Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 11, 1874, Page 16

TIHE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY I1, 1874 CHICAGO CLUBS. The Rise and Fall of Bo- hemia. Mr. McVicket;s Connection with That Kingdom. Happy Union of Vice-FPress ident and Landlord. The Hecaton, and Its Untimely 5 End. Bistory of the Press-Club---The Man with the Dollar. Origin of the High-Toned Metropol- itan Club Mr. McVicker Is Again Re-elected to the Vice-Presidency. 4nd Again Fails to Collect Any Rent. The Last Unpaid-for Festival Awriter in 2 daily paper, not maoy weeks agc. endeevored to illustrate o the riting gen- eration committed to his care the innate force of the monosyliables of our lenguage, as com- pared with their more elegant syponyms of greater length. The writer omitted from his article one of the most remarkable monosslla- ‘bles that the ingenuity of men hea formed. TThe little word in question bas afforded more amusement than almost any other. It has steeled the feminine heart against that mascu- lice orgaa which, we sre lsrically informed, &honld pulsate in nnison with it ; has been tho destroyer of that charming confidonca which all Soung men wish to inspirs in their young wives; s become s byword among the matrons, and = never-failing cause of reproach agamsb their busbands. The *club,” alas, is regarded s the bugbear of every domestic fireide, and all its other members Jooked npon by the family of each as fell tempters and unsocieble misog~ yoists. It is pot the office of the impartial historian ta correct by srgument these feminine antipathics. ‘He should not become the apologist of his com- panions in such a manner asto throw doubt upon tne candor of his tale. He should endeavor aply to give the facts to the world, and an op- portunity to sll to jadge fairly upon them. And with these prefatory remarks, humbly dedicated toMr. James H. McVicker, for reasous given below, he will commence his trathful history. THE JOREMIAN CLUB. Inall large cities thero exists & number of young men of the largest posible capacity for enjoyment, and ihe highest imaginable appre- ciaticn cf social amenities, combined with the wuumost aftainable want of moooy. They are, -generally epeaking, young men Of arerage ability, living on their wits, unrestrained by the barassivg conventionalities of Eociefy, going to bed sbout the time when otner people turn over fortheir Jast snooze, od getting up when the Test of the world is preparing for dinnor. These voung men are generally tied down by no family dnties, exd live 2 life of single blesssincss all for themsaelves and their employers. Their de- votion to duty i3 sometimes amaziog in the ex- tremes of hilarity to which it carres them, and their devotion to tuemselves often sublime in the oblivion of the rights of otbers that it brings withit, Suchmen have from time immemorial beon termed Bohemians, and perhaps nct ons in ono hundred ever knew whs. They figure in ditorials, and are presented on the stage in nearly every “modern society drama. This tile, which is Gupposes to inciude all those eocial Arabs whose sole occupa- tion 15 to live bohind the ecenes of daily life, has iately fallen into disuso in Chica~ go, and is now hurled only at the wretched re- porter who immortalizes small men in long in- terviews. But a few years sgo, when Chicago wea alreedy a lerge city, the Bohemians includ- ed more than pewspaper men. Actors, painters, journalists, stenographers, and their friends, were formerly regarded as belonging to this fra- ternity. And, at the time when these gentlemen formed the original Bohemian Club of Chicago, they wore numerically strong and collecti o spectable. At the same time, thoy were indi ually impécunious, end it waa this latter unde- eirable characteristic which has secured the im- mortality of the organization. Like other famous iue:itutions, the Bohemian Club started from a very small begioutng. Is may be said of it, as of rsankind, that we are furnished with very shadowy and unreliable dats 2s to its commencement. Time and ts creditors have wiped ot many of the ancient relics of the Association, and the historian must refer the reader to his own imaginstion for the erigin of the Bobemian Club. From s few siray facts in poseession of the writer, it appesrs that it first saw light in 8 beer-saloon, having been ushered into existence by that refreshing fiuid which has inspired the gory records of many & sensational police item. ~Bat, having once given evidence of ita existencs in a feeble, but emi- nently appropriate msnuer, it attracted the ot~ tention af the gentlemen Wwhoge mames subse- quently shed lugtre upon its annals, The Secre- ’s records show, in & few very brief words, that it met in the office of Mersrs, Biomore & Nevins, short hend writers. At tius time it wasa VF_E‘dull institutiop. The members would meet i that office frequently, and diecuss the fature prospects of the Club. They would then call opon the Treasurer for & fnancial statoment, when the Treasarer would rise, clear his throat, and remark that when the members paid in the first dollar of dues or initiation fees he would be abletogive s very clear and explicit state- ment of its expenditare. “As the case now stapds,” he wounld add, ‘‘the Treasurer's books ' chronicle only the indebtedness of the members, which is a8 follows: ” At this point the mingtes almost invarisbly show tlat -the Treasurer was called to order. In k0 orderly and:original b organization a Treasurer who could not make a financial stato- ment withont the aid of money from the mem- bers was regarded as unworthy to hold so re- ible an office. Aud, as the "Club had little to do but discuss its officers, tho changes in the &dministration were more frequent than South American revolutions, The Ireasurer was the officar most frequently in troublo; but the Presi- dent's Muhrina!ed wuotions of order and propriety often_involved him in difficulties which conld only be obviated by his_resignation. But the Club was in its infancy in those dsys, and sy Iittle unaccountable freaks of this kind should o regarded with paternal partiality. “When, in the course of & year, nearly all the ‘members of the local departments of the dailies, » few dozen actors, and a squsd of other Bobe- mians of mripgéap\usuils had joined the Club, it was determined o look out for more spacious quarters. Arrangements woro made through a committes to secure rooms in & pribli building. The Committe consulted with AMr, McVicker, and concluded s Lreaty with that gentleman, in 1867, the terms of which wers that he should give them one large 2nd_well-lighted room in & con- venient part of his theatre building for $25a month. If