The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-19
RUkN- AND CHICAGO

We are lplQ ll4oI b0AAAS' 49,
P, lamenting the necessary fgurative
and metaphorical character of Editor
Stead's If Christ Came to Chicago
and doing as much as possible in that
direction himself, has just concluded a
visit to that city. He was met in the
usual way at the city's gate ana
promptly conducted through the eleu-
sinian mysteries of the slums, which,
odly enough, according to Editor Stead
end in the boulevards. He was shown
the gilded gambling hells and let see
for himself that the transition Is not
nearly SO great or marvellous as In the
former case, to the board of trade and
city hall Thence he was taken to the
art institute and there shown the di-
rect and well-nigh miraculous blend
ing OF the spiritual and material in
wonderful incarnation represented by
a policeman, standing at the door with
a club in his hands. Finally he was
lifted to the auditorium tower and,
figuratively speaking, offered the free
dom of the city forever if he would fall
down and worship the commercial dis
trict But he spread his wings and
toured straight to Denver.
The truth is Chicago is wrongfully
and hopelessly great, great in the
sense of young giant who must ever
wear the scalps of conquest, whether
of art, pork science, religion, literature,
music commerce, politics or astronomy
in one ond the same place, the girdle
They dangle there together, but woe
unto him who says they simply bangle.
Naturally there is but one way properly
to celebrate these dangling possessions,
and that is a mammoth horn, which IS
admittedly winded after the principles
of the true art, One would be disposed
to quarrel with them, however, IN
sometimes being apparently wantonly
1emiss in not keeping din up contln-
uously for there is certain to be no
ted an inopportune bill in the proceed
ings which some men are pleased TO NIL
with acrid characterizations, such as
the very staccato pocket edition of hell
of Mr.. Burns, or some unrepeatable re-
Election upon heightened women, af-
ter the manner of Mr.. Stead, which jar
more harshly upon the general than the
ustv resonance of the well blown horn.
Like wise it may also be considered
that the destiny of Chicago is hardly
confined to the feeling of her own van
ity, though every requirement seems
to set the same aflame. She is hope
lessly material but material blessing
to the whole west. One might say she
has been instituted as the perennial
fountainhead of our Thanksgiving pro-
vender, thence proved our milk and
honey, beef, pork-tenderloin and tnrk-
ey; and in the grateful discussion of
the same-as a tenderloin, for instance.
one must reflect that an abattoir is
necessarily conditioned, and, a point
removed, considering the profit, ten
derloin district is postulated. In pre-
cisely the same way, with our juicy
roast beef, We must not be squeamish as
to bull pens, beef profits or beef-witted
editors, who are thrown into the bar
gain. One of these latter is Fictitious
enough toask Mr.. Barnes why he didn't
remain longer than thirteen weeks in
Chicago, not perceiving the reason for
his declination in his expressed opinion
of the burg-and so it is all very joy
ous E ID. GIIBERT.