Class Book COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT LILLIAN RUSSELL. OtilCJ^OO BY D A.Y--e Nioh:t:". THE PLEASURE SEEKER'S GUIDE TO THE 300 P=».^OE^S. 69 II^X^TLTS'TI^JS.'riOlMS. /' "^- - iViAY i-^Me93 ) 2-1^"7 CHICAGO : Jt 3 '^ THOMSON AND ZIMMERMAN, 234 AND 236 La Salle St., ' ^""^ 1892. J J v ^'-'^.^ ^^_x^ ,5 Copyrighted 1892, By THOMSON AND ZIMMERMAN. [All rights reserved^ PART I. 4 INTRODUCTORY. CHAPTER I.—Where to Stay—A Concise Description of the Hotels of Chicago, their Characteristics, their Prices, with some Account of the People Who Patronize Each—The Great Palmer House Tragedy. CHAPTER II.—The Theatres—A Complete Description of the City's Splendid Play Houses and the Attractions They Present—^Beautiful Belles of Burlesque. CHAPTER III.—The Great Auditorium and the New German Theatre—Two New Edifices of which all Chicagoans are Proud. CHAPTER IV.—Two Unique Playhouses. Being the Madison Street Opera House and Park Theatre, where the Shows are not Painfully Orthodox and Feminine Beauty is the Chief Attraction. CHAPTER v.—Free and Easy Shows—Where Etiquette is not always Strictly Observed. Being Music and Dance Halls, and Such Like Free and Easy Resorts—"Papa" Engel's "Variety" Palace. CHAPTER VI.—Churches and Church Services. A Full Account of Chicago's Handsomest and Most Popular Churches, their Location and their Pastors. CHAPTER VII.—The Panoramas and Libby Prison—Places of Delightful but Quiet Entertainment that the Stranger cannot Afford to Miss. CHAPTER VIII.—Perils and Pitfalls—A Chapter that All Should Read, inasmuch as it Tells of the Traps Set by the Wicked for the Unwary. — CHAPTER IX.—As to Adventuresses—The Seductive but Con- scienceless Creatures whose Wiles Work Mischief with those who Do Not Play the Prudent Part and Keep them at a Dis- tance. CHAPTER X.—The Tiger and its Haunts—Gambling Games Great and Small wherein the Process of Parting the Fool and his Money is Carried on with Facility and Dispatch. CHAPTER XI. — Masquerades and Similar Entertainments wherein the Giddy Find Delight. Fun and Revelry the Order of the Night. CHAPTER XII.—On Shopping—A Few Pertinent Pointers for Purchasers. CHAPTER XIII.—Caroussels—A Unique Form of Diversion that is Patronized by Many. CHAPTER XIV.—Turkish Baths—Massage — Manicures — The First the Winebibber's Salvation, the Second a Doubtful Luxury, the Third a Charming Experience. CHAPTER XV.—Hackmen and their Ways—A Few Hints as to the Proper Way to Treat "Cabby"—His Legal Rates of Fare, etc. CHAPTER XVI.—The City's Moral Code—A Complete Refuta- tion of the Libelous Assertion that Chicago is the Wicked- est City in the World. CHAPTER XVII.—The Parks and Boulevards—Which Perhaps Constitute the City's Grandest Feature. CHAPTER XVIII.—Racing—The Three Great Race Tracks where One May See Unrivaled Contests in Equine Speed The Glories of Derby Day and the Gay Cavalcade on the Avenues. CHAPTER XIX. — Open Air Attractions. Which Bring the Pleasure Seeker Entertainment and the Delights of Fresh Air at the Same Time—Mighty Pyrotechnical Displays. CHAPTER XX.—An Ideal Afternoon—The Prettiest Drive That Mortal May Wish to Take, With Possibly Other Charms Thrown in. CHAPTER XXI.—On the Water—The Aquatic Side of the Paris of America—Trips of all Sorts on the Lake. CHAPTER XXII.—The Restaurants of Chicago—Places Where the Best of Provender is to be Had at Moderate Rates—The Fascinating Table D'Hote. CHAPTER XXIII.—The Haymarket Monument, with a Succinct Account of One of the Most Thrilling Periods in Chicago's History. CHAPTER XXIV.— Cheyenne—A Unique Spot in the City's Centre that it is Safer to Read About than to Visit. CHAPTER XXV.—Candies and Flowers—Some Beautiful Chi- cago Shops. CHAPTER XXVI.—Summer Night Concerts—The Delights of Music Enjoyed by the People During the Dog Days. 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 Advis- ory Strain. PART II. THE GREAT WORIvD'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 Dur ing Fair Time. INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. FUIvI. PAGE IIvIvUSTRATlONS. PAGE lyillian Russell Frontispiece A Group of Footlight Favorites 220*^ Popular Playhouses 401^ 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 II.I.USTRATIONS. 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 loi XXII. Satellites of the Tiger 104 XXIII. A Masquerade Sprite 114 XXIV. The Fair Shopper 120 XXV. On the Caroussel 123 lO PAGE In XXVI. 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 XIv. The Haymarket Mouument 198 XLI. A Cheyenne Fairy 201 XLH. Cheyenne Types 203 XIvIII. Candies and Flowers 206 XLIV. Blevated Railroads 216 XLV. The Author Moralizes . 223 WORI^D'S FAIR PICTURES. I. Administration Building 224 II. Figure from the Mining Building 234 III. Figure from the lyiberal 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 ofthe 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, pos- sessed by the future metropo- lis of the United States. Chi- cago has been called the :\m«\v Paris of America, that ti- tle 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 vis- 22 itor 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 lan- guages, being brought hither by the Great Expo- sition that is destined to be the marvel of all nations. That some of this floating mass will re- main 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. It is the purpose of the present work to set forth, in a terse but comprehensive manner, the various sorts of entertainment offered by the Coming Metropolis. The Author, while sufficiently modest to keep his identity a secret, makes bold to assert that no person who scans the pages of this book will be able, after he has done so, to lay claim to ignorance of the means whereby to procure enter- tainment or solace for such hours of idleness as he may find on his hands during his stay in this city. The present area of Chicago is a fraction over 180 square miles. What its area will be next year, or ten years hence, nobody can predict. For the present it is sufficient to know that within that area 23 of 1 80 square miles there dwells a community ac- tive, energetic, mercurial—eager in business and therefore keen in its thirst for recreation outside of business hours. The present work is undertaken in no spirit of levity or thoughtlessness. Its author is a man-of- the-world who, recognizing the desire of the aver- age man to be amused when the cares of business are done, and being fully cognizant of the qualifi- cations of this city in the amusement line, aims to instruct the uninitiated wayfarer in the paths he may follow with the most satisfaction to himself and the greatest benefit to his system.