the Secratery has not blundered by resgon of tue confusion this announcement created, the Bobemian Club was astonished st this liberality. Mr. McVicker was unani- monaly elacted Vice-President, and preparations were made to move into the new guarters with- ont delny. A carpot was bought and spresd upon the fioor of that roons. It was a Brussels of gorgeons pattern and excellent quality. And, moreover, it was paid for in currency, snd the receipt filed amopg the archives of the Club. The payment of that bill was the great event of its history. A epecial meeting was now called, and, sitting Tpen chairs kiedly fumished, it is ux:dexstoog by the property-man of the theatre, a grave and exceedingly importent consultation isheid. With 8o eloguent & commencoment ss that cerpet, it was fitting that a more cumplete oigenization ehoald ba‘ P23 deced ' their resignations, The city editor of & dsily peper rced & long: address written for Lim by the sporting reportef, setting forih the bright prospects befors a club which had purchased a carpet and paid for it, and hop- ing that mere _individual aspirations and intor- ests would be forgotten in the ono purposc. The Club reccgnized the wisdom of this sentiment. and unanimously re-elected that gentleman President. A slance at tho carpet convinced every mem- ‘ber that Afr. McVicker ehould be Vice-President, end ko wbs re-elected. A Treasurer of 3n- doubted integrity was also found, and then the committees were appoiuted. If pames alone guzrenteed respectability and perpetnity,’ the Boliemian Ciub would have lived until duoms- day. The commuttees were excellent to Jook at. _With all proper pride tho Club_elected tho heads of tho newspapers, cditore-inchief, managing editors, and propristors of theatres ; and other gentiemen whose standing _guaran- teed solvency were freely appointed. The rec- ords do not show that these geutlemen consent~ ed to the honor thus thrast upon them, nor that they declived. A farnishing committes’ was composed of less exalted members, and_their purchases showed that their object was utilitari- an rather than esthetic. The tables they bought wero of pine, with modest littlo openinga nnder- peath. They were fashioned like the tables of the Deer-ssloon rather the the club-room. The borrowed chairs were retnrmed hurriedly 1o ihe property-man one evening (at his own Te- quest), and the purchasing committee sent to forage among the furniture doalors, The chairs they obtained _matched the tobles. Cards wers bought, and dominoes, snd all sorts and condi- tions of amusements of the ssme gort provided for. 'The members were all assessed to pay for an openiug, and, though the Secretary’s min- utes of the occasion are rather blind and waver- ing both in grammar and chirography, the his torian, aided by tradition, has discovered that it wa8 a very grand affair. And now that the.Club was staried, the members fonnd they hasd nothing to do. Hence they appointed a day of regular moeting every week, upon which they liefened to very dry cseays of & “*funny ™ ten- dency, investigated the Tressurer's sccounts, Goposed their- officera (except Viee-Presidont McVicker), and talked politics. When stars came to the city they were always entertained handsomely, and aeldom went away without leaving some little token of their sppre~ ciation, The walls of that room were adorned with somo pictures presented by srtist membors of the Club, which tho painters wore una: ble to sell, and these wers slways pointed out to viemors 2s among the most do- lightful results of bringing into daily contact the gret creativo minds of Yhe canvas and tho pen. Thero was one picture there towhich the Club always called particular attention, and, 88 it had a history, that history ought to be incorporated in this narrative. Mr. Barney Willisms, the Irish comedian, was smong tho visitors to Chicago who was hospit- ably trented. When Mr. Williams' engagement wasatan end, be expressed himself warmly to Mr. McVicker, and the following dialogue en- Bued: Mac—Now, Barney, the boys have been kind to you ; they've all treated yom tip top, and it Wwould be graceful act of coutesy on your patt to presont them with some token of your grati- tude; sometbing they can look upon and then think of you; something that will keep your memory s green in their hearts a3 the s yonr native oil. A Barpey—Say no more, Mac, me boy, it's jist what T was thinkin'of doin’; thoy're 'a dadent Tot of garsoons, an’ though'it'a mesilf esys it, they appraysiate fine actin’. I'll make thim & prisintation. ‘Mac—What will it be, Berney ? Barney—Now, you have me, beded, 85 the shecp-staler said to the bavgman whin tho Tope was rvound his meck. Is 3 matther of mighty importance. These Bobay- misns beve quare tastes, to be sure, and it wonld bo ag bard to plase 'em allzas to make weather to Euit the whole popalation atthe same time. Bo tho piper that played afore Mo~ ses,—nnd that's 8 musical ‘oath, T havo i, and no mistake. ¥ Moc—What might it be, Baruey ? ‘Barney—Guess. Mac—Oh, it's no use; I'd never guess. What isit, apyway? Barnes—As I was gaying before, it's herd to suit their tastes in gineral, but I think their tastes would bo nvanimous on & drop of good whisky. _Ill sind thim n five-gailon jug. Mac—I'm afraid they’d drmk it. Barney—1s it afeard they'd drink it, ye are? Wud & duck shwim; wud cat lap milk; wud an Irishman make love; wud an Americat re- fuse the Presidincy ; wud—adrick it ? Eb, faith an' shure they wud ; an what else wad you beve “em do; wud you have thim do nothing but amell it, wod you— 'Mac—Yes, but svhat would they remember you by when it was all gone ? 'Barney—Thrue for ye, Mac, it wouldn't last long, about alf an bour onca they got at it s but, shure, thoy could keep the jar locked up i the archives of the Club. Mec—Yea, but they're all high-toned fellows, ang wouid expect wine from you. Barncy—Yon don’t want me to insult me friends.. Water nould be as welcome to thim fellows as wine, but if yon tink if wou!d ba wrong to timpt thim wid whisky I'll get somethin’ else. Suggist somethin’, Mac. (2o—Oh, some books, of & nice picture. Barney—Somo religions pubications you mane? Mac—Religions! Not much. You don't know them, Bamey. Never mind thobooks ; get them 8 gicmre. arney—And a fince round it ? Mec—To be sure—a frame. ‘Barney~Whose fastures would ba most plasin® to thim ? 3 Mac—I think Fraoklin would be sppropriate. Ee was a {ype-sticker. Darney—~Why, I thought he was a sayferin' man, and wint in earch of oue of the poles. Mac—I meer Ben Fraoklin. Barney—Bin, Bin, Bin ? I don't thiok I knew Bin. 1 knew Minty Franklin in Bsliragger, sn' all bis family, but thero wasn’t a Bin among "em, Was Bin an Irishman ? Mac—No. He was born in Amorics. Barney—It must hove been before my tims then. Where 18 ho livin' now ? Aso—He'a dead. Barney—I'm sorry for him, rest his sowl ; it's tho first timo I heard of his death. Did ho lave & family ?