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Show IOtir (.Hie tlownl tsocUHy Mr M li. W Sheriv -! t been lr king into fanhlonaM vutdlf- f irnUaled In the cities of S v urk Thilavlelphla. Cldcago and Wahin.,f a. In Llpplncott'a Mavatino aho glvs tier luipretrioni, after an alteiiro of some time from hr native land has enabled her to view mattirs Impartially I Of courne, .Vew York li tM slf p-pointed p-pointed leader of whatever Is calle-l dety in America. "You know," says the Jisw York woman to her atr who lives In St, Louis. Mwe considir every place outside of Nee Yawk a mere coun try vHlige." The reet of the country will be thankful if Chhago shall be cine a bigger town than tketenpTt it for noothr rea-on than t emt tho como of Ksw York conceit Mr. Sherwood reviews New York society so-ciety aud thanks ber stars that It Uln the first place decent There nro no Tranby Croft stories or other rvmi.UU such as dliflgure the fair fame of the IlrttUh fahlunabt4 set The YanJer Ults and Astorr, are respectable, moral p-ople, And in vtmt reepvcU an example to their fellow countrymen l)ut New York aocMy say It In a whl-perls 1 tedious. Tbere are glare, glitter and Jingle. And m rtmI wave of spVnd ir and lumry, but lUellectual brightness and flavor ire wanting. William I Vnu an 1 Dr Franklin laid tho foundation of society In I'hllAdd I Ma, and n tltat boae It ret to this day. PMU.Mphla lire Is el-gnt, w tlfnl and artlitlc. but quiet, lutorjv-ly r(ulet People there rather pride them selves on not making much uf a show of their wealth. There U a sort of a Qnakerllke sparkle to It all thit tho writer finds chinning The womeu speak wtth a soft, slightly southern no- i cent, aud bt society Is brimful of scl I enco And high and uoble thought Then we come to Chicago. Mr. Sherwood finds society here strangel) fawlnatlng There is enormous wealth, yet the people do not S"em to be money wonhlpers to the extent they are In New York, and the toady, that unwholesome unwhole-some wrttch, U conplcuouly Abavnt Ottf ffo L atwMr wiittmii eanst. It U m rreti at a tw. 11 lirtiurm?iiUof arcei -crml trMltb, wtalrtrallr Utxt UamUril lioeaf, a very ftllmuUllaa rilrntilfl mat a Mt o( nliealeJ aivt rAnel mtum- ..eatiofHhnn Is n lHtMtl Saonvl btratn wowab U tt. ltut like wtliar ct.i-.Hf woman. Why bxil4 h Ul Tbrr have all eoeta fromtllt. Ureal uue aixt ellt?. Ha-1 thry bate iw.t jtt tiriroiivaiacoaglomviate. Tbararfrtlratl en.ll)r fwHjiaWlvawlth the-piila ttt ttf eountry. Ilir knv a rrl JmI, tbj hat L rwl iriatraM (T-wl nil) which 1Iib ta voalli and latlh awl rtMrllr Tbr Is ItllU enrr. little auutp aaj ai tUacUB la LbkaaOMrUiy, It Is only when telling About Chicago Chi-cago that Mrs. bherwood become, really waked op and enthusiastic bhe finds that city full of eiitlomtnho arj fitted, sparkling talkers, of encrgetlo and lntenttlng men. of beAtitlful girli and handaomo, manly boys. In short she believes there Is id, r. solid enjn)- uieut to the social square Inch In CM c ago than in auy other city lu the Uulou xcept Washington There her real p-irtlallty crops out Chicago wool 1 fill her eye completely, from a aocla) point of view. If her heart had not Already been captured by tit chirms of Washington. Tl i lively lit erary Udy finds what thousands ond tiiouan.2of Intelligent I-ople luivs ab tudy found Uforo her that ere is a social chirm about the capital city that Is shared by no other place Iu the world, of tlttier Iurope or America. Krtry year wealthy Americans retiring from I business are more and mora discovering this same fact, and erecting beautiful homes In the city Oeorge Washington hltuialf ttlanned nut fur tin A nuar lm n of the future. "One may welt bo proud to have a foreigner Introdncd Into eoil-ety eoil-ety In Wash lug ton," wrltci M. II W. a further i KeaUmtoqlsnowths mot dMtrsble tla- ef rMtni Inibe whole contlDntur Atorr-ka, Atorr-ka, rram lit fit, favemvats, lit broa4 streets. beautiful houasa, amfle apartrutnl hou, abtiut4i.l iDarkvtsan Imavenlwat tTr4,wlth lb cerUlatf or aocMy lb ) sar ruti t, t.vea ta ruMtutao.tr, with lit najlabbuibuud of Mowla htULtt, It Is sl4 l iMhut eilMicrtoa abla, la s,rli.f It It tbe Utrttt Oulivutb cbk of 1'roMrplae, No it,irti.llng the ItlTlora, It inor Usutlful. A drlvo 10 the Hl-Utrs'b'HkaUMsrlsadtrllaiilrtambf Hl-Utrs'b'HkaUMsrlsadtrllaiilrtambf JucudJ lbD lhM staltlf stusret, each nt wltlcb trabalinta btro, llU t twrilul UBtxlktloa ct nmit, that tUliu of lbs Carllol w hldi, Ilk a architect's tirrsin. crowns the LIU aud nntibrt out's pttetl'a all ttti anl mors bat alwars matt Usthltiftnri plrsMUt, anl. since proajf rltr bat ertpt In, now mkrt it tbs wterallothtriwhlcbarlchAintrkanthuuld chouttst tlietlia at bit bouia,btu b ilom "a tiatttf tUaur hoius dtcrt.H Mr lUacrvIttttlbo rMhkia la tniVlntlta retreiatfortho literirf nb,aal hatJatboorr thatHasen XTeoMfreutshoull rosoutb,1 Itwasawlta choW, rr Lt both cslnol aal Cftto T It. Mr. llturr AtUms aal CubtuM John llr Live fullowl bis oisruMo, an I ras&r seaaUin aa4 ofllcf rs of tl RtiTtrniutnt have bnxubl tliflr .brrUs aad ettAhlUbfd htmtlrri ta (usurious bntnts Iu Wasblagtoa after the fstltcuu of a wlukal lift aro ovir. |
