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Dtirtnj? tho dny nftcr-dlnncr speakers mnUo their livings with their hcnda, ftt night they tnnko kpeeches with their hearts. At bltf dinners you trot souls Ret to Dvorak symphonies. Tho "Inmost me" percolates throiurh tho dlutilirmrm of tho day-worker nnd drops out nt tho j Joint of the tongue word by word. Tho smolto of tho work-twlny world breaks up nud scatters and disappears in a breeze of bon mots. Imaglno Chaunecy M. Dopow, presi dent of tho New York Central rail road, cracking jokes, oven in his mind, during business hours. Ho daro not. They would pop like torpedoes nil along tho track nnd result finally In n general wreck from end to end of tho Vundorbllt sywtem. No; 'resident Depow thinks no trifles "during hours." If he do, Col. Duval smothers them In committee, nnd they dlo a deserved death. Dut, oh, what a dlffcrcnco in tho evening! Dr. Depcw then pulls down tho blind on President Depow and gives Chaunecy a chance. Thus at dinners, ho comes to be "Our Chuurvey." Gen. Horace l'ortcr has wit, humor, memory, but ho lacks tho magnetism and "go" of "Chaunecy." Dr. Depew's great power lies in his power for trotting up tho right word at tho winning time, as when at a lata hour ono evening ho compared himself to tho chamois because ho found him self continually going from jag to jag. Of all dinners, thoso of tho Clover club stand unique for sparkle. It is hard to de&crlbo a Clover club dinner might as well try to bottlo up elec tricity. Tho company is a group of guycrs. Moses 1'. ilandy, a former president of tho club tho gentleman who garo publicity to tho world's fair is n prlnco of guycrs. lly tho by, ho is tho best dinner chairman I over met. Ono night at tho Clover club in Phil adelphia Handy arose, with Senator Jones, of Nevada, sitting near, and after having graphically outlined tho attractive personality of that silver magnnto by way of introduction, I noticed even that veteran of tho upper houso squirming and reddening in his Beat, Knowing well tho guv guns that would bo turned upon him us soon as he got upon his pins. Ho was visibly affected for tho worse, but not more so than another gentleman, for no sooner had Handy worked tho sen ator up almost to the starting point than ho satd: "Notwithstanding such scductivo talont within reach, wo can peg a holo higher by calling upon Col. Thomas Ochiltree, of Knrtlt, who will now address you." It is needless to say that both gentlemen looked as if they had just been shot out by mis- tako from X.ulinskl's dynamite gun on tho Nlctheroy uud missed thu mark. And It en mo to pans in that tlmo that tho oald Ochlltrco had had his leg broken by tho Pennsylvania railroad. IIo was suing tho railroad because his leg was broken or ho was broko ono or tho other. Tho 0(1101310 all know of this, and yet loved him. Ono of theso olUclals wus prewnt. Col. Ochlltrco had been using crutches in order to keep tho leg from healing whllo tho suit was in progress. Itut it was foully Buspeoted that ho was merely doing tho lltlgativo limb. For ono day, on kco ing somo pretty young lady friends across Chestnut street, ho dropped his crutches, 'twas said, and went with a ult I p to greet them. When tho colonol was called upon, tho Pennsylvania ofll clala remarked: Colonol, whero aro your crutches?" "Under tho table, whero you will bo boforo tho dinner is over," and thu scorer marked up a carom for tho colonol aguinst a gooso-egg for tho Pennsylvania potentate. Among tho gontlcmon at that dinner wcro Charles Emory Smith, Ucn. Ma gorgco, Gov. Dunn, K. Uurd Grubb, Ud win S. Stuart, John llusscll Young, C. R. Deacon, A. K. McCluro, James II. Uovorln,. Henry II. lilngham, Clayton MoMlchaer, William M. Slngerly, Frank Thomson, Albert O. Hethorlngton, J. William White and scores of famous guests from outside of Philadelphia. Col. Ingcrsoll en mo In late, when Gov. Dunn, catching bight of him, ex claimed in tho midst of tho decorated and delicious surroundings: "Ah, colo nel, this is heaven, no placo for you horo." Tho colonel blushed up to whero tho roots of his hair ought to bo, nnd was conspicuous for his sllenco, wheth er it was becauso ho felt out of placo In heaven, I don't know. IIo may go thcro yot In cplto of himself. Mr. Cloveland, also, was thcro. Tho guy was put out on him, but Mr. Clovo land was on his mottle and mado ono of tho best speeches of his llfo. Col. Cookcrill oamo up for his share But tho colonel has been everything from drummer-boy in bliennan's