_ L2 bis widow in camfurtable circum- stances? ‘Mac—He never bad a widow. Barney—Tho poor cratur wint before him, I supposo ; I niver heard a word of his death exther. Was her illness of a lingerin’ character ; or was hers s casoof an abrupt suspinsion of the vital functions ? ac—He noverwas marrried. Barnoy—Worso and worse. More shame for bim. What did he do in the world anyway if ho didn't support wife ? Shure that's man's mis- sion; that's what he's made for. Mao—He wrote proverbs. Barney—Novw, Mac, that’s too thin; ye want tochate me; yo wantto palm yer countryman off for Solomou. . ‘Mac—Oh, no; honest; ho wrote proverbs of his own. Barney—TYer not jokin’? Mac—Oh, no; he sctually wrote proverbs. Barney—Suro pop ? Mac—S ure, Barney—Well, T'l take yer word for it. What's that his eme is ? _Fronk what ? AMac—Frankdin, Benjawmin Franklin. . Barney—Wait now till I write down 1r. Bon- jamin Frank Barney afterwards contended that he knew all sbont Franklin : that ho was only quizzing Mac; that Le ey the entire Fraukin family, an they were decent people. Ho regrettod there wes no more of them. He wandered round tovn untl he found Franklin, when he purchased him for €175, and then * fencea” Dim in with o _framo that cost §2 more, sud the picture and the “fence” he presented tho Club, and they were all very happy. Ar. Williams® kind offering, with ifs unpre- tanding frame, whoee pecuniary valuo tho his- torian would blush to name, was hung upon the walls 0 the club-room, aod » formal acknowl- edgment meds to the geninl ang talentod actor who had thus left a memento of bLiaaesthetio sppreciation in a room dedicated to gemus, There aro certain harrowing details duly re- corded in thie Secrotary’s pages, which tho writer ghrinks from inflicting on the public. There were dark days, when the blitheness and reckless gnicty of the Ciub would be Dbanithad, sod when en sir of gloomy forehodivg would enshrond thet ~ club-room. On such occasions tho Treasurer would produce from his vest-pocket, or the lining of his hat, a document headed, it was found vhen opened, with the namo of Some mercenary tradesman of combination of mercensry_tradesmen. Om the right-band Eide of these documents was found an array of figureswhich, when read, would pro- duce an ominous silence, broken atlongth by the rising of some Bobemian, who, with &n_sir of sopulchral solemaity, would * move that the bill be ordered paid,” and the Club would unsni~ ‘mously agres that it be ordered paid. Thenum- ber of orders tliat each bill be paid was simply marvelous, There was one bill which increased in volume every time it waa presented. If read somewhat as follows : g I, H. McVicker. For rent —.” Tho blank was filled in at first with the modest figure of $25. Ii ly incressed until more than twelyo tunes that amonnt was set dowa. fectod, and all -the ofiicera-voluntarily :ten- | With their usual readiness of invention, the-Bo- hemians would selmenly “order it paid” every time s reminder camo in, and the easy-gmng Vice-President, when presont, would: cordially orderit paid to tho easy-going landlord, and prob- ably feel just aa happy after the ordering busi- ness bad been disposed of as he did before. As hinted above, enchre, poker (in a quict way). dominoes (**little square bits of bone,” a8 sn ex-President of the Club called them), eseass snd debates, with interludes of beer, occupied the scrions_attention of these bright ymma' men, But time and creditors were slowly an surely eating away the foundations of the Bohe- mian Ciub. How long that deeervingorganization might have postponed ultimate aunihilation by the iatter, one cabnot tell. Its ultimate ruin was brought about by & matter quito foreign to the intexeats, one would suppose, of the, mom- bers. They struck upon & rack which, f.hnuqlh it had wrecked many other bodics, ought never course of this one. was theology. It is needless to detail accurately the various raligious opinions avowed by the mem- bers ; thoy were finally collected into two divis- jons,—orthodox and heterodox,—in which every oan was the former and every otber the latier. The first time the subject was entered npon, it w88 in & purely iuformal mavner, but essays and epoeches, and sarcasms_sud innuoudoes, and criminations and recriminations, and personali~ ties, and all sorte of things of no interest to the publio, followed, and. one sftor anothor, the members left in disgust, shaking from thoir out- raged consciences all responsibility for the debts of the Club, Cholers breaking out in that abode of génius, or » Bhieriff’s posse, could ot more effectuatly have cleaned it of human boings. The placa waa deserted ; dust vied with {he tobacco juice in obliterating the goy pattern of the carpet. The chairs and tables had the place all to them- setves, and an appearance of desertion was char- sctoristio of tho npartment where beer and Prilliancy had vied with weoda and wisdom. Mr. MeVicker waited patiently for the rentdue bim, and, if he is sanguine, is etill wait- ing. No_ sttachments on the furmitaie ever iseued, and after some months of wait- ing tho Vice-Presideat had the chaira 2nd tablea conveyed behind the coriain of his theatre, and unconscious andiences gazed for E:;m upon the tables over which so many good things had been and said, snd reporters sow_ sctors sit down professionaliy and in a highly impossiblo way upon chairs into which they bad becn wont to throw themselves with all the casy grace of pature unedorned by art. The glowing figures which had once thrilled the sonls of Bohemisns with esthetic tremors were {ransformed by & few fouches of the scene-painters brush into portraits for slage purposes; & gracious Madouna by some artist- member of the Club_needed but half a dozen daubs to serve for Pauline ; the portraits of the firat two Presidents were doubtleus disposed of to AMr. Aiken and retouched,—one to repro- sent Hamlet Senior as “ Mercury new-lighted on » Heaven-kissing Lill,” and the other his wicked brother ; 8o that there might be additional point to that mauager's innovation when he ' said 4 Look upon this picture and on that.” That carpet was critically examined by Mr. McVicker, It was shamefully dirty, f0o completaly frescoed 10 stand renovation. 