. Book of the Royal blue . . (.URAL. niE TALLEST HUILlHNj IN THE WORLD. CHICAGO AUTUMNAL FESTIVITIES. THE year of 1S!I!I will be known as theYear of Jubilee in the Tnited every city of any size has cele-brated in some manner with a Peace Ju-bilee. Then the home-coming of theNations heroes has been the impetus for ajollification in every city which was claimedas the home of that hero. Chicago with its two millions of enter-prising, pushing population, can arousemore enthusiasm on a short notice thanany other city in the Inited States. Whena great project is underta
. Book of the Royal blue . . (.URAL. niE TALLEST HUILlHNj IN THE WORLD. CHICAGO AUTUMNAL FESTIVITIES. THE year of 1S!I!I will be known as theYear of Jubilee in the Tnited every city of any size has cele-brated in some manner with a Peace Ju-bilee. Then the home-coming of theNations heroes has been the impetus for ajollification in every city which was claimedas the home of that hero. Chicago with its two millions of enter-prising, pushing population, can arousemore enthusiasm on a short notice thanany other city in the Inited States. Whena great project is undertaken, it is generallycarried through and accomplished success-fully and within the given lime. No greaterexample can be given than the Worlds Fair. LlltUAUV, CHIC ACII When the great Dewey came York and Washington did the honorsfor the Nation at large, and whilst it isprobable that the eastern cities have donethe greatest amount of jollifying and per-haps have had the larger number of starsto do it for, yet Chicago was not to be out-done, and during the first two weeks ofOctober celebrated with a ten days festi-vity, devoted to grand ban(]uets, paradesand the usual displays attendant upon anoccasion of this kind. in 1898, which was the most phenomenalsuccess of anything of the kind ever ac-complished in the world. Recollections ofthe White City are still vivid as thoughyesterday, and the casual visitor to Jack-son Park, who would to-day stroll over thegreat acreage of magnificent lawn anddriveways, could hardly realize that it wasonce the scene of a beautiful city, withno indications left, except the great ArtPalace which is now the Field ColumbianMuseum, and the (Jerman Building which
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