army to editor in Now York city, nnd, with all his raodosty, is a match oven for Handy. Col. Cockcrill Is a dark hono for Do pow's placo as a dinner speaker, Miotild Dopow go first. Hut evidently tho doctor is not anticipating nny such thing. For at a press club dinner given to Cockcrill llvo years ago Dr. Depow said in closing his remarks: "I trust that Col. Cockcrill may enjoy a long llfo and that I may llvo to prc nounco his funeral oration." Sonator Hill said a felicitous thing that night when in making tho request to follow Instead of proceed Dr. Dopow on tho programmo, ho remarked that "tho state of Now York ought not to overshadow tho United States and ho doferred to Mr. Dopow." (Mr. Depow wasthon montloncd as a presidential possibility). . , t A At a ainnor given uy . -tho nowBpaper mon at Mt. McGregor It was understood that there should bo no remarks except by President Har rison, who was tho guost ot honor, to be followed by some knick-knacks by myself. I never enjoyed a dlnnor so littlo, though it was in the mlddlo of tho day. Up roso tho president and made an im pressive speech. Tho words kept buz zing in my ears, "Next comes his nibs) what'll ho say. Oh, wbafll he sayl" In camo Mt. Gregot. Then the presl dent drifted to tho death of Gen. Grant at that place-how eloquent towMon this .point, butiat tho close. "All the air a solemn stillness held." Mirth 4 az.kM W dld to the worjd v. 'TheS camo calls for me") But his nibs refused to get up. "You're a chump, said ono friend." "What's tho matter with you?" said another. After all was over tho president approaching mo said: "I didn't expect to speak of Oon Grant's death, but I knew your good tasto would prevent you from soylng anything of a Jocular uaturo after I had done so." lly tho bycl President Harrison could not bo put down as a humorist, us I found out boforo tho trip was ended. Tho party wcro going down tho moun tain to Snratogu In n special car. When walking down the alslo to whero Mr. Harrison was bitting I Bald; "Mr. Pres ident, I tun more than glad to luivo had you along on this Jaunt. You will un derstand that a lot of people, a band of muslo and militia will bo waiting to greet mu nt Saratoga. Of course, I don't lido tho crush, but I thought I might miss you, and simply cnuio to Lay, mat in enco I ao, good-by." Not a binllol I went down tho nido to my seat feeling myself touching tho lloor with a thud at every step. At Saratoga I hurried to u iandnti nnd ordered to bo driven rapidly to a pri vate hotel no as to cscapo tho great demonstration to tho president. "(Jet along as quickly at you can," 1 said to tho driver, and "ho got" through tho band and tho soldiers, who mado way until wo wcro blocked. Then formed thu president's Una; tho way was opened and I found myself heading tho lino, much to my awn dlceomllture, though i was hailed by many friends, ono of whom Laid afterward at tho hotel: "You ore a good fellow to work up an nd.," of which, however, I had no Idea, as tho very contrary was my In tention. In Loudon it is custom, Instead ot a benefit, as wo givo in America, to havo a dinner under tho auspices ot tho actors' benevolent fund. At one din ner flvo thousand dollars were raised, which was expended for the actors of London. Tho 'admission fco was ono guinea and everything was strictly conventional, af tor tho I'ngllsh stylo. Thcro was a man tho toastmastcr who stood behind tho chair who would address tho diners after this fashion: "I cravo your attention. I ask you to drink to tho health of her majesty, tho queen. Fill tho bumpers." At an uctor's benevolent fund dinner given in London in 1801, with Henry Irving In tho chair, cards wcro fur nished each ono present with blanks to bo filled by Christian and surname, res idence nnd by tho pounds, uhllllngs and pence, cither donated or put down as unnual subscription. At theso English dinners tho speeches have, of course, lots of meat In them, but they lack tho gravy. They havo a peculiar sort of hcip-Tlic-ovcr-the-fonco kind of limp. Thy aro slow and loggy by tho side of American style. Tho Frenchman, If ho bs pres ent, is so polite, with a dush of violet, you don't know whother ho is going to say it or not, but ho always suggests it. Much depends upon tho guest of theso dinners. During tho annual din ner of tho Green Room club given at tho Crystal Pulucc, London, at which among others wcro present Wilson llarrott, ComynsCnrr, tho lato Hnrry Potlt, Arthur Jones and Sir Augustus Harris, with Mr. llancroft, chairman, an