Life — January 27, 1898 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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A CULMINATION. (BALLADE) Make ready, common folk who stare, For places at the play to fight An entertainment passing rare Shall dawn on your bewildered sight. I know ‘tis something to invite The wit and fashion of the town, And move them to sincere delight; My lady wears her silken gown. The tragedy? I pray you spare My memory, which with names is slight “Tis Shakespeare's, though, performed with care By mummers who can well recite. No doubt ‘tis of some regal wight Who struggled rudely for a crown; But be assured ‘tis most polite. My lady wears her silken gown How men once hailed the trumpet's blare, Or met for love to full or smite, While chroniclers on scanty fare Would toil their stories to indite. And how the poet strove to write In fitting phrase their grandeur down, And make the show whereto this night My lady wears her silken gown, vot. Oh, Genius, mark your final flight, And Bravery your last renown! Behold a guerdon, ample quite. My lady wears her silken gown, —Philander Johnson in Washington Star. NOR) AT NvLLy' HOW TO ENJOY LIVING IN CHICAGO. Compel yourself to scout the old stories about Con- stantinople, Naples or Tangiers being the dirtiest cities in the world. Comparison is everything. Congratulate yourself that you are able to discount those “sights” without the expense of a tripabroad. You must know that you cannot find acity in Europe or in Asia that has streets so filthy that the people never cross over unless they have to do so to attend a bargain sale. Remember that there is no city in the world, outside of the State of Illinois, that is governed exclusively by and for the street railway companies. It is worth something to enjoy the novelty of such government. In Chicago wear a veil over your face. Veils are usu- ally intended for ladies’ use, but when the wind blows in Chicago, and the dirt on the streets dries up and gets in motion, you will find the veil a good thing. When you call on a man in his office remove your hat. Being acquainted with Chicago ways, he will not expect you to do this, and that is why this advice is good. You will make an impression because of being so astonishingly polité Secure employment that requires your going to work at 8 in the morning and remaining on duty till Gat night. That's the correct system in Chicago. If you should have the temerity to take a stroll along the lake shore, or go driving on a week-day afternoon, do not attire yourself like a man of leisure, for that would cause people to stare at you and wonder what right you have recreating while all other people are either at work or trying to find work. When you feel like eating lunch, shut your eyes and follow your sense of smell. The restaurants are bad enough to make choice too great a task. If you ask for a glass of claret at lunch, don't expect the waiter to bi it before your order. Oh, no; that would be like ths waiters do in France. You will get the claret with you dessert. | You will find it best to coincide with the large number of persons who maintain a sarcastic regard for the famoa | * 400" of New York, and your position as a thoroughly | loyal Chicagoan will be helped thereby. Don't make remarks about St. Louis. The time bs gone by when Chicago felt it necessary to refer to its se periority over St. Louis, London is now the only rival Don't hire a cab in Chicago. The cabs there an almost as expensive as the cabs in New York. The cab men of Chicago would rather charge twice as much as fares are worth and not be busy, than to accept a cird ized price and have plenty to do. Don’t carry a $2 or S8-calibre revolver in Chicago. 4 40s about the correct size. The footpad who takes t away from you will have more respect for you thanif you were carrying a“ popgun size." 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