1t was shakon and sccared and put down in the drossing.rooms. Ouly one plece of the furniture of that shrine of wit, intellect, snd impecuniosity remains to this day, and that is Mr. Barney Williams' donation to the Club, Benjamin Frauklin atill survives the ruin of the fire which destroyed his companions, an if the historian’s data are not defective, btil gazes in an attitude of ¢alm benignity from one of the walls of Mr. McVicker’s house. And 80 ended tbe Bobemiau Club. Ithsd a brief and bruliaot existence. It had mere offi- cers than sny orgsnization of such short life, and paid ont Jess money than any but one. At the zenith of its glory it was interesting, and, when it died, bad many mourners, principally creditors. It leaves no moral, Eava & reminder of tho extreme precariousness of human institu. tions, aud a caution to other clubs to bowaro of introducing theology into public discussion. TIE RECATON. When the Bohemian Club yielded up its last ‘breath (which act was sccomplisbed by some~ body handing & bunch of keys to the Chairmen of the Execulive Commitiee, and telling um that these were the keys, and he, the deliverer, Dbad nothing more to do with eo ill-starred an organization), chacs came again 1 Bohemis. Tho gay young doge in striking togs, who were wont, ob s drizzly, miseiable afternoon to sncak, with their overcoats buttoned up to their throats, to the club-room, snd play dominves with o doleful effort to convince one mnother that_they greatly enjoyed the pastime, mow wandered round to foreign billiad halle, and played the old six-pockot game with ® reckless aud defiant air. Bat Bohemians, Like geeso, are gregarious in their instincts, and, also, geese, tho wilder they are the more glegarious do they become. The Boheminn Clab dead, and several members thercof de- ported, an effort wss made to steri another guch organization upon s more enduring foundation. And henco, in the early days of 1869, the short-lived ** Hecaton Club® was organized. The gantlemen who conceived the idea of such & club deserved succees. They went to work in the right spirit, _Mombenship waa confined to actors and jonrnalists ; the en- trance fee was comparatively high, and the ducs comparatively low. But the Club, while con- ceived in good-fellowship snd brought forth in harmony, was baptized in pedantry. Hecaton meant ‘‘one-huudred” in an obsolete tongue. In the days of Periclos and Aspasia it was ‘the vernacular; in the palmior dates of Joe Whee- Iock and Linden it was meaningless, Aund though the nume miglt not have killed the Club for & long time, its pedantry was such as to be & ‘burden upon tne institution, that must event- ually have fretted it awsy into ekeleton. The by-laws of the Ciub_were strangely extreme. Membersbip was a subject which was carefully reviewed. Two black balls excluded sny appli- cant, and the writer is acquainted with several seekers for admission who would have heen readily received into prominent social circles, bus whose record was such aa to insure their rejection by tho members of the Hecaton Cfub. ‘The reader may be surprised at this scropulous care on the part of the members, but it must be borne in mind that Dohemians, while they hold themselves aloof from socicty, do 8o from choice and the exigencies of & vocation which commands their whole time, not b any mesos because they are disqualifie {from social intercourse by any ban which the world has imposed. But the by-laws which so strepuously guarded the respectability of the Club waa short-sghted at the best. Their laxity in other particulars brought the downfall of the institution, The enemy was within the citadel, Dot among the heaieg'm[i; forces, and the same trenchery which crumbled Troy brought the Hecaton' Club to grief. Bub we must uotan- ticipate. ZHecaton, 88 wo said before, meant one han- dred. 'The members decided upon limiting their ‘membership to that figure, and they sdhered, at any rate, to that part of the programmo. Within two months of the organization of Cthe lub, the ranks were full. and members wero notified that further applications for admission, while they would be considered, conld not bo practically scted upon. There is every rea- gon to beliove that this Club might, bat Aor_treachery, hove grown to be one which could compare favorably with any one of tho kind in the country. The officers wore diligont and conscientions; tho members puid their dues with commendable regnlatity. The treasury was always full, and expenses were met with proper promptitude. But thero were drawbacks to this Clab, and we do not heeitate to name them. The Tooms were situated under Wood's Muscum, on Randolph _strect, snd wero accessible only through Csrme’s billiard hall, Carme was a right good_ fellow, and his ball was s model of ‘propriety, but many of the members, whilo ab~ borrent of snything like sanctimonious scruplca or maudlmn sentiment, Dbitterly opposed & meot~ ing-room whoss only avenue of appronch was through what they irreverently tormed a @ gin-mill” The rooms were spacions snd well-ordered. A library, two biltiard- tables; card-tables; chess and checquer-boards, dowinoes (s concession to tradition more than anything elso), and othor smusements were gen- evously provided. A good sssortment of daily papers and current periodicals covered the lonE tables in the reading-room, and though the Clul was not by any means literary in its object, there was plenty of light reading for those members ‘who preferred books to billiards, and pamphlets to penny-ante. Gambling sthopg the members was strictly forbidden. ~ The Clab set its faco against such & vice in the most nna%ullifiad manner. Efforts were made occasionally to sneak professional pamesters into membership, but thes always failed, snd the gentlemen who proposed their names took the hint very resdily, and after s few attempts they gave "it up it in diegust, But while the Ciub, as s body, repudiated gambling, one or two memhers (and to the credit of the histrionic fraternity it must be eaid the; were journaliste, one of them of high stan ing) failed tocatch the epiritof the organization. Members were permitted by the by-laws to in- troduce their friends, snd the gentlemen afore- said took this apportumtby to bring into the Club, and vouch for, professional gamblers, Whose names and character werenot known tothe mombers at Iarge. Theso gentlomen were sus- piciouslv liberal in their invitations to liquor 3 era affable in their trestment of afinent mem- bers, and were generally seen at the card-tables. Games for money became common whase they had formerly been rare, and the ivited guests and’ their - Clnb frieuds ~ were _invariably the winners, . Members in good standing lost money and becamo suspicious, sad ins ehort timeibe * friends™ were marked men. The officers took prompt_notice of these offenses, and tho Ciub, waen called upon for ac- tion on the matter, to its