animated discussion a roso at tho wrong tlmo In which tho guests even got to calling ono another names. Finally when 1 was called on I found myself in a most trying position in tho midst of tho excitement. Hut luckily I wns followed by that king of story tellers, Nat Goodwin, who soon put them all in a good humor. lly the way, it was Nat who said that "wit Is tho power to say what everybody cIro would have said, if ho had thought of it." In my remarks about Englishmen I must except Sir Edwin Arnold who is n prlnco of talkers as, also, is Henry Irving. Sir Edwin, speaking of Mr. Gladstono said that tho premier lacked humor and that no ono ever heard him make a witty remark, and further on in his talk said Sir Edwin: "Laughter lives next to tho most tender tears." I supposed ho must get this exquisite aptness of speech from his gifted Amer ican wlfo. Many pcopla havo an idea that ac tors aro Kor talkers outsldo of their lines. Tho fact is thoy nro becoming more adaptablo every day. Mr. Irving can bo very charming upon occasion, as ho was at tho dinner given him on his lust visit to America by tha Lotus club. What dellcato humor this: "May I find even an Increaso of tho con sciousness of vlrtuo which now and thon animates 'you, for if it bo a task cto climb up additional steps it shows an amount ot Bolt belief which oxperionco alono can prove justified, when after such a banquet as to-night you nro not afraid to vouturo down them. Again, I understand that an in quiring mind nt Dotrolt has discovered that our friend Ilacon wrote not only tho whole of Shakespeare, but also Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spen cer, and Hurton's Anatomy ot Melan choly. I mention this to show you that oven in Now York you don't know everything, and that it Is possible that you may wako ono morning to lcu.ro that tho spirit of Ilacon dlotatcd tho constitution of tho United States. lint limited as your knowledge may bo, there Is no limit to your good will nnd your gooil fellowshop." At tho Lambs club dinners actors aro to bo heard at thulr best, though tho playrlghts aro in the leud. Thcro Is uu more lovely wit anywhere than Is heard upon such occasions from Uus Thomas, Sydney Hosonfold, Milton Lackuyo, llronson Howard, Charloy Uoyt, Nat Goodwin, Gus. Thomas, tho gentleman with tho mollow passionate throw of tho Hawaiian seas In his elo quence, covers more koys perhaps than any man In this city. Had ho bceu a lawyer his fumo as an orator would havo boon world-wldo. When an American gots up at thpso Engllhh dinners, tho Englishmen re gard him with wide-eyed wondor. They expect to seo him "bluukotod" and flop around liko the Vigilant did when sho dropped In a dead faint by tho sido ot tho Volkyrlo in tho first day's rnco. They don't see it; the Amorlcan carrlos his bail full of wind and after ono or two glasses of wlnoyou see him Betting his spinnaker and as ho comes around the lightship, tho Urltlshers aro too dumb with, astonishment except to grunt: "He's n corkerl" Dut the Amer ican has no elnoh. Many ot his most darling Jokes fall as dead as mine did on Mr. Harrison. Ot course, this does not apply to the Savage and Green Boom clubs or elubsof that kind, where American humor has fought its way to the front and where by much practice the members hare como to know tho places where oommon oourUsy de mands a laugh. But they are improv ing, aa I have discovered during my visjtc to Swrtud f?r th.e, Jjt4i7Mrt. It'Would not do to onilf here Johnny Wise or Col. Fellows, tho two repartee nnd epigram men. At tho dinner given three years ago at tho Astor houso to Judgo Pryor, where Dr. Dopow spoko of Cleveland as tho typical American, Johnny Wlso dropped Into this pleas antry concerning Judgo Pryor: "A word as to tho honored guest. What Is tho nnmo of that opera in which n wild boar rushes across the stage with flames breathing from his nostrils? Well, tho nnmo doesn't matter, but whenever I witness that sccno in It, I think of tho manner In which Kogcr A. Pryor edited tho Richmond Enquirer, That Is tho kind of fiery cuss ho was." Pnrku Godwin's talks nro full of meat, In fact ho forgot3 himself and sometimes goes too long. Few men can make n quick speech. Murat Halstendcan write better than he can speak, but when you know him you con forglvo all this. Thon lot us bo thankful for thoso dinners that after all glvo us tho only true glimpses 6f men who otherwlso would bo unknown to their fellows. Long llvo dinners) Merrily yours, MAnsiiAi.t. P. Wiujeh. HAD