The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-26
NOTES OF TRAVEL.

Alter tWenty-four hours in Hot Springs we left
in the evening and reached Memphis in the morn
ing driving through the city and then proceeding
northWard the Illinois Central The Illinois
Central is by the way the recognized great road of
the Mississippi Valley. 1t makes splendid time.
has finely equipped trains and has the happy faculty
OF going just where you wish to go. In the south
it runs Jim Grow cars but these are abandoned
long before the north is reached and when we en-
tered Chicago, we found that the negroes who had
left Memphis in the Jim Grow were sitting in the
cars with their white brethren. They must have
appreciated the change from north to south.
Just as we were IN Memphis that city was reioic-
ing over gift of $4,000 made by the Illinois Cen
trail for the benefit of reunion Of Confederate
veterans. The Central will now have to give some
thing to the Union veterans to square the account.
lhe route through Tennessee and Kentucky lies
through country that is dreary enough, but it is a
paradise compared with Arkansas, and we can i'm
agine that in the summer when the fields and trees
are green and the low-hanging vines drape the
swamp with graceful verdure, the country would be
very pretty. The only bit of scenery enroute. is
the great sweeping bridge which crosses the Ohio
river near its Juncture with the Mississippi Cairo
This bridge is wonderful piece of workmanship
oAAo SA64ACCA141S duu the OQlO at THIS point
family beautiful and majestic stream.
All that afternoon the train sped across the fertile
Pralrles OF Illinois, About the middle of the state
we reached the snow line again and when we reach
ca lineage with its dirty streets piled high with the
beautiful snow that poets rave about, we realized
that we were IN the north once and were
grateful even for the cold and the dirt and the slip
perry walks. The next day we were in Milwaukee
and we promptly fell in love with that beautiful
city. We like Milwaukee as heartily as we dislike
Chicago. Recognizing Chicago's claims to great
ness, we must say that it is the drtiest most dis
agreeable city it has ever been our dspleasure to
see. There is not one redeeming feature to the
downtown districts The streets are regular and
the sky scrapers uniform that instead of Civ
ing the impression of magnificent architecture thew
appear like SO many gigantic blocks of brown or
dirty grey sugar set in row.
In Milwaukee the streets are cut on the bias
enough SO that the fine architectural works have
chance to be seen with effect. The city hall is
magnificent structure worthy Of any city Milwau-
kee is largely German town and in many WAYS II
reminded us of the old world cities 1t is said
that Milwaukee is the home of breweries but we
did not see any of them, although we confess that
had time permitted, would have been glad to
have gone through of these great institutions.
We stopped fat the Republican Hotel; it is not so
pretensous some nor so old as others, but it has
been many day since we have been treated so
nicely in hosiery where we had so little to
complain about. 1t is on the American plan and
fellow can eat all he wants without keeping his
eye his pocket book. If you want to go to Mil
waukee and wish to- have good time without
s'blowing" yourself we would advise you to stop
there. This is not paid notice but simply tri-
butte to the best hotel we struck in 1900 mile
trip.
THE wooDMEN HEAD CAMP.
Our business in Milwaukee was to attend the
head camp of thew. o. w. for the jurisdiction of