credit, paremptorily forbade 2 contipuance of these practices. Fora little while oll went well, but the old plagne sguinsttacked tho Club; more professionsls wero introduced, more monoy wps lost by foolirh mombers ; the matter became scandalons; it had gons too far for concerted action ; promi- peut and influentisl members wero imolicate and finally the great bulk of the members with- drev in disgust, 2nd the Club came to an end: It \¥as an ignoble end, and one which should be re- membored. The offending members ara still ‘marked mon, and,should another club be formed in any imilir way, pains will be fakon to ex- cluds them, . ¥ THE PRESS CLUB. The next club which was formed in Chicago of the Bohemian order was ‘¢ The Press Club.” It was at best but a feeble institution. We for- bear to give the nsmes of the gentlemen who or- ized it because they aro yet 5ore on the sub- Ject. The writer was & member of that Ciub. Bis first experience of membership was a polite request for a dollar. With a fond faith in the ‘unselfishness of human pature he paid that dol- 1sr. He was then invited into_ the beer saloon which flourished under the old Sherman House, and imtroduced to two other ¢ journalists,” who wero connected, one with n insurance monthly the other with a publication devated to improving the minds of the young. ‘There wora also_prosent gentleman coonccted then and now with a triumphant German daily, and another young man whose vocation was to popu- larize Art_ with elsborato essays, which he sup- plemented by peddiing ““a chromo at popular rices.” Thoe gentleman who bad requeeted ollar from the writer wrote his name down in & book, and told him he was amember of the Prese-Club"” (which waa a very gratifying an- nouncement), and further informed bim that he could vote at the annual meeting which was about to be beld. The recipient of the dollar then ordered beer, and subsequently Rhine wine. Without s doubt as to the purely unselfish character of these generous proceedings on the part of the gontleman with the dollar, the party sat round their tz5le, and wondercd why the tendanca was not larger. I gave the notice, said the gentleman with the dollar. *I sup- pored at least all the Staats-Zeilung gentlemen weuld como to a German (Sherman) House.” [Laughter.] ** We will now proceed to_busi- Tess,” continued the man with the dollar. “ Gentlsmen, will you hear the minates of lost meezini‘?" To which, of course, the gentlemen with the Rbino wine respouded mfirmatively, snd the minutes were read. “There is just & quornm present,” suggested thoman with the dollar.” “Do you kuow of any othor business,” remarked ho, ** besides the election of officers?” - The writer candidly replied that he did not know of any, snd it appeared from their remarks that his companions didn't either. ‘““Tho old officers wero a8 follows," said the man with the dollar ; and he read them. ¢The by-laws ro- quite that the election bo by ballot. Let ua pro- ceed to ballot.” "The writer, with s grateful appreciation of the potency of money, nominated the only man who appesred to have any,—the man with the dollar, —and su exanination of the ballots showed thab this gentleman was duly elected. Other officers were simitaly procured, and s highly respecta- ble set of names adorned the Fages Of the book of records. When the vesult was publiched in tho daily papers, great diseatisfaction was oxpressed at the Jeswitical mauner (the Gissppointad candi- dates thought it Jesuitical. of courss) in which tho clection had been carried. But the Clubwas pretty well satisfied with the result. The man with the dollara (for he subsequently acquired quite a number of them) was a very eneigetic and efficient President, and but for his efforts the Club would have lived only a short time. Uuder hia foithful management, vigorous and well-attended meotings were held, aud whea he resigned bis important trust to (s successor the ‘memberskip bad esrly doubled. During its career of nearly t50_ years, this or- nization accomplished some very uscful work. §F oupplicd soveral sots of pall-bearers, and in- dorsed soms highly eulogisticand eloquent reso- Intions of respcct for the memory of deceased ‘members. But its_chef-d'wuvre_was sccomplished in quite another manuer. . It gave a bauquet at the old Brigzs House, whera all the members of the press paid for admission. The traditional * com- Plimeatary tickets wo:é reserved, however, for those membors who came in a _professional ca- pacity, the Club well know:ng how littlo enjoy- ment cen b obteined from a festival at wlich the feaster is obliged 10 attend to business of & highly exaspeisting nature. That banquet was, it was hoped, tho firat of a series of annual reuu- jons, to which members could bring their fanulies sud indulge in a great deal of friexdly com- munion. But tho good intentions which aro said to compose the sombre mossic of tho realma below, could have been but Nicolson aticr all, for tho Firo swept them away with a great denl of otlier useful matter. Oct. 9, 1871, it needed no formal gataoring to deciare tho Press Club dissolved. Its members were ecattcred and had other things to think of, and no effort hss been made to reorgenize. Tt began ather inmgnificantly, and departed thia life in & biaze of glory. THE METROPOLITAN CLUB. The clubs whose history we have endeavored thas brietly to present to the world, with uaught set down in malice and_nanght estenoated, wero croatures of the ante-firo period. They belonged Yo 01d Chicago, and bave very littlo in common with the new. The memory of them is mel- lowed by time, their short-comiugs half con- cealod in the desert of smoke which towers up botween s and the days of their primo, and wo smile at thewr follies and achievements, 08 we would aver the queer_doings narrated in Mr. Pepys' his diary. Many Of the members of the three organizations whose chroni- cles are here prosented in condensed form are still among us, but they are not guite the individual beicgs. Tho ola order eame hos chepged, yielding placo to mow, na. Ty fmall thair " destinies upon » modol vuolocked for in the days wo have written of. The times bave changed, and they bave changed with the times. Werothey to start again, they might, in thewr chastened experience, Teach results such as old TUlysses_in his moment of lofticst enterprise never dresmed of : found little communities that would shame the Carleton and tho Lotos, and make pames that would live in less perish- ablo records than those of dsily journalism. But with these gontlemen we have done, and their deeds and misdeods havo nothing to do with the next club of which wo shall write, snd with which we shall close this chapter