. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . heart of mankind. Go to Pullman, some ten miles away. It has been called themodel town of the working-men. What does such a suburb say tothe American youth ? Mr. GeorgeM. Pullman once rode on an old-fashioned sleeping-car. He foundit a hard experience. He did notsleep. But out of that experiencehe invented. The Pullman Sleep-ing Car was the result. Peoplenow travel and sleep. Inventwhat is needed, so says Pullman. Mr. Pullman began life as aclerk in a country store. He nowowns a town and employs fifteenthousand pe
. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . heart of mankind. Go to Pullman, some ten miles away. It has been called themodel town of the working-men. What does such a suburb say tothe American youth ? Mr. GeorgeM. Pullman once rode on an old-fashioned sleeping-car. He foundit a hard experience. He did notsleep. But out of that experiencehe invented. The Pullman Sleep-ing Car was the result. Peoplenow travel and sleep. Inventwhat is needed, so says Pullman. Mr. Pullman began life as aclerk in a country store. He nowowns a town and employs fifteenthousand people. Answer theworlds needs, says the spirit ofthe thrifty town, and you shall be supplied in the supply. The builders of the expanding city by the Lake were poor , energy, honesty made their success. Like Dr. Livingston,when he graduated from Glasgow University, most of them can say,— I never had a dollar that I did not earn ! They do not merelyexist, — they live. When they have passed their generation they willhave left behind them a new creation of RESIDENCE OF MR. PULLMAN.
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