The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-19
FUNNY THINGS THAT
ARE SEEN IN CHICAGO
BY Lulu JUDSON

BY ZULU JUDSON
Many people have the kind of humor that
enables them to see the funny points in
Others Few, however, have that keener
sence that makes them realize at once
when they are making themselves ridicu-
lous. Those, in fact who are the quickest
to laugh at others, usually take themselves
most seriously. This is practically true of
the Chicagoans.
The Rainy Day Spirit
They are doing a number of funny things
in Chicago just now, but none of the in
habitants seem to know 1t. Probably in
70 other place in the world do they put
such long dresses on little girls of u or 19,
or such short ones on old ladies of Go or 70.
The little girls look uncomfortable in
theirs, but the old ladies look very funny
indeed. One wonders where is their sense
of humor, or if they own pier glass. The
regulation rainy day skirt, the use of which
is by no means confined to rainy days,
should, it seems, clear the ground four
inches. Now, four inches of a Chicago
woman's foot is too much to show-a1l at
one time-although she doesn't think so.
Indeed, so trivial thing as the size of her
foot would never in the world deter a
Chicagoan from doing the Sensible" thing.
They will be sensible or die in the at
tempt and no little feminine vanities shall
stand in the way Given large, stout
gray-hared woman in a close fitting 'hab-
it, skirt made four inches too short
her head a juvenile walking hat with a
long quill, and as she walks enegetically
down the street, you laugh-that is if you
come from Alabama and don't know any
better. While as she sails by, she casts
disdainful glance at your long skirt with
its little demi-train, and shifts, "A south
erneri" By these things do we know that
the war is not yet over. Nothing could
convince her that your skirt is not both
soiled and ragged about the bottom. So
there you have the two points of view.
Presently, along may come trim figure in
a faultless traitor gown, with a skirt OF
just the right length, and o, such style!
and both you and the Chicagoan stop to
look, and you, for one, sigh and wish you
could look like that. But you can't. She
comes from New York.
Womens Clubs Galore
Another funny thing about the Chicago
woman is that she has gone crazy on the
subject of clubs. And they are all strictly
Improving" She doesn't waist her time
on foolishness, not she One glance at her
determined countenance, her energetic
stride, and her sinsible clothes, and you are
convinced of that. There are psychology
and sociology and physiology and gracious
knows how many other ology classes from
morning Vlll night lntTe are all kllluS Oh
clubs and classes and she never belongs to
so many but she is ready to join few
more. In fact, it is almost impossible to go
to Chicago and not come away elevated
and improved" There is no use to strug-
gle against it. Even the colored servants
are so elegant in their diction that one
quite stands in awe of them. They roll
| their RS in the approved Chicago fashion.
and is there any place else in the world
where darby does that? Two eolored wo-
| men met in a street car one morning not
| long ago and proceeded to converse in sub
dued, lady-like tones.
"I trust you are WE'LL" quoth one.
+ 'Ver-ry well, thank you"
"Ar-r-e the gir-r-ls at home this year-r?'
"All hut Dot. She is away at boarding
| school,
ooh, indeed. You have not called for
| some time
"I hoped to call this ahfter-r-noon, but
| find I must attend meeting of the club"
etc.
Celored help are treated with the great
| est consideration and paid high wages.
"You co1ored people have much easier
| time here than you do with u.s." remarked
an Albanian to her hostess cook.
| "Hush.' said the hostess. reproachfully
| "You mustn't call her colored."
| 30, doesn't she know it?" asked the
| rebuked one, humbly.
! Faith Cure and Christian Science
| Between the t'Christian Scientists" and
| John Alexander DOWN, the divine healer"
| the doctors in Chicago are having quite a
i time of it. We of the south do not realize
4 the enormous spread of Christian Science
throughout the north and east. We do not
4 take the movement seriously, but one visit
4 to the 'First church" in Chicago will prove
4 that whatever may be its ultimate end, 1t
| is at present something more than fad
4 with those who espouse this belief. The
4 church is an enormous edfice, model of
4 classic beauty and simplicity. AS you en-
| ter the pulpit is to your left, the comforta-
| BILE chairs (such as are used in opera