. Our Philadelphia. MANHEIM CRICKET GROUND AFTER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY 499 important and lavishly patronized social functions of theyear. And in town is the big Racquets Club, in a finenew building, big enough to shelter any number of sportsbesides. And the Natatorium, in moving from the un-pretentious premises in South Broad Street, where it hasleft its old building and name, to the marble palacethat was once George W. Childss—Oh, the sacrilege!the house where his emperors and princes and lords andauthors were entertained,—has converted the swimminglesson into the luxury of sport. And all to
. Our Philadelphia. MANHEIM CRICKET GROUND AFTER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY 499 important and lavishly patronized social functions of theyear. And in town is the big Racquets Club, in a finenew building, big enough to shelter any number of sportsbesides. And the Natatorium, in moving from the un-pretentious premises in South Broad Street, where it hasleft its old building and name, to the marble palacethat was once George W. Childss—Oh, the sacrilege!the house where his emperors and princes and lords andauthors were entertained,—has converted the swimminglesson into the luxury of sport. And all told, so manj^.and so exhaustive, and so universal are the provisions forsport that I might have believed the Philadelphian hadnothing in the world to do, save to invent amusements tohelp him through his empty hours. And, apparently, it is to provide for the same emptyhours that those elaborate lunch places have multiplied onChestnut Street, some delightful where you feast as onlyPhiladelphia can, some horrible wh
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