The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
PILGRIMS TO BOHEMIA.
TWO DBLUDED VICTIMS OF A PRECIOUS
CHICtGO GUIDE.

Tho Book Induced Two Nice Young women
to Want to Go to Harry Hilrs and will
liam McGlory's-A Compromise Effected
ON the Little Church Around the Corner.
out in Chicago there is circulating a small
book which purports to be a guide 10 New Works.
Bohemia, and am going to have a copy Of IL
for purposes Of general entertainment" said
young lawyer after the Irving dinner at the Lotus
Club 1T has been my experience that Chicago
people who do not know New York well are very
crcdulous Of all sorts Of weird tales that are told
about this town. and this was brought home to
ME in a somewhat embarrassing way week ago.
My wife is away. and when she wrote 10 me
that two charming Chicago cousins, whom may
cali Mary and Jane, were In town and asked me
to be very polite to them ! was delighted.
Mary and Jane are very nice girls. They do
not correspond at all TO ST Lous's description
| of Chicago girls. This happened to be the first
visit which they had made to New York unchape.
roncd and without enough shopping and
social duties 10 keep them busy My card was
evidently welcome, for they both rushed into
| the parior and greeted me with more warmth
than I might have expected from relatives by
marriage whom | had met only a few times.
any dear john said Mary. you don't know
how glad we are to see you We are in New York
now TO sec IL really. | don't mean the shops and
the regular show places, you know
"Of course not. said l. encouragingly, won
| derng wha, the deuce II was all leading UP 10.
Certainly not, said Jane We want to see
places where VIC couldn't go with any one less
| than cousin, and you are a cousin, you know
This was an interesting statement, and while
was wondering Just how polite Mrs. John would
like 10 have me be t. her pretty cousins Mary took
| up the conversation
| Chicago is nice and big and new she said but
/, has no Bohemia where respectable girls can go
la ~ "",'o w" '"'N Wv,
ahead OF US and have so lonsed to sec some Of
| these places and the interesting people who fire.
ouen, them
'D %E, uri, s0d how,c.s,y f,r didn,rrox
pace Of the sort tina, was clean and I interesting
M","oycT M,ry and "ns ho% b sa h,"nvh, M
Of such places would shock them
we have been preparing for this visit, said
all the places tina, wan, to go to. 50 tina, We
| '""E WV ~ ""'"' w "'''''
THAT simpliiies the thing. said |. and II you
will tell me when Won WIN, To- 20 will he Mica scd
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" escort you Mhal u" you want =" sec hrs'
.Tbr upc,pcr,cdn,ss 81 ,h,s suggestion stag.
s.,cd mo Looked a, III. ,,n si,,s bm, ,bc,,
EXPRESSION indicated no desire to have fun A, NV
ask:d Where d,a you say,
|
know that place, and she said II in way that IL
dcn,ec that my ignorance of i, would no, make
81 did know IL once upon n time said l.
Then let's go there this evening
az" and then sGG The bnp Was "%s down
Mary and Jane looked like cmbodimcnts If
Disappointment 2, The ncTs
said MARY and | thought that W. might spend
a nice Bohemian evening there Isn't IL mean
Perhaps We had better pass on to the next
place on your list said l. feeling pretty sure that
|, would b" some table hotc.
ana s S"r sm % Sr ms fn Fri. the" they
-'whcrcI, ! asked again. though ! know that
| "\rmory Hall said Jane IT is run by Mr.
William McGlnry YOU must have heard 81 IL
81 have, said I, and was only wondering
guide boak' that NTm"ry Hall is one d IL" sights
10 b. seen in New YORK II Is modelled after a
celebrated Paris hall. and ii is frcqucntcd by
artists and literary men Occasionally actresses
snS the Tnn I S
smokes / suspect that W. will src some drink
ing there, but you nrednt think that We will mind.
Il had been watching both girls closely, and
couldn't detect the fan,"s, smile On either face
MIR Mc9ilory's Nrmory Hall has been closed
for yra-s' said some reply WAS necessary.
Really said Jane aud there waS Just shadow
them that the place was closed they might ASH
some IN" else ~ take them th.rc and that might
Of H. hall leaving cut the reasons i"r T..
Well then. lets Try Hester n Balls cork
room they suggested,
"'tlused sc,c-aI years ago remarked Iknc~
that by thus telling the truth Was building w a
reputation Tor m"ndhci'y winch never could live
down. MARY aud Jane read oil III" names 81
thr"" other places oi much the same sort which
were closed years ar" was puzzled knew
th" way IN which III" girls had been hr"ught w
and | wondered where they could have found out
such list "i places didnl want them I" kho"
no" thrir requests sounded Il" man "h" knew
lhrNr places ana AT last | asked mem. w mere
I'M You ever Learn the names "i al these places
ny. We got guide 4" New orr b"h,mla
which some 81 our friends rrcommchd"i ana We