The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-02-07
Tho Questionable Promenade"
Chicago Tribune.)


Society walks dispersedly and at
random now. Shall 1t confine it's prom
enades to one street and to stated
hours? Shall there be parade ground
for the elite where they can exchange
greetings, initiate one another's man
ners, and study one anothers clothes
admiring and admired. 1t is an attrac-
not members of the beau monde, but
who wish to be and who in a humble
way like to study the faces, manners,
and costumes of their "betters." II 1t
were known that the beaux and bellies
Of Chicago were in the habit of saunt-
ering along a particular street the curb
would be lined with curious and per-
haps amused spectators.
If it be the desire of society to add
to the innocent pleasure OF the COM
munity and at the same time provide
itself with a new recreation, 1t will de-
eide to skate over the Same flagstones
at the same hours. When that deter
mination is known respectful common
people will keep out of the way so that
| the procession of wealth, beauty, and
culture may not be interrupted.
When 1t comes to the selection of
| promenade ground there is an embar-
rassment Of riches, and it would not be
fair to boost the value of property on
one street alone by making it the ex-
elusive resort of fashion. One accept
able saunter--for Mondays, say-may
begin at the southwest corner of Mon
roe and Wabash. The route will be
south to Adams, west to State, north
to Monroe, and thence. as the surveyor
says. back to the point of beginning"
Three times should the procession cir
cumnavigate the Palmer house. and the
walls Of that Jericho. if they didn't fall
down, would visibly tremble.
Petty are the delights Of stroll be-
meath outrageous trees beside silvery
brooks, where there is no music but the
song of birds or the rustling OF the
leaves. as compared with those Of the
new fashionable walk. There is the
clank of the cable, the hip of the trolley,
the grunt and roar of the elevated.
Il On Tuesdays the line Of march might
be on Clark from Washington to Lake,
to La Sale and Washington, and back
to Clark. That would be a recognition
Of the rights of the guests of the Sher-
man house and the College inn to wit
ness the parade. 1t would give the
walkers an opportunity to study the
municipal roof garden on the court
house square and to admire the many
schools of decayed architecture which
are in evidence there. The guests OF
the elite who may accompany them in
their ramble will be greatly interested
in the rare slovenliness of municipal
housekeeping.
The attractions of the west side are
not to be despised. On Wednesday
those who are in the social swim might
} meander back and forth on Canal from
Madison to Adams and contemplate the
weird and fragrant ruin which the
|, Pennsylvania railroad calls passen-
ger station. Why go abroad to view
the moldering remains of venerable ed
ifices when Chicago can boast of many
"a noble arch in proud decay" that
overlooks it's Rhine.
On Thursday the promenade might
/ be through the land of skids, where
lordly merchants rule in defiance o.
, municipal regulations and public com
fort. Start on Michigan avenue. at the
9 corner of Randolph. Advance to Water
lstreet. and then turn westward Il