| Show IV uy r O MM w nn 1 iJ r It lifts Iles Half Hale a Million l People a Hundred Thousand Ii III E CAPI C TAL f OF IAIA Homes Homos and Many Jinny M 8 of ot Wood Wool It The j T Town Hall and an d Other A City Run nun for tho ha II i Race lIce Tho Coffee corr l ond amI amII d FI as ns Bar I II A Look lit out the Stores or How no Business Is III s Done T t Am AmII of the All About Melbourne the Hie Government Headquarters Yankee m City CIt and II Us Its Wonderful Haul I New Commonwealth Estate Doom Boom BoomI I 1 r I I v V vw WWW WWW V FIl FRANK G CARPENTER J I Viol 1001 by Frank 0 O Carpen COPT Copyright Ur ter UrMI Melbourne MI lilbourne Australia Australian II Ih n nett 11 t yar ar at least Melbourne For or of oe The Th ThIs Is iJ J b I J JI Ihu ew commonwealth iw neW nt It i I n m in May Mu and hero the tho meet j I W 11 i i r 11 ell II It 1 j his hl a I l I It have hae already 1 n w They flioy aru to 10 toa 11 uJ J d mb 11 ir t t I r III and anti to aid nl u 1 a ae n 11 s San g m ln nation permanent of a B lc Ie ti 11 m 0 nth e th Ih Melbourne is a II f rr r U r t Ill I preparations for the r I t 3 nt and It is col cot colI cotet annum t j Sol 1 18 hg statistics mowing of toe 1 I F ta taA rn et earth Ib h bun st city illy on l p I t ht There Therea 1 it h Ii magnificent aJ J A In nor nul m n a l I nUA LJ 1 i ild d be to own 1 I t n mi people 1 b h n a II ut tine public ti I und and us as ld t any nv place of or Its Ils size on an onIt onh anI lr It Hi II i at LU tile the ottie bottom of p h i Aur tu ir V In mar ar w where hero r the hirer iti I mo Into the Ihl hay of Port Portha I IJ 1 mui ml 1 You i n 11 r x harbor au ti 4 r ha pacing lib 61 six milf an II I I ik f fr Ir life tho thon fur loch S crossing cro nd 01 ant nl ul r streams lr nn In the city n Thu lv Yarra I arrn Is ho so deep iii d t m JO tons lona drawing of f that t F mn right into tn V f fn an mc 3 of tons lOll hl an h n of oC the thelver mouth hum hn lit till the lver Ives a Mlle Hille the city ell AX AN TO OATH TOWN fOW IU I In many nn Americans It the th y has the thc only ony ble bl g hink t M h n hIO S im n n I in sI 11 1 1 lu we me m c down t to Alls Au Melbourne Ils II It Ith calla TI Tune uK Ihu Ih I ID iq It of it ill Id II as f ht a fl C O It ft la Is I s younger t i nt r h I n 1 ca n of d a f iI s a Ize to 1 In h t the t taa he United hoot n ny fly It lu l five wooden shacks 9 aa j nJ tight eight elf if f hut buts In 1537 1837 when Chi chiI I 1 is AS 1 II It ha I has hasI s I e a ag and ls Is one onet 0 I h ht lill t u lion Inn n iC people ih Ihn r ro t towns of Us ls pUo on the t 10 o It It I h hF II buildings 3 II F rp i bun In s and ant more moro than lo ir or It has 1000 1009 dozen foot about a II tits our S t ra tr cr an dad 1 grounds and pam parks ks U ui I rack s an and It has hasa a i M ls y P or lit RT Sr P ti I with wooden 10 I ls ITs nj s system tt m hue cost rost costI boat 14 I I Its harbor Improve neat nel it i w Ihl I and nJ Its It nys lem em and Ln waterworks Aut nork about aboul lart arb In tin Ihs greeter Melbourne there Ire Te re t a ro ra l mm sixty six mi i and eighty public and private Oar of at the public n J CO a and another has hasliE n rilE liE TOWN TOW HAiti 4 AND D ITS FREL F has the finest public build rt age nga of astralla As the capital of ot If n has hat the treat great colonial of Bees ers cea and In addition the city buildings s Ind nd lid town tonn hall hail structures cost cosi all II t II t id ld about J 11 The tow town n hall hail lone lane st si n Built of or while a 1 foundation of oC blue lue tone It 11 flan s on the corner of at Collin nd lid Swanston streets in iii the 1110 very tery heart henrt pf I f the r rU It 11 is the thc homo home of the mayor rn OI nd ad city dl the tho coun COUll council cil I 11 but It ft has also a great amusement pa All aLi Which will Brat 2 2500 roo people whole whelO k u its can run bo Lo given at att t l Aw Ant A one in l I rent tho the hall from fromM coin coinA M A 0 to 10 II