Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-18
THESE MEN WALK.

The rich don't always ride In cluises,
here In Chicago ut least. A score or
more Of the wealthiest men In town.
men who have big stables full Of pe,li.
greed horses and smart traps. make II
practice OF walking down to business
every morning. and some Of them walk
home again In the afternoon. The mo-
tive in most cases II health. In some II
In u pure love Of exercise.
Michigan avenue from 10 10 o'clock
In the morning IL as crowded with We
hicles as the road to u country fair.
But all the men who use that thorough.
fare to get downtown to their offices do
not ride. Marshall Field rides part Of
the way and walks tho remainder.
But II the weather IL bad he rides all
the way. He and his next door neigh.
Norman Il. Rcam, says the Times Her
aid, usually leave home together In Mr..
Fields brOugham aud ride from Prairie
avenue and 10th street TO 18th and
Michigan. There they dismiss the ear.
riage and walk the rest Of the way.
They are frequently Joined ut this
point by John II. Hamline. who always
walks from his home ut 1921 Prairie
avenue to his office In the WOman's
Temple. He frequently walks home,
too, unless he has been kept downtown
by some meeting Of the Civic Fedora
ton or Of the hoard Of managers of
the Union League Club. Mr.. IIamline
In u good walker. He walks erect with
his chest well forward ana his step IL
alert ana springy.
Marshall Field has Il deliberate but
very precise gait, such ~ would be eX-
pected from u man Of great executive
capacity. He IL one Of the hest dress.
ers to he seen on Michigan avenue. He
always wears u silk hat, black or dark
frOck coat. trousers of lighter shade
and shoes that. while conforming to the
mode. are evidently made for comfort
as well. His neckwcar IL modest and
becoming, but never Of those neutral
dark cOlOrs which are the refuge OF
men who have no taste In such matters
or distrust their own Judgment In them
His clothes are always freshly press
ed, and II there II any mud or dirt Oh
his shoes you may be sure It IL no older
than the morning.
varies the style Of his clothes ana par
ticularly of his hat more than Mr.. Fielt
does. He adapts his gait to that of hi
companion, ana the two seem alway'
engaged In earnest conversation, ye
without gcsticulatiOn or raising Of til,
| voice.
=. ID. Armour never walks downtown
lie gets to his office too early In thu
morning to permit him to waste an!
| time In such exercise. He drives
downtown In Il Goddard phaetOn earl!
enough every morning to get to hi
Office ut Z o'clock. Occasionally IN
walks home, but his phaeton Away
accompanies him, the driver keepin,
alongside In case Mr.. Armour tires %
walking. During the summer Mrs. Og
den Armour frequently calls at his OF
flee for him In her victoria, ana III
rides home with her. He usually leaves
his Office at 3 or 4 o'clock In the after
noon. Mr.. Armour IL not very fas
walker, nor can he be classed as
dresser with Marshall Field.
James w. Ellsworth Is another maj
who walks down In the morning AM
frequently walks home In the after
noon. He Is u rapid walker, Away
going at a pace suggesting the idea tina
he has just heard OF some rare hrs
edition, and has started out to get
before anyone else hears Of It.
One of the best known and mos
striking figures among the Michigan