of reminiscen- ces. Only one name mentioned above is hero to boropeated. Ho was a Vice-President of the first club, end Vice-President of this; ho was & vichim to that and s victim to this. The genial propristor of McVicker's Theatre inys the same part set down to him by the Bo- Peimisas, the stego upon which the farco was enacted in Old Chicago being practically tho game 83 that upon which be appeared as comedian in the new city. McVicker's Thcatro is the scene of the story, J. H. McVicker the person most interested. “As the palaces of stoneand marble gaze tow- ering above tho streots whereon once watched the fowlier buildings of the pust, 8o did the gregarious gentlemen of the Metropolitan Club, smile supenority over the nomads who throve beiore them. tLet ua hope the simile eads there. Tn good King Dagobert’s palmy days, we aro told, saints were many and sins were few; whilo under the succeedivg regime, offenses multiplicd and irreproachablo_charncters wero fourd to bo in an inverse ratio. The contrary is thecaso with Chicago. befora the fire were few and far betwesn, while their dofamera Were many; since that time tho saints have grown in numbers and the scoffers dwindled iuto insignificsnce. Reference wae made in connection with the Pross Club. to a young man whose life was devoted to art, and Whose business was principally the reduction to popular rates of pions chromoa which the many scoffers of the period were wont to denounce a3 pious frauds. Ho was o man who, take him for 1 in all, we do not wish to look upon bis like again ; that is, Mr, McVicker does not, and Mr. McVicker's word s Jaw in this article. His dress was a8 faultless 28 his address ; his ehirt a8 spotless as his reputation in certain quarters; bnb his reputation, like his shirt, needed renowing two or three times every now aud then, There ere only two classes in this world, if we are to believe Charles Lumb, the smallér one londers, and the larger one borrow- ers. 'This gentlemen scorned the faw. sud et with the many. Like Poins, he believed * Baso is tho slave who paya ;" like Jago, ** who stcals my purse steals trash.” The historian is com- pelled to admit that he knew this gentle patron of Art; that he voted with him st an historic mecting of the Prees Club ; that, after ihe fire, he veotured, with muoch timidity, to speak to him when the iwo met in a professional way at meotings of dirty men who wanted office; that he knew him as the *so- ciety reporter” of alarge daily, and that when e went abroad to find & social laundry he w28 missed only bymercenary peopleand——2ir. Mc- Vicker. d it Mr. McVicker had ouly been a reporterinstead of a landlord, hewould not bave misspd him g0 much, Thi gentleman’s Wan- Sl Shmi s Lot derings ““in eociety™ brought him in contact sith many gontlemen of- high social standing whogo names = not be rovealed in these rec— ords, although jusiice demands that the ehould, because they were more sibn sgoinst then sioning. They wera young socBty men, with nearly as much moncy as ood-will, and generally moro of either than of rains. o these geutiemen, the Patron of Art, for the while » Society-Reporter, nufolded -8 scheme of a Club which should be high-toned. The young scciety men wero plensed ot being eelocted by a Society-Reportor as members of 8 bigh-toned Club, and gladly supported him. After many consultations, theze excluaive young persons called » meeting in one of the hsadsome Tooms of AMcVicker's building, and there dis— Ccussed tho metter, TheClub, it was understood, was to pe called * The Phabus Clab.” Mr. McVicker .was present, When the ambitious nome of the organization was made known, be rose aud made s few remarks, somewhat as follows = “'Tho pame smagested seemstome an odd ome. Can any gentloman prescnt tell who Phmbus was ? If my recolicction of wmythology gerves me, Pheebus was an ambitions man who took Apollo’s chariot from the hitehe ing-post, whero 1ts owner had tied his nagup while taking s smile, and sttempredto drive sacroes tho eky with 1t; and, if Iam pot mis. taken, he came to an uvpleasant end, 85 all such unprincipled young men ought to.” 3 t is true Mr. McVicker's mythology was atrifie shaky. He wae quite right in the story, but some way had Phaeton and_ Phwbus mixed up. But he paid dearly for his remarks. A tall, Bhaggy figure arose from its chair ; its hair was artisucally combed down ovor its eyes, and thoss organs concealed d_glasses; its hesd was heavy, and no part of its face was visible for bair. Tt wasa dramatio critic, aud this was y—y—nony g—gentleman c—y omes -ako a burlesqae oat of this m—m— m—yeeting, y—it would be y—y—y—yeminently pr—y—oper that he t—y—alked with s—y—ome To—oe—rtog—y—ard to y—acouracy. Y—I, kn— 3—ow who Ph—Ply—y—y—y—y—y—cbus was, r. Chaitman, if b—y—e don't, and can h—y— elp hum to 1—3—earn,” ‘Which was a crushing defeat to Mr. McVicker, who found ont what terrible error he had made. But be maintained the absurdity of * Ph—y—y —J—~cbus,” and was sustained in his views by the meeting. The result way the namiag of the Dpew orgauization tho ** Metropolitan Club.* There were_members of this Club who were especially * high-toned,” nono mora 80 than tho Society-Reporter. He was the most unreasons- ble peak of tone. He was an embodiment of tone; he was tone itsclf, He would bave an in- Yestijating committes on membershin wao ghonld ferret out the antecedents of every appli- cant, and report the ageof his grandmotber, and the causo of desth of his more remote pro- genitors; who shonld give an abstract of the Gaily walk and conversation of every aspirant for tone; who should be able to speak definitely a3 to the liguor he got boozy on, and at what = bar he = procured® it He found sympathizers io this view of & Club. There was family of brothers (call them not snobs nor shoddies) who fully agreed with him that you could not conveniently cxchange ideas oung | (if you bappened to_bave any) with & man who could swallow s toddy ; or comfortably seo him Plsy a game of billiards which he had learned in a common billiard-hall; you could not ask after bis family if they did ot move in your own set, or give him eham-sympathy for the death of a sister who was not * in society.” Tone must be maintained. Unfortunately for Mr. McVicker, these gentle- men were not alloved to bave their own way. Other members of the Club, knowing that in nombers thore was safety, insisted or letting in what thess examplos’ of “fono” de- nounced “the rabble, and at omo time the Clubbad sbou scventy-five members. Last May, when it arnved, found them with Ar. McVicier as Vice-President. aod & room in hifs building oc- cupied by them. 1t Was nicely-furnished, The front room (for it was partitioned) contained cord-tables, sime very respectabls paintings, and elegaut furniture; tho snte-roomn some moro elegant furpituro; the innmerroom o billiard-tzVle, and (think of 1t, ye gentlemen of tone!) the inner room of ‘all.’s bar. They did not call it a bar. Vith them it wos a buffet, or a0y otler pame tha very high tono suggested. To speak in the mauner of Sbakespeare’s clowns: 28 they drank liquor there, it was & bar, tut a8 they uever paid for that liquor, it was not bar: 23t wag a lowman vwho ‘aited upon them, it was o Lar ; but os it was young men of tono nho were waited upon, it wes abuffet. There is pleuty in & name. ‘A4 cutrance fce to this select assortment of tones was $100; the dues, wo_believe, 253 mouth. Did not that buy tone 2 No, it bought jast cnough to kaep tho credit of the Metropolis tan Club good uoul it collapsed, which it did only a month or eosgo. 