li 12 pOT nl t I and 1111 concerts have ha vo 1 his b advantage of or the great greal organ thee the theW W q e at south bulb of th lh equator and until c I t of oC the world This rg an n Ml I 1 h i I It has ISOO 00 pipes lid d t it i lh hi hr i l d ty ity keeps I an nn organ olcan i a tian saty io la i Pd Vy t it twice n a 1 week or of Ihu tr of the people and Or nr Thursday Thur Thun a sy or Saturday you ou can rp rap In la and U p un to la the for Cor an ur or 9 r of If f charge I TOWN JUN Rl FUR Fan THE CITIZENS The he i Australians believe that their towns should be bo run rum for Cor tho the citizens wither lIther than for the tho corporations corporation The Tho are owned by the tho govern government government ment There Is la one section of the tho racecourse race racecourse course to which nil all are arc admitted o tree free of oC charge und thousands of at laboring men are to bo ho j een feen them with their families on Saturday afternoons There thero are all nil sorts of or public institution tion tolie Fuch s us museums m ma picture gal galleries 6 al lelles bath s null and t I technical schools There Is a n working manH college which has hns several thousand 1 students and nn d thero there are numerous night schools The hp city ell keeps up nn aquarium antI and a good OO zoological garden orden It has hOR about acres set Rot aside for parks and pleasure grounds 8 and Its citizens have many organizations clubs for tor out outdoor amusement n The Tho Melbourne club which was 09 founded about till the time lime tho the city was begun bogun now new numbers joule moie than Moan 1000 members It keeps keep twenty t ent mon men busy to care caio for its prop pi op orgy orly paying out salaries for such purposes pur purposes Jur poses of about 3 0 pod per pol wool Already more than have havo been cen spent on tho present cricket ground anti It Is said Halll to be Iw tho the Uncut of oC Its Ils kind khol In ht the thc world orld It H comprises nine nino acres of which four and acres ure are used for playing Tim MITI I HACKS I wish I could take you out to one OM of or the Ihl grand giand meetings of the tho Melbourne race raco course The city claims to have hue havethe 1 the finest racing park paik in the world It Is known as OR tho the Flemington race Inee racecourse racecourse course It has hn nn area of acres aeres und the thc track Is a 11 mile and a n half hair In length The Tho ho whole acres except the grand stands stables and track Is covered with a 0 a lawn of n a thick velvety green The ho trucks lire are two one running Inside the tho other one titled lilted up for steeplechases and the theother other tot for run running I n g an d hurdle races The grounds are arc equipped with the latest Improvements The horses holst start at Ot att tho the rising of n 1 wire moved t by L eIre el ec and there thele are arc all 1111 sorts of pat pal patent tnt eat Improvements ns us to tinting timing etc ele At lit the great reul races laces such SUI slit ns cc the thc Mel Melbourne Iel bourne cup Clip hundreds of or thousands of people mo o present nod and the tho sight Is one worth coming to Australia to tu see The rhe Inside of tho the ring Is given gln up to Un the people who pay JIll nothing whatever The Tho grand frand stand built on n 1 hill hili at nt one olle side of the course cour e has hns class seats peats which cost 2 O each and directly be bc behind behInd hind It on or the tho hill Itself are ure equally good places which you OU can cnn have havo ha for 62 02 cents each och t In either t ther of ot these situ situations the spectator or has full view YIeW of the tho horses for tho the whole distance He Ile need Od not lose loso sight of or the race for far forthe the tho tenth of oC n second and Is just jUt ho Inc can see tho the horses horsen come cornu In II h at the tho finish tin ish ishI I have havo frequently attended aUen ed these races They are arc hold h every Saturday afternoon during luring the thc when you ou may