Chicago by day and night . st from iheir arduous labors longenough to take luncheon and then resume thehappy pastime of getting rid of the dollars thattheir husbands and fathers have bestowedupon them for this purpose. CHAPTER XIII. CARROUSELS. THE carrousel isa form of entertain-ment which has grownpopular with a certainclass of people withinrecent years. Theterm may be a littleobscure to the uninitia-ted,but they will readilyunderstand its mean-ing when it is explainedthat the carrousel isnothing more or less than the old-fashionedmerry-go-round which we all easily remem-ber as a feature of
Chicago by day and night . st from iheir arduous labors longenough to take luncheon and then resume thehappy pastime of getting rid of the dollars thattheir husbands and fathers have bestowedupon them for this purpose. CHAPTER XIII. CARROUSELS. THE carrousel isa form of entertain-ment which has grownpopular with a certainclass of people withinrecent years. Theterm may be a littleobscure to the uninitia-ted,but they will readilyunderstand its mean-ing when it is explainedthat the carrousel isnothing more or less than the old-fashionedmerry-go-round which we all easily remem-ber as a feature of fairs, circuses and otherout-door entertainments. There are at thepresent writing several carrousels in the city,but it would be quite useless to specify theirlocation, because they change places so fre-quently that to do so would only be are here today, there tomorrow; butthere never need be any difficulty in findingthem. An inquiry of the hotel clerks or anyother well-posted person will secure the desired. 124 imformation as to where the nearest carrouselis to be found. Various newspapers have from time to timewaged war upon the caroussel on the groundthat it is prejudicial to the morals of youngpeople who patronize it. This work does notassume to criticize, but to state facts. It is afact that the carrousels are well patronized asa rule and that the young people who do thepatronizing appear to extract no end of fun outof the whirligig process. The caroussel or merry-go-round is gener-ally situated in a flimsy building on some con-venient vacant lot, rented for the purpose at apinch, so to speak. The fiery wooden steedsthat go whirling round and round in a circle, tothe spirited music of a brass band or snortingorchestrion, bear on their backs sundry youthsand maidens, with now and then an old boy orgirl thrown in as a leaven to offset the generaljuvenility, who indulge in all manner of spor-tive remarks and jests as they go on their cir-cular journey. It must
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