The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-22
STORIES OF THE DAY.
Random observations During ~ Brief So
5ourn In tho Windy City.

Random observations During n Brief So
3ourn In tho Windy City.
Every residence has nico ittlo 4 by
plot of GRASS in tho front yard with hol-
lyhocks and lilac bush, and OH fine
afternoons tho women put on their sun
bonnets and go out with sprinkling pots
to water tho garden.
Ihoro arc restaurants on every block
two or threo-which serve a .rull
meal at prices ranging TO maximum
of 10 conts. They serve dinner ut noon
aud supper ut O'Clock. Supper consists
Of stewcd becfstcnk and nice, sweet lit
Ito white grapes slowed with sugar.
The gripmcu and conductors on the
cable roads know all tho passengers
and help strangers along by Introducing
them to tho regulars. Whenever there
IL breakdown OF - stop for any rei-
son they como around and Jolly up
tho fares, just to make everything
pleasant. SO that timc won't hang hcav-
lily.
Tho business men who live outside of
down town" drive i'll every morning
with their own teams, which they hitch
to the lampposts iii front Of their Off
ces Sometimes they unhitch the horses
ana tic them to tho rear whocls of tho
wagon, so that they can cat tho hay out
of the wagon box while they are wait
ing for tho evening drive home.
Tho very swaggcr people give dances
in tho pavilion of the old Iowa building
i'll jackson park. They put Il fence Of
benches around SO that tho populacc NAV
see, but are yet kept out. It's great
source of amusement to the simple vii
layers to gathcr in throngs outside the
benches and behold and comment upon
the grace and beauty of tho aristocrncv
After supper the men sit on tho empty
beer kogs out in front of the saloons and
smoke and chow tobacco and toll old
stories. Sometimes they sit Oh tho cmp-
ty boxes i'll front of the dry goods stores
and white. The evenings are fine in
Chicago, and the drug stores on the cor
ners put chairs ont on tho sidewalk for
the regular loafcrs, who sit and gossip
about tho Holmes case.
AS one approaches Chicago in the
early morning the Wagner car porter
says, At the pext bend when we como
from bohind the trees, sir, you can SEQ
Chicago. You step out on the platform
and the porter says, There it is, sir. &"
and points to cloud OF smoke, Just ia
blot on the face Of nature when the sky
Is blue and clear and tho day is bright
and the grass aud fields are green.
Nearly all tho women ride BICYCLES.
They wear brown bloomers and gray
coats. They buy tho bloomcrs in State
street store for Sl.37 pair Tho men
who ride wear red stockings and red
caps. They let their front hair grow
long and curl it with irons so that tho
red capS-wOrn Oh tho back Of the head
give them "A fine jaunty air. This is
true Ill spite of the news from London
that baggy trousers have been decreed
for all bicycle riders by the Chicago
aldermen
In the railroad station in Chicago,
where the suburban trains stop, there is
posted on one wall this sign:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Observation-Disclosures,
Warning!
Beware of confidence men and pickpoclets
DO not let them cntice you away from
the depot.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
On the opposite wall there is this
sign:
NoticeI
DO not lend money to strangers under
any circumstances.
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There is All art institute i'll Chicago.
1t Is big, dismal, dirty gray once
white stone building down in Michigan
avenue. with the Illinois Central tracks
for n background and bicycle "acad-
envy III front. Somebody told Chicago
aoout art once, and Chicago set out TO
have 1t. They vo got it. lots of it, all
nicely put up in plaster packages and
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