Inny sea ceo thousands of w 1 men and women In the tho grand stand all on the hill nt Itt the tho back Jock I was surprised at atthe atthe the dressing both of ot the tho women and an men The Tho ho girls wear weal an ItS good as ns their American sisters lIsters and und the tho men then art far Cor better dressed than their broth roth brothers Irs ers of or l Nearly every one ono bets Jets the thc girls putting up their money mane na as well null as the boys boyn The Tho ht crowd includes In Includes clu os the tho public lle the till Judges and even eren the preachers though I will not way say tint 1 saw this the latter make ex extravagant extravagant x tra bets COFFEE Cot loEE PALACES VS VB HOTELS Is that big building an nn hotel I nuked asked a n Melbourne man Inan ono one afternoon as al we WI were going by one of at the finest structures of DC this magnificent t city No o was the reply I 1 dont think Its nn an hotel and still I heard tho the oth other other er r day that Its owners had bought out the right to soil sell liquors and so BO It may maybo maybe bo be e an hotel after atter all allHut al alBut Hut But what Is III If It I asked It Is II a n big coffee cortee palace And what Is n a coffee palace Oh you ou know Imo said the thc man you cant sell liquors In a n coffee pokes A coffee palace palaie I is 18 where they koep keep eve that belongs to 10 n proper hotel hotd except the tho bar Lar An All n hotel Is ii I a Q place where herc wh rl liquor arc sold ol without the lilt liquors It 11 cant bo ho n hotel What do you DU 1111 mean by II tho the owner owners buying biding out the right tight of oC some name poor ho ill hotel tot tel V That Is a 0 part port of or our liquor option opt Ion law Only so BO many men place Pisces lire are li II licensed censed and If It u n new now place plate wants onla to 10 start up III 7 It 11 hns to tu buy ou out t one on e of lit a f the lInt theold Ih old 0 Id licenses or UI watt wait until there Is to n II va vu coney cuney Our laws halve will not penult en eu loons Liquors U can be h sod old lolli only at st public houses or nr hotels bug IJU bu many mony of ot the this hotels have havo only one or two bed hell bedrooms rooms looms to rent and anti their chief business Is III In running naming the bar The Fite charge la is lafrom from 70 7 to 1260 O per pr annum although some places are tue TO even 1111 lees 1 than limn these th sll ESS tIN A Notwithstanding this I find that bars Ire are more liters frequent here her than limn In Anion Ameri America cu ca the Tho man who wants a n 1 drink can CAnI got gat I It In any Iny block and It If he Is an Aus Australian the chances are IC nine out nf of often ten en that he ho wants It I 1 have hate neverseen never neer teen seen a 1 place where drinking Is III more common and und where so many ninny people Keep themselves well veil 11 soaked The chief drink Is In Scotch and anti the customary way say a of drinking It Is to mix A AA AA A A AA theIr ru regular hours Some of them tire are very vary blight ht and nearly nil all charming so o 0 that It Is IR no 1 that tho thu men nten like to conic conn in for tor u n chat and a drink SS IN J Melbourne Mel IE Is ono one of oC the beet t bu hU ln iH I cities olUes of Australia llo It hues hits a n number of rich and Its us people arc ure great i slender p r They are fully as well dressed as ns the tho New feu el Yorkers and the I most mOlt of ot thorn live lire up llIn to their tItell Income I time The town toun has good stores status and tots of or them thorn There are 1100 groceries firo cries 1000 I fruit store GOO butchers tobacco chops WO Soo 00 laundries laun and more marl than 1 bakeries Thero Thera are COO IO lawyers III doctors lurs Soo preachers and GOO COO confectioners I fuel and pastry nook It takes 00 to make clothes for the till women of or Melbourne antI and there rl are aia tailor allot shops for limo tho men The city II has hasa a 1 large number of oC insurance companies real estate and