1t did not pay for the clegant farnituro, or_the pictures, or the buffet. And as thero appeared to be no pros- pect of these things over being paid for, it was decided by tho Socicty-Roporicr that their ruin, if Tnin most come, should be bigh-toned. There sliould be nothing mean or petty abont the Mot ropolitan Ciub. Its debts, if it must have dc®s, must be worthy of sociely young men who koew their grondfatbers, sud who had never dore drudgery in an offico, Therowas nothing mean about them individually; no taint of meanness ehould apply to them collectively. Eserybody xemembers tho grand_ xeusion of the Metropolitan Club, given Inet spring op the cecasion of the addition of some half-a-dozen splendid rooms, ricbly furnished, to the apart— ments of the Club. All the beaux and belfes of socioty wero there (80 at_least the Society-Re- porter confidentialy informed tho historiau), and tho affair was & brillisnt one. As a matter of sbeolute fact, it was. There was present eomo 0f tho officers of the Club, who ate geatle- men in_every seoso of tho word, fie, manly, honorablo fellows, who only jomed it because evervbody nsked them to do8o; and they and the Iadies who came with them gavo to the hnm- bug the only tone of sterling metalat ever had. And that sopper! It cost 31.200,—to tho ca- terer who provided it. He formiehed it mistuit- ously, althongh nothing was further from his wishes thin such genercaity at the time Lie pro- wvided it But why prolong this harrowing tale? The Bociety-Reporter went to Europo ; the Metropol- itan Club went to—rwell, whero all such base pinchbeck concorna ought to go. The furniture went back to tho furnishers ; the little tickets in the box at the bar (buffat, we mean) were nsed for enow in McVicker's Theatre; the landlord went for the members, and_could get nothing out of them, and Mr, McVicker registered a quiet vow that ho would nover rent his rooms to a Club agein. or accept » Vice-Presidency, even if that of the United ’ates were offered him. There aro other Clabs in the city, living snd thriving. They were properly orgauized, are capitally conducted, and will probably live for many years, But, a8 to the four organizations whoge memoirs sre here given to the public, who can soy that the simple associations of the gen- tlemen of Bohemia can compare, for shoer cheek and contemptible hollowneas, with the gilded gutherings of the very higi-toned sprigs of Chi- cago eoclety ? JZWELRY. CONESSTR JEWELERS, ‘Having removed to their Wholesale Rooms 150 State-st., (Over Grover & Bakors Sewing Machine Oftice), will se;l tho remainder of thoir Eotail Stock Boston Dental Association, SBNYDER, Dentist, Mansger, Northeast Corner Dearborn and Madison-sts, Full Tpper or Tower SetsBest GumTeeth..$12 Plain Teeth... e ee-510 No char n 1 o charan for extracting ith gea when wo losert new e~ Pl this advertisement with you. PHOTOGRAPHS. Immense Sacease; Vienna Finish, New S s EUpg T S 509 West n-8t. THE HEALTH LIFT, MOST PERSONS aware that HEALTH sad STRENGTH aro INTI. MATELY rolatod. ADd it fs rapidly bosoming known that SYSTEMATIUALLY REGULATED BXEROISE, ‘when appl n accordance with pnysiological principles, Zre among tae moxt elicacions means for tha causs of discase, dovelopiag tho vital powers, and pro- The extraordinary vigor 1hat bas beoa d the romarkable cares that bavo been ef- he Heal:h-Lifr, demonstrates thatie rolat K, acquired, an featod by mzans of the oy en o elalu s Rl or Lo gl I when Tt b o whoso tim {3 proclocs 1 ko Booded oxarcias of & day fn > fow Finuies, © THE REACTING LIFTER 1 the cotponsa which sclonco and taventiva talent baro mado (o the demand for an {astrumont which wonld maka thie exercise pepular and convenlent, ‘porfabe, compact. graceful, and durable, z0d the large numbar £0ld duriog the past. year havo giren naiversal sstisfao- or ‘clty_ordcrs will receisa 3 Exerciso Rooms and Weatern Agcacy, 170 12ast Wash- {ngton-et., Chicago. Ladies’ Room at 1ol Paclsv. HOTEL. CRNTRAL HOTEL, Warket and Washington-sts. We have still room for board- ers at very low rates for the winter. Passenger Elevator constantly running. THOS. KENDRICK & C0.. Prop’rs. RESTAURANT. #Save the Cents. Dollars Take Care of Themselves.” TEE OLD ORIGINAL S5 C. CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT 1 now located st 77 snd 73 Clack.st., whero tho best and cheapest meal 1o tho city can bo had for Zo. The Diaiug Room is the moat commodions and elej - ed in Thocity: Thie Hells apd Rooms axo heated by atoam. Ladies' and Gmfl;n!:x!n'! Dining Rncmhu Lunch or. Oystors In’ evory style. Stawod Be.; Erod, e: £0c. %0 31 ‘mutation 70 89, Come ooy work donee HAIR GOODS. £ IF YOU WANT HAIR AT BANKRUPT PRICES, GO TO TELE FATR. 350 Houman Hale Switchos will bo sacrifi at less than the manufacturors pricos. {or £3, wo: -az. Sitches for 31, Switchos for 35, ‘worth 312. Tho Popuier Bralder at 3125, rmense Baryains in, Ladiet’ Underuear; I8ucked lkirts for £1; 310 pairs French Corsots {or 4ic, worth 81.25. THEK FAIR, 630 State-at.. opposits Harmon Court., TO RENT. CONCORDIA HALL, between Wabash atrical Hall can be Twents-sscond. ‘This beautiful blo terms for all respectable performancas—) Coneerte, &o., from the provclotor, JOUN SCH:! 166 Twenty-second-st., in Billiard Saloon, in basement. AUCTION SALES. BY GEO. P. GORE & CO., 68 & 70 Wabash-av, AT ATUCTION, Tuesday Morning, Jan. 13, at 10 o'clock. Dress Goods, Notions, Hoslery, Undermear, e i of Ladley Lor Bots, AR o soicq of Artli Flowers. An Invoics of Mon's and Boys' Wintor Caps. Alsn White sud Gray Wool Blan- kots, Bu Comfoftars, ricor aud Tebla Odcloths, Mat- tingd, eic. etc. B7.G£O0. P. GORE & CO., Auctioneers, 68 and 70 Wabash-av. Tvery Wednesday During fhe Year ‘WE SELL AT AUCTION Boots & Shoes And our usual offorings will b mude Jan. 14, at 10 a.m. G. P. GURE & CO., Auctioncers. AT ATCTION, On SATURDAY, Jan, 17, at 81-2 o'clook, OHATTEL MORTGAGE SALE OF 285 ROONMIS OF FIBST-CLASS Frniture, Cargets, & Stoves, Also Parlor Suites, Marble-top Chamber Sets. Lounge Eftansion Pables, Chamber Sets {n WWhite, IVhatnote, Pas Ofice Doska, Sbow Cases, Wardrobos, Brok Cas ckingham ases, an AT i Ti crates English Crockers 6 cans Ho A€o 65— Bagtes xnd Harn - Buggles and Harmesses. TUEEG. . GORE.