma
ture are exposed. when the scfupulous regard
for superficial appearances becomes eliRhted,
when there beg ns . slatternly compromise for
good grooming and dress. we mean. when the
warfare Of petty jealousies and concealments,
the miserable little statute Of matrimonial
Frauds and Peri ries begins TO assert its juris-
diction Of the domestic demesne. and when
our mother.iu.law takes the regency In hand
and asserts her divine right to rule. then is the
time to take . trip aud . good long journey by
rail. water, or on foot But not when the
marriage bells are still sounding In our elrs.
when the odor Of bridal roses still scent the
air. when cheeks still blush with the praise Of
their own loneliness, and eyes look love to
eyes that speak again.
City Of the Union. The crowded magnificent
~ ugly city which is the Paris OF America only
by comparison no that the slur on poor old
smoky Cincinnati 10 recalled Some enusivs
correspondent had called Cincinnati the Paris
Of America. which drew forth the sneet that II
Cinci anati is the Paris Of America then Paris
is not the Cincinnati Of France. From the
ugly docks and ifhospitsble Jersey shores we
IL las a sl,o 10
Chambers street, where we plunge At once into
the whirlpool rapids Of lower New York. After
ave minutes Of pushing jostlins, elbowinG
thsou,h the dinsy and fofbiddins old build.
inss and narrow sidewalks and under dark and
repulsive elevated rsilroads. we are in the
mighty heart Of Broadway. There IL the city
hall, the queer pile called the court house. the
pretentious monstrosity IN architecture. the
postoffice-- which appears to have neither
front, side nor back doors. just great pile Of
gray granite with ~ endless manssfd root
right in the way Of everything and everybody
down town." There 10 the much.tslked.of
Tribune Towers mere backyard factory
chimney In Chicago To he sure. the World
Building adjoining looms up somewhat graud.
~ with It's Rilded Gene aud frownina stone
oappins. There 10 the masninceut Times
D0uuauhs tcuuy lWpVbtuk puo
which looks - II II would burst
like On overloaded grain elcvatof--too fall
within Of occupants and printing presses and
machinery. And last. but not least. comes
into view our old friend. the Aston House.
plain. prlm. staid, substantial old gray pile Of
granite blocks. which for nearly seventy.hve
years has been the old reliable hotel Of lower
broadway. And nearly across the street IL
what was, not more than twenty-five years
ago. an architectural thing Of beauty-ths
Herald building. II IL plain white ma, BILE
affair. utterly insignificant 10 comparison to
our modern sky.scrapers nov dotting oil our
progressive cities from Boston to Minneapo.
lis. And 10 this BrosdwayY And pray how
came IL TO bs called Broadway? And why
should II not be called the Narrowway? There
IL nothing about IL to be given the name which
has made II famous. IL isn't o. wide o. our
Madison or Clark street BY one.quarter at
least. And there 10 the old church and It's
graveyard at vssey street. right op-
posite the Aston House. A little wsy
down srsnd old Trinity still stand.
Ing guard at the head Of Wall street
and beyond. curved southeast wardly, The Bat.
terry and site Of Castle Garden. This 10, In.
deed. the front door Of the country. This 10
the gateway Of that Hood Of immigration from
all lands which for as years has never scar Q.
" ebbsd. The mlshty mass Of humanity
which has here stepped on the shores Of young
America, whose tender feet, not without some
stain< OF bloody dew. have wandered 20 little