The Portland daily press., 1896-11-21
Fayette, Pulaski, Washington. Jefferson
and franklin,

roy GUYS, EuiaSk1, washington. ooAo
and franklin.
do not know of any American cl1y
which traces the periods of its history 30
CLOSELY in the naming of the streets anu
avenues. l believe this to be character
istic of Baltimore, and wish there were
more of the same spirit of loyalty shown
in other towns. Tt seems to me to be
good sort of way to show honor to the
things that are gone away. 1t is better
than calling the streets merely Pine and
Cedar and Chestnut.
1t il impossible in this brief letter to
enumerate the thousand and one places
of historic interest in and around the
city of Baltimore. Nor is it possible to
tell Of the vast business enterprise that
have their beg inning in this Monumen-
tai City. Oyster and fruit packing are
the two industries that are perhaps the
annual business done in this connection
amounts to something like $25, 100000.
and about 20. 000 people find employment
i'll the various branches of the trade.
1t is the largest manufacturing csntre
in the United States for ready-made
clothing. shirts, fertilizers, straw goods.
cotton duck, and the packing of fruits
and oysters has developed a special field
in the manufacture of tin cans that is
the most extensive in the country.
Shipbuilding, too, is one Of the most
important of the local industries, and
the plants for carryi ng on this work are
splendidly equipped. These are situated
somewhat out Of the city at Sparrow
Point and Locust Point, down in the
bay.
The social 81 de Of Baltimore life Is
most fascin ating. The celebrated beauties
of Baltimore have been sung about till
they have become as well known as the
women of Vienna for their charming
personalities. The social clubs are beau
tifully appointed for their purposes, and
the Maryland Club, the oldest in Balti-
more, enjoys the distinction. too. OF
being the second Oldest club of the sort
in the United States, the Union Club of
New York city being the older organiza-
ton. The first president of the Maryland
Club was jerome Napoleon Bonapart,
sou of Prince jerome Napoleon, King of
WestphaIia. The smaller clubs have at
tanned wide celebration for their boun IT,
full hospitality, and il one is SO fortunate
as to join in any of the Gibbs entertain
ments, he will have an experience of
what can be done in the way of having
good time and getting the most out of
day.
The educational institutions in Baltf-
| more are celebrated the world over. Here
is Johns Hopkins University. the Uni
versity CT Maryland, which has the fifth
| medical school in the United States:
| the Woman's College of Baltimore, which
is under t he direction of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and many schools for
special study that are less we'll known.
The art schools are one OF the features Of
! the city which attract the greatest
amount of attention from visitors inter-
ested in the development of art in
America. Here is the Peabody Institute,
the famous Walters Art Gallery, oon-
tanning the finest private collection of art
works in the country; the Decorative
Art Society, and the special departments
devoted to similar work in the other
schools. The Charcoal Club maintains
an art school which has had the istinc-
tion of being under the direction of some
OF the most famous artists in she world.
Being, as it is, the home of the head
Of the Catholic Church in "A america, Bal
timore naturally has the best of schools
under the management Of that religious
body. 1t is largely owing to the inau-
enoe of the Catholics that Baltimore has
the place it occupies as one of the most
cultured cities of all the country.
So we saw Baltimore From here we
GO down the Chesapeake again and will
touch at Norfolk and the historic places
Of the Virginia coast. Then Norma