[CHAPTER XXVII].—Special Features—The Elevated Railroads; the County Jail; the Masonic Temple and Other Sights Worth Seeing.
[CHAPTER XXVIII].—A Few Final Words—Mainly in an Advisory Strain.
PART II.
[THE GREAT WORLD’S FAIR].—Being a Complete History of the Stupendous Exposition that will be Thrown Open in 1893, when the Peopled World Will be Called Upon to View the Progress of the Future Metropolis—How the Exposition will be Opened in the Fall of the Present Year—The Colossal Buildings and Their Contents—Hints for the Wayfarer to Follow in His Strolls About the City During Fair Time.
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.
| FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. | ||
| PAGE | ||
| Lillian Russell | [Frontispiece] | |
| A Group of Footlight Favorites | [220] | |
| Popular Playhouses | [40] | |
| A Summer Concert Garden | [168] | |
| Masquerades Dream | [118] | |
| Bird’s Bye View of the World’s Fair | [260] | |
| Auditorium Proscenium Arch | [200] | |
| Panoramas, Casino and Libby Prison | [80] | |
| MINOR ILLUSTRATIONS. | ||
| I. | The Compiler at Work | [21] |
| II. | The Guest Registering | [24] |
| III. | Driving About the Town | [27] |
| IV. | Harvey’s “Wayside Inn” | [30] |
| V. | At the Theatres | [34] |
| VI. | At the Stage Entrance | [38] |
| VII. | The Auditorium Tower | [43] |
| VIII. | Astride of the Moon | [49] |
| IX. | Two Unique Play Houses | [51] |
| X. | At Free and Easy Shows | [53] |
| XI. | Types at Engel’s | [60] |
| XII. | Churches | [69] |
| XIII. | Professor Swing in the Pulpit | [75] |
| XIV. | John Brown’s Forge | [79] |
| XV. | Perils and Pitfalls | [81] |
| XVI. | Buying Banana Stalks | [83] |
| XVII. | The Adventuress | [87] |
| XVIII. | Catching On | [92] |
| XIX. | The Tiger’s Implements | [97] |
| XX. | A Minion of the Tiger | [99] |
| XXI. | Victims of the Tiger | [101] |
| XXII. | Satellites of the Tiger | [104] |
| XXIII. | A Masquerade Sprite | [114] |
| XXIV. | The Fair Shopper | [120] |
| XXV. | On the Caroussel | [123] |
| XXVI. | In the Turkish Bath | [127] |
| XXVII. | The Pretty Manicure | [129] |
| XXVIII. | The Guileless Hackman | [134] |
| XXIX. | The Woman’s Temple | [130] |
| XXX. | The Pretty Wheelwoman | [144] |
| XXXI. | Looking at the Race | [157] |
| XXXII. | The Huckster | [162] |
| XXXIII. | The Circus Sprite | [164] |
| XXXIV. | An Ideal Afternoon | [166] |
| XXXV. | On the Water | [183] |
| XXXVI. | Music Hath Charms | [171] |
| XXXVII. | The Waiter | [187] |
| XXXVIII. | A Petit Souper | [191] |
| XXXIX. | An Anarchist | [194] |
| XL. | The Haymarket Monument | [198] |
| XLI. | A Cheyenne Fairy | [201] |
| XLII. | Cheyenne Types | [203] |
| XLIII. | Candies and Flowers | [206] |
| XLIV. | Elevated Railroads | [216] |
| XLV. | The Author Moralizes | [223] |
| WORLD’S FAIR PICTURES. | ||
| I. | Administration Building | [224] |
| II. | Figure from the Mining Building | [234] |
| III. | Figure from the Liberal Arts Building | [242] |
| IV. | Benjamin Franklin | [247] |
| V. | A Dedicatory Scene | [251] |
| VI. | A Chicago Hussar | [257] |
| VII. | Group From the Woman’s Building | [261] |
| VIII. | Group From the Woman’s Building | [263] |
| IX. | Group From the Liberal Arts Building | [265] |
| X. | Scene in the Chinese Tea Palace | [266] |
| XI. | Scene in the Moorish Village | [268] |
| XII. | An Opium Fiend | [275] |
| XIII. | Finis—The Author at Rest | [281] |
INTRODUCTORY.
At a Time when the attention of the world is concentrated upon Chicago, as it is at present, it is fitting that the stranger within its gates, as well as the uninitiated native, should be made aware of the various attractions, of all sorts and conditions, possessed by the future metropolis of the United States. Chicago has been called the Paris of America, that title having been bestowed upon it by some bright-minded and discerning person who evidently knew whereof he spoke. That the title is indisputable goes without saying. In no other city of its size on the continent is the same variety of amusements to be found as in this one. All tastes may be promptly satisfied, all preferences catered to. If, when confronted by the marvelously variegated array of recreations and pursuits that this great city has to offer, the stranger or the periodical visitor should turn away dissatisfied, imagining that he has failed to discover anything especially suited to his fancy, his mental and physical organism must be sadly askew. It is his fault and not Chicago’s.
From now on, and for the next year or so, this mighty city by the lake will swarm with myriads of men and women of all races, tribes and languages, being brought hither by the Great Exposition that is destined to be the marvel of all nations. That some of this floating mass will remain here is beyond question. In that case the population will swell until the two million mark is passed, and in the proportion that the population increases, so also will increase the attractions of the city that harbors it.