& CO., 63 and 70 Wabash-av. WILLIS, LONG & CO,, Auctioncers and Commission Merchants, 195 and 197 Kandolphest. Regular Anction Sales on Wednesdsy and Saturdsy. FURNITURE A SPECIALTY. Special attention given o outaida sales. RETURNS MADE 1IN 36 HUURS AFTER SALE, Constymmenta soficited. AMUSEYMENTS, i UGVICKER'S THEATRE, NITL.SSOIN. Ten Nights and Two Matinees - | OF THE STRAKO0SCH ITALIAN OPERA GO, MONDAY EVENING, Jan. 12, at8 o'clock, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, M. CHRISTINE NILSSON R P s aas sty Bic. DEL PULNT aceace bero) 815 SCotAkA us. daosd S mecsl A daissipn, 82.00; Ressrved Seats, Sl Mextrs.” yral ), 32,003 4 N *“i‘.’.‘.}.‘éi’:‘,:.’:"""" oend B, SiwE can be had o- 4 5ot 47T had (oday st Box 0o of Taeatr, ey OPERA LIBRETTOS. Save 20 Conta! Only correct sod iton. Prins oy Coter el oty 1o ot e e b T JUHN MOLTER, 100 East Mad(sonst, MYERS OPERA HOUSE, Monrosat., between Dearborn and State. Alngton, Cofton & Kemle's st LAST WEEE. LAST WEER! Of tha truly extraordinarySensational Trick Pantomims of SIMPLE SIMON! Which must bo withdrawn in tho holeht of its popalari. ty to malk Sz o way for other Rosolics. Pretty Iittle DIAinnie, By tho author, BOBBY NEWCOMB. MAST. GEO. DAVENPORT, - In his Tautonis Specialties. ' BALLAD - = = = = = - C.S.FREDRICKS, PICNIC SEIBMISHERS! EVERY EVENING AND SATURDAY MATINEE. Monday, Jan. 19—A SLIPPERY DAY. 5 HOOLEY'S THEATRE. MONDAY, Jan. 12_Escry exening, and Wedaseday andt Satarday aglnces, Wasis Poullips’ Great itary Drama, NOT GUILTY (WITH A POWERFUL OAST) Rew Scenery ! Kovel and Peoatiar Effecis! h;aw G- fumes, and Thrilling Hilitary Evolnic ape. ho Battle with the Sepoys. CT 1-En ACT 3—India; ACT +—Oaicield Grange. In proparation—‘* MAGNOLIA.™ CALEDONIAN CLUB, THE NINTH ANNUAL BALL - OF THE cEIcAGO | ™ CALEDONIAN CLUB | WILL BE HELD 5T M’CORMICK’S ETATLIL, Corner of Clark and Kinzie-sts., . Monday Evening, Jap. 26, 1874, Tickets, admittiag Geatlaman and Lidics, 83, D, J. MACKELLAR, Chiet. e Bl THE TWELFTH ANNUAL BALL OF THZ ST. GEORGES ° Benevolent Association : WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE 3 BRIGGS EHOUSE, Corner Readoiphst. and Fifthas., On Tuesday Evening, Jan. 20,1874, Ma the Briggs Bouse: A § ; lo’s Drag Stars. 135 South Siato 25d Asdisoaéts, n. OUENTRAL HALL, Corner Wabash-av. and Twen'y-sgccad-at. MONDAY, JAN. I O: 5. ONE_WERK OSLY. | FRANK MMAC EVOY’S NEW RIBERNI0ON] And Irisk Comedy Company. Tho most smasing entertalument of the day, crebialr Come Dances, Wit sxd e — sosoaming ¢ . Matings o oo Adbrioiony 2 3. 2. 1. Chidren, 10ets” ™ & GLOBE THEATRE. Every ovening sud Wedassday and Sturdsy Matiaet, Fux & Deniers Pastomime Trms! TONY DBEINIEE The sole acknowledged rival of G, L. FOX as CLOWS, Ta s fem : % HUMPITY DUMPTY! As played for throoyears in New York City. =5 Talsatad Performors._An array of specialty artirt, By WILLIS, LONG & CO., 185 and 197 Randolph-st. REGULAR WEDNESDAY SALE Jan. 14, at 9 1-2 o’clock, HOUSEROLD 00DS, FURNITURE, And General Merchandise. WILLIS, LONG & €O., Auctioecrs. By WM. A. BUTTERS & CO., AUCTIONEERS, IWO. 108 MADISON-ST., (Botween Desrborn aud Clark.) 90 Bupgies, Plctons, ad Cuiters, HARNESS, &c., | ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. M. AT 10 O'CLOCK. 108 MADISON-ST, DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, BUFFALO OVERS, Rubbers, Glove Gauntlets, &c., 5. 15, 3¢ 10 o'clock, a1 108 Madison-at. ACADEMY OF MOSIC. Positively o 3 tof the grest oo oZoultively ono woek ouly. Engsgemen grest MR. JOEN DILLON, - Wha will appear in & roond of his celobrated m T I e b Chiceeo, puiis bams logg'ago acknoftledzea tiat bo hesnosacsl 19 ookt (vadsy and Taeaday Evenings and Wedzesday matizst LANCASHIRE LASS! MUSIC HALL. B (0 *“Tho Womsa Aathor of len,” &e. ix"f?flu.-':' according ta Cobb's Libracy, 5 Mosrooat. REDUCED PRICES, ‘Previous to removal to anothor city, the proprister of celebrated DR, RARNS ANATOMICAL EXFBEIY' 148 CLARK-ST., Tas reduced adzmisslon fos to 1 ke 1 o5 CENTS, e d 10 800 the most wonderfol B e PPk Matare sver cxbibfied 1) e By ELISOX, POMEROY & CO. Friday Morning, Jan. 16, at 9 1-2 o'clock, TMMENSE SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FPURNITURE (NEW AND SECOND-HAND). Parlor Baits, Badroom Sots, Wardzobes, Lo B. V. and Silver-plated Show_Cases, Desks, Stoves, lied- ding, Carpets, and Genoral 3lerchandise. Also one Bill- 1{ard Table, one. Ml&n&’glh!s. ete.. ote. JON, POMEROY & CO., & and 85 Randolph.st. By W.F. HODGES & CO,, Real_ Estate Anctioncers and Commjeelo P oy g e Lt ey ResularAuction Sales Weduesday and Saturday Evenines st 7 p.m. AlsoThurs- reai sslato sale at 8 3., nsnachl sttention given to iy o EhE Al B AT LA eyving tho resideace. Consigaments soicited. o sentogs. N R advanEomonts ads on S0cLs of merchamil-o: oy s ives. Redsnca 8 HODGES & Cb.. Ganerai Anctionsers. _ | Thicazoav: “AISTORICAL LECTURES. A sacand Ce f familiar Leorares fn Histry, U128 imied by et} b piren by tr. Edw, 5. Watene il (We Hoeen Moo 1 Canteal Half Batlding, ou tho commolRe © Darhaw. and Tugaty.second-st., begizalag wEBLOG | 3oclock py ., Monday, Jsa, 12, 1674, and contlaztd Buccessive Thursday sud Mondsy sfternoons. Fes: i Courso of Tweaty, 310 KINGSBURY MUSIC HALL MONDAY, JAK. 13, Esgagement y_xmnrdhwo E Prof. X ELEN ) THE GREAT PRESTIDIGITATEUE. ! Goncluding wlth his Character ‘Spectaley of sway Pt e CHARLES NOE'S DANCING ACADEMY,; To. 46 North Clark-st. By TAYLOR & HARRISON. Our Lask@Tering for the Segson of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC,, On WEDSESDAY, Jan. 1, at §55 o'closk. Also & line of Ladies' anc 24’ SDoos (custom-made). Dealers Tl A SR S HARRISCS, Aucttonoers, %, Au 204 and 205 Bas: Madison-at. COMISISSION MERCHANTS. STORAGE AND COMDTSSION. EENNICOTT & QUINLAIY, 218 & 220 East Washington-st., ~ Tl ta%e Siorage on the mos; Tosonablo torme. HOUSEHOLD GOODS. LOOK HERE! Fuarpiture, Carpets, Bedding, Office Deaks, Counters, Ale Boxes, and Show Cases, new and second-hand, at P. & J, CASEY’S, 41 & 43 Fifth-av., “SNOW'S DANGING ACADEMY. 62 BOUTH ELLSTE'D-ST. New tzrm for beginaers oo Monday Eveatngt. 3 Regulsr Claas avery Wedncaday snd Satardsy Evestiss Hall to ront. Musto furnished promptly £ puE2 : BOURNIQUES DANCING ACADEMY, 128 Tenty-fourt-t, zear Indini25, S