The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
ODD SCENES
IN MECCA OF
HOMESEEKERS
Eating Is Not Impossible Nor
Sleeping a Dream.
NO ONE IS HUNGRY YET
FL Reno, However, Is No
Place for an Epicure.

Fl Reno. O. T. JULY so-The town IS
not what woul5 De called eaten out
bat anything ike accommodaton IS a
thing az the past The better the place
che less there is 70 eat. The hotels-csn
nor adequately cars for their own guests
but as vet co not bar Others from IRE
dining room. TIE small curb stone ~cs-
taurarts have thus become the frst-ratr
eating establishments. ans the best class
cf people usually patrouire the better
eating houses. leaves the lunch counters
% care Tor the rest However tne shrevs
fellows have discovered this ana con-
duet themselves accordingly SIN. thr
lunch counters as yet are able 20 supsly
the demand
Thursday nieht men slept mon che wee
ground. in Yards and everywhere else
available. The weather o. course So
hot during the day. hnt me people a.
not suifer much Inconvenience The
water barrels an over the town supplying
wet water y &c isn't ice Geld. The ire
factory people agreed 20 give free ar
the water that the town needs ~ they viii
haul it away. The rain Thursday settlea
the dust AID charged the entire asnect
wagon yesterday afternoon would rails,
dust sufficient 10 De seen. SIN the CUTTERS
are inches deep in water and water stH
stands IN ponds ln the streets over the
town
The samhiine games are nearly as BAD
as ever. The game 81 pitching a BAN
throueh a curtain ~ the back. after
which it rolls hack down an incuuef
board among nails misccuancously driven
and into pockets. every ether one of
which IS box % csgers alternating with
a single cigar
or the shows In town there arr n variea
lot and the best and cIosnest one ~ them
IS rm PSI woman s}ie 81 about SIX anf
a half feet taH. she stands ont in front
and does her own spelling her show
clean Illusion ard IS fairly well p8troa-
lied. There is q concert tent a hoochi.-
Coochie under another name. in which
is said an Fl Reno ar8v horse tainted
when DE first witnessed the pcrformaucr
MumWies piemiea and the general ran az
tho line form The rest only one % Witch
refuse 20 admit Indies or children. pair
of ola antiques. which Mr. Oisraceu apfiv
described as message carrying birds
which had been taking a mud bath. form
the chief attraction
III has been. when - bologna sau-aeo
or anything resembling 20. was presented
to "a prospective customer. 10 wond cause
somcthing resembling riot in miniature.
but now n a piece ~ hsm ssusaes ap-
pears between the foor and lid ~ "a sanf-
which there IS no hckinr the purchaser
stops takes a vnod look az 81 and saws
wen that's Dewey ham sausage. lFnt
it2 rs rosh it wHi De quite a bit De-
fore we can get any more. here goes. its
good enough for M"
Then De takes a hlte ana with his fnoufh
fun SAYS.
"Ivci. 7 hope Do'd VIII rebuHd right
away and : think they viii"
The latest joke today ~ sne crowd = a
yen: Here your sre. nice cool shade
for i8 cents" And the SHADY slde ~ use
street 81 az n premium during The day
rickpockets ere not plentiful ss might
be expected hut san there are Few zho
lay around upon the depot platform or
auywhere amoag The men who sleep out
or doors ard these manage % quietly
rob their victims easily. and with Drae-
ffcaliy no chance ~ detection. Mr. p "
Holmes 90 f{utchinaon. was robbed ~ se1
late night and 30 o. onfy one aufoag
many. Those who are relieved ~ their
spare cash make no kick. but takes e.
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