METBEFORe, Dut In Circumstances Not Condu cive to Recognition. Tito drttinnior had for somo tlmo boon watching n flashy-looking city crook playing u gutuo of cards with u man on tho xlccpoi', who might havo been u farmer, mid then again who might, hnvo been something else. All of a Hinhlcn, as tho train pulled up nt ii station, tho sharper inndo it wild break uud rushed out of tho car and olT the platform, leaving everything. Tha other innn simply smiled, and looked over at tho drummer. "What tho mischief was tho innt tor with that party?" asked tho drummer, taking a scat with tho Hinder. "Thoro's a story goes with that," replied the snillor quietly. "Want to hear it?" "Indeed, I do." 'Hero sho goes, then. About flvo yours ago I had somo cattlo to de liver in Chicago, and when I got thcro I stoppu'l out by tho stock yards in n hotel I found convonlcnt. It wasn't In it very good neighbor hood, but I wasn't looking for society fixings, so I didn't enro much. I had somo money and it lino watch, and onco or twlco during tho ovou lng, as I sat around tho barroom, I noticed I was bolng watched by sev eral ot tho loafora about tho placo. Whcn-I went up to my room 1 locked tho door nnd bolted it nnd took n look out of tho window to boo what was outsldo. I found Itoponodout ontousortof shed about eight foot bolow, nnd that rnn down within climbing dlstaneo of tho ground. I took this observation so ns to know whero I was going to bo at In enso of a lire. Then I wont to bed, leaving tho window up, as It wns n hot night. "I don't know how long It was after I hud been asleep that somo one awakened mo. At first I thought I wns droamlug, bub just ns I tried to go to sleep again I heard tho nolso onco more, and tills tlmo I didn't try to go to sleep. I got up nnd wont over toward tho window with a six inch knlfo In my hand that I thought would como handy in cifo I found ut tho window what I thought I would. It was qulto dark on that shlo of tho houso, and when I got up close I could hear two mon whlsporiiigon tho shed roof. I listened and heard ono tell tho other to stoop down nnd ho would climb on his shoulders nnd from thoro pull hlmsolf up to my win dow, lly tills tlmo I wns standing by tho window ready to meet my visitor ns soon ns ho camo. Whllo I was thinking whether to kill htm or not, I saw his lingers slide up over tho window sill seeking for a good grin. Then thoy strotched down tight as if tho man woro testing his strength for tho final pull. At this uiomont I rotichcd forward, uud with a swish I whnckod two of thoso fing ers off with my knlfo. I kopt vory qulot about It too, but my visitors didn't, and thoy rolled nnd tumbled olf that roof in u munnor worth com ing all that way to soo. Thon I went hack to bed, but I fastonod down tho window. Next morning whon I got up, which was Just ut dayhrcnk, for I hud my cattlo to look after, I went to tho window to soo what wns loft of tho wreck, and I saw two fingers on tho sill. Tho ownor had forgotten thorn In his hurry tho night before, and It struck mo thou for tho first tlmo that I ought to tako chargo of thqm, so that If thoy woro over called for I could roturn thorn. "Well, I took thorn along with mo, nnd ns soon ns I could got into a drug storo I got a bottlo filled with spirits and put them into it. Until to-day I httvo not boon ablo to find anybody that I thought might want thorn, al though I hnvo earrlod thorn over sluco whon I go anywhere, and whllo that duffor you saw trying to work mo first sliufllod his cards I noticed Hint ho was short two flngors. About tho tlmo ho thought ho had mo I pulled tho bottlo out of my pockot, and, sticking it right at him, I asked him if ho didn't think ho hnd hotter suo It ho couldn't fit thorn on to tho stumps ho had. It took him nbout a inluuto to cutcli on, but whon ho did, woll, you know tho rost. I guosi; ho must havo boon tho chap that trlod to climb in my window thnj night," and as tho man smilod Uk drummor wondered how It was that truth wns oftoutlmos stranger titan fiction, and linndod tho bottlo, wltli Its two ghastly ami silent wltnoss-. es, back to tho owner. Dotrolt Free Press. Things Were Different Then. "Tho travollngmon of to-day don't know what hard linos nro," said l nomas J,. Martin, who runs a book storo nt tho corner of 12th nnd Lo cust stroots, to mo tho other day. I was a traveling man mysolf way back yonder In tho '00s, and I think wo had about as hard n row to hoo as tho uoxt follow. 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