The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-08-09

| az 10 Scotcn III lLS rellglon, the Pres.
| byterian being the leading denomina.
tion and the one which controls the
ideas and practices of the city. Ey.
erything is at standstill on Sunday
and, until very recently, even the street
cars were not allowed to run on that
day.
There are few grander or more i'm
posing public buildings in the United
States than is the court house and city
hall of Toronto. Toronto is unswerv-
ingly loyal to Great Britain. As our
boat left the pier for Lewiston we were
hidden adieu by crowds of people, in
GLIDING many young ladies in British
uniform jackets, by cries of "Hurrah
for Canada" In my opinion the time
will never come when Canada will vol
UNFAIRLY become part of the United
States.
Returning to Niagara Falls | pro-
ceeded at once to Buffalo, grand city
of over 100000 inhabitants. Here will
be held a great exposition the PAN
American, from May lst to November
lst of next year. Most elaborate prepa-
rations are being made for it, the build
ings being superb. am sure Georgia
will act the part of wisdom as she did
at Omaha and have creditable state
exhibit thereat in her own building.
On account of its being the center of
such densely populated district this
exhibition will afford better facilities
for advertising our state than did the
one at Omaha.
Leaving Buffalo, returned to New
York City. Being there on Sunday and
supposing that the conditions at Coney
Island were the same on that day as at
other seaside resorts, l concluded to
visit that place in the afternoon But
how mistaken | was Picture to your
self a vast Midway plaisance immeas-
urably larger than the one at the At
lanta exposition, with several times as
many people as were at the Atlanta
fair on Atlanta day and oil these shows
in full blast and you have some faint
idea of Coney Island on Sunday. The
people, men and women, who go there
on that day are from the factories,
shops and stores of the city, who shut
up within close walls all the week, fill
to overlooking this resort every Sun
day in order to obtain breath of fresh
air. sauntered along the streets
seething with humanity and reminded
by all of its various places of amuse-
ment of Bunyan's description of Vanity
Fair. saw Gods holy day desecrated
with theatrical performances, dancing,
side-shows and what not, while whisky
and beer saloons were crowded with
customers both male and female Stop
ping in front of large hall where
dance participated in by hundreds of
people was in progress, | saw a sweet,
innocent looking young girl, apparently
about twenty years of age, standing
and looking in at one of the windows.
Presently another young woman came
out of the hall and said to the first,
Come in and enjoy yourself" "No,
no, / do not want to go in there" re-
piled the other. However, after much
solicitation, the first entered the hall
with her companion. | saw them take
seats at a beer table, after which l
turned away thinking of the "Spider
and the Fly" This picture arose to
my mind: Scene |, A comfortable house
in quiet country town, in which re-
sides young lady with her parents,
brothers and sisters. Scene 2, Young
lady weary of village life starting for
New York to take place as saleswoman
in large department store. Scene 3,
Other girls in the store expatiating on
the pleasures of Coney Island on Sun
day Scene 4, A large party of sales
women in the hall and the village girl
at the window. Scene 5, The beer
table and the dance. Scene 6.
1t is claimed that the Americans gen.
orally regard the Sabbath and the for
eigners ignore it, but those of the thous-
ands heard speak that afternoon at
Coney Island all used the English Ian
guage. fear that so far as the work.
ing people of New York are concerned,
they are not growing better very fast.
Being now weary of railroad travel,
/ decided to take water trip to AS
bury Park, New Jerseys a great seaside
resort, to spend some time; so next
morning l embarked on fine steamer
of the Patten line for that point. We
sailed out on the beautiful New York
Bay, past the Batholdi statue, past
Castle Garden, where emigrants are
landed, past the docks of the North
German Lloyd Steamship company with
the huge Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
ready for trip across the Atlantic, past
the Inflated Saale of the same line, from
which, because Of fire in these docks,