Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Chicago, and World's Columbian exposition ..What to see and how to see it . e themselves in Chicago must be con-firmed misanthropes, finding no joy in life anywhere. The amusements fall into certain classes, briefly summarizedbelow: Theaters and the Opera. Theaters, Etc.—There are thirty-two first-class theaters andplaces of amusement in Chicago, with an estimated gross attend-ance daily of from 20,000 to 25,00c persons, so that the publicenjoy a continual round of high-class entertainment. The Audi-torium, Columbia, Hooleys, McVickers, Havlins, and the Hay
Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Chicago, and World's Columbian exposition ..What to see and how to see it . e themselves in Chicago must be con-firmed misanthropes, finding no joy in life anywhere. The amusements fall into certain classes, briefly summarizedbelow: Theaters and the Opera. Theaters, Etc.—There are thirty-two first-class theaters andplaces of amusement in Chicago, with an estimated gross attend-ance daily of from 20,000 to 25,00c persons, so that the publicenjoy a continual round of high-class entertainment. The Audi-torium, Columbia, Hooleys, McVickers, Havlins, and the Hay-market theaters, and the Grand and Chicago Opera houses, standin the front rank, while the Academy of Music and Standard arerapidly advancing to an equally high position. Concerts andlectures are given in the Central Music Hall, a large and hand-(57) 58 HANDY GUIDE TO CHICAGO. some building on the corner of State and Randolph streets, theMadison Street Theater, 83 Madison Street, and elsewhere; andon the North Side, the Windsor and Jacobs Clark Street Theaterare popular houses. Following is a brief list:. Columbia Theater, Monroe Street, west of Dearborn A2iditoriu?n, Wabash Avenue and Congress of Music, Halsted Street, near Madison Theater, State Street and Archer Music Hall, State Street, cor. Randolph Opera House, Washington Street, S. W. cor. ClarkStreet. Columbia Theater, 108 and no Monroe Street. Criterion Theater, 274 Sedgwick Street. Grand Opera House, 87 Clark Street. Halsted Street Opera House, Halsted and W. Harrison streets. Havlins Theater, Wabash Avenue and Nineteenth Street. Haymarket Theater, W. Madison Street, east of Halsted Street.
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