Against the sky, in silhouette, appeared the statue of General Grant, an impressive feature of the park, and they were sorry that their route did not bring them within view of the even finer Lincoln statue, of which they had seen many pictures. Looking forward along the drive, they saw a dark point of land along the horizon beyond the lake, and were told by the rather taciturn driver that it was the city of Milwaukee, which information surprised them quite as much as if he had said it was Bagdad. “Traveling certainly makes one modest,” said Mr. Douglass, who doubted the driver’s statement. “I had no thought of seeing Milwaukee upon this drive.”
THE AUDITORIUM.
MICHIGAN AVENUE
AND CONGRESS STREET.
(From a photograph
by J. W. Taylor.)
THE ART INSTITUTE.
MICHIGAN AVENUE.
(From a photographic print.
By permission of
C. Ropp & Sons, Chicago.)
THE WOMAN’S TEMPLE.
LA SALLE AND MONROE
STREETS.
(From a photograph
by J. W. Taylor.)
MASONIC TEMPLE.
STATE AND RANDOLPH
STREETS.
(From a photographic print.
By permission of
C. Ropp & Sons, Chicago.)
Another statue of a man in an old-style curled wig was seen, and the driver told them it was Linn. Even the tutor had never heard of Linn, and all remained puzzled until a turn in the road showed the inscription “Linné,” whereupon they recognized Linnæus. Though they hated to lose the invaluable information the driver was giving them in homeopathic doses, they were glad when the coach worked its way to the front of a park restaurant, and announcement was made that there would be a halt of an hour or more for lunch.