The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-18

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
~ HIcAGO. Juns 1.-THE reepeetA-
NW htiify a. the beer garden in tn
~ cities of America dates from ~
when those whose reapectAhNty
was beyond question aeund '>Oad VI
enna' Of Midway fame such . delecta0se
place This 10 another OF the many changes
in manners and morals effected by The
Worlds fair. Prior to that time the beer
gascena. ~ they fousfshed In the United
Gxs1ea. were the resort Of the fowly-Often-
times Of the vicious. Now they are niled
nightly during the heated term with Dea
an1 women who would resent strenuously
any fmputaffon thar they were or are not
the very best element in society
Before the dawn AZ the 1p36ndogD OF tie
White City. with ito ..cosmopolistry' In
naences. those ChacAgoans who had In
comes warrantfng 1t went with their fam
HES TO the country or the sea side and
mountain resorts Of IL East. when tAe
canyon-like streets had been converted
Into seething furnaces by the SUMS rays
and = merciless humidity. Those VIII
could not afford the trip remained AZ homs
TO swestef and to imbtbo with their beer
drunk In hot saloons or from pitchers on
hotter doorsteps or roofs anarchis&5c ideas
regarding the inequitabae distribution Ct
wealth
All that has been changed. In ~ '-OlA
Vienna was duplicated by an enteypris-
ing amusement caterer, backed by ono Of
the big brewery concerns, and was an IN
Simultaneous success Fishers garden, At
the north end OF Lincoln park. on sae lake
shore. which had been an evil resort for
still mere evil parties for many years. vas
mr. x- r. ohx.tr - &rap-
nisled with a big and good orchestra. and
became - popular as was .'Oid Vienna
In iSS "F1ck's" 'x3unnyside" and The
Bismarck" on the pc-.n. and The F1osa,"
"Kiesn's." 'Ye Tavern" and The Heidei-
berg" on the south side, were added to
the list The hard times OF 1896 put q
stop to the building OF new places, but
those already la existence were more pop
uiar than ever. probably because fewer
men felt like bearfng the expense Of their
customary summer trips to 0ut-of-town re-
sorts In 1851 tho demand tor places Of
this character caused the conv ersaon Of
twenty blocks OF hitherto vacant ground
into "gardens."
This increase was Duplicated last year.
while this year sees the list still further
Heightened. MIST Of these gardens are
In proximity 10 the great public parks. An
estimate. made by tho police. Of the num-
Der Of patrons Of these places one night
during the present heated term placed tbs
attendance at $4,000. and this did not In
Guide the patrons Of the downtown roof
gardens
The keepers Of summer resort hotels in
the lake regions of Wisconsin and on he
eastern shore Of Lake Michigan clai n
they are being ruined by the Chicago gar
dens Before the latter became fashion.
able the resort hotels would oe crowded
with guests from May Is to Septembe. I.
Now the Chicagoans OF moderate means.
and even those OF great means find the
relief from heat and the amusement he
formerly sought In the country nearer
home He spends less money, IL that IL al
object to him, and gets more for It,
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a 3 result OF the increase Of the num-
= Der OF places where men and women
may gather TO eat and drink ana listen
TO good music without losing caste II would
not be strange II there were not corre-
spending increase In the number of drink
ers. particularly among women. Drinking
has certainly become popular within the
past Ave years. as is evidenced by the sta
fisfics OF the beer bottling Industry, which
In Chicago has quadrup.ed its annual out
put since 1898. ana this IN face OF the fact
that the population Of the city has in
creased but 50 per cent. In the same tine
The bottlers say their family trade con-
beer has been developed at the gardens
music halls and restaurants, and now beer
by the case Is delivered to many families
almost as regularly az are meats and gro-
eerles. The consumption Of light califor-
MA wines has also Increased in the same
period and the dealers say for the same
reason Whether with the increased con-
sumption of beer and wine there has been
a lowering OF morals is not known. There
are no available statistics on this point.
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pECAUSE OF its long stretches OF dead
- Level bouievards ana pathways and It's
many amusement resorts in the suburbs.
Chicago Is the bicyclisss' paradise par ex-
eeiienee. 1t Il estimated there are 10000
wheels owned in the city. ard a rice
through the parks any warm evening
would seem to justify the estimate. The
latest fad among those who use the wheel
for health getting or saving purposes Is
to take a spin or severa. miles early in the
morning. This has created q demand for
early open coffee houses. where the wheel
ers may and refreshments. To NEE, this
demand the city has caused refectories to
be established IN the parks. where coffee
cocoa. chocolate. milk. bread and butter
rolls. eggs and cold meats are served In
strictly iirs,-class style. and almost cost
price. These restaurants are opened at
o'clock In the morning and continue open
I'll. midnight Immense wheel racks with
uniformed men In charge. have been estab-
isaed at each. 50 hungry bicyci.sts may
enjoy their lunches without worrying for
the safety of their mounts In Jackson
park the German building which Worlds
fair visitors win remember. has been con-
vert.d into a refertory with seating capa-
city for 300 persons. Twenty thousand
lunches were served there last week and
the bicycling season can hardly be said to
be open yet.
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pkoF. 9. X. GILBERT, in a contribu-
ton 70 the latest volume OF the Geo
logical Survey. advances and argues to
prove the startling theory that Chicago Is
being slowly enguifed by Lake Michigan
by a gradual fitting OF the earth's crust In
the lake region. As the tilt Of the crust
II az the rate Of bat nine or ten inches per
century. there Is no immediate cause OF
worry, nor any need % hurry on the part
% Chtcagnans now living 10 move TO avoid
wes feet According 20 the professor. In
i.ss9 years from now Lake Michigan viii
be pouring its waters In an uninterrupted
stream down the course Of the presen.