People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1894 — EXTENSIVE ACQUAINTANCE. [ARTICLE]

EXTENSIVE ACQUAINTANCE.

A Rural Visitor’s View of Horn* of tha Name* of Street* in Chicago. The Philadelphia Inquirer prints a story related by a man who went to the opening of the world’s fair at Chicago, and had occasion to call upon some old friends on the West side. Many of the streets in that quarter have the baptismal names of women, • fact which seemed natural enough to him, as he had formerly lived there. But he says: It seemed to puzzle an old countryman, who was doubtless visiting Chicago for the first time. Among ths passengers were many ladies. The conductor was calling the names of the streets, and stopping the car as one after another of the passengers wished to get off. he called. A woman rose, he rang the bell, and she got off. A few squares farther “Ada” was called, and another woman made her exit. The old countryman began to look interested, and when the 'conductor shouted, “Mary!” and another woman gathered up her bundles, he made no attempt to conceal his astonishment. In quick succession came “Paulina,” “Roberta” and “Augusta,” and as it happened every call was followed by the departure of a passenger. The old man could stand it no longer. With bulging eyes he made his way to the rear platform, where he said in a stage whisper to the conductor: “Great shakes, mister! Do you know the names of all the women folk« in this town?”—Philadelphia Inquirer.