HO banking Institutions Its Us chief honks banks have brunches i in h l the state sl loot of Victoria and andin In all nil parts harts of oC Australia anti It Is la to n 1 I large extent the tho money center of the country Some of the stores are large Some Sonie ate are called universal providers rK taking the lie place of oC our department stores All have good displays In their windows mind and nil mill advertise In ht the tho lh spread eagle engle American way WilY One bookman book man boasts T VV It Jt with water and sip It A great ninny many man mandrink drink whisky with their meals men Is and treating or as they call It here shouting Is 19 cummon common man Is thought to be e mean who drinks alone amid In the thc smoking rooms of ot the ho hotels hotels hotels you may mn tee Ice oe men nien sipping and drinking together from tram dinner until bedtime One of or the th surprising things thing Is le the little account that thai Is taking luking of or drunken drunkenness ness or drinking No o ono one seems scents ashamed of laving having contracted the hab iamb habit it and I have heart heard many man men refer OH OM nonchalantly to their having l hl been tn en endrun drun drunk an till jou would to having taken your our dinner Not long ago I 1 was as riding on the tho railroad In company with three Aus UIs Australians us who were evidently old ohl friends One of ot the m n said Enid You roe rec how much fatter I look That fat rat oom comes i from temperance I haI taken on 00 flesh since 1 I slopped 1 boozing boosing I 1 used t tt to drink live five bottles of oC gin In every week right rl ht along and antI often ollen much more About six nix Ix months ago ngoI I tapered 13 ored off and antl nt nl once onre t began hran to fatten and since then I r bare gained two stone In hr n month The other gentlemen Joined In like stories of or themselves and friends F They kept up the until Jh tilt he Hopped nt at a n station when they all nil wont went out for tor a 1 glass of or whisky and soda Im TY DA mlA IDS One of the worst wont features of oC the liquor wattle in Melbourne find other Australian cities la that the drinks drink arc aN dispensed by women One of oC the tho chief professions for tor females Is that l l of ot bet hAr maid and the prettier the the greater her custom girls ore are especially and the town lown has hns the reputation of If having haring the prettiest barmaids of Australia AUl They Ther are ue paid pall fixed wages wa es and they th have of oC having haying looks books In his hili shop and tills fills the newspapers with his poetic I effusions as to his goods IO lS This Is called the 11 Bonk ink auk Arcade It ft U Is a n sort of ot n a ile de tl department nt store In which hooks books are ore most prominent It U sells Mils also nUo stationery randy and un pictures and you can get Jet n tooth pulled or r jour our photograph taken while you ou WRit wait Many Assay I ny of or the large stores are In nr at arcadI caries cades running from one principal street to another In the summer lummer the sun Kun Is very Ir lint hot and these arcades ar ades protect the shoppers OPALS AUE Among Arnone the tho most Interesting stores stereo an are those selling Jewelry for tor they tho give gho I IOU you ou an Idea IdAA of tit the wealth and luxury loving of uC the people There Thero art are unarm quarts of or diamond and ontI pearls ex IX loPed hosed In the lilt cut cases sad And the windows wIndo ws are with rings brooches rouches and precious stones stone lolI Among Amann the thu th mot most common or of f jewels Jewel are or opals which came from Australia They may mo be Lf seen AMU Rt 11 everywhere I verily believe I I have lut handled bandied a It half belt bushel of them during my uy stay In the country They sue art re sold old hl set et l and nd onset un t and are or cheaper than with i 1 but the tho better hetter stones bring good prices price An opal the size alzo of at 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